Tips for Loft Living

Wide open living space is hugely appealing, at least until you have to figure where to store your stuff, and how to separate the bedroom from the kitchen. Here are nine tricks gleaned from the Dwell archives.

Architecture firm Gut Gut designed a modular shelving system out of plywood that gets repeated throughout the apartment.

Ornate concrete blocks screen a storage area in the kitchen while letting light through.

In the tiny sleeping loft is a platform bed with two drawers beneath it. In place of wallpaper, Schönning enlarged a...

Sleeping space is adventurously tucked away in an alcove above the kitchen, accessible by a track ladder that slides...

Raising the bed above floor level, architect Kyu Sung Woo converted this tiny studio into an open and comfortable home...

California homeowners Lynda and Peter Benoit designed a functional wooden structure to store books, keepsakes, and...

When it’s time to eat or do homework, the adults lower the tabletop, revealing a dozen book cubbies.

A large OSB structure with skylights, a bathroom, enclosed baby’s room, and master sleeping alcove dominates Ryan and...

Last but not least, make a major statement and designate separate living areas with the help of shipping containers.