1. As a staircase in a 640 square-foot apartment.
Tour the tiny New York loft by designers Bill Brockschmidt and Richard Dragisic.
2. On shelves lined with mirrors, which give the wall depth.
See the playful, young California cottage by designer Stephen Shubel.
3. Horizontally stacked on a trunk to display shells and a flower arrangement.
Tour the whole beach house in New Jersey designed by Mona Ross Berman.
4. In two niches around a fireplace, with the book spines facing toward the wall.
Tour the sophisticated New York City apartment by Jamie Drake.
5. By color.
See the modern New York loft by Steven Sclaroff.
6. In an extra space where the ceiling was lifted.
Tour the beach cottage in the Hamptons by designer Podge Bune.
7. Alongside art.
Tour Alex Hitz's perfect house for entertaining.
Photos: 1. SIMON WATSON; 2. LUCA TROVATO; 3, 4. JONNY VALIANT; 5. FRANCOIS DISCHINGER; 6. FRANCESCO LAGNESE; 7. LISA ROMEREIN
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