JAS Design Build

Joseph Schneider, president and co-owner, founded J.A.S. Design-Build in September of 1992 with his wife Kimberly Clements. Joe’s connection to the design-build world began as a teenager cleaning jobsites in New Jersey. That experience on the crew instilled in him a life-long love of building and those early lessons in framing, construction & craftsmanship have informed his studies in architecture and design.  Achieving a quality design-build process while maintaining constant consideration of client needs is Joe’s primary focus. This means honest presentation of budget and schedule while creating projects which are  both functional & beautiful. Integrity of the design & the design build process are of the utmost importance to Joe and his colleagues at J.A.S.

“J.A.S.-ers”  and  clients alike will tell you, Joe  has an uncanny ability to get things done. He has developed a hands-on approach which informs an intimate and unique model of design-build. The J.A.S. Design-Build approach moves a project  from an idea to a beautifully finished product  with attention to detail, budget and schedule maintained all along the way. Joe’s commitment to community, craft, texture and honesty are constants in his work while cultivating an aesthetic which continues to make a positive contribution to Seattle’s residential landscape.

This husband and wife collaboration continues to inspire their talented team of “J.A.S.-ers.”  The gallery of long time employees demonstrates the couple’s aptitude for successfully incorporating personal values into their business and work.  The creative and personal well-being of the J.A.S. team is paramount for Joe. Over the years, he has worked to provide paid time off, a 401(k) plan, and full health benefits.  As a strong leader of the J.A.S. team of talented designers, architects, carpenters, cabinet makers & project managers, Joe gives clients an unprecedented creative and innovative design-build experience.

Education:

School of architecture & design, North Carolina State, BEDA

Copenhagen, Denmark, DIS

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Favorite hand tool: hammer
Last meal: a dozen oysters on the half shell (4 Jones family flats, 4 Jones family Pacifics and 4 selected by the chef as long as they are north of Deception Pass), 6 fried smelt that Harper caught, summer pickles , and a Big Gin martini (olives).
Nicknames: Joey, Schneids

Kimberly Clements, creative director and co-owner, founded J.A.S. Design-Build in September of 1992 with her husband Joseph Schneider. Kim’s connection to the design-build world started in architecture and design school. In her role at J.A.S., Kim is able to continue developing a passion for homes and how we live in them while exploring just how beauty and creativity can live alongside reality and functionality.

Kim brings a unique blend of style and livability to the spaces she creates, looking for patterns that reflect the essence of a client’s life & interests.  This intuitive ability is visible in her balanced and innovative design approach & completed projects.  Her collaborative leadership and support throughout the design-build process ensures the forward momentum of the team & their project. Her mission as creative director is to guide the J.A.S. Design-Build community to excel beyond the ordinary and push the design-build model to a truly unique place.

Joe & Kim with their design sensibilities and experience set the tone for work at J.A.S. Design-Build by drawing on an admiration for tradition & craft but also a delight in innovation. It is her commitment to creating comfort within a space which helps define an important aesthetic value at J.A.S. Design-Build. Her understanding of the hopes, needs and intricacies of daily life allows her to guide the design team in their ability to exceed their client’s expectations. The result, that  ‘just-right’ feeling, can be felt in the homes of countless J.A.S. Design-Build clients.

As a designer who embraces a builders sensibility, Kim’s tenacity and ‘say it like it is’ nature offers a contagious enthusiasm for finding the possibilities inherent in each project.  This is a unique aspect of design-build as practiced at J.A.S.  She values a warm expressive home, a meal made from scratch, laughter, a great story, and uses the tools of design-build to celebrate just such things in her work.

Education:

School of architecture & design, North Carolina State, BEDA

Architecture & design studies, University of Washington

Hometown: Leesburg, FL
Favorite hand tool: Danish Farsroueur (dough whisk)
Last meal: Cassoulet w/ rabbit sausage, oysters & champagne
Nicknames: Bird Dog, Bones, Mom

Hometown:
Pittsburgh, PA

Favorite hand tool:
10 key calculator

Last meal:
Hamburger Helper – Beef Stroganoff version

Favorite hand tool:
Broom

Last meal:
Hmm…not sure.  I just hope I never have to answer that one.

