About Us
Amparo Del Rio is a Certified Architectural Interior Designer specializing in Residential Remodels, Additions, ADU’s, Kitchens, and Bath Design. "I produce scale drawings of proposed floor plan(s), elevations, details, a lighting plan, building section, site plans, and demolition plan, complete with a visual representation of the final design. In addition, I will draw up documents that you can use to obtain construction bids and permits".
My motto is “Design to Improve Life.”
My goal in any project is to design a comfortable and efficient space for you and your family. Good design will be admired for endless years. It will be an extension of your personality and the activities of your life. Your family will be in love with their new space.
People remodel for many reasons. Each time is like life starting over again. A new space can change your life with all the colors and comforts to make you happy.
It is a science and an art to come up with effective floor plans. Most of the houses I have remodeled had inefficient floor plans. I can move a kitchen from the front of the house to the rear to improve the comfort and flow throughout your family’s space. I can remove walls to open space and use every square foot in the room, maximizing your living space. Efficiency and comfort is my passion, and I want to improve your life with that passion.—Thank you for coming to my Houzz Profile.
Services Provided
3D Rendering, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), Architectural Design, Architectural Drawings, Attic Conversion, Barn Design & Construction, Building Design, Design Consultation, Drafting, Energy-Efficient Homes, Floor Plans, Green Building, Guesthouse Design & Construction, Handicap-Accessible Design, Home Additions, Home Extensions, Home Remodeling, House Plans, Modular Home Additions, New Home Construction, Prefab Houses, Project Management, Site Planning, Staircase Design, Structural Engineering, Sustainable Design, Tiny House Construction, Universal Design, Basement Design, Basement Remodeling, Bathroom Design, Deck Design, Garage Design, Historic Building Conservation, Home Restoration, Kitchen Design, Kitchen Remodeling, Landscape Plans, Laundry Room Design, Mudroom Design, Site Preparation, Space Planning, Construction Drawings
Areas Served
Atherton, Belmont, Campbell, Cupertino, East Palo Alto, Emerald Lake Hills, Foster City, Fremont, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Loyola, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Newark, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Jose, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Stanford, Sunnyvale, West Menlo Park, Woodside, Brisbane, Broadmoor, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, El Granada, Half Moon Bay, Highlands-Baywood Park, Hillsborough, Millbrae, Pacifica, San Bruno, San Francisco, San Leandro, South San Francisco
Awards
Interior Design and Interior Architecture Certification from UC Berkeley 2007. Bachelors in Graphic Design, 1980
16 Projects
Credentials
5 Houzz Awards
3 Houzz Badges
1 Affiliation
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13 Reviews for Amparo Del Rio, C.I.D.
HU-686680481
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Client
Amparo helped us with an addition to our home. Her design is modern and contemporary. She is easy to work with and made our addition look as if it was part of the house. She was available when needed and worked well the contractor. We enjoyed working with her.
February 4, 2020
Comment from Amparo Del Rio, C.I.D.:
Thank you very much. It was great pleasure to work with you two. I really appreciate your feedback.
Tom Novak
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Client
My wife and I enlisted Amparo's expertise in designing our new deck (stunning) and then designing built-ins for our pantry and master bedroom closet. She involved us in every step of the process, listened to us and didn't force her choices on us. The end result for both projects were better than we could have hoped for. Her fees are reasonable and her diligence exemplary. We would definitely hire her again for our next renovation project.
January 26, 2020
Patty Hurko
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Client
Amparo was a pleasure to work with. She came to see my proposed kitchen addition to a studio. She knew exactly what I needed and drew up plans in a short reasonable time. When I needed to go to the city planner she joined me to help me understand the process, her expertise was invaluable! I highly recommend her.
January 18, 2020
Comment from Amparo Del Rio, C.I.D.:
Thank you very much for trusting me with your project Patty.
AG
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Client
We worked with Amparo on an expansion project at our house. We loved her thoroughness and attention to detail. She is very responsive as well and kept communicating with us throughout the process. She was very invested in the work and would send us links and brochures to share her ideas and even meet us at stores to help select materials. The plans got approved by the city at one go which allowed the project to get started on time. Amparo is very familiar with the process of getting plans approved by the city which really helped. We really liked the plans she drew up and now that the project is complete, we love the end result and are enjoying the expansion!
January 17, 2020
Comment from Amparo Del Rio, C.I.D.:
You guys where easy to work with and most important I loved every moment.
