The revolution of synthetic grass has continued to trend upward in recent years, especially in California. Given our recent drought, many cities have begun imposing restrictions on water usage which limits how often people can water their lawns. Malibu happens to be one of those towns and has been implementing fines for people who refuse to limit …
What’s the secret behind a successful home remodel? Designing your remodel with the theme and style at the forefront. It’s easy to take a traditional home that was built in the 50s and make it modern, but the architecture and character of the original home can be lost in the process. For certain projects, we …
Many people dream of owning a custom home in Malibu overlooking the beautiful beaches, but they typically don’t imagine it made entirely of salvaged materials. The Wall Street Journal recently published the article, “A Vintage Modern Mashup Home in Malibu” where they describe the lengthy process this family went through to build their dream home. I …
The process of harvesting rainwater is very simple. Water for the home is captured from the sky, filtered, used by the inhabitants, and filtered back clean into the environment for landscape watering purposes.Constructing a building typically disrupts the environment and the beauty of a rainwater harvesting system is that it actually preserves the hydrologic system …
I was recently asked by an author if they could feature some of Armfield Design & Construction’s work on an article entitled, “How the heck do you even clean a glass shower door?” We were happy to be involved since glass doors can be tricky for even veteran homeowners to keep clean. The author of …