Better Homes & Gardens

   Kitchen Makeover Special Interest Magazine

featuring Cordelia & Bob Mendoza's kitchen, owners of Cottage Antiques  

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Bob & Cordelia Mendoza's Kitchen Makeover

Aged to Perfection - a vintage kitchen

Glass front cupboards reveal English Blue Calico collection

Turkey platter on wall belonged to Cordelia's grandmother. She was able to prominently display it on the beadboard wall.

Light and bright kitchen!

Opposite side

They changed useless cupboard above the refrigerator to a wine rack

The old school light fixture came out of San Diego High School's Russ Auditorium when it was being torn down - Cordelia's mother graduated there in 1939 and her grandfather worked there in the 1950s.

They love their eating area at the end of kitchen

An 1880s wicker set that Bob found in the Central California valley fits beautifully under the 1920s Venetian chandelier that came out of an old estate on Sunset Cliffs.

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