Not every job is a showpiece. This San Francisco apartment was painted for a property management company, a standard repaint between tenants. Straightforward work, but straightforward isn’t the same as careless. A clean paint job is what makes a unit show well and rent quickly, and the difference between a fresh apartment and a rushed
We chose not to use metal edging around the niche on this shower surround. Older homes tend to be out of square, or not flat or plumb, and that makes getting tile surfaces flat and even tricky. This San Leandro job was such a home. The problem with old walls There’s a certain feel you
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Not every tile job is a full remodel. This San Francisco bath surround needed a repair: a section of subway tile brought back to match the rest of the wall. It was a relatively small job, but repairs have their own challenges, because the goal is for no one to be able to tell where
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This Oakland guest shower is a good example of how much design you can get from simple materials. The homeowners wanted a clean, modern shower without a big budget, and the answer was a pre-formed shower pan, a cement backer surround, and ordinary subway tile, laid in an unusual way. A vertical grid Subway tile
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Most of our work is tile, cabinets, and floors. This was a rare bit of finish carpentry that also had to be functional: a mahogany seat in an Oakland bathroom, with storage space inside. Not a square angle in the house It’s just what it looks like. But there wasn’t a square, right, or plumb
This was a lesson. And the lesson is: avoid white natural stone unless you pair it with a very light grout. Even then, dirt will settle into the stone and give it a dirty look over time. This Oakland Hills master bath floor was about 160 square feet, with a fair number of angles, in
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