The 10 Most Colorful Homes of 2021

Josephine Heilpern, founder of Brooklyn ceramics studio Recreation Center, revamped her run-down, rent-stabilized apartment in New York’s Crown Heights neighborhood, which had been occupied by the previous tenant for 40 years. In the kitchen, Josephine removed most of the upper-cabinet doors and painted the open shelving with mustard yellow, denim blue, primary red, and a bubblegum-pink color inspired by vintage California homes lined in salmon-colored tiles.