Growing Families in Los Gatos Use Murphy Beds to Create Transitional Nursery Rooms

If you’re raising a family anywhere in the Bay Area, you can’t get a more picture-perfect neighborhood than Los Gatos. Old-growth trees flanking unique homes and the stunning Los Gatos Creek Trail mak...
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Cabinetry Finishes Inspired By the Historic Style Of Tri-Valley Wine Country

Tri-Valley residents understand what many tourists seem to miss: this is some of the best wine country in Northern California. Sonoma and Napa have had their day, and slowly we’re starting to acknowle...
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Saving in the South Bay House Market: Upgrade Your Closet Instead of Buying New

South Bay is, undeniably, tech city. Potential employees for the world’s biggest tech giants flock to Silicon Valley every single year—which is great for venture capital, but not so great for house pr...
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Make Your Own Custom LaFayette Theatre at Home (Though It Won't Be as Historic as the Park)

I’ll never forget rushing to the Park Theater in LaFayette to see “Cinema Paradiso” on its last weekend performance. The Streamline Moderne mainstay of downtown LaFayette was one of my favorite single...
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With Interest Rates Soaring, Remodeling Your Home Office In Los Altos Hills May Be Better Than Moving

As the 8th most expensive zip code in the United States, Los Altos Hills (94022, to be exact), is definitely not a cheap place to live. You get a lot of bang for your buck here, however, with guarante...
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Celebrate Bay Area House Values Hitting a Record High with a Closet Makeover

If Chicagoans discuss the Cubs and Portlanders chat about the rain, Bay Area residents belabor house prices. It’s always on our minds—rising mortgages, increased rent prices, and an ever-growing influ...
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How to Recreate Palo Alto’s Rinconada Library in Your Own Master Bedroom

I recently got into a somewhat heated debate with a colleague about a very pressing current issue—e-readers versus paperbacks. While my opponent made some good points about accessibility, I couldn’t c...
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Valet Custom Cabinets & Closets Receives Best of Houzz 2017 Award

For the fifth year in a row, Valet Custom Cabinets & Closets has been recognized by Houzz as a top-rated home building, remodeling and Design Professional in the United States and around the world...
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Custom Cabinet & Closet Manufacturing in Silicon Valley

In 2015, Patrick Layne, Valet’s Vice President & General Manager, started on a quest to update two major pieces of equipment in the Valet production facility: our edgebander and our panel saw. Pat...
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Celebrate Super Bowl Sunday in Style with a Custom Home Entertainment Center

Super Bowl season is coming up fast. The final ten teams have emerged, and although the Raiders aren’t going to feature in the playoffs (too soon?), there are still a lot of fantastic games in store f...
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How Murphy Beds with Built-In Storage Can Double Your Palo Alto Rental Home's Value

If you own property around Stanford’s campus, you might just be the smartest homeowner around. College campuses are gold mines for renting opportunity. Constant occupancy and consistently rising price...
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Luxury Walk-in Closet Remodel Ideas Inspired by San Jose’s Silver Creek

If I were to move anywhere else in the Bay Area, I might just head for Silver Creek Valley in San Jose. The beautiful homes, safe environment, golf course, and country club bring comfort and luxury to...
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