GROOVY?
A good friend who happens to make some very nice wine advivumcellars.com/ad_vivum_wine dropped of a stack of used French Oak the other day. I am grateful...
View ArticleNAPA VALLEY BARN TOUR
THE RED POLE BARN AT ROUND PONDI am happy to be participating in the annual Napa Valley Barn Tour this weekend. It is hosted by Preservation Napa Valley...
View ArticleSERENDIPITY RISES AGAIN
They agonized about if they should bring her from the East coast. After all they remembered the story about how she came to be theirs. They saw her advertised in the paper once and were intrigued....
View ArticleAND SO IT BEGINS.....
SITE PLANEAST ELEVATIONSOUTH ELEVATIONWEST ELEVATIONNORTH ELEVATIONSOUTH ELEVATIONWEST ELEVATIONThe large strokes of the design are complete. The permit is in hand. Starting to rise in the hills...
View ArticleTRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
Momentum.....It is funny sometimes how a job delayed can wallow in some purgatory. And then the time comes to finish what you started and the energy that was denied re-ignites and is made whole. Had...
View ArticleWHY I DO WHAT I DO
It is the thrill of the hunt. The realization/materialization of ideas stirred up in your head and then formed with hands with care. It is proportion, scale, material and texture and craftsmanship...
View ArticleSTARTING THE NEW YEAR WITH A BANG.....AND A JACK HAMMER
Peeling back years of alterations and reconfigures and now nearly down to its essence and ready to begin anew; this house project in Saint Helena is well underway. It is interesting to see the process...
View ArticleHOUSEKEEPING
I am putting together a catalog of design works. Have a gander. projectdesignfiles.blogspot.com Call or email with any questions. Check back by clicking on the image/follow the link at the top right...
View ArticleONE NIGHT STANDS
Have not had so much opportunity to spend time in the studio lately. I sometimes miss the immediacy and gratification that it provides. These night stands have been floating around in my head for a...
View ArticleTAKING SHAPE
As volumes are defined and finishes are just starting to show their faces, the promise of a vision realized starts to tease me along. A pleasure to be pulling this off with the team from Trainor...
View ArticleWHITE ON WHITE
Just finished this large cabinet. The front is composed puzzle-like of different sized doors, the pulls concealed in the edges of the applied circular segments. Painted with many coats of white and...
View ArticleWALKABOUT REVISITED
OUT STANDING IN HER FIELDENTRY COURTYARDFROM THE VINEYARDENTRYSTEPS TO GUEST ROOMBRUSSEL SPROUTSKITCHENLIVING LOGGIA VIEWBASIN POOLSOUTH LOGGIAGUEST TOWERCURIOSITYRIVET STRIKE ON TOOLED BLACK DOORNORTH...
View ArticleREADY FOR MY CLOSEUP?
Run to the news stand and grab an armful of copies of SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINE. Story written by the irreplaceable Diane Dorrans Saeks, author of numerous design tomes and host/creator of the Style...
View ArticleIN THE BEDROOM
IT STRIKES ME DEEPLY AND GIVES ME PAUSE TO MAKE A PIECE FOR A CUSTOMER WHO HAS PIECES OF MINE FROM NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. THEY HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN, AND SUPPORTED MY WORK OVER MANY YEARS. THEY HAVE...
View ArticlePORTRAIT OF THE STVDIO AS AN ARTIST
He was surrounded by it day to day. It stood by him. Sometimes he did not see it. other times he would embrace it, as it enveloped him. The studio was steadfast and unquestioning in its support....
View ArticleROYALLY INSPIRING!
CONGRATS UK AND ATHLETES; YOU MADE US ALL PROUD TO BE PART OF THE HUMAN RACE. THE WORLD FEELS A LITTLE SMALLER!
View ArticleA FEW STEPS CLOSER
And a few finishes away from a major transformation. It is startling sometimes how some steps in the construction process can really change the outlook of a project. It is how the rhythm of these...
View ArticleVOTE EARLY.....VOTE OFTEN
The very charming and talented Tricia Rose of Rough linen roughlinen.com is up for a Martha Stewart American Made Award. americanmade.marthastewart.com/profiles/tricia-rose-1913. Good to see a worthy...
View ArticleSCULPTING A NEW COUNTRY ARCHITECTURE: MODERN COUNTRY, MAXIMAL INVENTION
the style saloniste: Sculpting a new Country Architecture: Modern Count...: Come with me for a visit to Daniel and Christine Hale’s wonderfully original and light-hearted new house in the Napa Valley....
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