In a converted warehouse space on the edge of Inglewood, a 14-foot chandelier made entirely of hand-welded Cuban link chain hangs from the ceiling. Below it, a pair of diamond-tuck leather sofas — the kind of stitching you’d normally see in a restored ’64 Impala — face each other across a reclaimed oak coffee table. On the mantle, a gold-plated dental cast sits on a slab of Carrara marble, catching the afternoon light like a piece you’d find in a Chelsea gallery.
This is the showroom of Hommeboy Interiors, and if the aesthetic feels like nothing you’ve seen in a design magazine before, that’s exactly the point.
“People walk in here and they don’t know what to call it,” says Darius, 28, co-founder and creative director, leaning back in a chair that probably costs more than most people’s rent. “They say, ‘Is this hip-hop? Is this luxury? Is this art?’ And I tell them — it’s all of that. Why does it have to be one thing?”
Darius and his partner Kevon, also 28, grew up on the same block in Compton. They’ve known each other since they were seven years old. Ask them about their childhood and they’ll exchange a look that says more than any answer could.
“We came up in a world that taught us certain skills. Attention to detail. Reading a room — literally. We just... redirected those skills.”
The “redirection” happened around 2016. Neither will go into specifics, but Darius refers to a “three-year period of reflection” that gave him time to study color theory, spatial design, and art history. Kevon, meanwhile, describes his background as “community operations” — a term he uses with a perfectly straight face and zero further explanation.
What emerged was Hommeboy Interiors, a design firm that refuses to separate luxury from the culture they grew up in. Their signature pieces read like a museum catalog from an alternate universe: the Sculptural Grillz Series (18-karat gold dental casts displayed as fine art), Sole Vault installations (museum-grade sneaker display walls), and their now-iconic Chain Link Chandeliers.
“The design world has this idea that luxury means quiet. Understated. European,” Darius says. “That’s one version. Our version is — luxury is loud, luxury is gold, luxury is your grandmother’s china cabinet meets a VVS diamond. We come from a culture that has always understood opulence. We’re just putting it in houses now.”
Their client list has grown almost entirely through word of mouth — or as their website puts it, “by referral preferred.” Their portfolio includes The Rosecrans Revival, a 1940s Compton bungalow they transformed into a mid-century modern showpiece (“That house survived everything the block threw at it — it deserved to shine”), and The Slauson Project, a South LA kitchen remodel featuring their VVS Glass backsplash and reinforced privacy glass that they describe as “architectural security features.”
Perhaps their most talked-about project is Inglewood Estates, a whole-home staging they completed in 48 hours for a client who needed to relocate “on very short notice.” Neither Darius nor Kevon elaborates on the timeline.
“When someone needs to move, we move,” Kevon says simply.
“I’d tell them to come to Compton. Ride down Rosecrans. Look at the cars. Look at the jewelry. There’s a design language there that’s been ignored for decades. We’re just the first ones putting it in a portfolio.”
Not everyone in the design world knows what to make of them. At a recent LA Design Week panel, a moderator asked Darius how he’d describe the Hommeboy aesthetic to someone from “a more traditional design background.”
The audience gave him a standing ovation.
Kevon, who had been quiet through most of the panel, leaned into his microphone and added: “We used to make rooms people were afraid to walk into. Now we make rooms people never want to leave.”
It might be the best tagline in interior design.
Hommeboy Interiors is currently booking projects for Q3 2025. Consultations are by referral. Cash is preferred.