Nicknames:
Kat

Hometown:
Wilsonville, OR

Favorite hand tool:
Rali planer

Last meal:
I would demand three meals.  Traditional eggs Benedict with fresh fruit and steamed broccoli.  For lunch a NYC deli corn beef sandwich with a delicious dill pickle.  For dinner I will be having a whole steamed artichoke, a rare filet minion with a huckleberry demi-glace and asparagus.   Sometime during the day I will also be snacking on deviled eggs and bacon wrapped jalapeños stuffed with cream cheese.  Fresh blackberry pie for desert please.  If you make me pick one meal, it will include all of the above.   Drink menu?

Nickname:
Nothing exciting here.  “Stevers” when I was young and now it’s “Stevie”.  Or “Stevie pants”.

Hometown:
Dallas, TX

Favorite hand tool:
Spoke shave
Most used? Utility knife.

Last meal:
One waffle (ha!) between fried catfish, collard greens and bacon, mashed potatoes and corn bread with a cheap yellow beer finished with a warm peach cobbler OR Roasted Quail on a bed of french lentils and sauteed kale with a glass of wine finished with an Italian Amaro.

Nicknames:
The Goose – childhood nickname

Hometown:
Sherman, TX

Favorite hand tool:
The Handbook of Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Last meal:
Chicken & Waffles

Nicknames:
Cocomo Andrews or Coco

Hometown: Tacoma, WA

Favorite hand tool: lacrosse stick

Last meal: dad’s slow-cooked bbq ribs, mom’s deviled egg potato salad and chocolate cake with vanilla butter-cream frosting

Nicknames: my sister calls me Magee,  and sometimes the Schneider boys call me Lebanna

Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio

Favorite hand tool:
Utility knife

Last meal:
Skyline Chilli – full menu

Nicknames:
Max (actively seeking new nicknames)

Hometown:
Bainbridge Island, WA

Favorite hand tool:
My hands

Last meal:
Tuna noodle casserole

Hometown:
Grand Rapids, MI

Favorite hand tool:
My perfectly seasoned 8″ cast iron skillet

Last meal:
My favorite meal is breakfast, so I would have to say my french toast with a side of crispy bacon, some fresh mango, and a perfect cup of coffee

Nicknames:
In chronological order, little Debbie, Mario, Paco, Deborina, or just D. Lucky for me, most of them didn’t stick

Hometown:
Spokane,WA

Favorite Hand Tool:
The ax, it does it all

Last Meal:
I think I need a couple more decades to figure that one out. But it would include all the food groups and beverage groups.

Nickname:
Drew “it’s on my stocking”

Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Favorite hand tool:
Stapler

Last meal:
Sushi, sushi, and more sushi

Nicknames:
Fi

Hometown:
Boise, ID

Favorite hand tool:
Heat gun

Last meal:
Lasagna my grandfather used to make

Hometown:
Milford, CT

Favorite Hand Tool:
My grandfather’s plumb bob

Last Meal:
Gordito’s grand asada burrito, fajita style

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
X-Acto knife

Last meal:
Homemade whole wheat bread made by my bestie. Toasted over a stove with olive oil, lathered in walnut butter, banana and cinnamon.

Nicknames:
Carol, Monaghan, carolcarolj, Cmonaghan, Oline, CJ

Hometown:
Decatur, AL

Favorite hand tool:
Quickbooks

Last meal:
Some good Southern cookin’ like chicken and dumplings, cornbread, pinto beans, and banana pudding. With sweet tea of course.

Nicknames:
Bree was my T-Ball name. You can call me SAB now.

Hometown:
Kendal, England

Favorite hand tool:
Sledgehammer

Last meal:
A lovely bottle of wine with some cheese and crackers

Nickname:
Ducks

Hometown:
Iowa City, IA

Favorite hand tool:
Pencil

Last meal:
Pork Chops

Hometown:
Longview, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Impact driver

Last meal:
Roasted veggies and elk steak, preferably made by my mom.

Nicknames:
Crashley Catelyn (accident prone), Smelsey, Smelso. Family and some friends still call me Kelsey Cate.

Hometown:
Chicago, IL

Hometown:
Brisbane, Australia

Favorite hand tool:
chisel

Last meal:
steak & mashed potatoes

Nicknames:
Lenn, Lenny, Glennard

Hometown:
Duval, WA

Favorite hand tool:
cordless multi-tool

Last meal:
pancakes (extra syrup), sausage, potatoes, 4 eggs with cheese, and a bloody-mary

Hometown:
Spokane, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Chuck It – extra long version

Last meal:
Anything left on the counter that I am not supposed to eat.

