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The storybook home I finished last year came out really great and I was proud of all the people who made it happen. The architect (Mark Wheeler) and the home owners conceived the overall floor plan, layout and locations of everything. The home owners and I selected materials and fixtures, designed the fireplace, etc. The contractor (Jay Caffey of JMC Builders) did a great job of putting it all together. Here is a link to an article.
http://www.presstelegram.com/columnists/ci_14367293
I’ll post pictures when I get them.
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Here is a picture of gates in the master
Bathroom. They came out quite nice.
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We recently finished Fleur de Lys Patisserie in the Monterey Park off Atlantic. Here are the renderings…
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Here are some pictures of the beginning of finish materials..
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The project is coming along nicely. We are repurposing a concrete industrial building into a single family home. When it is finished it will be hard to imagine that it was an empty concrete bunker when we first got ahold of it. There were no bathrooms, no kitchen, etc. Here are some pictures during construction.
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We have been doing some work on the bathrooms. We uncovered the original floor and have been attempting to put something back that emulates the original intent. One thing we find is that some products such as certain types of tile are not available anymore so we have to recreate the feeling using existing cost effective materials. Below are pictures of the facade, the bathroom when we found it and some progress shots. This home is in South Pasadena.
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We are redoing the basement and reconfiguring the stairwell in this Spanish home. Nice view!
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There is something about this place that is difficult to pinpoint. It is certainly timeless and it sort of draws you in as you travel up the long drive or go to the top and look down the long ravine. But I think it is more than that. Great places have a sense of gravity all the while feeling totally normal all at the same time. The lab is a place where decades of important science took place and yet it makes me want to run and explore in the hills surrounding it. Anyways- pictures say it all….
Exterior front elevation
View from upper balcony
Guest house fireplace with scale slabs intact
Here is one of the tunnels that goes into the hillside. Future storage area.
Exterior storage area will become courtyard for guests.
The lab is a truly special place. I will post more construction related pictures soon. Things are starting to happen and we are getting excited as walls go up and trenches are cut through concrete for pipes and openings.
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Here are some shots of the fireplace. This deserves a little explanation. We designed and built this from scratch. Once the final design was drawn to scale we then made templates for the framers. It is always neat to see these types of architectural features come together. We ended up using reproduction Batchelder tile.
Before the new fireplace is built
In process of being brown coated
Laying out the Batchelder tile
Almost finished
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Here are some pictures of the master bathroom….
One inch hexagon tile "rug" affect
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