Bedroom addition/remodel in Oakland hills
The holidays can bring visitors for some of us. Now is a good time to carefully observe your home in reception mode: How is the flow of traffic through the rooms when you have a party? Are overnight guest accommodations comfortable? Save and file in memory for later consideration, and enjoy the holidays this month!
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Lisa and Steve Schliff | Owners, G.C. License #484793 Fully licensed, insured and bonded, Green Building Certified
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Choosing The Right Cabinet Wood
Most cabinets are made from hardwoods, but these hardwoods
are often applied as veneers over a substrate, such as plywood. High-quality custom cabinets are made from solid wood. Wood warps easily as its moisture content changes. That's why it is important
that the wood be finished on all sides before the cabinets are installed.
Hard maple is a fine-grained and light-colored wood and a popular choice for custom cabinets. Cherry is hard, smooth,
and fine-grained. Its beautiful red to reddish-brown wood darkens with age and is often stained for
uniformity of color.
Red oak is strong, durable, and relatively inexpensive.
Available in a wide range of styles and finishes, it features pronounced grain
patterns and is most often used for traditional cabinet styles. This wood is an
option for stock, semicustom, and custom-made cabinets.
Features of wood to consider are:
Grain: The natural patterns running through the wood are what give each surface individual beauty. Cherry offers an attractive grain with a sleep contemporary look. Pine grain, a softwood, conveys rustic charm.
Color. You're not always wedded to a wood's natural color.
Stain can replicate the color of maple on a birch base, for example. When choosing your final wood stain, get a sample to harmonize with countertop, floor and wall colors.
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Tiled alcove over range in Oakland Hills kitchen remodel
Small Spaces Make Elegant Statements
Designing a new room out of the space in your home involves integrating the large systems and laying them out for ultimate functionality and aesthetic fulfillment. Walls, lighting, floors, counters, cabinets, doors, windows and much more must be taken into account. But let's not forget the little touches that transform an attractive remodel into an elegant one.
Kitchen alcoves can be located above your range, cooktop or where there is available wall space. They can keep your favorite condiments within easy reach. They can also display favored ornamental vases, mortar and pestle, miniature plants, or whatever your imagination and creativity come up with that will fit within the alcove dimensions. Those little touches become an expression of you that lend personal charm and intimacy to your home.
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Steve and Lisa Schliff
On The Beam Remodeling, Inc.
855 Marina Bay Parkway, Suite 28
Richmond, California 94804
phone: (510) 412-9964
fax: (510) 412-4750
email: otbeam@sbcglobal.net
General Contractor's License # 484793
Serving the Bay Area
Please come by and visit us in the beautiful Richmond Marina.
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