The kitchen is your engine

make it your favorite place in life with design and guidance

by Swedish Chef Mattias Blom - Santa Barbara Local Since 1992

32 years experience

cooked in 600+ different kitchens

14 years as a private chef

18 years as a restaurant chef

Interior view of a rustic kitchen with wooden cabinets, open shelving with dishes, a central island with a bowl of bread, and large windows bringing in natural light.
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kitchen design

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A stylized fish illustration with a simple, patterned body and tail.

chef consulting

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Design of a crescent moon and star outline with a starry night sky filled with smaller stars inside a circular shape.

dreamy results

Who I am

Mattias is a native of Sweden, a seasoned chef with deep roots in design, creating space and a lifestyle with character and authenticity.

Quality and craftsmanship based on details from start to finish.

Your everyday goes through the kitchen, with how you balance time and effort out of necessity or for pleasure. Preparing daily meals should be the highlight of the day, in an environment that is relaxing and inviting.

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The method ❊

Layout, Setup, Organizations

Together, we outline a path that’s realistic, strategic, and tailored to your specific needs, with layout optimization and a current assessment of your kitchen. Functionality and efficiency for a workflow with consistent results.

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Personalized Coaching

Shop and store for easier meals at home, and you will not want to go out for dinner again. I almost always eat at home, mostly because it is easy and enjoyable. Clean up is not even something that I think about; it just happens with regular habits.

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Deliver with Confidence

The fun part is topping it all off by stocking your kitchen with an equipment selection that doesn’t hold you back from performing daily tasks with ease. Get to know shops and brands to consider.

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in-depth, exclusive content and resources, made to move you forward

in your functional, inviting, and harmonious home kitchen

Knowledge,
tailored to you

Let yourself be guided to a harmonious kitchen where you feel relaxed and can enjoy your cooking.

Make the kitchen the most realxed room in your home.

Learn more
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Each person is different, and you will have a customized plan from kitchen layout to moving with ease and confidence in your kitchen

Make notes of details of your kitchen that you would like to improve

Collect images to illustrate potential design solutions

Let yourself see the end result with a dining room that is worthy of the best time of the day where you sit down with friends and family over a home cooked meal.

Handmade woodworking by Mattias

reach out for commission based one of a kind items - made just for you

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Maghonay Top with Oak Shou Sugi Ban Legs and Rusted Iron Stabilizer

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American Walnut Cutting Board. Hand-carved and one of a kind.

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Pickle rusted iron legs with walnut top - mini book-sized table.

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Walnut Laptop Pillow with Chambray Cushion and Organic Buckwheat fill.

A wooden table with a rectangular top and four legs, placed on a white surface.

Mahogany top for a white oak leg mini wall table

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A wooden cutting board with horizontal dark and light wood stripes, placed on a gray wooden surface.

Hand-carved mixed wood cutting board

A wooden kitchen cabinet with open shelves, containing jars of pasta and other food items, a blender, a toaster, a banana, a lemon, and sweet potatoes on top, with a textured multicolored rug in front.
A wooden kitchen cabinet with open shelves, containing jars of pasta and other food items, a blender, a toaster, a banana, a lemon, and sweet potatoes on top, with a textured multicolored rug in front.

Kitchen Counter with Mahogany Top. Sized to my personal height.

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Yakisugi Mini Trash for no-reach kitchen counter

Get your new self up and going

Let’s chat through your goals and get a feel for what I can offer.

I’d love to hear what you have in mind.