Posted in Design Projects, tagged houses, patterns, process, wood on August 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Design Projects, tagged ceilings, exposed structure, hallways, interiors, Oakland, process, wood on March 27, 2014| 1 Comment »
The sheetrockers are hard at work at my Rockridge project. Here is a picture of the hallway where we are keeping the fine old ceiling joists exposed. Stay tuned on this one. Its going to be the coolest hallway ever.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged ash, floor finish, flooring, green, riftsawn oak, rubio monocoat, wood, woodgrain on January 9, 2014| 1 Comment »
My client is choosing between two very different woods for their flooring throughout the house. The samples are both very nice, so I thought I’d share them. Both of these are finished with clear Rubio Monocoat, an environmentally friendly wood finish that is more matte than conventional floor finishes. We are also hoping that since it is not shiny it might not show wear as much. It is much easier to repair scratches in this type of finish.
The first sample shown here is Rift Sawn Oak. It has a very regular grain pattern of tight straight lines. It is a medium warm brown color.
Select Rift Sawn Oak with Rubio Monocoat
The second sample is ash. Ash has a very pretty, much less regular grain pattern and an ash blond color.
Ash Flooring with Rubio Monocoat
They can’t go wrong with either of these, but I am particularly partial to Ash.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged fence, garden, landscape, process, whimsy, wood on December 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I did these sketches a while back for a client who wanted to divide a shared yard and create more privacy
Posted in Design Projects, tagged collar ties, designing for children, designing for kids, details, exposed beams, fun, interiors, techtonics, wood on November 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I am a fan of having some exposed structure in a house. This photo shows one of the reasons. In addition to hanging a bouncy swing, these beams can make a great place to hang a mobile or colorful flags, wrap holiday lights, store fishing poles or a small boat, install lighting to shine up on the ceiling, and more.
In addition they add a three-dimensionality to the space and light filtering down through the beams from high windows creates interesting shadow patterns.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged houses, process, wood on October 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This is another whole house remodel project in Oakland. Stay tuned for more photos soon.
Posted in Found Objects, tagged Berkeley, details, historical styles, houses, paint, patterns, porch railings, railings, redwood, victorian, whimsy, wood on September 2, 2013| 2 Comments »
This old house near my office caught my eye this afternoon. I am curious how they maintain that beautiful wood. Is it original? It looks like high quality material. I bet they restain it frequently. The combination of stained wood and painted wood details is nicely done. I particularly like the gable end details.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged FSC certified wood, furniture, guaciban, hand carved, local Elm, paduk, wood on July 14, 2013| 2 Comments »
Searching for something in my portfolio photo collection today I happened upon this nice one of my minnow belly table with leaves.
Posted in Found Objects, tagged Albany, columns, corbels, curiosities, details, east bay, historical styles, houses, humor, wood on July 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I was sorting through some pictures I took of exterior architectural details and I thought these two were amusing. I’m not sure these need any comment, but feel free to offer your opinions.
Posted in Found Objects, tagged bathroom, Julia Morgan, lighting design, tile, utilitarian, value, wood on April 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Something to be said for keeping it simple.
Posted in Found Objects, tagged metal, trellis, wood on April 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I have collected a few more interesting trellises to share. People in the East Bay sure do like their trellises. Probably because it is so sunny here!
This one is a caricature – Oakland, CA
This one is well integrated with the architecture and looks great even though the vine is hibernating – Berkeley, CA
Another wisteria trellis with cool metal and wood brackets (zoom in) – El Cerrito, CA
I like this one with the very square trellis members – Berkeley, CA
Modern steel and wood trellis – Oakland, CA
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, historical styles, houses, stucco, water management, wood on January 28, 2013| 2 Comments »
This new remodel project in Berkeley is underway. They are doing a full house remodel and are smart to make sure that the exterior envelope is in good shape. In our climate these zero overhang stucco houses with old fashioned stucco details (stucco all the way to dirt and no weep screed) often have a lot of rot hidden behind the stucco. You can see some of it in the photos below. The next step will be to remove all the old sheathing and check the studs for rot. After repairing any rotten framing, the contractor will add new plywood sheathing and replace all the windows with modern double glazed models.
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