. . . Working with plans for a neo-Colonial house by architect Philip DeBolske, Stuart set about designing "a modern take on traditionalism -- modern in its openness and spareness, traditional in its classic elements." Interior Design by Madeline Stuart Photos by Thomas Loof . . . First, though, we each had to inquire of our inner bedroom muse. It fell to our architect and friend, Lisa Landworth of the mid-Wilshire firm of Landworth DeBolske Associates, to abet our search for the ideal, affordable, doable bedroom. She began with the news that, in our case, the city of Los Angeles' zoning code would have some input too; due to insufficient setback from the house next door, our new lair would be on the small side -- with less open floor space than in our previous bedroom, but potentially better, she assured us. Now, if we could just inform her which school of design we align with. Separate closets or together? A tub and a shower? Warm carpet or cold hardwood? TV hookup or not? If you think it's esay to define youself neatly, think again. Lisa had a client, a film editor, who does everything in his bedroom -- "literally from his bed," she says -- and who needed his remodel to accommodate that fact of life. She had to install a wall that woud house his editing machinery plus TV, VCR, stereo, cassettes and CDs. This is a man who keeps 10 remotes by his bed. Clearly not our style. She had been asked to equip bedrooms with sinks, mini-bar refrigerators and furniture arrays based on the focus-group stylings of fine hotels. "Some people who travel a whole lot just have a good feelling about hotels. They would like their whole house to look like a Ritz-Carlton," Lisa says. Hmm. We adore traveling, but that isn't us.