Concepts from our design studio, drawn for the homes we work in every week — Eichlers and Tudors, ranch homes and lofts, from Napa to Carmel. Each one answers a real brief; each one is buildable as drawn. Yours starts the same way: tell us the brief.
Design study · Los Altos
Drawn for a Los Altos ranch with a wall of glass to the oaks: the brief was warmth without clutter. Pale slab cabinetry and a dramatic dark-stone island let the view carry the room, with the range wall kept monolithic so nothing competes with the light.
Design study · Campbell
The forever-kitchen brief: a Campbell family home that should still look right in twenty years. Full-height shaker cabinetry, a generous island with seating for homework hour, and brass hardware that will patina rather than date.
Design study · Willow Glen
For a Willow Glen storybook home, the study pairs a deep navy island against warm white perimeter runs. The color is confined to the one element that can be repainted in a weekend — bold where it is reversible, quiet where it is permanent.
Design study · Palo Alto
A Palo Alto brief for a kitchen with no visible hardware and no visual noise. Handle-less slab fronts, a bookmatched stone backsplash, and appliances fully integrated behind panels — the room reads as furniture until it needs to work.
Design study · Sunnyvale
Designed for Sunnyvale Eichler stock: post-and-beam ceilings, glass walls, and a strict rule — honor the architecture. Flat-grain walnut, a low horizontal profile, and globe lighting keep the mid-century DNA while the working core is entirely modern.
Design study · San Jose (Naglee Park)
Craftsman houses punish kitchens that ignore their woodwork, so this Naglee Park study leans in: sage-green inset cabinetry, quartersawn detailing, and unlacquered brass. Period-correct at a glance, with modern storage and clearances underneath.
Design study · San Jose (Rose Garden)
A Rose Garden Spanish-revival brief: keep the romance, lose the dark galley. Hand-glazed tile, arched openings, and warm plaster brighten the room while a modern island layout replaces the original chopped-up work triangle.
Design study · Los Gatos
For a Los Gatos family that entertains in waves — shiplap and beam texture overhead, an apron sink under the window, and a long island that seats five without crowding the range. Farmhouse warmth, laid out with commercial-kitchen discipline.
Design study · San Francisco
The anti-white-kitchen brief, drawn for a San Francisco Victorian that lives by fog and evening light. Charcoal cabinetry, smoked oak, and dramatic veined stone lean into the city’s moody weather — with layered lighting doing the heavy lifting so dark never becomes dim.
Design study · Santa Cruz
A Santa Cruz study built around salt air and bare feet: pale oak, whitewashed tones, and hardware that shrugs off the coast. The palette stays sun-bleached so the room feels like the beach it is ten minutes from.
Design study · Menlo Park
Menlo Park ranch homes hide generous footprints behind modest fronts. This study opens the kitchen to the family room with a broad peninsula, keeping sight lines to the yard while doubling the landing space a busy household actually uses.
Design study · Mountain View
For Mountain View townhome stock: tight footprint, tall ceilings, northern light. Pale flat-panel fronts, open oak shelving, and a restrained two-tone scheme stretch the room visually while every centimeter of storage works.
Design study · Downtown San Jose
A loft brief from downtown San Jose: industrial shell, warm heart. Blackened steel and walnut cabinetry anchor the open volume, and the island doubles as the dining table because loft living refuses to separate the two.
Design study · Burlingame
Burlingame’s Tudors deserve inset cabinetry, and this study delivers it: beaded face frames, a leaded-glass hutch moment, and a range alcove framed like the original hearth. New kitchen, old soul, zero flat-pack anywhere.
Design study · San Mateo
A Peninsula condo brief where every trade decision fights the HOA and the square footage. Full-height storage to the slab ceiling, an integrated fridge, and a waterfall peninsula that turns the kitchen edge into the home’s social rail.
Design study · Cupertino
Drawn for a Cupertino family that wanted the countertops empty, always. Fluted oak conceals a full walk-in pantry behind a flush door — small appliances, breakfast clutter, and bulk storage vanish, and the kitchen stays a room, not a workspace.
