@Damsel: Yes your right, in fact I've been thinking about making an artist's loft too so I'm glad I noticed Sharen's post :)

@Operaguy: I'd love to see a new shader technology like that myself. Modeling the roundedness into the furniture and room elements almost takes you into the realm of organic modeling and the models get very large as a result. All of us had to start rounding the corners somewhat with the advent of the firefly render to avoid the ballooning artifacts that result from sharp edges.