Rockdale | San Francisco
Addition & Remodel
Timeless charm meets modern living in this stunning transformation of a 1931 home. Shortly after purchasing this historic property, our clients enlisted our team for a full-scale remodel. The existing heavily textured dark walls, dark parquet floors, pink tile, and lime painted bathrooms presented a daunting challenge, but we embraced the task of creating a contemporary yet approachable space.
Our design emphasized creating connected areas throughout the home, seamlessly linking the Living and Dining Rooms, the Kitchen and Breakfast Nook, and expanding the top two floors with 745 square feet of new livable space within the ground floor garage. However, the crown jewel for the owners was transforming the top floor from two bedrooms into a luxurious full floor Primary Suite sanctuary. We then paired thoughtful planning with carefully curated light woods, handmade tiles, warm brass accents, eclectic furnishings, and vibrant art pieces.
The result is a home that exudes comfort and openness, a welcoming retreat that beautifully blends modern aesthetics with its historic roots. For our clients, it’s not just a house—it’s a haven that encapsulates an indescribable feeling of warmth and belonging.
| Banquette | ... Welcoming breakfast nook with custom designed back & seat cushions.
For kitchens, every inch counts. This is well exemplified at the appliance garage which is actually “found” space over the existing stairs behind. See construction photos to see where we found this unutilized space.
| Remodeled Guest Bathroom |
Elegant wallcovering with a gradation pattern encircles the dry areas of the bathroom.
| New Primary Bathroom |
| New Guest Bathroom |
(Converted Garage Space)
| Mudroom + Laundry |
(Converted Garage Space)
Modernized existing stair.
Shoe cubbies- never enough shoe storage…
New Kitchen Visual | Towards Fridge
Appliances please…
New Kitchen Visual | Towards Breakfast Nook
Next up is our quartz backsplash…
Counter Day!
Plywood “soft tops” are in & ready for counter templating.
Cabinet install is underway!
Drywall is up & new matching oak nail down flooring is going in.
Rough electrical & plumbing at Kitchen.
See our finished photos to see how we creatively used this “found” space above the existing stair to create an appliance garage.
Demo Day!
Come back to see what the niche in the corner will become…
Existing Kitchen
Living Room & Fireplace Visual
The completed fireplace & roman shades are adding tremendous warmth and coziness to the house.
Busy day on site… the first coat of our fireplace lime plaster finish is going up & our roman shades are going up, too.
New gas fireplace insert, surround, & hearth are in.
New drywall is up & taped. The Living & Dining Rooms feel so much more connected with the previous dividing wing walls removed.
Demolition is complete.
Existing Living Room & Fireplace
New Main Floor Guest Bath Visual
Vanity hardware & shower enclosure are ready for install!
New wallcovering is up!
Tiling is underway.
Rough plumbing valve locations & shower niche are set.
Existing Main Floor Guest Bath
New Primary Bath Visual
New Primary Bath - UPDATE
Plywood “soft top” is in & ready for counter templating.
New Primary Bath - PROGRESS
Tiling in progress.
No detail is too small - laying out the tiles for installation…
Underfloor heating membrane & heating cables are in.
Shower pan is waterproofed & ready for tiling.
On-site coordination of in-wall plumbing.
Existing Primary Bath
New Ground Floor (Converted Garage) Bath Visual
Vanity hardware has been installed & the shower glass truck is backing in!
Tiling in progress.
New Ground Floor (Converted Garage) Mudroom Visual
New GF Mudroom - UPDATE
Hooks are marked & ready for install!
Washer & dryer are all hooked up! And check out that slat wall!
Below slab plumbing is complete. Now preparing for new concrete slab at converted garage - vapor barrier is down.
Formwork for new concrete foundations.
Shoring & excavation. Note how new perimeter foundation is done at 5-feet alternating sections.
Existing Ground Floor Garage