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All about the Southern Sunlight

Posted in Design Projects, tagged bathroom, Berkeley, botanical, houses, interior window, metal, natural light, Oak, passive solar, remodel, stairway, Vanity, winter sun on July 1, 2025| Leave a Comment »

This 2016 remodel recently sold. I was shocked by the selling price. The realtor was kind enough to share her photos. We remodeled the back of the house and the second floor to better connect to the yard and the south light. She also hired Shawn Lovell to build a very special staircase.

This is a photo from the upstairs bathroom and the interior window over the stairs (one shutter open.) I had thought we would put mirrors on the inside of the shutters, but owner didn’t want mirrors. This opening to the stairwell allows the bathroom to be filled with southern sunshine. Oak vanity by Aaron Larsen of Xylo Interiors. The vessel sink allows the vanity to be lower and nicer proportions.

This is a view from the kitchen to the back….showing the light-filled stairwell and the french doors to the yard

artistic shot looking down from the top of stairs

Existing first floor – view from kitchen is of the laundry

Better connection to yard and south light. Laundry tucked out of view and staircase is nice to look at. (The garage is on that side of the yard close to the house)

Second floor – you can see the opening in the bathroom over the stairs opposite the south facing window

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Tile Patterns in White

Posted in Design Projects, tagged bathroom, Berkeley, patterns, shower, simple, tile, white on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I enjoyed adding a bit more pattern to simple white tiled tub and shower walls. This was a recent tiny house bathroom in North Berkeley. Work was accomplished by Steve Coleman Builders and Sarah Young Tile.

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Snapshots of Remodel and Energy Upgrade in Point Reyes

Posted in Design Projects, tagged bathroom, bespoke, design, diamonds, fir, green, home, houses, interior design, Inverness, kitchen, LED, lighting design, patterns, Point Reyes, Porch, tile, wood, wood-carving on September 26, 2024| 1 Comment »

Looking down on the big room – I love the flooring – It is existing, structural tongue and groove fir subfloor, but it was lighter and kind of pickled with dark marine grade caulk/ filler between the boards. We thought of putting new flooring on top, but the boards were so nice and long, which is unusual these days. Once we put on the dark stain the super nice figured grain popped and we loved it. The indirect LED strip lighting atop the collar ties also worked out well. The electrician did a great job and knew to stop the lights a bit shy of the ends to minimize bright spots. (This photo accentuates the bright spots)

Before shot of the flooring/ structural subfloor with younger Èowyn.

I had a goal to be very particular about the clips for the shower glass. So often the clips are not given much thought and they ruin the simple clean look. (First I tried to talk the builder into no clips at the bottom, recessing the glass into the curb, but they were not game to try this detail. The green floor tile is Arto and the shower floor and walls is Fireclay.

Èowyn likes the big window looking into the woods

I was proud of this built-in brass towel bar. (Kind of wish the electrical devices were more orderly/ aligned and in a real photo shoot Id probably not have a used towel. Oh well)

High tech- low tech – this is the bidet/ heated toilet seat controller and also the handmade wood toilet paper holder with a found gnarled stick.

Another custom brass towel bar – this one with ash. You can also see the cool grain in the floor and the mudroom floor tile by Arto. I thought I maybe specified too many pegs in the mudroom, but every single one was being used on the day I was there.

Another picture of the green hex Arto tile transitioning to fir flooring. The decorative cold air return cover for the forced air system is in the base of the linen cabinet – painted white to match the cabinet.

We had fun with the sun rays over the back door (replacing glass that just caused the mudroom to overheat) and John McBride carved us some more diamond posts for the new covered porch. (Porch is the only addition to the house)

This is a photo of the architect’s dog tracking water into the clients recently finished house. Also a photo of very nice green (Elder Green by Arto..photo doesn’t do it justice) tile floor in the entry that can take a little water no problem.

This is another view of the big room. Big bifold doors connect the space to the garden and orchard to the west. Ample lighting in the room is provided by indirect LEDs shining up and cable lights for task lighting over the kitchen and dining room. You can’t see all the added insulation in the roof and air sealing and new windows and doors to keep the space warm in the rainy season.

Here you can see the ash diamond posts at the end of island that match the redwood ones outside and also the tiled backsplash..somewhat random but also a pattern.

A view of the mudroom – pendant by Metrolighting and painted shelving, pretty mushroom Arto tile floor, splash of color in the stained glass (fabricated by Feral Studios, designed by yours truly)

I’m not going to bother with the not so nice before shot, but I was very happy with the lighting in this room after construction – Three of these large pendants from Metro Lighting in Berkeley.

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Another Project from a While Back

Posted in Design Projects, tagged bathroom, concrete floor, details, duravit, fir, glass tile, houses, privacy, Rockridge, sliding mirror, sliding panel, tile on May 23, 2024| 2 Comments »

Ive been sorting old photos lately. 🙂 This was one of 2 bathrooms part of a full house remodel. It was fun to design the sliding barn-door mirror that opened to reveal a window (to the back yard) Built by Canivet Construction and John McBride (Working for Canivet as a carpenter)

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Posted in Design Projects, tagged ash, bathroom, Berkeley, color, lighting design, marmoleum, metrolighting, paperstone, wood on May 14, 2024| 2 Comments »

I just realized that I never added this recent bathroom remodel to my digital diary. I wish I had a photo of the tiled shower surround because it is really pretty, but here is the vanity.

The countertop is Paperstone (FSC certified and also acoustically and thermally more like wood than most counters, but very durable) The bright purple floor is Marmoleum. The cabinet and mirror frame are ash. The light is from Metrolighting in Berkeley. The white rectangle is a secret cabinet. 🙂 There is space under the vanity for scale, stool, & waste bin….even a basket of bath toys.

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Addition in the Berkeley Hills

Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, bathroom, Berkeley, indoor-outdoor, kitchen, lighting design, minimalist, nana doors, Oak, vaulted ceiling on November 14, 2020| Leave a Comment »

This one, built by Canivet Construction, was for a pair of architects. The design was driven more in the modern direction by their sensibilities.

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Another North Berkeley Revamp and Addition

Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, Back Porch, bathroom, Berkeley, energy efficiency, kitchen, remodel, storage on July 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The clients desired a refreshed kitchen and another bathroom. They ended up updating much of the house including a new ducted mini split heating system, new patio and porch, insulation and air sealing throughout, interior and exterior paint, and a lot more storage.

I’ll first give you a few before shots of this little stucco house.

We were all pretty happy with the new layout.

Construction by McBride Construction, Landscape by Hornby Garden Design and Construction, Photos by Nancy Kalter Dills, Engineering by Verdant Structural Engineers

New back of house with covered porch and big windows from bedroom and kitchen

Looking towards back from door to dining room

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Rockridge Remodel: A Mixture of Modern & 1900s Style

Posted in Design Projects, tagged ash, bathroom, cabinets, hex tile, island, kitchen, lighting design, mirror, Rockridge, skylight, subway tile, touchlatch, walnut on January 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Photo Credit: Nancy Kalter-Dills

Builder: McBride Construction

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Here are a few before shots. The main impetus for remodel was to get the refrigerator out of the middle of the view to the back yard and to improve the strange, low-ceilinged laundry room addition at the back.