When Christina takes on the redesign of a 1950s midcentury home, she helps a family preserve their history while turning a dark, closed-off kitchen into an open and bright entertaining space that will create new memories for years to come.

Christina's new Long Beach clients have lived in their 1950s-era home for over a decade, and now they want to overhaul their walled-in kitchen and living room to create an open indoor/outdoor living space.