Mission West Kitchen and Bath

The story of Mission West Kitchen and Bath begins with the founding of our sister company, Mission Tile West. The idea for Mission Tile West emerged in 1984, while Mission West Kitchen and Bath co-owners Thano Adamson and his parents, John and Dina Adamson, were visiting Dinas family in Mexico. While there, they visited with Dinas brother, Tony Kyriakis, who owned a tile factory in Nogales. Tony produced beautiful custom tile for the Mexican market, but had no one to sell his products in California. At the time, Thano had just graduated from UCLA with an economics major and was eager to start a business. Selling his uncles tile in California seemed like a natural fit. With Johns financial help and guidance and Dinas natural design ability, the family opened a little tile shop called Mexican Tile West in September of 1984. At this time, the business was just a 100-square foot showroom in the corner of the current South Pasadena location, which was originally Johns contractors office....