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If you are thinking of adding a niche to your shower wall, what should you consider? Building a niche into an existing wall can be fairly simple or really hard.  A niche between wall studs can be simple.  Typically as a niche gets larger, it…

We recently won the National Association of the Remodeling Industry’s 2017 Remmie award for kitchens $60,000 – $100,000! We thought it would be fun to walk you through the before and afters. The Kitchen Remodel Challenge Our European clients had just relocated back to the…

8 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Putting Hardwood In Your Kitchen Hardwood flooring can be stunning in a kitchen remodel, highlighting appliances and cabinetry, adding texture, movement, and color. The variety of woods, colors, textures, grains, finishes, lengths, and cuts are just the start of…

Updated: August 18, 2021 While we’re only as young as we feel, and 50 is the new 30, thinking universal design before one actually needs it is a great idea. Universal design is a term that we hear often, yet what is universal design? Wikipedia…

As a design build firm, we get to work on lots of cool projects. Every so often, we get an interesting and iconic home on which to work. This Walnut Creek, CA Eichler is a recent remodel that we completed and love the results! If you…

Pets and job sites are rarely compatible As a contractor, we have never lost or injured a client’s pet and hopefully, we never will! Let’s talk about dogs: Like contractors, dogs love tools.  We’ve had a golden retriever eat a cell phone, run off with…

The quickest way to discover shoddy workmanship is to be the general contractor remodeling a home.  Some clients know that their home has issues due to past craftsmanship lapses by others.  Some clients suspect that there are issues, but are unsure.  Recently, a client asked…