Residential Interior Design | Kitchen + Dining Room Renovation

Designer: Hema Persad, Sagrada Studio
Featured in Business of Home, Spring 2024

Sagrada Studio reconfigured the kitchen and adjoining dining room of this View Park residence in Los Angeles to improve how the family cooked, gathered, and entertained. Although the home offered generous square footage, a poorly planned layout prevented the clients from making full use of it.

The kitchen was completely reoriented toward the windows in the former breakfast area, bringing more natural light into the primary preparation spaces. An unused doorway into the adjacent office was closed to create space for a new breakfast area and full pantry wall where the previous kitchen had been located. The opening between the kitchen and underused dining room was also widened, establishing a more natural connection between the two spaces.

To replace finishes left from an early 2000s renovation, Sagrada Studio introduced an earthy palette of cream cabinetry, soft gray flooring, brass fixtures, Taj Mahal quartzite, and honed black granite. A custom rectangular plaster range hood bridges modern and traditional influences while giving the kitchen a strong architectural focal point.

The adjoining dining room was furnished with organic textures and sculptural forms, creating a minimalist but eclectic setting that complements the kitchen without repeating it. Together, the reconfigured rooms provide twice the seating capacity and allow guests to move easily between cooking, dining, and conversation.

The result is a cohesive kitchen and dining renovation that uses thoughtful space planning to bring greater light, function, and flexibility to a character-filled Los Angeles family home.