Luis Madrigal
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Client
Amparo was fast, efficient and quickly helped with my house renovation project by getting me a plot drawing and remodeling layouts of my house to obtain a final approval from the city. She was on top of communications and quickly delivered the project after a single site visit to take measurements.
April 21, 2019
Comment from Amparo Del Rio, C.I.D.:
Hi Luis, Hope you are doing well and happy with your remodel. Thanks for the Review on Houzz. I really appreciate your feedback. Amparo
Julie Avary
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Client
Working with Amparo Del Rio on the complete home renovation was a pleasure from start to finish. Amparo listened carefully to our needs, and came up with a wonderful design. She followed through on all the aspects of permitting the project with the structural engineer and working with the contractor’s bidding process. Amparo always kept the budget in mind throughout the project, choosing the best materials and finishes without our budget. She thought of several things to keep costs down, which we would not have known. Amparo is a professional who knows how to meet her client’s needs, and she is a joy to work with on remodeling design, project management and landscape design. I can’t say enough nice things about working with Amparo, as she made our lives so much easier. Her ideas were so good, that we changed very little of her original design and choice of materials. We were completely happy to have Amparo on this project, and I will use her services again!
November 27, 2018
Carey Dietz
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Client
Amparo provided us with a terrific design and plans for our master bathroom remodel. She was dedicated and demonstrated great creative capacity. She has our unconditional recommendation.
September 21, 2016
Jennifer Wu
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Client
Amparo completely re-designed our home and we could not be happier with the finished product. Based on her recommendation, we opened up three walls, and moved a kitchen from the center of the house to the back. This was a lengthy project and I am so happy with Amaro's work. She is a consummate professional, and was very easy to work with. She makes sure that you are 100% happy with her design.
She has a great eye and presented ideas that we could not have come up with. Amparo's all about space efficiency. She has a very strong point of view, which we appreciated. We are so happy in our newly remodeled house - thank you, Amparo!
September 20, 2016
Brandon and Leila Remodel
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Client
We had a wonderful experience working with Amparo as she helped us redesign 2 bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, and along with other misc house modifications. In addition to the designs, we also hired her to create plans for obtaining construction permits in the city of Burlingame. Here is our feedback:
•Great eye for picking out product that fit our overall remodel vision
•Produced accurate plans of our house
•Responsive to our feedback
•Patient with our deadlines
•Fun personality and easy to get along with
•Provided quick turnaround of revised plans to clear Burlingame comments (kudos to Amparo for a job well done!)
•Easy to get a hold of and quick to respond to our questions
Our overall feedback for Amparo was very positive and highly recommend her for any type of remodel job you might have!
November 20, 2015
fjmullin
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Client
We've just finished the planning & specification process with the direction & assistance of Amparo. We found her to be very knowledgeable, informative & extremely considerate of our needs and wants.
Amparo was very willing to adapt & adjust as we asked and many times we actually realized why we hired here in the first place - to help, assist & direct in areas of design & materials that we were unfamiliar with.
Overall, we are very happy with our experience and feel like we have definitely been in good hands with Amparo.
March 7, 2015
raymondchang
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Client
Ms.Amparo work for my expanding room design in Woodside,CA
she help me to go through San Mateo county all the way to get building
permit. she is so nice and patience to deal with county office.
appreciated her great job done and 100% satisfy customer..
Raymond Chang
January 22, 2015
baymark
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Colleague
Amparo Del Rio Design provided us excellent service, proposed fabulous design upgrade suggestions on how to improve our layout. She worked tirelessly to get the drawings to us on time and made herself readily available for any followup change orders. We will continue to use Amparo for our design needs and would readily recommend her to our clients for their home improvement projects.
BayMark Realty
December 16, 2014
Comment from Amparo Del Rio, C.I.D.:
Thanks you for the work and your continued support. Love working for you guys.
18 Ideabooks
1 Comment
Commented: Would you add a hanging light?I would not add any pendant lighting to this interior. I think there are too many horizontal shapes already. If anything it would be a "task light" which would allow the user to read while sitting in ...
November 18, 2013 in Design Dilemma
Contact Amparo Del Rio, C.I.D.
2749 Byron Street
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Typical Job Cost $2,000 - 30,000
Cost range includes only the design portion of the project. Construction will be an additional amount.
Cost range includes only the design portion of the project. Construction will be an additional amount.
License Number CCIDC #6934
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