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Laundry Room. Ikea build out with a custom made Melamine waterfall countertop over washer and dryer. Interior barn door is white oak slab with low luster natural finish.

Garden, yardscape

Oversized Bar and Closet for Storage

Oversized Bar and Plenty of Storage

Family Room-Storage-Retractable Movie Screen and Bar

Family Room-Movie Screen and Bar

A Mirror Ball pendant by Tom Dixon hovers over the kitchen counter.

Designed by Andrea Stemmer for SCP, the Jules Mirror is an unframed, rectangular portrait mirror that works well in an entryway or above a bureau or vanity. The mirror features a solid oak storage shelf at its base, which can be used to hold knickknacks, makeup, keys, or favorite photographs and postcards. The shelf is made from a single piece of wood and is shaped like a half pipe, which counters the rigid straight lines of the mirror with a warm curvature. The result is a simple and sophisticated mirror that provides practical storage that does not overcomplicate the design.

Bespoke joinery, tiled finishes, concrete tops and high-level mirrors to the kitchen

The living and dining room of a recent residential project, featuring a Castiglioni lamp and a mirrored bar.

Michigan Coalesce wall mirror by Steven Haulenbeek, $5,750 Chicago designer Steven Haulenbeek joins two polished stainless steel plates to form the eliptical piece, which is fabricated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A shallow ledge offers space for displaying small objects.

Designed by Stockholm–design studio Form Us With Love, the Cage Mirror is an innovative mirror that is designed to have several looks, depending on the direction from which the mirror is viewed. When looking at the mirror directly, it appears to float from the wall, giving it an unexpected dimension. When viewed from the side, the powder-coated steel framing is revealed behind the mirror, making the otherwise simple mirror appear sculptural. Its rounded corners lend the mirror a softer feel than traditional rectangular mirrors, making it adaptable to a variety of spaces.

Sabi’s Mirror proves that a bathroom mirror can change the personality of the space. The calming circular mirror becomes the centerpiece of a bathroom, and the way the mirror mounts makes it appear to float from the wall. This adds a sense of ease and elegance to the accessory, and the unobtrusive frame allows the mirror to blend in to its surroundings.

“The most important thing to do in a small space is exploratory demolition,” Pozner says. “We found all that height in the bathroom ceiling. There are giant cabinets above the bed—we found all that space. This facilitated architect Darrick Borowski’s small-space rallying cry: “Built-ins, built-ins, built-ins!”

The pendant lamp is a vintage find.

O'Neill Rose Architects designed each unit of this modern Queens compound based on the personality of the family member occupying it. The kitchen in the brother’s unit is bright and fun with a backsplash made of painted glass. The light fixtures, like many other materials found in the project, were left over from the client’s contracting work; O’Neill Rose bent the found pipes into an array of angles and attached light bulbs.

Though this kitchen fits in with its period surroundings, a few tweaks keep it current. “It’s functional in a way that doesn’t feel like the kitchen is in the living room,” says architect Rick Black. He explains, “One of the goals was to make the islands more like furniture than like heavy objects that go all the way to the floor.”

This shade has a levity about it that works well with both muted neutrals and darker colors. Benjamin Moore’s Blue Seafoam (2056-60) is a good example of a relaxing blue paint color that works well for interior and exterior walls.