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Palm Desert Country Club Remodel
The original structure was a tired mid 70's small condo style golf course home.  The new home is modern style high ceilings, open to course views.  

05/11/2010

For our Clients and Community

This home was just finished.  We worked hard with the home owner to get the look they wanted; a very open light and airy feel with lots of sunshine coming in from the 18' wide by 8' tall sectional pocket doors and fixed windows at the gable end above. We could not exceed the existing ridge direction or height. We used a shallow open web scissor truss design (maximum of 1'-4" deep) with reduced (on center) spacing to match the strength of conventional rafters and retain the ceiling space.  This style of construction is usually accomplished with conventional rafters only. This truss design allowed us the large spans without requiring the obnoxious (view robbing) ridge beam used in conventional stack framing.  As you walk into the front entry, your eyes are immediately drawn to the spectacular rearward view of the golf course with the beautiful mountains beyond.

Of course, the landscaping is low water drought tolerant.  The walls and windows have high insulation values.  The tile floors provide the cooling effect of a large thermal mass area.  Coupled that with double zoned air conditioning units provides for reasonable summer utility bills.

Check out the 7 Before and 17 After pictures below.  They are quite contrasting.

Gabriel King
(760)333-8714 

       
Before - Non Descriptive Front Elevation            After - Front Elevation well balanced and defined

         
Before - Dark hidden Entry Court                      After - Properly proportioned & defined Entry Court

                                              
Before - Closed Dining Room to Kitchen  After - Open Dining Room to Kitchen (Fire Shelf @ left)

      
Before - Confined Small Family Room         After - Kitchen looking into expansive Living / Dining

            
Before - Small low ceiling restrictive Rear Patio   After - Large expansive high ceiling Rear Patio
View restrictive                                                                                                     View Enhancing

    
Before - Tight restrictive Kitchen               After - Open Kitchen Island view to Desk/Refrigerator

       
Before - Closter phobic Rear Patio w/ low ceiling/beam    After - Open Rear Patio w/ high ceiling

        
      After - Entry Gallery/Dining Room/Fire Shelf              After - Kitchen Island looking at Rear Patio        
   
             

                                     
After - M. Bathroom Lavatories looking into Bedroom
 

                                               
After - Powder Room                   After - View from Rear Patio looking in to Kitchen / Living Room
 

      
After - Kitchen Range Wall                                                                          After -  Gas Fire Rock

         
After - Flush Pocket Glass Door / Screen / Shutter Tracks            After - Entry view to Rear Patio

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Celebrating 30 years

A word from a few of our 
many satisfied clients 

Michael Buccino  
John Douglass 
Ben Godfrey   
Marty Sublett  
Gregory Wilkes