This San Pablo condo got a lot of mileage out of a pretty small budget. It wasn’t a full remodel. It was a set of well-chosen upgrades, each picked for how much it would change the look and feel of the place per dollar spent. Keep the cabinets, change the counters In most kitchens, the
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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
Your four options for a cosmetic remodel installation The remodel landscape has changed. Budget-minded homeowners don’t hire designers anymore — they watch remodel shows, scour the internet, and find great deals on materials they choose themselves. What they often can’t do is install it. So who should? Four ways to get it installed Your four
This was a ground-floor, one-bedroom unit on MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland that hadn’t been consistently occupied. It had been partly storage and partly a shelter for stray cats. The owner had a big heart. We won’t show how it looked when we first came through to measure, but it was in serious need of attention.
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Fast home upgrades Ten upgrades that add the most, done in days, not months. Some of the best improvements to a home don’t take a remodel. We put together the ten upgrades that add the most appeal for the time and money, each one typically done in a few days or less. We keep wait
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The goal for this Inner Sunset kitchen was to brighten the room. The counters went from dark granite to soapstone, and the cabinets were slated to be painted white. The project was eventually scaled back, and our part became the piece that sets the tone: a brick backsplash. Real brick, sliced thin This isn’t imitation
