Los Angeles-based duo Scout Regalia dreamed up this wall hook made of heavy gauge powder-coated steel for durable everyday use.

Scout Regalia's SR Wall rack features handy hooks and a shelf sized for displaying framed artwork or holding spice bottles.

Faudet-Harrison designed these modern coat hooks for SCP.

Scout Regalia Design duo Scout Regalia, comprised of Benjamin Luddy and Makoto Mizutani, has a California-meets-Brooklyn design aesthetic that favors functional, pleasing objects. The brightly colored Wall Hooks, made of powder coated steel, embody that in their utilitarian function and small size.

DROPIT WALL HOOKS The Dropit hook is a wooden, drop-shaped hook with a strong visual expression and exquisite finish. Hang a single drop on the wall or create a pattern using several Dropit hooks.

Tree Silhouette Hook, $7.99 (item no longer available)

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Located in Aarhus, Denmark, Villa R is a minimalist, serene structure clad in zinc panels. "The objective was to create a house that brings the forest inside through large glass panels—and create an ever-changing seasonal backdrop for the interior living spaces," stated the architecture firm, C.F. Møller, of the 3,200-square-foot abode.

The Caddy Bathroom Tray from Sabi includes a convenient cup and two hooks for hanging essential items. Designed with flexibility in mind, this storage caddy can be installed by a bathroom sink to hold face wash, lotion, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and more. It can also be used in a shower to hold shampoo, conditioner, body wash, a razor, and other necessary bath objects.

Designed in the style of cloakroom pegs, this set of three Pegs is a colorful storage solution that can be used in a variety of ways. The Pegs can be installed in a horizontal line, used on their own, or grouped in a cluster. The Pegs are designed for hanging items, and can be used on a bathroom wall to hold towels and bath accessories. Smaller and less obtrusive than a rack of hooks, these Pegs will complement a small bathroom interior.

A graduate of the Industrial Design Program at the University of Cincinnati, John Dixon of Dixon Branded has a knack for making simple but refined objects. His Intersect Series wall hooks pair ash with brass.

To access a secret play area in the 2 Bar House by Feldman Architecture, children clamber up climbing holds purchased from a local sporting goods store.

Wall Hooks by Tina Frey Hand-sculpted from resin, Frey’s wall hooks add sculptural utility.

Arbel’s “14” sconces spot the wall to ethereal effect in the master bedroom. “I wanted this place to be habitable. One of my greatest criticisms of modern architecture is that it often forgets to make things cozy.”

Hynam built additional storage along one angled wall of the bedroom loft and beneath the skylight.

Flavored Doughnut Coat HooksUK-based All Lovely Stuff makes these delicious coat hooks from solid beech wood and strawberry pink, chocolate brown, and sugar white paint, of course. $38

The Ash Wood Wall Hook from WRONG FOR HAY is a modern accessory that recalls the steam bending techniques made famous by Michael Thonet in the nineteenth century. The simple hook is comprised of a steamed strip of solid ash wood and integrated wall fixings. The hook has two curved upward ends that can be used for coats, hats, and scarves, or for other storage throughout the home.

Six-year-old twins Nicolas and Constanza use Pentimento as their “little battleground,” says Pasternak. “They have some options here that they will not find anywhere else.” Among those options are a climbing wall offering easy access to the roof.

An IdeaPaint wall in full effect in a family's kitchen. The company, which is exhibiting at Dwell on Design (booth #1009), is recruiting their onsite artist, Derek Cascio, to create a special wall for kids to color and scribble on in the Modern Family Pavilion (booth #901) Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31.

Plant Wall Design created a custom, self-sustaining vertical green wall for the show.

Graphic Novelty A textile designed in 1998 by Scandinavian designer Carl Johan Hane serves as an artful accent to the guest bedroom. Neely found the patters--Mobile, created for the Swedish textile company Kinnasand--as Skandium, in London. "I wasn't sure how best to display it. Then a painter friend of mine suggested I have it stretched across a wooden frame, just like artists do with raw canvas," he says.

The couple initially painted partition walls between the children's room and their own with black metallic paint creating both a writing surface for the children and a magnetic bulletin board for notes. However, "the black looked too oppressive," Astrakhan says. So they applied several coats of lively lime green paint to brighten up that section of the house.

A good dose of inspiration from Luis Barragán turned a dark and beleaguered midcentury house into a family home for the ages. The paint colors chosen by the residents and architect Linda Taalman are American Cheese and Blushing Bride, both by Benjamin Moore, creating a tapestry of color and texture.

A wall of bamboo adjacent to the atrium floor provides a dramatic and seductive green entrance—“natural art,” Eric calls it.

Hidden wall hooks by Juhana Myllykoski for Sculptures Jeux, from $170 Available in six shades of stained beech plus natural oak and walnut, these wall-mounted hooks activate the vertical plane for hanging or stacking items.

The Heath tiles in the bathroom were hand-selected from boxes of factory seconds.

Sherman’s friend Anna Chang prepares tea in the kitchen. The range is by Wolf. Walls are coated with parging, a type of concrete made with sand instead of gravel—-more typically used in an industrial context.

Wenes and Lens conceptualized a gradation of white to gray hues for the walls of the 1,500-square-foot gallery into the 4,000-square-foot home, culminating in a deep gray for the master bedroom. The room is reserved for meaningful pieces from the couple’s collection, such as a figure they found at a market in Beijing and lamps by artists Wenes represents.

Renovating the old mill was a family effort, and Blee called on his sister Kate, a textile designer based in London, to lend a helping hand with the tile work. Kate's repertoire also extends to building installations, including a ceramic wall in the City and Islington Center for Lifelong Learning in North London. "She had several boxes left over," Blee recalls, "which meant another opportunity to use something that was lying around." The tiles, with finishes ranging from heavy glazes to matte coats, offered textural variety, which brother and sister used to "play around with the idea of reflection from the roof light."

Seen from a distance, the farmhouse has a time-honored quality, though it’s still clearly a product of the 21st century.

If letting your bed linens drape onto the floor or the platform bed frame just isn’t your style, keep your bedroom feeling sharp and tidy by tucking your sheets under the mattress and removing any extra blankets or fluffy comforters. A slim, white bed frame such as this one feels skeletal enough to still convey airiness.

Armed with a keen eye for design and a yen for vintage furniture shopping, Glee star Jayma Mays and actor Adam Campbell revitalize a formerly jumbled Los Angeles house. On an outdoor deck space, the couple placed their fire engine red fireplace, found at the Rose Bowl Flea Market.

The two wings of the addition are connected by a central “void space.” The glass walls visually draw the garden and greenery into the living space. Both East Coast transplants, the couple wanted to more easily take advantage of favorable gardening conditions in the mild Northern California climate. With this in mind, they used the renovation to bring the outdoors in, as well as encourage easy and direct exterior access for gardening.

It is all very mindful. “We proceeded with a philosophy and a vision,” says Chamberlin. “All of us understood that the poetry of what you look at is very important.”

A group of Woolly Pocket planters can be put up in an afternoon. Each planter's hook requires one screw to hang.

Husband-and-wife founders of Calico Wallpaper Rachel and Nick Cope show how easy it can be to put a personal, design-led touch on loft living—even when it’s a rental. When the Copes rented a Red Hook loft in an industrial 1860s warehouse, the couple turned their rental into a testing ground for their marbleized wallpaper business and installed wallpaper in each of their rooms. The custom pieces take inspiration from the loft’s immediate surroundings and characteristics—from the silver-and-gold marbled mural that complements the loft’s exposed structural beams to a color-gradient wallpaper in the primary bedroom that takes cues from the sunset seen from Red Hook.