THE RELATIVELY NARROW function of a bedroom or dining room largely dictates those spaces’ décor. A home’s communal chill chamber ... with ease—navigability, comfort, visual calm.

The concept of a sunken area in a communal ... a sunken living room and outfitted with a built-in brown tweed L-shaped sofa. Suddenly, conversation pits were back on the design radar.

As the CEO of a company that creates communal workspaces, I've seen firsthand how spatial design, technology integration ... are also key to enhancing comfort and focus. While aesthetics are ...

We asked Knauf, Mollen and other design pros to share their ... to create the comfort factor she sought in a formerly blah white guest room in Scottsdale, Arizona. “It adds a lot of ...