Santa Ana kitchen — vaulted ceiling, marble island and blue range
Project 01  ·  Kitchen Renovation

Santa Ana

An English-country kitchen, softened for California light — a cobalt range, unlacquered brass, and a William Morris print climbing the walls.

Location
Santa Ana, CA
Scope
Full Kitchen Renovation
Year
2024
Studio
5blox Interior Design
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01 The Project

The heart of the home, rebuilt to feel like it had always been there.

A ground-up reimagining of an Orange County kitchen — equal parts working room and gathering place. We drew from English country houses and tuned them to California light: a French cooking range in cobalt and brass anchoring the space, hand-glazed tile, and a William Morris print running wall to wall.

Marble carries the length of the island. Walnut shelving holds the collected, lived-in things — Sicilian ceramics, cookbooks, a trailing plant — so a brand-new kitchen never reads as new. Brass was left unlacquered, free to patina with use.

Custom plaster hood over a blue French range flanked by brass sconces and floral wallpaper
Fig. 01The range wall — plaster hood, café curtains, brass sconces
Marble niche shelf styled with a pepper mill, oil cruet and small blue dish
Farmhouse sink with brass bridge faucet, walnut shelving and a garden window
Fig. 02The sink wall — fireclay basin, unlacquered brass, walnut open shelving
We wanted a kitchen that looked like it had always been here — only better.
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Wide view of the kitchen — marble waterfall island, walnut base, schoolhouse pendants
Fig. 03Waterfall island in marble over a walnut base
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