Nicknames:
Goober

Hometown:
West Seattle

Favorite hand tool:
My Brain and packing blankets.

Last meal:
Peanut butter or a squirrel or possibly a peanut butter slathered squirrel.

Nicknames:
Hat, Hattlebee, Hatley…

Hometown:
Kellogg, ID

Favorite hand tool:
My trusty cats paw because it’s helped me out of many a jams

Last meal:
Tacos with a smorgasbord of toppings and a tall cool Dos Equis to polish it off with

Hometown:
Grass Valley, CA

Favorite hand tool:
An old hammer that I “borrowed” from my brother

Last meal:
A cheese plate with fresh made bread, steamed artichokes and watermelon

Nicknames:
Beans, short for Gina Beana

Hometown:
Chernobyl, Ukraine

Favorite hand tool:
Block plane

Last meal:
Filet mignon with black truffles, linguine, and a bottle of wine found in a shipwreck.

Nicknames:
Victorious

Hometown:
Albuquerque, NM

Favorite hand tool:
Dyson vacuum

Last meal:
Something smothered in green chili and a giant margarita of course

Nickname:
Reeves

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Pry bar

Last meal:
I don’t know if I would be hungry for my last meal, but if I had to eat, corn on the cob.

Nicknames:
Larry is my nickname.

Hometown:
Boise, ID

Favorite hand tool:
My chisels (when they are sharp)

Last meal:
Steamed artichokes and fresh Dungeness crab

Nicknames:
As a kid, I was TayTay and my Dad called me squirrel.  Work nicknames at the age I am now it is either Taylos or Bovino.

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Screwdriver. Its the only tool I need for my wife to think I’m handy.

Last meal:
Steak Oscar, dry toast and 5 gallons of horchata

Hometown:
Laurel, MD

Favorite hand tool:
Combination square

Last meal:
Surf and turf. A nice thick rib-eye with a lobster tail, homemade macaroni and cheese and sautéed spinach. For desert I would choose a hot chocolate chip cookie.

Nickname:
I spent 10 years in the mountains of Colorado where I was given the nickname Ads. My Australian friend named me that because it seems that the Aussies abbreviate everything and two syllables are one too many.

Hometown: Stanwood, WA

Favorite hand tool: #11 x-acto knife or impact driver

Last meal:  scallops wrapped in prosciutto with crusty bread and sauteed brussel sprouts, blackberry pie for dessert

Nicknames: Gracie, Gracie-Lou, Gracie-pie….

Hometown:
Los Angeles, CA

Favorite hand tool:
Japanese wood block plane

Last meal:
Malena’s Carnitas tacos

Nickname:
Beav

Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio

Favorite hand tool:
6 inch combination square

Last meal:
Feta brined chicken roasted on the BBQ with saffron risotto and cooked greens on the side. Strawberry rhubarb pie to top it off.

Hometown:
Woodinville, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Veritas block plane

Last meal:
Steak and potatoes from the Metropolitan Grill

Nicknames:
Fry

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Feintool

Last meal:
Steak and lobster

Nicknames:
B

Hometown:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Favorite hand tool:
Metric tape measure

Last meal:
Indonesian rice table

Hometown:
Roanoke Rapids, NC

Favorite Hand Tool:
Cross Cut Saw

Last Meal:
Homemade ramen

Nickname:
Newt or K-nude

Hometown:
Puyallup is my hometown.  Fair place to be raised.

Favorite hand tool:
Makita impact driver

Last meal:
Any breakfast at Voula’s Offshore Cafe.

Nicknames:
Taylor Bovino calls me Markford, I guess it has stuck.

Hometown:
Grand Rapids, MI

Favorite hand tool:
Block plane

Last meal:
Tacos!

Nicknames:
Most of my friends just call me by my last name, Moblo.

Hometown:
College Station, TX

Favorite hand tool:
Stiletto titanium hammer

Last meal:
A wood fired Neapolitan pizza with fresh basil, fresh buffalo mozzarella and roasted garlic. I’ll wash it down with a bottle of natural wine, Pinot Noir.

Hometown:
Eugene, OR

Favorite hand tool:
Lee Nielsen #62 low angle jack plane

Last meal:
Sashimi – hamachi

Hometown:
Hudson, OH

Favorite hand tool:
Pencil

Last meal:
Never ending pasta bowl from Olive Garden….that oughta buy me some time.

