KITCHENS OF THE YEAR
ORANGE ZEST
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PREVIEW FIRST
G
utsy — that’s homeowner
cabinet doors. When the exact
I entertain, I can put platters
Fanny Pienknagura’s style.
shade she wanted wasn’t avail-
out on the counters and on one
Her fearless spirit explains
able, she switched to trying
of the islands. Guests can help
why she spiced up her Del Mar
out the orange on glass mini
themselves.”
kitchen with a daring hue.
pendants. “But that clashed with the
Fanny says, “but I like to be my
green of the countertop,” Fanny
Cheryl introduced her to steam
own person, and I know what
says.
ovens and induction cooktops at
I like. Orange is my favorite color. It energizes. It’s happy.”
a Wolf cooking demo. But it’s her Miele coffee maker that Fanny calls her No. 1 appliance. “I can’t
the daring use of color in this
Cheryl says. “What makes it
wait to go in the kitchen in the
win-ning kitchen too, but it was
look attractive is the waterfall
morning to make my coffee,”
only through the process of
edge, and then going to an
she says. “The best part is that
design evolution that the eye-
adjoining white counter pops
it cleans itself.”
popping tint landed with such
it out.”
Designer Cheryl Hamilton-
By tearing down a wall,
The white stems from the
Cheryl manipulated the area
countertop’s Italian porcelain,
to create a kitchen that takes
Gray began the makeover
which also was installed on
all of Fanny’s needs into con-
conservatively with dark
the two islands across from the
sideration.
wood laminate cabinetry and
sink.
stainless-steel appliances. The
68 SAN DIEGO HOME/GARDEN LIFESTYLES • JUNE 2015
“So we decided to be brave and go with orange quartz,”
aplomb on the countertop.
— Paul Schatz
needed updated appliances.
at the perimeter countertop
The contest judges loved
“The bold use of color is creative and stimulates the senses.”
As an avid cook, Fanny
“The orange was a risk,”
“It’s a well-designed space
“I love to cook and entertain,
now — so efficient,” Fanny says.
countertop was going to be a
but the last kitchen was so tight
“I wanted a kitchen that you go
calm sage green. To introduce
that doing so was inconvenient,”
in and you say, ‘Wow,’ without it
lightness and fun, Fanny talked
Fanny says. “When I cook, I
having to be a lavish, 10-million-
with Cheryl about adding her
spread out all over the place, so
dollar, estate-type kitchen. You
beloved orange tint to the
the countertops plus the two
can achieve that without having
frosted glass of top-hinged
islands make it real easy. When
to go crazy.” ❖
Homeowner Fanny Pienknagura wanted a clean-lined, contemporary kitchen that was light and bright. “I don’t like to have what everyone else has,” she says. “I love color and texture and individuality.”
JUNE 2015 • sandiegohomegarden.com 69
KITCHENS OF THE YEAR
ORANGE ZEST
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PREVIEW FIRST
G
utsy — that’s homeowner
cabinet doors. When the exact
I entertain, I can put platters
Fanny Pienknagura’s style.
shade she wanted wasn’t avail-
out on the counters and on one
Her fearless spirit explains
able, she switched to trying
of the islands. Guests can help
why she spiced up her Del Mar
out the orange on glass mini
themselves.”
kitchen with a daring hue.
pendants. “But that clashed with the
Fanny says, “but I like to be my
green of the countertop,” Fanny
Cheryl introduced her to steam
own person, and I know what
says.
ovens and induction cooktops at
I like. Orange is my favorite color. It energizes. It’s happy.”
a Wolf cooking demo. But it’s her Miele coffee maker that Fanny calls her No. 1 appliance. “I can’t
the daring use of color in this
Cheryl says. “What makes it
wait to go in the kitchen in the
win-ning kitchen too, but it was
look attractive is the waterfall
morning to make my coffee,”
only through the process of
edge, and then going to an
she says. “The best part is that
design evolution that the eye-
adjoining white counter pops
it cleans itself.”
popping tint landed with such
it out.”
Designer Cheryl Hamilton-
By tearing down a wall,
The white stems from the
Cheryl manipulated the area
countertop’s Italian porcelain,
to create a kitchen that takes
Gray began the makeover
which also was installed on
all of Fanny’s needs into con-
conservatively with dark
the two islands across from the
sideration.
wood laminate cabinetry and
sink.
stainless-steel appliances. The
68 SAN DIEGO HOME/GARDEN LIFESTYLES • JUNE 2015
“So we decided to be brave and go with orange quartz,”
aplomb on the countertop.
— Paul Schatz
needed updated appliances.
at the perimeter countertop
The contest judges loved
“The bold use of color is creative and stimulates the senses.”
As an avid cook, Fanny
“The orange was a risk,”
“It’s a well-designed space
“I love to cook and entertain,
now — so efficient,” Fanny says.
countertop was going to be a
but the last kitchen was so tight
“I wanted a kitchen that you go
calm sage green. To introduce
that doing so was inconvenient,”
in and you say, ‘Wow,’ without it
lightness and fun, Fanny talked
Fanny says. “When I cook, I
having to be a lavish, 10-million-
with Cheryl about adding her
spread out all over the place, so
dollar, estate-type kitchen. You
beloved orange tint to the
the countertops plus the two
can achieve that without having
frosted glass of top-hinged
islands make it real easy. When
to go crazy.” ❖
Homeowner Fanny Pienknagura wanted a clean-lined, contemporary kitchen that was light and bright. “I don’t like to have what everyone else has,” she says. “I love color and texture and individuality.”
JUNE 2015 • sandiegohomegarden.com 69