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The first three shots here are showing the site work for a new little ceramic studio. We are saving that little citrus tree and the foundation will angle around it. This will create an interesting interior space with a cozy sitting area on one end and a wider studio area at the other. The lot slopes down to the right and we are adding a retaining wall along the property line to level the lot. The concrete walls will be board-formed and hopefully look very nice.

This is John McBride, hard at work. Oscar and Jose behind working on the excavation for the footing.

Here you see a new 3/16″ thick steel awning recently installed. Gonzalvo is installing the lag screws. There will be another similar awning over the doors above. I tried to talk the owner into painting them bright blue or fireball orange to match their front door, but she chose a more conservative and very classy grey brown. Kind of like wrought iron.

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All that is left of the old shed is a pile of concrete rubble. (Photo J. McBride)
A very small addition in Richmond – for now it is an open air kitchen while they sister the cantilevered floor joists. Nice coordinated outfits guys. (Photo T. Malloy)
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Here are some BEFORE shots of my Pt Richmond project
- Kitchen
- Kitchen looking out
- From the entry looking South
- View to the outside
- Bath
- The wall we removed
- Looking back at the kitchen
And few new AFTER snapshots
- Living room looking south
- New view from the kitchen
- Bedroom
- Bathroom
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- Bedroom Desk & Shelving
- Closet
- Closet
- Bedroom Desk & Shelving
- Bathroom
- LED Undercabinet Lights
Built by Ron Tostenson & Company
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A key part of the design was adding this door from the kitchen to the back part of the house (and future back deck)
As you can see below, this also gave the bedroom a better connection to the bathroom and more privacy.
These curvy shelves and cherry peninsula were just icing on the cake.
The homeowner is a bicycle enthusiast (and an artist)
Very cool,.
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This Berkeley addition and full house remodel is almost finished and we are all very excited.
I’ll do a full post with before and after photos soon, but I can’t resists giving you a preview. Steve Coleman is the contractor.
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Here is the happy client in his kitchen:
John Mcbride was the builder for this project. Here are a few more photos and the floorplan:
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