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our cliff may rancho rehab monday january 16 2012 we won long beach heritage has acknowledged our efforts and awarded us a 2012 restoration and preservation award how cool is that thanks rochelle kramer of ranchostyle for referring us to them i had to supply them with exterior shots which made me realize i hadn t really properly photographed the completed exterior so here are some shots from today posted by matt at 10 46 pm 9 comments saturday april 23 2011 bitchin kitchen yes we are still alive no we didn t forget to finish the house we saved the biggest project for last no surprise but it is now done i can t believe it but we have a kitchen with cabinets and a counter there are some drawers too it s great to not have to dust off the silverware anymore let me start with a shout out to corey pollock of i and c craftsmanship if you are thinking about custom cabinetry give them a call they re super easy to work with and completely get the aesthetic and when we thought about the quality price comparison against something like ikea it was a pretty easy decision for us to spend a bit more and get custom fabrication with way better materials and exactly what we want no regrets there originally i didn t think i was going to have to completely open this wall i guess i should have known better at this point opening the wall revealed we needed to call in the pros both electrical and plumbing to get us set first the old kitchen island i made this out of scrap when we tore down a wall i think about three years ago i had no idea we d use it for so long knowing the cabinetry was getting installed in a couple days was a great motivator for getting the drywall up and primed corey and crew doing their thing island and pantry cabinets in i am still finishing priming the drywall on the sink wall at this point the four photos below show the progression and done we went with storage instead of the bar counter big deep drawers fit all the pots and pans we went with 2x4 ceramic tile from heath we ve shuffled the house around a bit the kitchen bump out is now our dining room this is because the old dining room is now the living room that s because the old living room is now the office that s because the old office is now the guest room that s because the old guest room is now the drum roll babies room we still have 20 weeks to go thus wraps up the great cliff may rancho rehab of our last 4 years i ll be back as i have a couple ideas in the works but major renovations on the rancho are now complete thanks to everyone who followed along as we tackled project after project it was a lot longer ride than we bargained for but no regrets we are enjoying the ranch more than ever these days posted by matt at 4 20 pm 9 comments friday june 25 2010 pergola it s been over half a year since my last post funny what happens when you take on a full time job luckily the rehab is in it s final stages we are happy to check the pergola off the list the first thing that had to happen was to remove 2 bricks from where each post would go and then dig out holes beneath i borrowed zeke at the start of the rehab he came through once again as the tool of choice to remove the bricks i dug the footings about 2 feet deep i failed to document pouring the concrete and setting the brackets it turns out the last thing you want to do when mixing and pouring concrete is take pictures of it when the wood was delivered rough sawn cedar it was a happy surprise to see that the 4x4 s were a true net 4x4 same with the 4x6 s being a bit heftier than expected meant i had to route out the posts to fit in the brackets i measured the height of the first post level with the barge beams of the house then leveled other posts to the first post then i cut the barge beam at an angle to match the house and dropped it on the second side the same as the first then i attached the 2x6 s all the hardware is basic simpson ties which i thought was fine since the plan was to stain it check out the shadows working keeping the house much cooler more shadows the next morning i added some angle braces then the mrs stained it up up next the kitchen don t hold your breath posted by matt at 4 15 pm 7 comments sunday december 13 2009 picnic table while we would love to have one of these it s just not in the budget right now and after not having any luck finding a solid used one i decided to build it myself made from 2x6 redwood and 5 16 bolts sturdy posted by matt at 5 43 pm 4 comments saturday november 28 2009 landscape 5 pretty much done i finally finished the planter bench except for the redwood decking on top it is made entirely from salvaged wood most of it from the old fence the short vertical board and batten sides let me use a lot of small redwood scrap that would have otherwise gone to the dump i put a pond liner on the inside to help keep the wood from rotting now we just have to figure out what to plant in it sod laid down in the back with drip irrigation not a lot just enough to keep things from being too dusty i see you an early requirement from the mrs was that we have an intercom where we could see who was ringing and be able to buzz them in we went with a system from aiphone the installation was a little tricky but definitely worth it sorry jw s magazine sellers high school kids trying to raise money to go on a european vacation we are unavailable at this time up next a picnic table a pergola to go over the backyard brick pad and then a kitchen posted by matt at 4 05 pm 9 comments sunday august 23 2009 landscape 4 phase 1 complete sorry for the delay it s been busy business time over here lately phase 1 of our landscaping plan has been completed for a few weeks now our little patch of grass is taking off we planted a chinese pistache in the courtyard and are looking forward to the fall color the brick patios are finished a big one out back which will be covered with a pergola at some point and a small one off the kitchen which will be the grillin station the front yard is pretty much done except for the planter i still need to build along the fence here s the big pad it turns out that not all of our old brick was the same size but jason and crew shaved the bricks one at a time to make the patio we wanted out of them and the little guy posted by matt at 6 55 pm 7 comments thursday july 2 2009 landscape 3 the patio today the team powerwashed off the concrete retarder to expose the aggregate and we are psyched there s a bit of touch up to do yet but it is just what we wanted it already looks like it s been there for years i m going to take a second to give props to our landscaping team dalman klodt builders jason klodt and team have been nailing each phase on time on budget and with fantastic results give him a shout if you have a project jklodt dkbuilders net just don t distract them before they wrap up here okay we ve got a bit to do yet per jason s recommendation we put in a new water main first the old one was pvc and a bit too close to the surface we put in copper we definitely don t want to have to break up the new yard to replace a water line framing it out tape goes on the redwood spacers to protect them during the pour there s a space between the framing and the fence for a planting bed it ll either be a planting bed with a bench in front or a raised planter with a bench built into it i suppose that depends on what we plant there any suggestions when this guy shows up you better be ready pouring and seeding finishing touches you let the retarder sit overnight powerwashed we have a step inside the house to get to the den and now we ll have one outside too this was done so we could get water flowing away from the house at our previously at grade lanai a cool benefit is that the transition from inside to outside will be more seamless the step out is barely a step no matter what room you are stepping out of the step has a little cantilever with a redwood 2x4 inset feels like this is how it was supposed to be we also need suggestions on a shade tree for the empty square anyone x marks the spot again only this time we re keeping it up next salvaged brick backyard patio or front yard pavers and sod not sure what will finish first posted by matt at 6 57 pm 3 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2012 1 january 1 we won 2011 1 april 1 2010 1 june 1 2009 9 december 1 november 1 august 1 july 1 june 3 february 1 january 1 2008 10 november 1 august 2 june 1 april 1 march 1 february 2 january 2 2007 10 november 1 september 2 august 1 july 2 june 4 other cliff may blogs our love of cliff may cliff may restovation contributors matt matt lakewood rancho estates sales brochure we moved in next to an original owner who still has his sales brochure he was nice enough to let me borrow it to share with all of you click image to download the pdf 2 1mb simple theme powered by blogger