I first met KC touring a house she designed in Palo Alto. I loved the house and KC’s exquisite modern taste. I met several architects and chose to have KC design my home that met my family's needs. During my first meeting with KC, she listened to our ideas and made wonderful practical suggestions. The home came out better than expected. I truly enjoyed working with KC who is a top notch professional with fantastic taste. KC is responsive, creative, extremely knowledgeable and above and beyond a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend KC!

Sharon Melamed

We hired KC Cullen for two major remodels ($250K each). The first one, in 2000, we expanded our Eichler on three sides (38% of the lot) adding a butterfly roof/front living room and entertainment room with custom cabinetry, fabric wall. The featured room and entry area is surrounded with natural light via clear story windows. Also, we added a fourth bedroom, third bathroom, eight skylights, radiant heat in new slab areas, a den/office in the master suite, relocated the boiler room and redesigned the heating system to five programmable zones. During our second major remodel, we re-designed and installed a new kitchen, gutted and redesigned the original three bedrooms, hall closets, and two ba...

Mary Anne Deierlein

I have used KC for 2 projects, a kitchen remodel in 2006 and currently for a bathroom remodel. She is so easy to work with, very creative, and her follow through is excellent. I would highly recommend her for new designs and also remodels.

Lisette Narragon

We worked with KC on a major remodel that was just short of a tear down. It was a very complex project with a lot of regulations and restrictions. KC was excellent. She listened, understood our needs and translated them into a very workable design. KC is easy to work with and she works well with contractors. We were very please.

Jim P

I have known KC for about 25 years. We worked together in our Community Association and she provided much professional support to our Board. We hired KC when we remodeled our home. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and one of the most competent professionals I know. She took our ideas and always listened but provided astute feedback and did a splendid job. We live in an Eichler and she kept its integrity beautifully. KX managed the often complex process of getting Coty approvals and she was terrific at working with our contractor. I can recommend KC without reservation. Anyone would be lucky to work with her.

Houzz User

KC has a remarkable ability to synthesize beautiful, clean, practical design with budget, schedule and code requirements—all while honoring the integrity and historical character of the original home. Her depth of knowledge, years of experience and professionalism were abundantly clear in her design, documentation, and interactions, including with contractors and city officials as she deftly helped us navigate the often challenging process of home renovation. She listened deeply, probed, problem-solved, and designed our home for living the way our family needed. She gave us clear guidance and suggestions, but also encouraged us to make our space our own. We consequently have a home we love,...

Shahani Towfiq

KC designed both the first and second phases of our Eichler renovation. We loved working with her. Her vision matched ours, and the results are fantastic. She paid attention to every detail, including where to place our furniture after the renovation was completed. She knows her stuff, and it shows. She's the only person we want to hire for any other renovations!

User

We hired KC for Design services to remodel and expand our Eichler home in Palo Alto and we were extremely happy with her work. She was very friendly, patient, understood our needs well. She provided a beautiful and economical design and recommendations for materials and suppliers. She has a good knowledge of city codes and got my plan check approvals with the city without much difficulty, incorporating comments with creative options. When I had construction issues with the contractor, she intermediated well to resolve issues to our satisfaction. Her estimate (number of hours of design services) was very close to the actual. Overall highly satisfied and thankful for her services.

Srinivas Avasarala

KC is a great architect and designer - she is honest, smart, unassuming, understanding and incredibly capable. She has a great eye and imagination and really understood our vision and implemented it amazingly well. Not only does KC do the best design work, she helped us manage our project to the end. She brings her passion, her calmness, attention to detail and problem solving skills to every meeting and kept our project on track. There were issues and problems that came up during the remodel that she resolved with incredible patience and flexibility. KC worked with the city and engineering seamlessly. She considers architectural, structural and cost implications as well as city regul...

Shiraaz Bhabha

It was wonderful working with KC. She understood and honored the style of our mid-20th century Eichler home. She guided us through the design process with patience and skill and communicated very well with the construction team. KC made the remodeling process much easier than we anticipated. It was fun!

Virginia Henke

I first met KC touring a house she designed in Palo Alto. I loved the house and KC’s exquisite modern taste. I met several architects and chose to have KC design my home that met my family's needs. During my first meeting with KC, she listened to our ideas and made wonderful practical suggestions. The home came out better than expected. I truly enjoyed working with KC who is a top notch professional with fantastic taste. KC is responsive, creative, extremely knowledgeable and above and beyond a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend KC!

Sharon Melamed