Tag Archives: kitchen remodel

Project Highlight: San Francisco Sees the Light

Sometimes you don’t know where a chance meeting will take you. But a chance meeting with a super charged Half Moon Bay business woman led to a discussion about kitchen design. She said, “I heard you talking to that other woman there, yes, I admit I was eavesdropping, but it was very interesting. You say you […]

Designer's Corner: Let's Talk About Floors

How do I help a client choose a Kitchen or Bath flooring?    If a client is doing a remodel, the most important delineating factor for choosing flooring is her budget.   A low budget can mean choosing a vinyl flooring product, and most often I would work with a Marmoleum or Congoleum flooring. They have a […]

Designer’s Corner: Designer Vision

This is the first of a two part story. We begin in San Franicisco, the home of many first time buyers, living in tiny little cottages, or small two story attached houses in the Sunset the Richmond District. Cute, quaint, each full of rich, historical detail, may I add, kitchens baths as old as the […]

Aging In Place: Kitchen Function Improves Usability Part II

We enter the kitchen with new eyes when we think about Aging in Style. The first thing we looked at was cabinetry, even the height of our clients can influence the best height for the cabinetry. Should we add a section with a lower countertop? Multiple heights are not only comfortable for people in wheelchairs or […]

Aging In Place: Kitchen Function, Improved Usability Part 1

Usually, clients who update their bathrooms are the first to look at Design for Aging In Place, but in the next month or two, we’ll be renewing kitchens for two new clients. They both want to incorporate the latest ideas technologies for Aging In Place, while keeping costs down as we go. One will be […]

Friends Don't Let Friends Build Under The Influence… Use A Professional!

Sixteen years ago we bought our dream house in the woods. As we moved in met the neighbors, many of them told us that they had hammered a lot of nails into our house.  The process the former owners followed was simple: Invite the neighbors over for a meal, enjoy some beer or wine with […]

PROJECT HIGHLIGHT: UPDATING A 1970s KITCHEN TO SHAKER MODERN

Originally this kitchen was very small, with limited storage space. HB Building Design masterfully updated the look of the kitchen with modern tile, lighting, appliances, an enlarged floorplan. Custom cabinetry was built to meet the client’s specifications. When the project was finished, the kitchen had twice the storage space! Is your kitchen short on storage? […]