Nickerson Design
Pediatric Dental · Pasadena, CA

Palm & Poppy Pediatric Dentistry

Desert murals, marigold chairs, a rainbow rug, and an iPad bar — a Pasadena pediatric dental office done in full, cheerful color.

Palm & Poppy Pediatric Dentistry — pediatric dental interior design in Pasadena, CA
Practice type
Pediatric Dental
Location
Pasadena, CA
Design language
Playful & Bright
Scope
Interior design
The setting

An upper-level suite on Alessandro Place in Pasadena, with wide windows opening onto palms and treetops on nearly every side. The practice belongs to Dr. Dien Sun, a board-certified pediatric dentist.

The concept

A love letter to the California landscape, scaled for kids. Desert and coastal murals wrap the open treatment bays, a rainbow-arch rug anchors the waiting nook, and repeated arches, sunrise wallpaper, and a palm-and-poppy palette carry the practice's name through every room — playful without tipping into cartoon.

Materials & palette

Dusty-blue cabinetry and pale blue doors against warm oak floors and slat-wood screens; peach sunrise-print wallpaper, navy hexagon and green geometric tile, white counters with matte-black fittings. Overhead, scalloped rattan pendants; underfoot, that rainbow rug; and marigold-yellow chairs that echo the sun in the murals.

The experience

Families arrive to a wood-front reception desk beneath the practice logo, and kids head straight for the iPad bar — tablets lined along a low ledge with little red stools on the rainbow rug. Treatment happens inside the murals: open bays for routine visits, private operatories for quieter ones, each chair facing a window or a ceiling-mounted screen. Even the brushing stations and the green-tiled restroom keep the palette going.

Inside the space
Reception at Palm & Poppy Pediatric Dentistry: wood-front desk, white bench, and the practice logo beside the wood-framed entry door.
Wood-clad reception desk with pendant lights, peach sunrise wallpaper, blue tile wainscot, and a pale blue door.
Kids' waiting nook: wall-mounted iPad bar with red stools, rainbow-arch rug, slat-wood wall, and a TV playing cartoons.
Close view of the iPad bar: tablets mounted along a floating gray ledge with red stools, rainbow rug, and slat-wood wall.
Open treatment bay wrapped in a desert mural of mountains, saguaro cacti, and sun, with dusty-blue cabinetry partitions.
Treatment bay wrapped in a coastal sunset mural, marigold-yellow dental chairs, and windows overlooking palm trees.
Open bay with two marigold-yellow dental chairs against a striped orange-and-cream mural wainscot and corner windows.
Private operatory with a marigold dental chair, overhead light, navy backsplash, blue cabinetry, and a treetop window view.
Operatory with dusty-blue cabinetry, a marigold dental chair, a gray parent chair, and a wide window with leafy views.
Operatory detail: navy hexagon-tile backsplash with star accents behind a monitor and a white counter with inset sink.
Treatment-room counter with dusty-blue cabinetry, white countertop, inset sink, and a wall scattered with tiny star decals.
Chair's-eye ceiling view: scalloped rattan pendants, peach palm-print wallpaper, and a TV playing a cartoon lion.
Consult nook with a marigold task chair at a built-in blue desk, window bench, peach sunrise wallpaper, and a pale blue door.
Sterilization area with white upper cabinets, a circle-motif patterned tile backsplash, and dusty-blue lower cabinetry.
Brushing station with an arched mirror on a slat-wood wall, blue vanity cabinetry, and a white counter with inset sink.
Hallway vanity with arched mirror, blue cabinetry and tile, peach sunrise wallpaper, slat-wood screen, and a pale blue door.
Sink counter beside a wall of windows, with a matte-black faucet, globe pendant, potted plant, and peach sunrise wallpaper.
Accessible restroom with a green-and-white geometric tile feature wall, arched wood-trimmed mirror, and gray floor tile.

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