Whispered Glamour

In a Manhattan apartment, haute colorists Redd Kaihoi turn down the volume

- William Norwich

In the interior design world, the New York-based ELLE DECOR A-List firm Redd Kaihoi is a go-to for maximalist, color-on-color decorating executed at the highest standards. The principals, Miles Redd and David Kaihoi, seemingly have never met a fire-engine red or kelly green they did not like. So on a recent afternoon, as Redd toured me through the interiors of their latest project, a four-bedroom duplex penthouse in Manhattan, perhaps the biggest surprise was that the rooms are all dressed in neutrals, with not a single bright hue to be found.

"Our clients, who moved here from California, didn't want a typical Upper East Side apartment," Redd says.