This recent full house remodel and additions in Berkeley turned out great. I don’t usually use so much wood, but it makes this house very cozy. More photos soon!
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Photoshoot at recent project (these are just my snapshots)
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, cabinets, details, doorways, lighting design, Oak, redwood, wood on January 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Vaulted Ceiling with Cedar Trusses and High Triangle Window
Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, cedar, light, Oakland, structure, Temescal, triangle, trusses, vaulted ceilings on October 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The builder, Steve Coleman, just sent me these snapshots of an almost finished 2-story addition in Oakland. The high window faces east and morning light streams in.
The large room contains kitchen, living room, and dining area.
The roof has a pitch change at the eave (matching existing early 1900’s house) that is carried through to the interior.
Steve’s snapshot video of the white ceiling fan that disappears into the white ceiling:
Nice Garage
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, framing, process, roof framing, small buildings, utilitarian, vaulted ceiling, wood on September 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Contemplating the ridge beam
Garage from down the driveway
Rafters in and half the T@G 2×6 sheathing
Rooflets
Posted in Design Projects, tagged aluminum, awning, bent metal, bracket, copper, metal, powdercoat, rain protection, roof, rooflet, steel, utiltarian on August 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I have done quite a few of these bent metal awnings over the years. Most are powder-coated steel, but some of the bigger ones are aluminum. Copper is also very nice. The support brackets are mostly decorative, but do add a nice touch. Here are photos of some of them.
They are all a copy of A utilitarian version installed by Carl Milsem at his rental property on California around 2009
Solid Oak Dining Booth
Posted in Design Projects, tagged booth, Dining, kitchen, nook, Oak, Woodwork on July 31, 2018| 1 Comment »
The cabinetmaker, Xylo Interiors in Oakland and McBride Construction’s Oscar, did a nice job on this one.
High Triangle in Oakland
Posted in Design Projects, tagged modern, trianglular window, vaulted ceiling on February 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Photo by the contractor, Steve Coleman. We are pleased with this simple triangular window in a big room with a vaulted ceiling. (Trees block the view on the closer side, so he had to go around the block.) More interior photos soon, but here and here are some older ones during construction. It has beautiful cedar horizontal truss chords.
Salvaged Fir Trestle Table
Posted in Design Projects, tagged construction process, design process, details, fir, furniture, process, salvaged wood, trestle table on November 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »
XYLO Interiors is fabricating this trestle table for my Rockridge cottage project out of the fir framing wood salvaged from the cottage during the remodel. It’s looking good! (See progress photos below sent from the shop)
Morning Site Visits Today
Posted in Design Projects, tagged cabinets, cedar, construction process, Oakland, Rockridge, roof, Temescal, trusses on October 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Complex cabinetry coming together in a Rockridge Cottage
Roof framing in Temescal speeding along in advance of the forecasted rain
Art Deco Stucco Details and a Clever Floor Plan Rearrangement (If I say so myself)
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Art Deco, Berkeley, details, historical styles, indoor-outdoor, integral color stucco, parlor, small buildings, small house, small spaces, stucco, value, windows on October 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This very small house in South Berkeley just sold. I remodelled it and added a small additon back in 2012. The realtor, ABIO Properties, and photographer Peter Lyons generously shared their photos with me.
I was very proud of the solution I came up with on a very tight budget to add a second bedroom in existing space and a big living room at the back This way the bedrooms both were close to the bathroom and the living area at the back got a great connection to the garden.
Berkeley Craftsman managed to skillfully execute the design within the budget.
OLD FLOOR PLAN
NEW FLOOR PLAN
I didn’t invent this stucco window detail. I copied it from a few 1920s houses in Berkeley, but I was quite pleased with its enhancement of what was a very plain front façade. The window sill is clear cedar stained dark.
We did something similar at the back around the 8′ wide glass doors One simple detail goes a long way on a small house
You can see more shots and the interior on Zillow.
Roof framing in North Oakland
Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, cedar, construction process, dog, roof framing, trusses, vaulted ceiling on October 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Steve Coleman is installing the big cedar roof trusses on our North Oakland project this week.
I returned to see more of the roof framing. Very exciting!
The little supervisor enjoys the view from the new second floor
These are the clear cedar bottom chords for the last two big trusses. very pretty.
From the Field
Posted in Design Projects, tagged ceramic tile, Fireclay, geometric design, glass tile, grout colors, hexagon, Oakland, patterns, Rockridge, shower on September 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I am pleased with the way this bathroom is turning out!
Photo by Alex Wein
Recycled glass and ceramic tile from Fireclay.
New Window Seat in the Trees
Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, Berkeley, framing, process, remodel, small spaces, vaulted ceiling, windowseat on September 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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