This is the other kitchen in the same Oakland duplex, with the same seafoam glass tile and white grout as its neighbor. The difference was the wall behind it. Here the walls were cinderblock. A solid wall isn’t always a flat one A kitchen backsplash doesn’t need cement backer, but concrete block made an especially
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The owner had just bought this Oakland duplex when he found a water leak under the slab foundation. Tracking it down and repairing it came at great expense, and by the time the remodel started, a lot of money had already gone into the building. Every remaining decision had to keep costs down without cutting
This Montclair home was getting ready for market. The owner was preparing to sell and move, and wanted the kitchen floor to help the house sell. She had already chosen the tile: a striated Italian 12″ x 24″ with a very high durability rating, the kind of floor that looks expensive and holds up to
Pound for pound, paint is the cheapest transformation a home can get. Painting a 1920s Art Deco Apartment, Oakland, 2010 Pound for pound, paint is the cheapest transformation a home can get. This apartment — about 600 square feet in a 1920s Art Deco building on 6th Avenue in Oakland — is a good example:
