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Arcaya customer case study — California

How Arcaya built a marble-and-oak kitchen for a California home.

Cream lacquer perimeter cabinetry, a freestanding oak island, a plaster range hood and full-height marble surfaces. Every run was assembled and inspected in the factory, shipped as one labeled consignment and installed on site.

Location
California, United States
Scope
Kitchen, island, coffee bar, range hood
Finish
Cream lacquer cabinetry with an oak island
Service
Production, trial assembly, shipping, installation
The finished kitchen seen down the length of the marble-topped oak island
Photograph · Arcaya · published on arcayaliving.com
01 / Project at a glance

The context.

Project name
California marble-and-oak kitchen
Location
California, United States
Scope
Kitchen, island, coffee bar, range hood
Arcaya’s role
Production, trial assembly, shipping and installation
Photography credit
Arcaya · arcayaliving.com/blogs/projects
Sink run with full-height marble backsplash and integrated appliance cabinets
Photograph · Arcaya · the sink run with the full-height marble backsplash
02 / The brief

What the project needed.

The room was measured and the whole kitchen drawn before production: the L-shaped run, the island under the skylights, the appliance housings and the coffee bar beside the arch. The finished herringbone floor was already in place, so everything had to arrive ready to fit.

  • Cream lacquer cabinetry with slim brass hardware
  • Oak island with a marble top and open end shelving
  • Full-height marble backsplash above the countertops
  • Integrated double oven, refrigerator and dishwasher
  • Coffee bar with open oak shelving beside the arch
03 / The specification

What was selected, and why.

Read the room as a coordinated set of decisions: cabinet fronts, the island, appliance housings, storage and site handover.

DecisionApproved specificationReason
Drawer fronts checked for revealsCabinet construction

Handleless drawer banks with a continuous reveal across each run; carcasses built, stood up and inspected in the factory before shipment.

Consistent reveals and fit checked before packing, so nothing needed adjusting on site.

Sink run with marble backsplashFronts & materials

Cream lacquer perimeter cabinetry; white oak island with open end shelving; full-height marble backsplash.

A calm perimeter with a warm center; marble carried from the counters up the wall.

Coffee bar with open oak nichesHardware & storage

Slim brass hardware; integrated double oven, refrigerator and dishwasher; coffee bar with open oak niches and tall cabinets.

Appliance housings and the coffee bar drawn before production around the arch and skylights.

Consignment staged on sitePacking & delivery

One labeled consignment: carcasses, door panels, countertops and hardware marked against the drawings and staged in an adjoining room.

Installed run by run; placing, leveling and fixing only.

04 / The details

Photograph the decisions.

White oak island carcass assembled on the factory floor with open end shelving
Trial assembly · photoWhite oak island carcass stood up on the factory floor, open end shelving in place.
Drawer fronts checked for consistent reveals across the run
Inspection · photoDrawer fronts checked for consistent reveals across the run before packing.
Cream lacquer sink run assembled with the sink and dishwasher openings pre-cut
Trial assembly · photoCream lacquer sink run with the sink and dishwasher openings pre-cut.
The full kitchen consignment unloaded and staged in an adjoining room, panels and boxes labeled
Delivered to site · photoThe whole kitchen staged in an adjoining room, each piece labeled against the drawings.
Installed
The oak island standing free of the perimeter run, appliance tower beyond
The island, free of the perimeter runPhoto · installed under the skylights
Coffee bar run with tall cabinets and open oak niches beside the arched hallway
Coffee bar beside the archPhoto · tall cabinets and open oak niches
Render of the kitchen with the marble-topped island, bar stools and the full marble backsplash
Design stageRender · the drawing the kitchen was built from

All images Arcaya, published on arcayaliving.com. Renders and photographs are labeled separately.

05 / The outcome

What can be substantiated.

Because every run had already been assembled and signed off in the factory, installation was a matter of placing, leveling and fixing. The perimeter cabinetry, island, coffee bar and hood arrived as one labeled set and went in without rework.

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