Rugs

The view overlooking the living room, which features the famous Le Corbusier rug by Edward Fields. The residents were also careful to save the sofa, which Meier himself designed for the space.

Siegal built bookshelves from scrap wood, bartered for her Danish modern furniture, and haggled for a living-room rug in Morocco.

The past and present collide in style with these handcrafted color-block rugs conceptualized by Barcelona designer Nani Marquina. Crafted using the traditional kilim technique, these woven wool floor coverings transform age-old weaving into a modern accent piece that brings instant impact to any room.

In the living area of Daniel Rozensztroch’s Paris apartment, an Eames La Chaise and a butterfly chair complement a Moroccan Berber rug.

In the couple’s art-filled living room, a vintage coffee table sits atop a rug by Gunta Stölzl, purchased from Design Within Reach. To accommodate get-togethers with friends and family (Peart’s twin brother, Dexter, lives in a neighboring unit with his wife and daughter), they sought a sofa that could hold 10 to 15 people at a time. The George sectional, designed by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia, fit the bill.

"The idea was to try to find a motif that is in relation to the perimeter," Ronan says of the Lattice collection.