Located in a quiet mature neighborhood in the Silicon Valley town of San Mateo, this ground up home imagines a new life for this family, leaving behind their low boxy former house on the site for this new one.  The new home stiches together the basement and two levels with dramatic double height volumes and an interconnecting staircase.  Indoor outdoor living flows from the Living and Dining Rooms out to the trellis covered deck and yard. Warm materials like walnut cabinets and doors, white oak floors, brass accents and quartzite counters bring a strong sense of place to this modern home.  The exterior palette of stucco and stained cedar siding nestles into the suburban context; new yet neighborly.  Playful rooflines break up the volume and scale of the home to sit well among the other homes on the block.