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Comfort At Home

Client Interviews About Their Adjustment To The Coronavirus

I thought it would be interesting to reach out to a few of our clients about their experience dealing with self-isolation in their homes and the different ways their lives and schedules have changed in the past few weeks. The following interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Be well out there!

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Zoom Backgrounds

Get a free (virtual) home renovation with CG&S’ Zoom backgrounds

CG&S Design Build is here to help upgrade your home office. As COVID-19 disrupts our day-to-day, video conferencing, such as Zoom, is slowly becoming part of our new normal for those who are fortunate enough to take online classes, work from home (WFH), or take our happy hours virtual.

Whether you’re a WFH pro who wants to get creative, or just learning the ins-and-outs of virtual meetings and want to cover up a messy room, we've got you taken care of.

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CG&S At Barkitecture Austin 2019

Notes From A Dog-Filled-Up-Place

CG&S was chuffed to participate in 2019's Barkitecture Austin event and silent auction, raising money for dog rescue and adoption in Central Texas. The 15th iteration of the event featured a wide variety of custom designed and built doghouses by preeminent area architects and builders at Fair Market. And it featured dogs. Lots and lots of dogs, in costumes.

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Saying Farewell To Mark Evans

A Lil Retirement Party

Last week we said goodbye to Project Designer Mark Evans after a 13 year tenure at CG&S. Former and current clients, trades colleagues, and coworkers all gathered together to send him and his husband Dave off on their next journey.

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On The Boards

Finish Selections & Modeling In Tarrytown

A client's Pinterest board, combined with cherry-picked preferences and knowledge about what they definitely *did not* like helped us assemble a finish-palette for this Tarrytown home about to enter construction.

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Top-Out In Cherrywood

Stephen Pascarella Reaches Milestone In Central East Austin

We were really pleased to tour this home with our clients on a real August scorcher. The spaces were nice and open with brilliant light streaming through new windows. The old walls were stripped down and showed their original cheery colors. Walls had been cleared away, new ones framed up, and additions added to the back of the home.

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Season For Caring 2019

Through the Austin American Statesman’s Season for Caring program, we had the opportunity and pleasure to work with Meals On Wheels to help Michael and Nora Gomez renovate their home.

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Topping Out Ceremony For Aïda

It was a cold grey morning in Hyde Park. We loaded up on pastries and coffee, and headed out to celebrate Aïda Pollard’s topping out day.

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Lake Living Or Artsy Maximalist?

Interior Design With Range

Posted on January 23, 2019

So, the architectural process is complete. You’ve diligently and methodically worked through the architectural design and you have a beautiful, shining, new space conceived with modern sensibilities… Now what?

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Tamale Party Tradition Continues

Images from our favorite holiday tradition

Every year around the holidays, co-founder Stella Guerrero would deliver home-made tamales to CG&S' clients as a token of appreciation and well wishes on the season. We’ve continued the tradition with a party at our offices where we hang out with old friends, clients, former clients, coworkers, subcontractors, vendors, and other folks in the scene.

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