Nickname:
Carl seems unique enough that I haven’t really had any nicknames

Hometown:
Great Falls, MT

Favorite hand tool:
Dogyu bar

Last meal:
Appetizers

Nicknames:
This one kid called me Kel-babe.   This was circa 8 years old; trying to sound cool. Other than that I never had a nickname before JAS (if you discount all the variations of words rhyming with Kelly) – started as ‘The Kid’, then ‘Chief’ apparently a reference to the quiet one on Cuckoo’s Nest.

Hometown:
Bonney Lake, WA

Favorite hand tool:
pull saw

Last meal:
A big bowl of ceviche, spit-roasted pork with chimichurri, and a Mexican Coke

Nicknames:
E, Eph, epher, e-frame, frame, Efrain (Eh-fry-een)

Hometown:
Chagrin Falls, OH

Hand tool:
A sharp pencil

Last meal:
Beef tips, noodles and gravy

Hometown:
Debrecen, Hungry

Favorite hand tool:
I don’t have a favorite hand tool. I love all my tools. Anyway how would my hammer feel if find out my grinder is my favorite.

Last meal:
Hungarian Goulash

Nickname:
Karesz

Hometown:
Longview, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Patented combination finger gauge

Last meal:
Pizza and cheeseburgers

Nickname:
Sunny

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Hand planer

Last meal:
Salmon

Hometown:
Golden, CO

Favorite hand tool:
Staple gun and sledge hammer

Last meal:
Super cheesy, home baked mac n’ cheese

Nicknames:
Kaity-d; Kait T-A

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
I love my tape measure, my pencil, utility knife, and my Japanese pull saw, but I am really in love with my Stiletto hammer that my husband recently gave to me as a gift.

Last meal:
Something Mexican, like carne asada, but anything Mexican will do.

Nicknames:
When Kate was young: Curly Girl, but nothing currently

Hometown:
all over

Favorite hand tool:
cast iron skillet

Last meal:
Mom’s kimchim, Korean soup and dumplings

Nickname:
Rumble – as known by her fellow Rat City Girls roller-derby team

Hometown:
Winston Salem, NC

Favorite hand tool:
My hand

Last meal:
A large bowl of broth and a fork

Nicknames:
My nickname was, “Go play outside.”

Hometown:
Lancaste, PA

Favorite hand tool:
A really good vacuum. It can be so satisfying

Last meal:
Sushi by Jiro Ono or possibly freshly made Paella

Nickname:
Zabala

Hometown:
Des Moines, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Hammer

Last meal:
Bacon, eggs, toast and pancakes

Hometown:
Guanajuanto, Mexico

Favorite hand tool:
Drill

Last meal:
Carne asada

Nicknames:
Beto

Hometown:
Miami, FL

Favorite hand tool:
Hammer

Last meal:
Shrimp and grits

Hometown:
Brisbane, Australia

Favorite hand tool:
Hammer

Last Meal:
Gyros

Hometown:
South Boston

Favorite hand tool:
Coping saw

Last meal:
Hanger steak and Jameson

Nickname:
Bobby

Hometown:
Spring Lake Heights, NJ

Favorite hand tool:
THE SABER SAW

Last meal:
An artichoke

Nicknames:
My middle name is Bix and my nickname has been, on occasion, “Bix-Bone”.

Hometown:
North of Seattle along the Salish Sea

Favorite hand tool:
As long as it’s sharp and in good working order, I celebrate all hand tools.

Last meal:
Is there a time limit?  Also depends on what exactly is happening after this meal…

Nicknames:
Muffy, Twinkie, Fremen, Freemey, Scott – take your pick.

Hometown:
Ballard, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Angle Grider

Last Meal:
I would request to have another meal after my last meal

Hometown:
Lakewood, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Fingers and opposable thumbs

Last meal:
I already have had it and it was delicious!

Nicknames:
What was my childhood nickname.  And now it is Now.

Hometown:
Asheville, NC

Favorite hand tool:
Sledge hammer

Hometown:
Charlotte, MI

Favorite hand tool:
Flat bar, this is the most versatile and widely used tool in my bag.

