Cathy Schwabe Architecture Hi-
Due to this question coming up with some frequency -- either through Houzz or via email to my office - drawings for this project will be avalable for purchase in a few months. I am getting that organized now. I will put that information - how to go about doing this - into my website at that time and likely post a note to followers on Houzz. Thanks for your interest.
Best,
Cathy.

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Cathy Schwabe Architecture Hi-
Thanks for the question -- the wood at the ceiling is simply the exposed douglas fir framing - and it has a clear sealer on it -- no stain. The clients painted the exposed surface between the rafters a dark blue -- it is quite lovely.
If you did not like the knots you can talk to your builder and or the lumber supplier about to specify a more clear grade of wood.
Cathy

templecat I actually love the knots! Thanks for the complete answer.

Meghan Sterling Thanks. We live in a circa 1830's farmhouse on the east coast and I am looking for a smaller scale door like this to use a a closet door slider in our guest room. A garage door will be much too large unfortunately, but I will follow your advice and see if I see any smaller scale doors.

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Cathy Schwabe Architecture Hi-
If any color was added to this mix I am guessing it was a small amount of Carbon Black - it comes in a powder and is added to the mix as it is being made. Fu-Tung Cheng's concrete book "Concrete at Home" is a great resource --- he suggests the use of 1/2 lb. of Carbon Black /cu yd.(you can get this from a concrete batching plant and typically you have to supply this). This darkens the concrete some. I believe that this floor was polished and well sealed. The client made these decisions. I would check out the book - it will give you alot of information and ideas too.
Thanks,
Cathy

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Cathy Schwabe Architecture Hi-
Thanks for the question -- this was a client decision so I will see if they still have their records. I'll get back to you one way or another once I learn more -- it will have been a Benjamin Moore color -- that I am sure of.
More soon --
Cathy

Cathy Schwabe Architecture Hi-
Unfortunately my clients do not have the information about the green -- I can tell you about the yellow gold but not the green. Looking quickly at the Benjamin Moore colors -- here are some possibilities:
#420 Apple Lime cocktail, #427 Malachy Green, # 2031-30 Sweat Pea and # 2031-20 Paradise Green.
sorry I don't have the information.
Cathy

ladybyrd Cathy I wrote you previously about the sliding doors and if you had a track along the wall. My kids push them when the doors are closed, so they swing out. Also there is a gap between the door and wall, since it is a bathroom door there is a privacy issue. Just wondering if this is normal. My contractor had never installed these before so he thinks this is normal. It is not a pocket door but a sliding door along the wall.
I love your work, I wish you were near to come by and take a look at my new house. It is very interesting but needs an update and I'm not sure which direction to go. But my sliding doors are awesome.

Cathy Schwabe Architecture Hi -
Thanks for the compliment -- where are you located? Just curious -- clearly not in California.
Anyway --
So in my project the door to the bathroom is a typical pocket door installation -- and only the large green door slides along the wall. That door does not have any restraints at the bottom to prevent someone from grabbing the edge (when it is ported against the wall) and then yanking on it. However as the gap is pretty small this is not something that has been a problem -- but then kids hands and fingers are not big - and I bet swinging it is fun. I have a couple of ideas -- which may be of use.

First -- for the pushing issue when the door is closed.
On the open side jamb - if either some kind of grooved full length stop could be applied to the wall to receive the door panel edge when it is closed, this would make it impossible to push the door out when it is closed.
Or -- a metal channel could be applied -- this might actually be easier to install and could either run to the floor ( if the base is flush with the wall) and or be applied above the base ( if it is proud of the wall) and the door can close into the channel.

Can you take a picture of your door? Might have some other ideas if I could see the condition.

For the sound -- this is tricky - how big is the gap? Depending on the gap -- there are brush seals made by Pemko of various lengths that could be applied full length to the inside face, very close to the leading edge of the panel which are flexible enough to rub along the wall and over the baseboard, if you have one, and would act as a filler and would muffle the sound more -- not completely but better than what you have. The seal would not be seen because I am assuming that even when the door is closed a small part of it still remains over the wall. The door would have to be removed to add this seal and then rehung.
On the closer side -- brush seals could also be applied in various ways the full length of whatever is used to "stop" and restrain the door and this would "seal" this side for sound.

I'd show these ideas to your contractor and even if they don't work with your conditions -- maybe they will spark an idea. That's sometimes all that it takes --

Let me know --
Cathy

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