A New York business exec brings home the look of a favorite golf club as the setting for his elite A/V toys.

It’s not often that the decor of an exclusive golf club becomes inspiration for a private residence.

Such was the case, though, when a New York businessman and jazz aficionado found himself enamored with the lofty, masculine and streamlined atmosphere of Long Island’s East Hampton Golf Club.

A Miami businessman wants it all — minus the ostentation.

When the owner of a waterfront estate in Miami embarked on a three-year-plus building project that grew into a 12,000-square foot dream house, it was not with any desire to show off.

And though he wanted to furnish his new home with fine antiques, he didn’t want to live in a museum—or, for that matter, in an environment that made guests feel they had to pad around carefully in their socks.

A long-time Malibu resident who doesn’t watch television turns his beach house into a flat-screen showcase.

Investment banker William J. Chadwick’s father lived by several rules: “Billy,” he said, "You can play football or play in a band, but you can’t be in the stands because spectators are losers.”

Little wonder that full-grown Billy, who became a football and lacrosse star at St. Lawrence University, has little patience with television.

Noted home theater designer Theo Kalomirakis has learned that a snooty attitude can sometimes accompany the celebrities who hire him.

“They think everybody else is below them,” he says, with a chuckle. So he was surprised, not to mention flattered, when on a first meeting a Hollywood movie star client asked him to autograph a copy of his book, Great Escapes: New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis.

A few years ago, Sheila and Jim Clary decided that they needed a home upon which they could impart their own touches. But they were busy—she as owner of a Chicago entertainment marketing agency and he as president of an executive benefits company. 

Several years ago, a young couple purchased two ocean-view lots in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. They quickly drew up design plans with Landry Design Group—the Los Angeles firm headed by well-known architect Richard Landry that has designed homes for Eddie Murphy, Sylvester Stallone, Wayne Gretzky and Sugar Ray Leonard.

But before the couple began construction, they spotted a Spanish-style house

Getting caught in a turf war between design professionals is a situation clients dread. But the entertainment industry power couple who handpicked architect Richard Landry, interior designer Susan Cohen, and custom installer Murray Kunis—all professionals in the Los Angeles area—weren’t worried about clashing egos.

The soon-to-be husband and wife —London-based owners of a two-bedroom Upper East Side pied-á-terre in Manhattan—tossed out a challenge to their designer: The gorgeous woman wanted a formal living room, while her fiancé wanted to include a big television in the 60-foot-by-40-foot space.