Archive for the ‘Design Projects’ Category
FLW Disciples at the Robie House
Posted in Design Projects on July 3, 2012| 2 Comments »
Inspiring Lecture by LA Architect
Posted in Design Projects on June 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A Small Remodel and Roof Reconstruction-redesign in Oakland
Posted in Design Projects, tagged process, roof on June 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
Contractor Eric Angress arrives in his red electric chevy
The shadows of Architect and Contractor studying the unfortunate roof design on a house in Oakland
More Final Details, Really Almost Finished Now
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, cabinets, green, houses, interiors, paint, remodelling on May 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The painters are finishing up. All the trim, doors, and cabinetry are painted with Bioshield Aqua Resin Trim Enamel, a very pleasing product that is also very green.
Pair of Small Buildings Coming Together in Poets Corner
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, garden, green, landscape, process, small buildings on May 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
My friend Matt is making progress on his little buildings! Here are a couple of older posts about the project:
It will be very nice to have the garden and patio between the main house and the small buildings with good southern exposure. (See site plan below)
Third Place at the Bodega Bay Fish Fest Wooden Boat Challenge
Posted in Design Projects, tagged painted plywood, patterns, plywood, wood, wooden boats on May 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We had a great time at the Wooden Boat Challenge. The Bar-Ba-Loot was the prettiest boat and the fastest boat, at least in a straight line.
18 teams had 3 hours to build their boat out of two sheets of 3/8 plywood, some 1×2 and 2×2 sticks, screws, three tubes of caulk, and some plastic sheet and rope.
I only saw one sailboat this year (using the plastic sheet and rope) It got to the mark very quickly on a beam reach, but broke its rig during the gybe around the mark.
Team deedsdesign built the kayak pictured below.
This series of photos shows the start of the championship race. Our downfall was being a bit slow out of the gate and running into a traffic jam just past the end of the dock.

Third Place
Final Details in a New Master Suite
Posted in Design Projects, tagged bathroom, Berkeley, cabinets, color, houses, paint, remodeling on April 29, 2012| 5 Comments »
- Stainless steel support brackets that doubles as a towel bar
- Linen cabinet underway
- Choosing colors
New Seat for a Curvy Wood Chair
Posted in Design Projects, tagged curves, furniture, paint, painted plywood, patterns, value, wood on April 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I made this painted plywood seat for my friend Matt’s family heirloom chair a while back. Just happened upon the photo while searching through my files.
New Driveway Project – deedsdesign’s prototype for entry in the Wooden Boat Race at the Bodega Bay Fish Festival!
Posted in Design Projects, tagged plywood, wooden boats on April 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Another Big Industrial Sized Space
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, commercial, utilitarian on April 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
This project is the opposite of my last post. 14000 SF of beautiful space is very nice if you want to fabricate things. No need to squeeze in storage space in every nook and cranny! We are working on improvements to the space for a technology start-up to use it for fabrication and testing of their prototypes.
Fair Companies visits deedsdesign
Posted in Design Projects, tagged green, landscape, paint, painted plywood, passive solar, rainscreen, redwood, salvaged, small buildings, video on April 10, 2012| 2 Comments »
Improving a Cabinet
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, cabinets, holes, interiors, natural light, process on April 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
These are “sketches” of a cabinet upgrade. This existing deep cabinet will get glass doors and translucent glass back so that light from the stairwell skylight behind the cabinet will light up the glassware and shine through into the dining room. I’ll post a photo when its built.
























