Living room with a white sectional sofa, a round marble-top coffee table, a dark green armchair, and a beige armchair with a throw blanket. There are multiple windows with curtains, a beige carpet, and artwork on the walls. A dining area with a round table and chairs, and a wooden china cabinet are visible in the background.

Modern & Moody

Cincinnati, Ohio · Full-Service Interior Design

Designed for a couple with a love for modern design and a little unexpected personality, this home called for a softer, more inviting take on minimalism. We moved away from the existing dark gray palette and heavy leather furnishings, introducing warm organic neutrals, natural materials, and layers of texture with thoughtful moments of color throughout.

While the main living spaces were designed to feel calm and collected, the music room gave us an opportunity to have a little more fun. Richer color and moodier details transformed it into an intimate hideaway—the perfect place to pour a drink, put on a record, and settle in for the evening.

The result is a home that feels modern without feeling stark, minimal without feeling cold, and completely personal to the people who live there.

Interior Design: Mysa Home Design

Photography: Hailey Bollinger Photography

Styling: Mysa Home Design

Living room with a beige sectional sofa, white walls, and wooden floors. There are two large windows with white curtains, a white floor lamp, a potted plant, and a round wooden coffee table. A dining table with beige chairs is visible in the foreground.
Neutral living room with layered pillows, floor lamp and styled coffee table with greenery.
Living room with a beige sectional sofa decorated with pillows and a throw blanket, beige curtains, a dark wall art piece, and a small side table.
Living room with a beige sectional sofa decorated with pillows and a throw blanket, beige curtains, a dark wall art piece, and a small side table.
A dining room with a round wooden table and four upholstered chairs with light-colored fabric. On the table, there's a vase with greenery and flowers. In the background, a wooden display cabinet with glass doors contains bottles and decorative items. A modern chandelier hangs from the ceiling, and the room has neutral-colored walls and wooden flooring.
A living room corner with a dark grey armchair with a decorative pillow, a wooden dresser with a bookshelf, a flat-screen TV, a white table lamp, a white vase with plant, and a framed beige abstract artwork on the wall.
Interior view of a built-in white bookshelf with decorative items, books, and a potted plant nearby, and a pink velvet stool in front.
Living room with large windows covered by beige blinds, featuring two brown leather armchairs with cream pillows, a wooden coffee table, a side table with a modern black lamp, an oval mirror on the green paneled wall, and a view into a dining area with a round table and chairs.
View through doorway into dining room with wooden table, beige upholstered chairs, a modern chandelier, wall art, and a decorative bowl on the table.
White custom built-in bookshelves styled with books and decorative objects.
White custom built-in bookshelves styled with books and decorative objects.