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Photos by the maker, John McBride
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, carving, castle, cedar, construction process, curiosities, details, fun, historical styles, McBride Construction, modern, patterns, process, small buildings, whimsy, wood, zig zag on September 10, 2019| 1 Comment »
Posted in Design Projects, tagged cedar, details, fun, hexagon, Oakland, pattern, red cedar, Rockridge, shingles, whimsy on July 1, 2017| 1 Comment »
By J. McBride
Posted in Found Objects, tagged baja, color, curiosities, fun, humor, kitchen, lighting design, mexico, whimsy on January 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »

I saw this unique kitchen lighting solution in Baja recently while house shopping with a friend.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, details, historical styles, humor, monster, whimsy, wood on May 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
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: 
Even closer:
Posted in Design Projects, tagged cabinets, details, door bell, holes, Oakland, remodelling, simple, utilitarian, value, whimsy on August 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Design Projects, tagged color, details, Oakland, paint, patterns, process, whimsy on August 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Found Objects, tagged cut-out pulls, furniture, holes, utilitarian, value, whimsy on July 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »