Savannah Tropical Shelter Concept - An interesting read.
Our team recently took a field trip to a Lower West Side project where we are in the process of selecting the right stain tone for a wood flooring project. Finding and matching the right tone can be a bit tedious at times as it is a trial and error process. Patience is a virtue, but when your set, there is no better feeling. A great stain job can add life to any plain wood flooring. Be on the lookout in the near future for a Wellbuilt 101 on how to stain wooden floors.
Here’s a Los Angeles Times blurb on our talented California designer Corey Gash:
Where many see junk, Corey Gash envisions design possibilities. The window display artist convinced his family to leave its comfortable, two-bedroom town house in Orange last year for a run-down barn in Costa Mesa that once housed chickens and, later, a boat-building operation. “The first time I saw it, I thought it was an amazing space with great bones. I’d always wanted to live in a barn,” says Gash, who has fond childhood memories of feeding the chickens during summer vacations at his aunt’s farm in Colorado. Partner Krista Wallace wasn’t as enthusiastic. “At first I thought, ‘No way. I couldn’t live there,’ ” she says. “The place was a shambles — filled with old wood and spiders. There wasn’t a bathroom — just an outdoor shower — and I had just found out that I was pregnant.” Now, repurposed materials and furnishings give the remodeled 700-square-foot home a loft-like openness and a soulful style. Here, the entrance wall is composed of wood reclaimed from a church roof.
What’s not to like about George Nakashima’s lovely furnishings…? Raw, simple, and timeless.
Here’s a new green installation project we just wrapped up where we’ve repurposed an old filing cabinet and added a little flavor to it with a marble counter top. This area will serve as a side bar next to the kitchen. Its going to be a fun zone to entertain guests before and after warm meals in this City Apartment. Bottoms up…!
Icon, Ford, and Nike came together for one heck of a collaboration. Here’s a wonderful example of what is possible when you couple classic brands together with talented minds. The sky is the limit!
The Wellbuilt team had the honor of attending a special event hosted by the talented Nick Cope of Green Painting in conjunction with Farrow & Ball Paint. A live non VOC paint demonstration, Q&A time, along with drinks and horderves were served up at the wonderful gathering in SOHO. We’re proud to be affiliated with Nick Cope and the rest of the crew over at Green Painting NYC. Our team is looking forward to a great year providing clients with the best green design and build materials. Here’s a few selects from the event.
We here at Wellbuilt Company are constantly hunting down the finest of materials for our clients. Our staff along with our designers work day and night to stay on point with our projects. There’s often a lot of excitement during the conceptual process and even more towards the end and onto the unveiling of our completed projects. However, between start to finish we are heavily rooted in catering to all the fine details. Whether its choice paint, tile, wood, or even stucco, we work with only the best materials. Here’s a few tile samples that we have carefully selected for a recent project. It’s all in the details…!
Our team over at Wellbuilt Company are advocates for sustainable building practices as our goal is to provide the highest quality environmentally sound spaces for our clients.
Here’s a breakdown of our favorite green products we’ve been using on our 2011 jobs:
1) Bamboo flooring
2) Natura Paint by Benjamin Moore – Non VOC
3) LED light bulbs
4) Green Depot all purpose cleaning solution
As Wellbuilt Company continues to grow and expand, we’ve made it a point to donate a portion of our proceeds to support Kiva’s global micro-finance loan initiatives. The organization’s vision is to also help grow and expand businesses in developing regions. By donating a portion of proceeds to the Kiva Microfinance Loan Initiatives, we have helped fellas like Marcos Fleitas of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay get his business off the ground and running. We’re proud to support Kiva, and more importantly our new friend in the build and design industry of South America.
More on Marcos:
Marcos is from Ciudad del Este, is married to Basilia, and they have 2 small children who go to school and still depend on them. Marcos dedicates himself to selling construction materials. He started in this activity selling bricks made by a friend. In addition to this, they have a business selling decorations and chair and table rentals for birthday parties. Thanks to the work they do, they are educating their children and getting ahead with their obligations. Marcos requests a loan to buy construction materials, which he will be able to supply his business and continue working as he has been doing.
Wallpaper Installation ain’t dead. It’s alive and well out here on the East Coast.
Digging the natural curved wood here of the lobby entrance over at One Jackson Sq.
Currently in the Wellbuilt works we are sculpting this life like tree desk for Hillary Unger of Perianth Design from a raw slab of walnut. We’re pretty excited, its as green as it gets!
Timber joints can be sexy as well as practical. This dovetail joint is a perfect example.
We took an outdated one bedroom apartment in the upper west side and performed a complete renovation of the kitchen, bathroom, and closet. Stay tuned, video coming soon.
Getting our family room just the way we wanted seemed like a never ending task. It was outdated and dark looking. We wanted to improve the functionality, comfort and convenience that a family room should offer, while allowing it to be an extension of our kitchen, without causing a “traffic jam”. We needed to add storage, a fire place and lighting to be able to set the mood at night, and also have it work as a homework/playtime for our kids. Within a few weeks, not only did the team at wellbuilt help us to achieve this, they kept us right on budget. – Sue Downes, Winchester MA
