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"For Colombian-born interior designer Samuel Botero, \u201Chumor is one of the essential qualities of human existence,\u201D he says. \u201CBy humor I don\u2019t mean funny,\u201D he elaborates. \u201CHumor in an interior lends it an easy charm. It is in the placing of a priceless piece of furniture, the juxtaposition of hopsack and silk velvet, the lack of pretense or worry over the rules.\u201D Botero\u2014who has lived and worked in New York for the past 30 years and now has a staff of seven\u2014is comfortable in many styles, though all of his interiors are distinguished by his aesthetic bravado\u2014an indoor waterfall wall that spans three stories, an apartment in which all the wood is stained black, a living room with walls covered in green Talavera tiles.\n\nWhether it\u2019s an Arts and Crafts-influenced ski chalet in Telluride, Colorado, or a flamboyant Manhattan town house full of Asian art, the best results, he says, come from an open dialogue between designer and residents. \u201CSome clients resist solutions that may seem unfamiliar to them,\u201D Botero remarks. \u201COthers leave it all to the designer and do not participate in the process. A really successful interior develops from the synergy between client and designer.\u201D Here, too, humor is indispensable: \u201CIt helps lead a client to a new point of view, to relax the tension that can sometimes develop when people make unaccustomed decisions. \u2018If I had to be a chair, I\u2019d be that one\u2019 can say reams more than, \u2018Oh, what a fabulous chair.\u2019 \u201D\n\nSamuel Botero\n\n 212-935-5155\n\n www.botero.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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