Take a client with wonderful colorful taste, midcentury leanings and a nondescript 1940s home in the warm leafy suburb of Burlingame and amazing things are possible.  The project adapted and added on to the existing home, coaxing forth its proto-midcentury elements while bringing it into a new century.  The master suite appears to float effortlessly above the core of the house.  The kitchen is rendered in teak and orange tile, tucked into a ‘sidecar’ volume allowing clerestory windows to bring all day sunshine into the center of the home.  Exposed cedar beams add rhythm and interest.  Peekaboo windows connect the home with the nearby trees and distant hills.