Design Discoveries

We are very happy with the results of the design work provided by Chris. We remodeled a section of our home and did an addition, which included a bedroom, full bath, 1/2 bath, mudroom, laundry room & hall. The new space is beautiful, functional and precisely designed for exceptional use of space. We feel that Chris was a good listener and did a wonderful job of keeping the new space looking as though it had been designed as part of the original home.

Chris worked with us and designed a beautiful addition to our home. This addition is now complete and we are living in the upgraded house, and renting out the secondary (granny) unit Chris designed for us in the back. At the beginning of the project, we had an idea of what we wanted, but after receiving advice, considering options, and weighing costs, we actually changed our direction a time or two before we finalized and moved forward. Chris advised us throughout, was flexible when we adjusted out thinking, and creating a beautiful design for the addition that we are happy with. Throughout the building of the project, Chris would stop in and inspect the work, ensure it was implemented as designed, and confirmed the outcome look and function was as expected. When I had questions or issues with the builder, Chris acted as a trusted consultant and advisor. I am glad we hired Design Discoveries and would work with them again.

We hired Chris multiple times over a few years when doing staged significant remodeling of an older home. Chris did the architectural design for our new kitchen, living/dining room area, front porch redesign, kids bedrooms, and completely new garage design. As we kept doing each area, we kept coming back to Chris to make the most of each space redesign. Our project was challenging, to take a home originally built in 1930 and keep true to the historical design and yet make it modern, more stylish, and the space much more functional for today's family, and he accomplished this beautifully. We receive complements on Chris's design in our home all the time. His designs are also practical with a good eye to functionality. All work done on time, on budget as predicted, and Chris worked really well with our designer and contractor. Highly recommend Chris's work and will definitely hire him again.

Chris designed a detached solid-roof patio cover for us and we were very pleased with the results. The finished product blended in extremely well with the existing house. Chris was professional, easy to work with, and promptly returned all phone calls.

Chris Anderson was so wonderful to work with! He was efficient and paid attention to details. He was very quick in getting back to us with changes. We have referred many of our friends to Chris and they have been very happy as well. I would definitely hire Chris again!

Chris has excellent design ideas. He has a critical eye for detail. He was very easy to work with & communicate with over the course of our project.

I have worked with Chris since 2007. I was lucky enough to have him work with him on our home in Los Altos. I had driven many homes in my area, and noted my favorites. I was referred to him by a friend that RAVED about Chris.. Chris had actually worked on every project I loved. Chris gives a home the charm and character that makes a home special. He also makes every inch liveable. I have since started my own design business and refer Chris to everyone I work with. He really makes a home so special. BTW, the cities and contractors love him too. His attention to detail is like no other.

Chris designed us a gorgeous house and was fantastic to work with -- from beginning design conversations, to city council approvals, to today when he stops by the construction site regularly to check in and send us pictures. Our project will be complete in 5 months and we're hugely thankful to Chris for everything!!

Absolutely amazing! Creative, friendly and very patient as we changed things up a little bit. We got a beautiful design!

When we planned to build an addition to our house and remodel the rest in 2014, our interior designer friend highly recommended Chris. We met shortly after our first phone conversation, and everything went very smoothly. He is very pleasant and professional, and compared to what we've heard from our friends, he charges very reasonably. Although Chris had his hands full at the time we met, he showed us the first draft of his design about 3 weeks later as promised. After sleeping on it for some time, we decided to make some big changes to the design and he gladly did that for us. After that we've made maybe 10 more minor changes and he never gave us an attitude. No complaints or whatsoever. He also took care of all the permit application with the city so that saved us a lot of trouble. During the construction process, Chris could not be more helpful. Anytime our contractor has a concern, he would show up at the site that very same day to sort things out. Also, he often dropped by to check out the progress and see if we needed anything. When we emailed or texted him for urgent issues, he'd always respond right away. Even when we had non-architecture related questions, Chris went above and beyond to help us out. We really couldn't have asked for more. Even our contractor thinks Chris is a few leagues above the other architects he has worked with!

Christopher Anderson worked on a remodel for us and we are quite pleased with his work. He is professional, timely, responsive to our input, and ultimately provided a set of great plans for our job. I would not hesitate to recommend him.

We had an extensive exterior house remodel with a mudroom addition last year. After interviewing over 7+ designers, we decided to go with Chris. And we are SO happy we did! Chris was so easy to work with. But most importantly, he was the only one who had the vision and designed what we wanted for the house. He was very responsive through the design process. But what I am most impressed with was his commitment to the project even after the drawings were done. We had some issue with rotted beams that was unexpected during the remodel and Chris worked with the contractor immediately to resolve the issue. We didn't have to worry or sweat one bit! As the construction phase went on, Chris would come by from time to time to visit the progress. He was not paid to do so, but he took ownership in his designs and we were very appreciative for his suggestions and help along the construction phase. We love our new remodel and how the house looks now. Most importantly, we were happy how smoothly everything went. We have already recommended Chris to our friends and will definitely work with him in a heart beat again.