Stay Young--Remodel

John Farrell, center, watches workers place the slab on island.  (GLENN KOENIG / Los Angeles Times)

The new kitchen in the Farrells’ Corona del Mar home is full of light.  (GLENN KOENIG / Los Angeles Times)

Decorative tiles highlight the stove area.  (GLENN KOENIG / Los Angeles Times)

Open to the sun room and the living room, the new kitchen brightens the house.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / Los Angeles Times)

John and Edie Farrell enjoy the fruits of Edie’s, and son Rob Farrell’s, labors.  (GLENN KOENIG / Los Angeles Times)