Whole-house remodel · San Roque, Santa BarbaraSan Roque.
The owners wanted a kitchen to really cook in, in a house that still felt like itself.
A full remodel in San Roque: eight months of construction, finished in 2026. The owners wanted a kitchen to really cook in, and a house that still felt like itself when it was done.
The kitchen is built around the range, under a hand-troweled plaster hood and a full-height marble slab, facing a wall of walnut.
Matt and his team were a dream to work with on our San Roque kitchen and living room remodel + new bedroom and bathroom addition + new roof and other projects we tacked on along the way. We had interviewed and gotten quotes for several contractors and felt the most comfortable with Matt. This was an 8 month project and we moved back in only 2 weeks after the projected finish date, which he gave us upon contract signature - the delay was due to our countertop vendor making a mistake not under Matt’s control during the install, one of the last steps. I’m sure Matt would have finished early if my husband and I had stuck to our original plan. I really liked working with all the subs they brought in and when we did have issues, like the countertop fabricator cracking our island slab, Matt dealt with them expertly. He has a great eye for detail and a high standard to approve the subs’ completed work on the house, catching things that eluded me and quickly fixing all. His team was communicative and kept our job site very clean and safe and were respectful of the neighborhood. I was pregnant and then raising a newborn throughout our remodel and really appreciated the level of comfort I had with AMN to manage everything. I was involved only as much as I wanted to be on the things I wanted to do and left the rest to Matt and team. Recommend 10/10.
The hardest part: keeping the character of the house while everything in it was brought up to date.
What it is made of
| Element | Specified |
|---|---|
| Kitchen hood | Hand-troweled plaster |
| Backsplash | A full-height marble slab |
| Cabinetry | Walnut panel wall with long brass pulls; cream Shaker cabinets |
| Shower | Glazed green square tile to the ceiling, penny-round floor |
| Bath | Terracotta tile floor and a walnut vanity, under a skylight |
San Roque, Santa Barbara
About 3 miles north of downtown Santa Barbara. The pin marks the neighborhood, never the house.
Built by Matt Newman. Licensed since 2001. Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, twenty years on this coast, and on every AMN site himself. One name on the contract. His story
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