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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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Some More Snapshots of Recent Remodel on an Island in British Columbia

Posted in Design Projects, tagged Canada, clean, fir, houses, modern, remodel, simple, steel, transitions, wood on September 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

My clients sent me a few photos last week!

This photo captures the four fir columns with foyer with slate floor to the north, bedroom and bathroom wing to west, living and dining to south and kitchen to the east. While most walls are simple painted surfaces, the four columns add some warm fir wood and organize the space.

The ceiling transitions from vaulted in the kitchen to flat elsewhere, and the wall between living and hallway stops short of the ceiling to allow for privacy and natural light beyond the wall. (Most of the windows are on the south side)

Living room with woodstove supported by an exposed steel beam and sheetmetal shelf… wood storage below.

Here are a few more photos: 1) Lower floor TV room – nice the way the TV disappears into the dark wall. 2) Primary bath curbless shower 3) Burnt orange Powder room with interior window to adjacent skylight 4) Looking in from the front door 5) Dining room 6) Kitchen – Kitchen features paperstone countertops and dark cabinets…a cantilevered island seating area and the best view in the house.

The initial concept was to remodel and possibly expand the kitchen, relocate the stairs down, fix the funky half wall between living room and hall….improve the primary suite, but we ended up doing a fair bit more. The sunroom was a bit too sunny with all those skylights, and it didn’t have any insulation in the roof, so we made some big changes there. (switched to high south windows instead of the skylights)

The big updates to energy efficiency are not evident in the photos.

There was a lot of good teamwork on this project between the very involved owners, the local builder and architect and myself.

Below are some before and after plans, then a few before photos.

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A Simple ADU to Replace a Garage

Posted in Design Projects, tagged accessory dwelling unit, ADU, Berkeley, construction process, fibercement, green building, rainscreen, simple, small buildings on November 18, 2020| Leave a Comment »

I’ll post more about this one soon…with some interior shots. This will house the homeowners while they remodel the main house, then it will be an art studio and guest quarters. Someday it will probably house renters. It exceeds all the green building and energy efficiency codes. Construction by McBride Construction.