storage

The master bedroom, or "sleeping cube," is tucked inside a black steel framework with a storage side facing the living room.

A television is concealed inside.

For storage, IKEA carcasses were wrapped with painted MDF exteriors for a streamlined appearance. "The new, simplified design with the doors painted the same color as the wall means the wardrobes are less dominant," says Astrain. "This helps the room feel less crammed, calmer, tidier, and bigger."

Built-in pantry hidden in a corridor

Study Nook in Bedroom

A look at another one of the bedrooms located on the upper level.

The central living and dining space extends outside in all directions to a private rear courtyard and a wrap-around verandah.

Sizable drawers beneath the kitchen floor store the couple’s clothing and shoes.

Now, there’s a built-in vanity with the same oiled white oak storage at the entry to the main suite.

Oak cabinets and flooring bring additional woodsy warmth.

Visiting a Manhattan apartment designed by Tim Seggerman is like sitting inside one of Nakashima’s cabinets, a metaphor realized most fully in an ingenious "library"—really a glorified cubby with a banded maple ceiling, conjured from a free space adjacent to the loft bed.

The stone slab forms a display niche in the cabinetry, and syncs up with the materials used elsewhere in the house. The step up, and the flooring material change, designates the boundary between foyer and the rest of the home.