The apartment gained an open kitchen, foyer, laundry room, home office, and herringbone floors without compromising original ...

It's a common design challenge: a front door that swings open directly into an open-plan living room. Where's the sense of arrival? The moment to decompress. Well, the good news is that when it ...

Even in the tightest of spaces, it’s a good opportunity to add function and express yourself ... space beautifully while providing plenty of room for scarves, hats, bags and coats.

uncluttered and streamlined zones where function and aesthetically pleasing elements come together. Using primary colors like red, blue and yellow in a mid-century modern living room is a subtle ...

says “ease of conversion from one function to the other” is a concern of many clients. “We recommend laying out the room in such a way that the conversion has as few steps as possible ...

Room dividers have an old, luxurious origin story: They were created for use in the palaces of ancient Chinese royalty. Some of the earliest room dividers have been dated back to 200 BCE.

Above, the first floor has been converted back into a grand public room, able to act as either an extension of the foyer or a private function room. Steve Tompkins, a founder at the practice ...