Last meal:
Tacos of some sort

Nicknames:
Mr. Kohler, Kohlerbear, E$

Hometown:
Vestal, NY

Favorite hand tool:
Cat’s Claw or Soldering Iron

Last meal:
Zasmażana Kapusta, Keilbasa, and Pierogi. Maybe also Kotlety, rye bread, and a butter lamb – but that all seems like a lot to eat

Nickname:
A lot of people here call me “Hey Peter”

Hometown:
Albion, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Brass stair gauges, by General Tool Company

Last meal:
An entire pork shoulder

Nickname:
As a kid, I was generally known as “Jessie’s brother” (I have a twin sister)

Hometown:
Bonney Lake, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Speed Square

Last meal:
A medium-well T-bone, coconut shrimp and a loaded baked potato

Nickname:
Just Jay for short.

Hometown:
Mercer Island, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Cordless drill

Last meal:
Flank steak with fresh corn on the cob, baked potato, and blueberry crisp with vanilla ice cream.

Hometown:
The world is my hometown

Favorite hand tool:
Rali block plane

Last meal:
Cacio e pepe with a glass of white wine.

Nicknames:
My family hates nicknames and I hate people who use nicknames.

Hometown:
Lake Stevens, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Electric hedge trimmer

Last meal:
Sushi smorgasboard

Nicknames:
Salad, Ensalada, Chicken Salad, Chica Salad, Sally Tomato, Tomato, Sally or any combination of all that.

Hometown:
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Favorite hand tool: 
I’d have to say my hammer

Last meal:
My mother’s homemade chili along side some bread

Nicknames:
My friends call me Jay or Santiago.

Hometown:
Owensville, Ohio

Favorite hand tool:
L-type lug wrench, and strap wrench

Last meal:
When they are in season, a variety of just-picked tomatoes. Other times of the year, bhindi masala (4/6 spicy) from Adeep India

Nickname:
The second most likely thing I’ll respond to is Elle.

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
2 inch slick

Last meal:
My wife’s famous homemade fish tacos

Nicknames:
My mother called me, “Bonehead”

Hometown:
Bellingham, WA

Favorite hand tool:
The catspaw

Last meal:
A large meat/veggie combo platter from any of my favorite tried and true Ethiopian restaurants

Nickname:
Gabs, never Gabi, if you’ve gotta cut it down to something

Hometown:
Port Jefferson, NY

Favorite hand tool:
My buddy, Jason Craig

Last meal:
Something involving cured meat, kimchi, and bourbon

Nicknames:
Tate calls me “Old Hickory”

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Multimaster

Last Meal:
Ranchers’ meat pie via a dutch oven on an open fire

Hometown:
LaConner, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Paper stone sanding blocks

Last meal:
Dungeness crab

Hometown:
Salmon, ID

Favorite hand tool:
A dull chisel

Last meal:
A chalupa

Hometown:
Huntington, NY

Favorite hand tool:
Needle-nose pliers

Last meal:
Lox & cream cheese on an everything bagel.

Nicknames:
JASers call me Swoot, I love it!

Hometown:
Toppenish, WA

Favorite hand tool:
My hammer

Last meal:
Bacon cheeseburger, no tomato, with fries and a Coke

Nicknames:
Rizzo, Ry-ry

Hometown:
Snoqualmie, WA

Favorite hand tool:
My Lie Nielsen No. 60 1/2 Block Plane

Last meal:
A rack of lamb, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus spears, and a dark Belgium brew

Nickname:
Brownie

Hometown:
Spokane, WA

Favorite hand tool:
A sharp chisel

Last meal:
Pizza

Hometown:
Des Moines, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Hand plane

Last meal:
BBQ brisket and cowboy beans

Nicknames:
Spud was my nickname as a kid.

Hometown:
Twin Cities, MN

Favorite hand tool:
Combination square

Last meal:
My friend’s homemade Persian food

Nickname:
Becca

Hometown:
Lakewood, WA

Favorite hand tool:
Shovel

Last meal:
A handful of aggressively brined nicoise olives

Nicknames:
Mars, Mar, Marl and Hopkins

Hometown:
Seattle, WA

Favorite hand tool:
This old Cresent Wrench that belonged to my dad I used to play with when I was a kid.

Last meal:
BBQ Sockeye salmon with rice and asparagus.

Nicknames:
Potato Head or Tater Tot

Home state:
North Carolina

Favorite hand tool:
card scraper

Last meal:
my mother’s salaw machu kroeng (Cambodian lemongrass beef sour soup)

Hometown:
Walnut Creek, CA

Favorite hand tool:
6-inch combination square

Last meal:
My wife’s asparagus risotto with a big salad

Nickname:
AO