elcome to the octagon. Tat was
the shape of a kitchen that greet-
ed Tatiana Machado-Rosas, lead
designer for Jackson Design &
Remodeling, San Diego. Te cli-
ent, a couple with two sons, wanted
something completely diferent for their luxury 6,000-sq.
-ft. home — long lines and rectilinear.
"Te octagonal shape of the old kitchen made no sense
at all," says Machado-Rosas. "She likes really straight
lines, simplicity, rectilinear, and that was not going to
be possible in the other shaped kitchen."
Te couple, who approached Jackson Design hoping for
just a kitchen remodel, got that and more. Because of the
limits imposed on her by the odd shape, Machado-Rosas
quickly realized that the kitchen's location at the front of
the house was incompatible with their goals. However, it
could and should be swapped with two small bedrooms
and a bath at the back of the house.
Te move, while bold, worked on a number of levels.
First was favorable adjacencies. Te former bedrooms oc -
cupied a spot in a corner of the home sandwiched between
the dining room and a family room — a central location
for a new kitchen. Second, the rear of the home has great
views, which could be utilized to much better efect.
CoCo Harper, Jackson Design's marketing director,
says the change-of-venue concept took the clients a mo-
ment to comprehend. "Tey came to us just looking to
remodel the kitchen. After all of the work and all of the
listening, we came back to them and said, 'Look, it's not
just a kitchen remodel. It can change your life.'"
MOVING WALLS, OPENING SPACES
Te resulting kitchen is a 180-degree departure from
the previous. Cramped, dark and inefcient gave way
to long, bright and expansive. Earth tones gave way to
whites and darks.
To make it happen, bedroom and bathroom walls were
knocked out creating an enormous open space.
Jackson Design & Remodeling
helped a Rancho Sante Fe,
Calif., client understand
that their best option for a
remodeled kitchen was in
another part of their house.
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