Design study · Monte Sereno
The decompression-chamber brief from a Monte Sereno hillside: a freestanding tub under soft light, a curbless double shower, and stone chosen for calm rather than drama. Every fixture is placed for the evening wind-down, not the photo.
Design study · Palo Alto
A Palo Alto study that commits fully to the wet-room idea: tub and shower share one glass-walled, fully waterproofed zone. The payoff is a small bathroom that lives large — one floor plane, one drain strategy, no wasted transitions.
Design study · Menlo Park
Handmade zellige tile against warm walnut millwork, drawn for a Menlo Park cottage. The imperfect glaze catches light differently at every hour, and the walnut vanity keeps the room grounded so the tile can shimmer without going precious.
Design study · Atherton
An Atherton-scale brief: classic materials executed without shortcuts. Bookmatched marble, unlacquered brass, and a symmetry-first layout — the kind of bath that gets photographed for decades because it never chased a trend.
Design study · Los Gatos
Powder rooms are the one place we tell clients to be brave. This Los Gatos study proves it: a sculptural stone basin, dramatic wallcovering, and jewel-box lighting in eighteen square feet guests never forget.
Design study · Santa Clara
An aging-in-place brief from Santa Clara, designed so the accessibility disappears: a zero-threshold shower, a built-in bench that reads as a design feature, and blocking for future grab bars hidden in the walls. Dignity is the spec.
Design study · Mountain View
For a Mountain View remodel with a playful streak: terrazzo surfaces, a floating vanity, and crisp geometry. The speckled stone hides real life between cleanings — pattern with a practical alibi.
Design study · Campbell
The hardest brief in the book: a guest bath that punches above its footprint on a sane budget. Large-format tile to cut grout lines, a single statement mirror, and one good stone slab — restraint doing the work of expense.
Design study · Woodside
A Woodside study in one material gesture: deep green marble wrapping the vanity wall of a half bath. Small rooms can carry big stone precisely because you exit before it overwhelms — drama by the square foot.
Design study · Saratoga
The Saratoga wet-zone brief: a freestanding tub placed inside the glass shower enclosure. One waterproofed zone handles all the water, the glass line stays uninterrupted, and the room gains a hotel-suite calm that separate stalls never achieve.
Design study · San Francisco
Drawn for a San Francisco rowhouse basement with zero natural light: the study treats lighting as the finish material. Layered warm sources, reflective zellige, and a pale palette make a windowless room feel deliberately intimate instead of buried.
Design study · Palo Alto
Eichler bathrooms are famously dark for houses famous for glass. This Palo Alto study fixes the contradiction with a generous skylight over the shower, teak-warm cabinetry, and terrazzo that nods to the era without cosplaying it.
Design study · Los Altos Hills
A Los Altos Hills brief for the room the whole house orbits: vaulted ceiling, a stone fireplace mass, and steel glazing to the terrace. Kitchen, dining, and living hold their own zones without a single wall between them.
Design study · Campbell
A Campbell backyard study: a detached ADU that reads as a small architectural object, not a shed with plumbing. Board-formed texture, a deep entry overhang, and glazing placed for privacy from the main house — rental-ready or in-law-ready.
Design study · Cupertino
The classic Cupertino problem: a great lot, a house one room too small. This addition study extends the rear elevation under a continuous roofline, so at dusk the new great-room glazing reads as if the house was always meant to end this way.
Design study · Los Gatos
First impressions are load-bearing. Drawn for a Los Gatos two-story, this entry study pairs a sculptural stair with a double-height wall of light — the fifteen square feet that set expectations for every room after them.
Design study · Almaden Valley
A ground-up study for an Almaden Valley lot: modern farmhouse massing, deep porches for west-facing heat, and a floor plan drawn around how the family actually eats, works, and lands at the end of a day. The site plan came first; the style came second.
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