home of distinction
38 june 2022
WBM
WINNER of the George
Matsumoto People’s
Choice Award and the
ASID Carolinas Excel-lence
in Design Award, Surrender is a
collaboration by Kersting and Keeton,
Leslie Stachowicz of Kersting Peridot
Interiors, and KingPost Design &
Construction. The true visionary is the
owner, Robin Kranich, head of human
resources for a global research and
advisory firm in Manhattan and mother
of two. Kranich played an integral
role in the design scheme and material
selection. She dreamed up many of the
concepts used in her Figure Eight vaca-tion
home and chose its name.
“I wanted a place where we will make
happy generational family memories,”
says Kranich, who is from North
Carolina. “The one single place where
my mind is able to turn off is at the
beach. It’s a total sensory experience.
The feel of the sand, the feel of the sun,
the sound of the ocean is a place where I
can just, surrender.”
