Amina Mucciolo

This l.a. creative’s apartment shows her true colors.

- Lisa Butterworth

In the modern industrial hallway of a historic refurbished building in downtown Los Angeles’s garment district, a wayward, rainbow-shaped Mylar balloon floats lazily against the ceiling above Amina Mucciolo’s front door. It’s a fitting, if unintended, marker: Behind that door, in the small 11th-floor studio loft that she shares with her husband, Salvatore, is a sherbet-hued paradise of pastels, glitter, and gold, where unicorns reign and only the polished concrete floor has been left untouched. Just call it Cloudland.

When the couple moved in about a year and a half ago, the space was a blank canvas. “Everything was oatmeal, beige, and gray. And it was hell,” Mucciolo says with a laugh. But it wasn’t until recently that the artist, product designer, and internet personality had the time to trick the place out. “I knew that I wanted to really do something magical,” she explains. Now, the 650-square-foot space is an eye-popping extension of her personal aesthetic, and a testament to her DIY tenacity. “It’s this idea of creating an oasis,” a juxtaposition to the grit and grime of downtown, she says. “It’s like our happy, soft, cloud heaven.”