Welcome to the Shook & Waller Journal — a closer look at the projects, people, and craft behind a North Bay general contractor working since 1982.
Here you’ll find stories from job sites across Sonoma, Napa, and Marin counties: custom homes throughout Northern California, winery builds with longtime partners, multi-family developments, commercial projects, and the large-scale remodels and additions that make up much of our work. We share the design choices behind a build, the subcontractors and architects we collaborate with, and the details that don’t always make it into a portfolio shot.
Whether you’re planning a new home, a winery, a commercial space, or a multi-family project in the North Bay, we hope the Journal gives you a real sense of how we work — and who we are after more than four decades of building here.
Building in Napa, Sonoma, and Marin means building for fire. A look at Chapter 7A, resilient materials, site planning, and design that holds up in wildfire country.
Luxury construction costs in Napa and Sonoma are driven by site, scope, materials, and team. An honest look at what the money in a custom home is really for.
A Sonoma County custom home takes 18–30 months from first sketch to move-in. Here’s an honest, phase-by-phase look at what shapes the timeline.
A Sonoma County custom home takes 18–30 months from first sketch to move-in. Here’s an honest, phase-by-phase look at what shapes the timeline.