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Posts Tagged ‘whimsy’

Another Dormer Extravaganza in Berkekey

Posted in Found Objects, tagged Berkeley, dormer, houses, humor, whimsy on February 18, 2021| 1 Comment »

Picture frame cabinet doors from recent project

Posted in Design Projects, tagged cabinets, details, fun, Rockridge, whimsy on September 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Painted Beam With Piranhas & Diamond Post Detail

Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, color, decoration, details, interiors, paint, painted beam, patterns, small buildings, whimsy on September 26, 2020| 1 Comment »

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Hexed

Posted in Design Projects, tagged cedar, details, fun, hexagon, Oakland, pattern, red cedar, Rockridge, shingles, whimsy on July 1, 2017| 1 Comment »

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My job was hexed!

A post shared by John Mcbride (@sometimes_grumpy) on Jun 29, 2017 at 2:14pm PDT

By J. McBride

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Remarkable Kitchen Lighting

Posted in Found Objects, tagged curiosities, humor, kitchen, lighting design, whimsy on January 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »

kitchen-lighting

I saw this unique kitchen lighting solution in Baja recently while house shopping with a friend.

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Loft Framing

Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, details, historical styles, humor, monster, whimsy, wood on May 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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John McBride Photo

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More snapshots…getting ready for a real photo shoot at this Rockridge Full House Remodel

Posted in Design Projects, tagged barn door, bathroom, cabinets, color, fir barn door, glass tile, houses, interiors, kitchen, lighting design, metal, stone tile, teak bench, tile, tin tiles, whimsy, wood, zinc on March 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

My Rockridge project is getting finishing touches slowly but surely. These are just quick snapshots of things I am excited about.

Teak Shower bench with glass tile walls and stone tile floor

Fir Barn Door

Kitchen

Tin Ceiling Tiles

Colorful diningroom

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Scribble Handrail by Shawn Lovell Metalworks

Posted in Design Projects, tagged handrail, houses, metal, Oakland, organic, process, whimsy on March 19, 2015| 1 Comment »

Handrail still needs to be finished, but today the artist made sure everything fits before taking it to the sand blaster. More photos soon.

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Blue Hardware

Posted in Found Objects, tagged color, details, houses, Oakland, whimsy on January 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Not long ago I was checking out a house in the Oakland hills that caught my client’s fancy – I’d call it rustic modern with a bit of whimsy. I like it. I also like that it was surrounded by trees and shrubs so that I had trouble getting a good photo of the whole building. I noticed one nice detail that is daring and unusual. If you look closely you will see that the post bases and the other structural connectors are blue! Here is a close up: