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I for one really like the booth. It looks really comfy, and balances the space well.

My Mom would love it.

I thought he'd be a little edgeir....... its like a land-o-beige

I think it would have been better if this was Denis Rodman's pad... :)

I couldn't guess the owner until the last photo because the rest of the house just looks like a rich person handed his wallet to a decorator and said, "Here, go buy me one of those hotel-suite-looks like they have in the magazines."

I can tell a lot of thought and money went into this, but not much personality.

Very boring. I do, however, like his choice of light fixtures in the kitchen and bedroom.

It doesn't even look like anyone lives there- it looks like pictures from a catalogue.

Love the booth - call it a "banquette." Great use of space and who wouldn't rather be seated at a banquette than a table at a restaurant?

i'm so glad he has and uses a genuine fireplace and hasn't gutted it and placed his widescreen tv into the space. instead, he has the big tv to the left of the fireplace so it's not the center piece of the room. thank god!

I always wish that magazine photos looked as though someone actually lived in the homes featured...

I realize that hanging TVs over the fireplace has become the epitome of bad taste. But I still don't get how putting it next to the fireplace in some nook where you can't actually see it is an improvement.

And I agree with tjsmf. Does Armstrong actually live in this place or does he just own it?

Second on the "land-o'-beige."
Somewhere between the attempted evocation of an old-time men's club and an upscale but unadventurous hotel suite.

Wouldn't it have been cool to add more discreet jersey-yellow accent touches as a subtle reflection of his accomplishments?
Unless of course he doesn't actually like the color...

Or maybe more reds...something to relieve the unrelenting beigity.

The "string of high profile relationships" gave it away.

Isn't this his house that uses more water than most golf courses?

Haha, I only guessed right because of your image alt tags. Yay geekness. :P

I think it looks nice. It's probably land-o-beige to provide a more relaxing atmosphere for the poor guy.

Ha, Pete! I thought it was Dennis Rodman's place at first too. I expected a shot of him in the kitchen, donning a wedding dress, with a plate of fresh-baked cookies. :)

it looks like a generic extreme makeover home edition interior

OMG Pete! Denis was the first person I thought of as well.

Ding! I win! I thought Lance Armstrong immediately when you paired pro athelte with string of relationships.

I must say I was rather surprised at how he lived when I saw this a month ago in AD mag. It seemed rather formal and not how I see him living.
Who every said riding a bike does not pay off was really mistaken for sure!
One needs to see all the pictures in AD to see just how fancy he really lives---these few only seem to show part of it.

Does anyone else think Architectural Digest is past its prime? Everything is so staged, typical, and boring in that magazine now.

well, like many others said - the living room has zero personality. could be a particularly roomy hotel room, actually. very boring. lots of money, no inspiration.

Has Architectural Digest ever been anything but staged, typical, and boring?

Has it ever been architectural, for that matter?

I have a subscription to AD that is expiring soon and no plans to renew. It makes me feel old when I look at it, lol.

"Land o' beige" sums this up very well; so uninteresting and unoriginal. Those brown tones do make a nice backdrop for the peroxided hair and blue eyes of all of Lance's cookie-cutter women, however.

really like the kitchen. but yah a little generic.

hell, i'd take it.

Nice

i live in austin and i have been told by a few people that his house has one of the highest monthly water consumption bills in austin. not so eco-friendly i guess.

i don't know how or why i guessed lance armstrong. but i did. spooky.

I guessed Kobe Bryant, I figured his wife went out and got some pricey designer to make everything look like someone really really rich and stylish lived there.

I actually like the kitchen but everything else is boring.

I guessed Derek Jeter for high profile relationships...Mariah Carey, Miss Universe, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Vanessa Minnillo...oh well I knew it wasn't him as soon as I saw the garden out back...none of that in a NYC penthouse!

Booooorrrrring. It looks like a Dave and Buster's!

I guessed Tom Brady but I guess 2 does not a string make. he kind of seems like he would have an all brown place, though, no? It's not to my aesthetic, but whatever works for the person who lives there...

Looks like the interiors of those McMansions in Orange County. Feels very suburban, except I'm sure the furniture is much more expensive. The kitchen, however, is very nice with those frames on the upper ledge. Also, the ceiling in that last photo is impressive as well.

clean conservative decor for a conservative republican guy from texas. who'd of guessed? done by a very well paid decorator no less.

as for his "high profile relationships" after surviving cancer, a failed marriage, and working his ass off for 15 years, he chose a period of relative hedonism. again, there's a surprise here?

LOL. I thought Dennis Rodman too.

This could not be more cold and boring. I can't even imagine a real person inhabiting these rooms.

it doesn't look as if ANYONE lives there...

This looks like a Marriott that I stayed in recently.

yeah, i was thinking Dennis Rodman as well! *That* would have been surprising.

The bedroom is too hotel room-ish for me.

does he or anyone even live there? too damn clean!

I guess he sure loves hotel life! Good for him

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This looks like the corporate office I work at (which is boring).