i'm sonia matthews, senior interior designer with benjamin moore. here to talk to you about things i'm passionate about, color and design and how you can make your home even more beautiful. so here we are in this very typical, wonderful manhattan apartment. you walk in, it's an open floor plan, and you see every living space. so we have to find ways to use color to define these spaces. now, the bedroom is a very special place in most of our homes so i talked to the homeowner and tried to understand what she was really after in this space. take a look at these great drawer pulls that she actually installed herself. it's a wonderful detail, and it's given me an idea on how to turn this very bland and boring bedroom into a dramatic and rich boudoir. so here's dave. >> i checked out the place. we are ready to go. we have all the materials and we are using aura, which is self-priming and can be done in one coat. >> well, then let's get started. >> one thing to always remember is take your valuables into the center of the room and protect them with plasti