heirloom meets modern
Japanese antiques, tribal art and California Ranch style blended harmoniously with a contemporary kitchen.
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General Contractor
Izumi Tanaka
Photographer
San Canyon, California
Location
Our clients moved to Southern California from the Northwest looking for a horse property. Landing in a California Ranch style home with an old out of date kitchen they reached out to us to for help integrating their Japanese antiques, tribal art and California Ranch style into a contemporary kitchen. With function first in mind we wanted to ensure the kitchen worked as well for the two of them as it did with a houseful of guests and extra cooks. We selected a palette of soft whites and subtle graining not to distract from the beautiful art, then used chunkier cabinet hardware that tied back to the California ranch style and kept the cabinet style sleek and minimal. A media room off the living room which had been problematic for the clients when their grandkids were visiting, was closed off and re-opened off the kitchen dining area with the ability to slide the barn doors closed as needed. That small change made a big difference for our clients allowing them to recapture the living room for adult conversation.
Project Overview
Marti T.
“We had a local contractor working with us on a simple bedroom addition to our ranch house. When we started talking about updating the 1970s kitchen, he recommended we talk with Rebecca Johnston about options (he had worked with her previously) . As it turned out, she was the best investment we made in the project. We were uncertain about how much we wanted to do, so she gave us three designs at different price points and walked us through the pros and cons of each. She saw alternatives we never would have come up with on our own, and then she wrote the specs so they made sense to our contractors. She has great local resources - the cabinet shop she recommended was superb - and she stayed on top of the project as it came together. She was infinitely patient and really listened to us and our needs. Our "style" is an eclectic mix of Japanese antiques, tribal art, and California ranch. She pulled it all together with a contemporary but not aggressively modern kitchen that is a joy to work in, both alone and with guests. Everything about the experience with her was delightful.”
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