Carol Anne Blitzer

Dec 10, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Linda Taaffe |Carol Anne Blitzer

Lynn and Joe Felter didn’t really mind that the midcentury modern home they rented in 2010 was what she called “quite a dump.” They were only planning to stay in the home with their three sons for less than a year. But while Joe was deployed to Afghanistan, the Midtown Palo Alto house suddenly came on the market. Lynn jumped to buy it. “Joe hated this house. We didn’t think we had the money to remodel, so we did cheap remodels,” Lynn said.

Nov 18, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Carol Anne Blitzer

Cara Silver and Steve Wagman weren’t thinking about remodeling their Palo Alto Eichler until they started batting around hypothetical ideas on what they would change about the home with friends in their den. “Steve asked, ‘What would you do here?’” said their architect friend Helena Barrios Vincent. What Vincent suggested was opening up their galley-like kitchen to the den, which featured  wall-to-ceiling glass doors distinctive of developer Joseph Eichler’s “California Modern” style.

Sep 12, 2024 | mv-voice.com | Karla Kane |Carol Anne Blitzer |Linda Taaffe |Nicholas Mazzoni

Meet Quilt, the new Redwood City startup aiming to make the process of ditching gas furnaces and adding ductless electric heat pumps to your home a lot, if you’ll pardon the pun, cooler. It does that, Lambert said, by handling everything from installation to rebates, using cutting-edge tech to improve comfort and efficiency, giving prices upfront, and making units that are more stylish than what customers may be used to.

Sep 11, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Carol Anne Blitzer

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Sep 11, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Carol Anne Blitzer

Creating a new 2,928-square-foot home to fit on a 7,540-square-foot lot located in a flood zone in Palo Alto’s Palo Verde neighborhood was a bit like putting together a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. The owners wanted their house to be light and airy, yet private from neighbors and the street. They wanted lots of functions — including a family room, music room and prayer room, with plenty of easily accessible bookcases and reading spaces in multiple rooms.