Posts Tagged ‘Berkeley’
Big Dig Finally Proceeding Full Tilt Ahead
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, construction process, excavation, remodel on March 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Dining Room Addition
Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, Berkeley, cedar, copper, dining room, fun, indoor-outdoor, lighting design, poet's corner, redwood on November 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Another Photoshoot in Progress in Poets’ Corner
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, indoor-outdoor, kitchen, remodel, roofdeck on November 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »
You’ve seen this project before. Funky old house with a pretty thorough retuning and a small addition at the back. I am very pleased with how it turned out.
Garage with two sets of doors
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, carraige doors, concrete, dutch doors, Garage, metal roofs, polished concrete, practicality, value on November 17, 2016| 2 Comments »
I thought I’d shared a couple more photos of a recent remodel project. This Berkeley house was built with no way to get to the backyard except through the house or from the neighbor’s driveway. We decided to add a pair of dutch carriage doors on the back side of the garage so that there would be a direct connection from front yard & driveway to back. The owners will probably use the garage as a room, rather than a garage, but the design allows for a variety of interpretations (In this mild climate we don’t really need heat to make a room into living space 3/4 of the year or more) The existing concrete slab was polished smooth and shiny for a practical upgrade.
Photos by Nancy Kalter-Dills, Contractor credit to Steve Coleman.
Photoshoot Today
Posted in Design Projects, tagged bathroom, Berkeley, hex tile, remodel, subway tile on November 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Sunny Office
Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, Berkeley, construction process, McBride Construction, passive solar, remodel, Window on October 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I had the privilege of assisting with the hoisting to second floor and installation of this nice big south facing window on Friday.
John and Oscar leveling
Two Big Projects Underway in San Mateo and Berkeley
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Accolade Constuction, additon, Berkeley, indoor-outdoor, McBride Construction, passive solar, process, remodel, San Mateo, south, sunlight on August 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »
This one involves a small addition and reworking the back of the house to better connect with the backyard nature and southern sunlight
Berkeley Remodel/Addition
and this one gets a new master suite on top and a reworking of the entire house. The south-facing back of the house also gets a lot more window and door to connect to the yard and sunlight.
San Mateo Addition and Remodel
Stay tuned for more exciting developments.
A real drawing!
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, color, design process, details, doorways, Garage, hand drawing, sketch, small buildings on July 8, 2016| 1 Comment »
Loft Framing
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, details, historical styles, humor, monster, whimsy, wood on May 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Party at a Finished Project in Poets Corner!!
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, cedar, closet, connection to yard, inside-outside living, kitchen, pantry, poet's corner, roof deck, small buildings, storage, utility on April 19, 2016| 1 Comment »
kids enjoying the roofdeck
This Poets Corner remodel with small addition turned out great. (Thanks in part to the good taste of the owners and the skill of Coleman Building.) Nancy Kalter came with me to the house warming party and took some house in action shots. It was afternoon on a very sunny day.
First here is the before and after first floor plan. (Roof deck remodel upstairs (plan not shown) is big enough for the whole family to sleep out under the stars and also a vegetable garden!)
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- more livingroom
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- livingroom again
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- cozy corner
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- Livingroom
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- looking through from livingroom
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- looking through the house
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- the centrally located laundry
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- kitchen
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- kitchen
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- kitchen
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- kitchen
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- Pantry!
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- inside the pantry
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- island seating
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- kitchen
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- sunny back deck
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- double decker
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- master bedroom with kids
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- looking out from masterbedroom
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- Expansive roofdeck
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- kids enjoying the roofdeck
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- kids enjoying the roofdeck
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- looking down from the roof deck
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- big closet in middle bedroom
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- big closet in middle bedroom
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- Big closet in middle bedroom
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- Apple-ply closet in back bedroom (and orange curtains for the moodlighting)
Here is a small collection of before shots:
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- looking through to the laundry
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- kitchen
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- kitchen
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- from the back landing
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- back of house
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- back door
More Rainy Days on the Jobsite
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, cedar, copper, copper pipe handrail, decks, houses, roof deck, steel on January 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Copper Handrail, cedar fence & gate, Copper gutter and downspout above
Cedar slat railings above and below, energy efficient wood-clad windows and copper gutter and flashing.
In addition to lots of improvements on the inside of the house, this project makes vast improvements to the interface between the house and the yard. Such improvements then inspire the client to make big improvements to the garden itself – A new stone patio, pathways, and many new plants.
The roof deck above is built strong, ready to hold the most practical kind of living roof – a vegetable garden in pots and planters!
Quiet North Berkeley Full House Remodel
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, kitchen, lighting design, pantry, remodel, small house, walnut on September 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Livingroom – Openhomes Photography
Lighting from Metrolighting and Crafts, Custom cabinetry by Freedman & Chesley, Emeryville, General Construction – Accolade Construction, Palo Alto, Interior Decorating – Ballon Studio
This remodel included rearranging the entire floor plan (1055 SF), vaulting the living room ceiling, All new windows, stucco, venitian plaster throughout, insulation, lighting, plumbing, adding a bathroom and pantry, and a curvy concrete deck. A very cozy and efficient little house for a downsizing couple with kids off in the world. Ample storage is key to living in a small house. Many different strategies were employed from pantries to closets with barn doors to custom cabinets.
New Floor Plan
Old Floor Plan
Diningroom – Openhomes Photography
Breakfast nook – Openhomes Photography
Bathroom – Openhomes Photography
New Front door with round window
Hobbit door from Real Carriage Door, Handrail prefabricated by Architectural Metalsmiths, Richmond, Stone veneer on porch & steps by Accolade Construction.
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