Austin has seen fast-paced growth of design-related businesses and places for years now, and it's an absolute pleasure to live in a city that treasures good design so highly. If you're visiting, you'll find no lack of things to see and do and great-looking places to eat good food in. More

Name: Tolly Moseley
Location: Allandale, Austin, TX
Size: 1,000 square feet / 1,400 with studio
Years lived in: 1 year

As soon as you meet her, Tolly is a genuine friend — accepting, welcoming, and easy to talk to. A book publicist by day, prominent blogger by night, and silk aerialist in her free time, Tolly is expressive and versatile — and with a quaint home office, music studio, and silk rope hanging on a tree in the backyard, her house follows suit. Like Austin, her home is a blend of cultures and ideas infused into a space that's relaxing, comfortable and unpretentious.

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Okay, these ten Texas stays aren't necessarily "bigger" just because they're located in the Lone Star state, but they all certainly exude a unique mix of modern style and Southern charm. Whether you're making one of Texas' great cities a destination this summer or you're just passing through, chances are any of these stylish places would love to have you. More

Name: Jamie Graham – Design Lead at Electronic Arts and Blogger at Leach Street (and her two dogs Peter and Penelope)
Location: Austin, TX
Size: 1,300 sq. ft.
Years lived in: 1 year, 3 months

Meet Jamie, a design lead at Electronic Arts with an eye for art and a knack for crafts. In just over a year she's managed to transform a cozy two-story tract home into a place with a lively east Austin personality. A good mix of southern-hospitality-meets-modern-bohemian, it's the type of place where you'll be offered a glass of red wine with your blackberry waffle. Come on in and relax.

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Name: Amber Abramson, Associate Director at New Image Art Gallery and owner of Busy-Being, her son, Angelo, and pets Pigeon (AKA Maiden of Anarchy) the cat and Paper the turtle.
Location: Cherrywood neighborhood — Austin, Texas
Size: 900 square feet
Years lived in: Rented, 1 year

It's hard not to be envious of a woman who can turn a blank space into a fascinating, art-packed apartment in just under a year, but then again, not all folks can claim as many creative hats as Amber. As the associate director of a hip Los Angeles art gallery and the owner of one of the most authentic spots to find secret art gems in Austin, Amber's got a lot of resources to pull from in creating her beautiful home — and a whole lot of natural style, too.

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Name: T3
Location: Austin, Texas
Size: 35,488 square feet
Years lived in: 2 years

What's Apartment Therapy doing at a big corporate office? Ah, that's because this isn't your typical commercial workspace. CEO and founder Gay Gaddis has put her personal touch onto just about every corner of her company's Austin headquarters. Combining elements of vintage decor elements with modern technologies, she's managed to create a space that operates like an office, yet feels like home...

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I would make a horrible food blogger. It's not for lack of loving or appreciating food, it's that I get so excited to take a bite of what's before me, I often forget to take a photo before I begin to devour. While thinking back of the past few months traveling around the South, there are many spectacular meals that I didn't record (but my waistline unfortunately did). Here are a few of the best, at least of the ones that made it onto my camera. More

Busy-Being's owner Amber Abramson occupies a cute corner of the web and of Austin, and strikes a balance between being an intimate art gallery sprinkled with talented gems as well as a carefully curated store you love to see but hate to visit too often (for fear of spending all your money). More

The instant I spotted the front porch of my Austin apartment, I knew I wanted to live here. I love Texas, but I miss my home state of Louisiana, and the front porch of this duplex evoked a bit of a Louisiana architecture-feel. But it needed some work to get it to be the perfect place for sitting out every morning and evening with a friend and iced tea. More