Yes, my Bougainvillea looks pretty sad, but hopefully soon Ill have some good “after” shots for you. I just installed a bathtub greywater system! (See the green hose attached to the drain line?)
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Bathtub Greywater!
Posted in Design Projects, tagged garden, gray water, green, grey water, plants on September 15, 2013| 2 Comments »
New Second Floor Project is Underway
Posted in Design Projects on September 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
One of My Kitchen Clients Got Some Colorful New Swivel Stools
Posted in Design Projects, tagged bar stools, color, interiors, kitchen, swivel stools, swiveling on September 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Swiveling is nice in this case because the living room and TV is directly behind. It is helpful to be able to easily rotate to see all the action.
minnow belly table
Posted in Design Projects, tagged FSC certified wood, furniture, guaciban, hand carved, local Elm, paduk, wood on July 14, 2013| 2 Comments »
Searching for something in my portfolio photo collection today I happened upon this nice one of my minnow belly table with leaves.
Smooth Venetian Plaster in White Dove Before the Furniture and Art Move In
Posted in Design Projects, tagged color, interiors, process, venetian plaster on June 17, 2013| 1 Comment »
Evening Light Casts a Nice Shadow on the Light Grey Stucco
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, doorways, houses, integral color stucco, patterns, plants, process on June 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I was biking past to see how the revised stucco color looked on this almost finished project and caught some nice shadows. A good side benefit of a subtle stucco color.
I am loving the new hobbit door!
trellises, vegetable beds, and roses and vines starting to climb
Posted in Design Projects, tagged garden, green building, small buildings, trellises on June 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another Artistic Fence
Posted in Design Projects, tagged color, fence, whimsy on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Two fine artists in Alameda own this lovely garden and fence. Not overly concerned about security, they made the round cutout in the yellow gate for easy access to the latch
Tony is Making Great Progress!
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, doorways, houses, process on May 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Progress! This is a whole house inside and out remodel in North Berkeley. Stay tuned for more pictures as it comes together over the next few weeks.
Vaulting the livingroom ceiling
Wider openings with arches! Now you can see all the way through to the garden in the back
New front hobbit door!
New front windows – just like the old but energy efficient and we raised them up for privacy and easier furnishing of the room
Formwork for a Curved Concrete Stair is Done in One Day..and the Finish Work in Another
Posted in Design Projects, tagged concrete, curves, metal, process, value on April 24, 2013| 3 Comments »
I stopped by my job site today to have a peek at the formwork for the curved concrete steps and landing at the back of the house. I was impressed by how quickly the pros got it done.
I noticed that they contained the fill at the center of the pour with a metal mesh box. This way they could use much less concrete than if the landing and stairs had been solid.
Here are the steps today after they pulled the forms and finished the concrete:
I learned that the concrete cost around $900, the integral color (slate green) cost $1600, and the labor to form and finish was about $2000.
Facelift, Rearrangement, and Energy Upgrades
Posted in Design Projects, tagged color, doorways, El Cerrito, exterior shades, fibercement, green, houses, mahogony, modern, railings, rainscreen, redwood plywood on April 1, 2013| 4 Comments »
This 1972 budget modern house needed a tune-up. In the process of replacing the windows & siding, adding insulation, replacing the double level deck, and adding exterior window shades and a bright red-orange awning on the NW & SW sides, we also rearranged things and made the floor plan work better. That was the most satisfying part of the project, but it is hard to show it in photographs. Type “Navellier” in the search box to the right for photos of the process.
Here are some photos after construction:
Approaching the house
New entry door and porch
Exterior window shades and awning (retracted) and fibercement siding installed as a rainscreen
Redwood and stainless steel railing
Guillaume and Freddy under the bright red awning
The Bones Exposed
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, houses, process, stucco on February 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Work proceeds, but still mostly deconstruction of this old house. 
With interior walls torn out it is cool to be able to see all the way through the house from the front door. 
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