Bedroom

“Two-bedroom apartments are coveted in Manhattan, but the reality is that we are just two people, and the second bedroom had become neglected storage space,” Fontanez says. Combining the two into one reaped big rewards. “Now we wake up to a row of four windows and a variety of birds singing,” Russell says.

For the spatially challenged, think vertically: lofted beds make every inch count.

The bedrooms feel like sanctuaries, as they’re much darker and enclosed than other spaces in the home.