Serial Killers and Draperies: Showtime Showhouse

The rooms in the new Metropolitan Home/Showtime showhouse are so exciting I'd put up with a lot to live with the imaginary owners. I mean, I'm cool with pot, no big deal. If you're into bondage, maybe just keep it in your bedroom. But once you're wrapping chicks in Saran wrap ... I have my limits.

Yup, sex, drugs and murder are not usually on the top of your inspiration-list when decking out a new pad, but those were some of the themes behind the rooms in the super-cool new showhouse set up in two, Tribeca penthouse apartments in New York. The designers were primarily young, first-time show-housers, and with a Showtime series as their inspiration, they went all-out with some pretty ingenious designs. This was not your grandmother's uptown showhouse (you know who you are Kip's Bay).

Now, I know we can't all afford an interior designer; half-million-dollar LED TV curtain (like the one here in the Marie Aiello-designed "Dexter" room), or even a penthouse, for that matter, but we can take away some ideas on how be more inventive with our own spaces. Here's a tour of the rooms highlighting the best creative take-aways. (Oh, and you can go, too, more after the flip.)

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