Whether it's elegant and traditional, eclectic, or cutting-edge modern, Timothy Corrigan has mastered the fine art of residential interior design.

Enjoy the home decorating and renovation tips that he shares in this Traditional Home video.

Seldom have we seen a more enjoyable, informative, and inspiring movie than Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman. This documentary follows the career of architectural photographer Julius Shulman and his relationship with the great architects of the Modernism movement - from the pioneers of Europe to their American students and counterparts. The film is beautifully shot by Eric Bricker and his crew, capturing a warm and generous artist's life just before his passing in 2009.

Annette Tatum

Tatum has gone right to the heart of home decorating and design - it's all about personal taste and style. In her book, she's created fashion categories that homeowners can use to find a style that they feel comfortable living with in their homes.

Your clothing and accessories mirror your unique personality and style, and so should the decor of your home. By using the same style choiced used to fashion your wardrobe, you will uncomver your own distinctive interior design decor. Your home will become like your wardrobe, a unique, one-of-a-kind expression of you.

The first part of the book delves into a design style guide, giving you concrete examples and beautiful photos for the following fashion styles: Romantic, Couture, Classic, Casual, Bohemian, Retro, Resort, Modern, Eclectic, Vintage, and Eco.

Here's an example of the Modern design niche, which Tatum describes as "living life on the edge; a little bit classic, a little bit pop culture, it reinvents itself along the way and pushes new possibilities forward." She describes a Modern home as "a universe defined in black and white. Its yin and yang approach relies on dramatic contrasts for impact."

For the Eclectic design style (note that we're selecting two of our favorites to illustrate), Tatum says that it has "boundless potential for invention and makes anything possible." She sagely observes that to achieve an eclectic interior, you have to drop the "match" from "mix and match." It's a "spectacular panorama of old and new, formal and funky."

But the brilliance in Tatum's book is the way she shifts gears and encourages you to blend fashion styles. In her clever "Mixing Fashionable Home Decor" section, she shows how combining two styles can give you a great look, e.g. Eco Bohemian, Retro Resort, Casual Romantic, and Couture Bohemian. The end of the book gives you Tatum's favorite design and fashion resources. Shown below are examples of an Eleclectic Modern style, including a dining room scene from the 1950s home of an art gallery owner.

His book Jamie Drake New American Glamour is an opus to the luxe life, helping shy and nervous homeowners everywhere set aside their fear of using color. We certainly applaud this mission.

From a student internship with famed Angelo Donghia, Mr. Drake has climbed to the heights of the residential interior design profession, with clients ranging from Madonna to New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gracie Mansion.

This video from Traditional Home features his sage advice on using bold colors to generate electricity in any room.

For two years now, we've been treated to a NYC house decked out with interior designers' favorite holiday-themed rooms. Jamie Drake, Bunny Williams, Benjamin Huntington, Shari Markbreiter, and other top designers generously gave of their talents and time for Holiday House, with proceeds benefitting Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Video credit: The Editor at Large

Donald Hill

His projects always combine a strong sense of architecture with an encyclopedic knowledge of design styles to meet each client's needs.

 Damien Hirst curated the widely acclaimed Frieze Art Fair in 1988 while he was still a student at Goldsmiths College, and he not only launched his meteoric career but also the careers of many other successful up-and-comers in the British art scene.

He's probably the most famous living British artist, give or take a David Hockney or two; we greatly admire the way this designer went maverick on the whole notion of art and decoration.

His works, like the iconic Away from the Flock (1994, see below) or the $118 million For the Love of God (2007, see the diamond-encrusted skull above), break new ground by forcing us to see art and traditional installation pieces in fresh ways.