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Catalina Gonzalez Jorba, founder of children's clothing brand Dondolo, asked Sees Design to imagine interiors that told her family's story. Their vibrant Spanish-style house in Highland Park is a blueprint to her heart, layered with color, pattern, and miles of hand-painted scenic wallpapers. The double-height entryway with Gracie custom wallpaper, console from Legacy Antiques & Modern, and a Chinese Art Deco rug from 1stDibs. By Rebecca Sherman Photography Douglas Friedman Interior design Sees Design Architecture Briggs Architecture & Design "I wanted our house to tell a story," Catalina Gonzalez Jorba says of the Spanish-style residence in Highland Park she shares with her husband, Santiago Jorba, and their four boys. "It's the story of our family, how we live; we are lovers of color and cultures, of international travel." Originally from Colombia, Gonzalez Jorba is the founder of Dondolo, a line of children's clothing hand- made in Colombia that supports social causes empowering mothers and children. Her husband is a private equity real estate investor and founder of Creu Capital. They met while students at SMU, married in Cartagena in 2009, and are teaching their active boys, ages 4 to 13, to appreciate and respect a beautifully furnished home. The family's art collection, sourced with the assistance of former Dallas Museum of Art curator Temple Shipley, focuses on works by living women artists. "I believe the boys should love and live around sophisticated and elegant things, and being inspired by women artists is an important part of that awareness," Gonzalez Jorba says. Sees Design and Briggs Architecture & Design collaborated on the renovation of the two-story house, which the Jorbas purchased in 2020. The builder was Pendragon Construction, one of Santiago's companies. (Continued) 75