A one-bedroom backyard ADU, built so the owner could move in and rent out the much larger main house.

Every bathroom, the kitchen and a major seismic upgrade, on a site that fought us for access.

Taken down to the framing and rebuilt. Over a full year, the PG&E bills dropped 84%.

An unfinished basement turned into a one-bedroom ADU, with radiant floor heat and a graywater system.

A new primary suite and bath, with custom millwork so the addition looks like it was always there.

An office, kitchenette, bath and sleeping loft under a 14-foot cathedral ceiling.

A first-floor half bath for a 1924 home that had none, plus the old back stair turned into a closet.

Every finish and fixture replaced, with a one-piece shower base instead of a tiled floor and a book-matched white oak vanity.

New floors, custom booths and a 30-foot wall of hardwood, acoustic panels and street food photos for Lin Jia Asian Kitchen.

The old deck was falling apart, so we started over: new footings and framing, Azek boards, cable railing and a metallic privacy screen.

Three flights of redwood stairs rebuilt, and an ipe accent wall with a hidden door built into the boards.

Two bathrooms gutted, with a primary shower at the bottom of a 12-foot lightwell lined in glass mosaic.

A new loft and stair built into an office, all in vertical-grain Douglas fir with frosted acrylic panels.

An office and guest room with R-40 walls, wrapped in charred Japanese cedar.