This Kitchen Was Inspired by More than 150 Other Kitchens — Before & After

When you're a photographer who's shot more than 150 kitchens over the course of a decade — oh, and you've published a book called Styling For Instagram — chances are you've been saving up inspirations for your own dream kitchen that you hope to have one day. At least, that was the case for Leela Cyd, who just recently finished her family's Santa Barbara kitchen renovation after years of taking mental notes while on assignments for Kitchn, Saveur and The New York Times.

"I'm inspired by old-fashioned kitchens that are imbued with a lot of personality and eclectic materials, and I always felt a little sad to go back home to my rental kitchens after photographing the umpteenth awesome kitchen that someone poured their soul into in order to make it theirs," Leela says.

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