BHG COLOR STARS CLASS OF 2025

Meet this year’s honorees—the designers and creatives who give us the inspiration and the know-how to travel over the rainbow and embrace color in all its gradations. Follow their advice for bringing the full spectrum to your world, and you’ll soon agree, there's no place like home.

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a rainbow of hues SASHA BIKOFF
@sashabikoff

With a background in fine arts, this New York designer takes inspiration from her travels, nature, artwork, and anything else that moves her to create exuberant yet sophisticated spaces.

Q What's the secret to combining kaleidoscopic colors?

A In order to choose bold colors from the beginning, you need an inspiration. A lot of times the bold colors and the combination are already right in front of you—for instance, in a carpet, painting, tapestry, or printed fabric. One client was really inspired by their garden. I said, “Let's formulate a color palette that’s like a bouquet.” Each room ended up being inspired by a different flower.

Q What's the easiest way to add color to a room?

A Through the carpet or rug. It’s really easy to find an area rug that’s colorful, doesn’t necessarily break the bank, is pretty easy to install and ship, and covers a lot of area.

Q Are there unexpected ways you like to use color?

A There are all these small, intimate, private moments within a house where you can add color and you can get that “ooh, aah” moment when you’re living within the space. That could be a powder room, it could be a closet, it could be inside shelves or inside cabinets. I did a project where the kitchen was all white oak and the walls were cream, but you opened up the pantry door and the whole pantry was painted tangerine.

clever contrasts ALVIN WAYNE
@alvinwayne