Architectural details are the differentiating element in upscale, high-end and luxury homes. Combining beauty and function in details that bring style to everyday living.
Steel and mahogany staircase with inlaid steel details at the base of balustrade built for custom home in the Berkeley Hills.
|
This Lafayette home's entryway closet with shoe cubbies in Mississippi Red Gum is a wonderful way to keep clutter at a minimum. Lit from behind by opaque glass exterior window nothing is hidden in the shadows.
This architectural detail continues down the length of the living room providing niches for art, with cabinets below for storage and shelves above for beloved pieces. |
|
|
Media Library in Hickory with steel. This custom media/library in the Berkeley Hills was built to store LPs and cookbooks. Access to upper reaches of the floor to ceiling shelves is provided by a stainless steel ladder that glides across the unit along a rail. The base is not on wheels which allows for storing the ladder flat against the unit.
Custom wall paneling in Walnut. Tight revels and book-matched veneers are highlights of this architectural detailing that covers the fireplace chase, with open-shelving on one side.
On the left Spalted Sycamore inserts with glass and Wenge frame for this Berkeley Hills home's entry way and a Douglas Fir door with brass speak-easy and mail slot compliment this Oakland home's vintage style.
The family room's paint-grade bookcases frame the passage to the dining area & living room in this remodeled San Francisco Victorian.
A walnut bookcase with a secret passage to a hidden room for impromptu meetings, clandestine poker games.
