Natural Harmony

A super-matte, low-reflective, anti-fingerprint, nonporous surface is at play—and “technology has never looked more beautiful,” jokes Gerri Chmiel, senior design manager.

The surfaces feel like a new way to experience color, especially when mounted to cabinets and vertical surfaces. “It’s a very livable yet luxurious color palette,” Gerri says.

The FENIX collection includes classic, best-selling neutrals alongside deep, daring blue and burgundy, rooted in nature and put on display through innovation. Studio Sixtysix explores the intrinsic timelessness and allure of natural earth tones and the impact of great color in FENIX soft touch surfaces.

← The desert-like burgundy of FENIX in Rosso Jaipur is perhaps the epitome of nature meets innovation meets opulence. “It has that immediate impact of the color with the super matte finish,” Gerri says. “You’re not walking into a room and seeing a sheen, wondering what the material is because you can’t necessarily see it. You really notice the color when you walk in, it is upfront.”

← Great colors like Beige Arizona certainly look rich, but a different kind of decadence comes with living with FENIX day-to-day. “It’s a luxury to have a matte surface that doesn’t require any special maintenance.”

→ Gerri is excited to see more of the deep-ocean blue of Blu Fes on cabinets (and countertops).“You can do that moody interior with [Blue Fes], too. At the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show this year, lots of blue was represented. I found that really exciting, that we’re going into this blue direction,” she says.