84 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM Senior Designer Shea Ross adds that in Hillsborough, “Every single home is different. You’ll find a Spanish home next to a modern home next to an Italian home. We like the challenge of working within an existing space.” This made the team especially excited to work with the family on a remodel of their 7,200-square-foot house built in 1981. The large home was ready for a change, and the family brought in Dimitra mid-construction to join Geiszler Architects in undertaking the renovation. The specific challenge in this case was to transform the enormous space into a comfortable, timeless home that worked for the entire family, which includes two teens. Collaboration is a main tenet for Dimitra Anderson Home, and the design approach is similar with every client, whether an individual, couple or family. “It’s about identifying how they want to live in the space,” explains Dimitra. “For this particular client, she’s from Texas so there’s a little bit of a traditional vibe. We leaned into more formality in the living room and Combine a pinch of Texas formality, a touch of Parisian elegance and some coastal Santa Barbara cool, and you end up with a refresh of a grand Mediterranean home in Hillsborough. Throw in a family of four, a contemporary art collection and a couple with a vast height variance, and what rises to the top of the design concept is a theme of customization. The house was in need of an update and the team behind design firm Dimitra Anderson Home says that Hillsborough is one of their favorite communities to work in. The structures here tend to have some character, according to Principal Designer Dimitra Anderson, with homes lovingly restored rather than leveled— which is often the fate of older farmhouses or ranch homes farther down the Peninsula. “It feels a little like an extension of San Francisco,” she says. “There’s character and a bit of history.”
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