Is this what interior design is now.

[Fla Dem]

This was on Dateline. Nicolle was interviewing Aisha Mills a Democratic Strategist in her home.

That's steel beams or wood made to look like steel beams in her living room. Crazy!

In case anyone can view todays Dateline this shot is just before the 12 minute mark in the show.

[spooky3]

1. Looks as if a giant spider is about to attack. Nt

[Fla Dem]

3. LOL, you're right it does!

[brush]

6. It's an acquired taste.

[LearnedHand]

2. As opposed to what?

Aren't there as many design looks as there are people?

[Irish_Dem]

4. The industrial look for home decor has been popular for quite a while.

I have an industrial look lamp and coffee table that are really pretty and striking.

Copper looking metal base with glass top coffee table.
Pole lamp with cement base and black iron piping.

May not sound striking but they are really lovely.

[Fla Dem]

5. Yes, I understand there is an industrial style of interior decorating.

Although when I've seen metal beams used it's usually in a large, converted warehouse type of setting.

I guess you had to see the whole picture. The rest of the living room had a nice contemporary look and a regular set of stairs. Not at all industrial.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Yes but people mix it up today.

I have soft contemporary, boho, modern farmhouse, with industrial pieces.
Sounds crazy but they are all clean, soft lines in off white, beige, gray, and blue.
Lots of texture. With striking wall prints.

Took me awhile to put it all together, I take my time and like to find good deals.

When I sold my last house the buyers insisted I must have had it staged
before I sold, I said no, I live like this every day. I did it by myself.

Yes I would like to see the whole picture, I just saw a part of it.

[BrianTheEVGuy]

8. Former Californian here

And this looks like an earthquake retrofit to my eye. The beams are designed to hold up the floor and other critical pieces in the event that the load-bearing-walls collapse in a quake.

[JoseBalow]

10. That's what it looks like to me too

Seismic Retrofit would be my guess, though a better picture would be nice.

[hunter]

12. My nephew's apartment in San Francisco has a lot of exposed structural steel for that reason.

My wife has had offices like that too.

It's handy for decorating -- you can hang notes, art, lights, and houseplants up using magnets!

[duncang]

9. Maybe a converted industrial building?

[Donkees]

11. Probably related to her work in revitalizing community real estate development ...

That space might be her video studio in the loft apartment.