Name: Carrie Livingston, Interior Designer and Founder of Generous, a non-profit organization to improve the lives of autistic individuals and their families
Location: Los Angeles, California
Size: 1,250 square feet
Years lived in: 10 Years, complete redesign in 2010

Carrie's home makes you feel like you are in the lobby in one of the trendiest boutique hotels. Her style reflects modern art and culture from around the world — she collects furnishings when she travels to cities such as London, Paris, and Moscow. The pure white walls and floors allow her incredible art and statement furniture to take center stage.

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Name: S. Rohde Hill
Location: St Louis, MO
Size: 1,100 square feet
Years lived in: 1 year; rented

Rohde (pronounced road-ee) Hill's home is visually stimulating — punctuated by pops of bright color and loaded with interesting things. The result is modern and dramatic. He's a family man, a recent transplant to the suburbs of Saint Louis with his wife and two children. What could easily be a single person's city apartment is actually a mishmash of items that look expensive, but aren't too precious for a regular household with kids.


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With Comic-Con last week and all the summer block-buster movies and me just being a natural nerd, I can't help but feel drawn again recently to very mod, science fiction-feeling elements. Not anything too obviously science fiction-y, just an affordable touch you could add to an existing space. More

Continuing with the editorial team's efforts to get to know ourselves better by discovering just what sort of hotel room might fit us best (all the better to prepare to find the perfect spot to stay for our next trip) it occurs to me that I might be searching for some place dark and dramatic to lay my head at night. More

It's no secret that artwork brings color, pattern, texture and life into a space, but those with dramatic modern-style tastes have a secret weapon they use powerfully: adding a dramatic modern piece of art to a space can increase its wow factor by a ton! More

Nothing says drama like bold black and white stripes. This chic tent sets the mood while the round resort bed provides plenty of space for lounging. A handful of planters provide greenery and a bit of privacy. More

Furniture design is an art form, and it's on full display in a Dramatic Modern space. Stark, high contrast rooms let the seating speak for itself. From clean to conceptual, angular to amorphous, these chairs are are bold in black and white. More

Designer Jeni Tu sees red in traffic. That red — evocative of the string of taillights on her Los Angeles commutes — makes its way onto her Linea chair, a prototype inspired by the curvilinear geometry of the city's freeways. More

Name: Alexis Hadjopulos - owner of TINI and lead interior designer on HGTV's Pop Shop
Location: Hollywood Hills - Los Angeles, California
Size: 3000 square feet
Years lived in: 2 1/2 years

It is fun to see how shop owner and interior designer Alexis decorates his own home. Even though his place is clean lined and modern, it is also very personal and definitely reflects Alexis' fun energy. Even his dog (Rocky) fits in with the decor!

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Name: Brian & Kerry Grabowski
Location: Jamaica Plain — Boston, Massachusetts
Size: 800 square feet
Years lived in: 4.5 — owned

Entering Brian & Kerry's loft, the first thing you see is the courtyard. It's hard to miss an entire wall of windows that reaches up to the 18-foot ceilings. "In the winter, it's like living in a snow globe," Brian reminisces, "...when it actually snows." Which is not the case on the day I visit, another unusually warm Saturday in New England. The effect, however, is still impressive. What the loft lacks in square footage, it makes up for in light.

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