Before & After: A Southern California Kitchen Gets a Fresh New Look
Interior designer Becki Owens renovated a dark kitchen in San Clemente, California to embrace the easy sunshine all around it.
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In a city like San Clemente, California, shadows are routinely shunned. Set between Los Angeles and San Diego on a sterling piece of the Pacific Coast, this mostly suburban enclave gets about 300 days of sunshine per year. But the original look of this kitchen made a family of four experience the opposite.
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Kelly Dawson
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Kelly Dawson is a writer in Los Angeles who has been contributing to Dwell's print and online publications since 2015. Follow her on Instagram @kellydawsonwrites.
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