Decorating Home Makeovers This Interior Designer's Home Masterfully Mixes Color Color-lovers who can't help using all the crayons in the box, this is your dream home. See why the interior designer chose these specific colors. By Caylin Harris Caylin Harris Instagram Website Caylin Harris is a Freelance Writer, Editor, and Emmy-Nominated Producer with over 10 years of experience in the media industry. Caylin’s expertise lies in home improvement, crafting, DIY projects as she loves to get crafty. She has worked as a regular contributor to Better Homes & Gardens for 7 years. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on August 6, 2019 Share Tweet Pin Email Interior designer Rayman Boozer's New York City apartment is his home and studio, so it has to be a welcoming, inspiring space for him, his team, and clients of his firm, Apartment 48. The colors he chose for the large surfaces are integral to maintaining a calm yet creative feel. David Land "One of the tricks I use is for the sofas, walls, and curtains to be neutral," he says. "Then I add pillows in a rainbow of colors and artwork that picks up every color. The mix doesn't feel crazy because they're isolated against something neutral." David Land To unify the open space, he repeated shades of his favorite blue throughout—on bookcases in the living area and fabric on the dining chairs, for example. Boozer painted the ceiling white to balance the saturated wall color, reflect light, and give the illusion of added height. David Land Boozer likes to mix warm and cool tones, but if you favor a strictly cohesive look, choose accents in the same temperature as your gray. (A warm gray with warm colors like yellow; a cool one with blue.) To gauge undertones in cool grays, Boozer compares a chip with a blue swatch to see if they look similarly cool. PHOTO: David Land PHOTO: David Land Even the coolest of grays can look warm in bright light; darkness intensifies its undertones. A warm gray can skew brown; a cool one will lean toward its underlying hue—in Boozer's case, purple. "In my apartment, the walls look purple when there's no light." Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit