My clients in Castro Valley had some very unique challenges with their kitchen. They had a ton of kitchenware with no place to put it. With children and pets all taking up space in the home, the kitchen became a central dumping ground for everything. Challenges Limited counter space, a tiny island cooktop, and inefficient …
Many people think that because my blog is called “Bay on a Budget,” that my philosophy is “the cheaper the better.” This couldn’t be further from the truth. This is where we come to luxury vinyl flooring and why I hate it so much. The Uncanny Valley of Hardwood Flooring Luxury Vinyl flooring looks like …
Say Hello To Tina and Ricky My friend Tina never really had the opportunity to learn how to organize or manage a kitchen. With few opportunities to learn cooking skills, she relied on eating out and purchasing processed foods. Her husband, Ricky, however had grown up with a more organized disposition. Consequently with most married …
Last year, my sister, Beka, and her husband, Drew, had a refrigerator that started leaking in their Los Angeles home. Over the course of several months, it seeped into the floor and caused extensive water damage to the flooring, the subfloor and even the lower cabinets. Unfortunately, the existing laminate flooring could not handle the …
My friends, Kei and Jen, had a galley kitchen that was barely functional before they renovated. It was incredibly hard to maneuver through and it always felt really dark inside. The textured red walls made the space feel like it was enveloped by a giant tongue. When they asked me to help them design a …
When Jess and Jon asked me to help them redesign the house they were moving into, I wasn’t exactly prepared for the amount of work that it really needed…especially the kitchen remodel. Repainting the terra cotta walls was an easy fix, but the honey maple cabinets with the reddish brown granite counters and black granite …
You’re busy and want to figure out how to paint your kitchen cabinets without the fluff. Here you go. You’re welcome. Stuff You’ll Need Foam roller Paint brush Paint – (I use Behr Marquee Interior – Satin or Semi gloss) Primer? Some people use primer, I don’t. Paint Tray Painters Tape 220 grit Sand Paper …
Before I left for Australia, I had a chance to visit Kei and Jen’s kitchen to get a better idea of the space. I also made some design changes based on their needs and wants. If you haven’t seen the initial kitchen design, check out my previous post. As you can see from the current kitchen photos …
After posting my kitchen renovation, I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people to do more kitchens. I’ve recently been helping some friends design a new kitchen and Google Sketchup has been my goto 3D modeling program. It’s incredibly intuitive and best of all it’s free! I use Sketchup all the time to mock …
