This is another whole house remodel project in Oakland. Stay tuned for more photos soon.
Posts Tagged ‘process’
More Beautiful House Bones Exposed
Posted in Design Projects, tagged houses, process, wood on October 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Smooth Venetian Plaster in White Dove Before the Furniture and Art Move In
Posted in Design Projects, tagged color, interiors, process, venetian plaster on June 17, 2013| 1 Comment »
Evening Light Casts a Nice Shadow on the Light Grey Stucco
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, doorways, houses, integral color stucco, patterns, plants, process on June 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I was biking past to see how the revised stucco color looked on this almost finished project and caught some nice shadows. A good side benefit of a subtle stucco color.
I am loving the new hobbit door!
Tony is Making Great Progress!
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, doorways, houses, process on May 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Progress! This is a whole house inside and out remodel in North Berkeley. Stay tuned for more pictures as it comes together over the next few weeks.
Vaulting the livingroom ceiling
Wider openings with arches! Now you can see all the way through to the garden in the back
New front hobbit door!
New front windows – just like the old but energy efficient and we raised them up for privacy and easier furnishing of the room
Formwork for a Curved Concrete Stair is Done in One Day..and the Finish Work in Another
Posted in Design Projects, tagged concrete, curves, metal, process, value on April 24, 2013| 3 Comments »
I stopped by my job site today to have a peek at the formwork for the curved concrete steps and landing at the back of the house. I was impressed by how quickly the pros got it done.
I noticed that they contained the fill at the center of the pour with a metal mesh box. This way they could use much less concrete than if the landing and stairs had been solid.
Here are the steps today after they pulled the forms and finished the concrete:
I learned that the concrete cost around $900, the integral color (slate green) cost $1600, and the labor to form and finish was about $2000.
The Bones Exposed
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, houses, process, stucco on February 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Work proceeds, but still mostly deconstruction of this old house. 
With interior walls torn out it is cool to be able to see all the way through the house from the front door. 
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
New roof and wall framing almost done
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)
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.
The fun of remodeling your house!
Posted in Found Objects, tagged bathroom, Brooklyn, fun during construction, humor, process, remodeling on March 22, 2012| 1 Comment »
My friend Jenee just sent me this picture. She is remodeling her 1860’s row house in Brooklyn, NY. Some people love the construction process – bare studs, uncovering 100+ years of layers, camping out in the city, and unexpected fun like using this toilet. Some people would rather just have the job done.
Painted Treasure Chest
Posted in Design Projects, tagged boxes, furniture, process on February 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Back of the napkin sketch – prototype 3
Visit to John’s Jobsite – Fibercement and Redwood Siding Finished!
Posted in Found Objects, tagged artisan siding, fibercement, fibercement siding, miter, mitered corner, process, redwood, redwood siding, siding, window trim, windows, wood on January 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
fibercement mitered corner
hobbit lurking in the sun
A bit of redwood siding after all that fibercement
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