A guest bathroom in a two-bed, two-bath apartment. The plumbing wall could not be moved so we used that to our advantage, allowing It to provide protection enough to install an antique midcentury chest of drawers converted as the console. The room is small so we went big on pattern.

Master Bedroom with an en-suite. We had plenty of room, and an adventurous client, so we went for it — placing the custom bed smack in the centre of the room facing the view. The headboard doubles as a chest of drawers and also as a partition creating different zones for sleeping, and for dressing, with the bathroom door now happily out of view.

This kitchen wall was taken back and widened, so the kitchen, dining and balcony areas now all flow together. This kitchen was a complete rip out and renovation.

Art was the name of the game for this brief. We call this ordered randomness. And a client who can keep on collecting!

This style is transitional, with a modern spin on wall trim and an industrial bed frame adorned with bed curtains. Proof that opposites can attract.

Walls aren’t the only way to demarcate zones, and look what removing them does for the light.

Surrealism, a dream-like state, seemed just right for this bedroom.

It’s all about the bed here. The positioning separates the dressing and bathing zones from the sleeping area.

This balcony wasn’t part of the original design brief, but we just couldn’t leave it alone once the rest of the apartment was redesigned. Without allocated budget, there’s still a lot you can do by spending a few bucks on paint and some accessories from target.

60 years of untouched kitchen really isn’t fair — any redesign would have looked good. But this NYC kitchen was mostly about space planning. Every cm of space is accounted for with the upper horizontal planes giving us negative space where the floor isn’t able to.

This is a small bedroom, so we achieved depth by layering trim, wallpaper and padded headboards. There’s a lot more going on here now, but harmony and cohesiveness can result in a feeling of space.

The decision to put a large counter-height table (custom made to sit on three legs and lean on a huge kitchen island) came down to lifestyle. Judging by our client’s posts, this social spot is the most frequently used part of the apartment.

Layering in a small space again. This time to create a mood we didn’t have room to achieve with actual bookshelves.

If you want to open up a room, the mirror has certainly been done before. And for good reason. Here it brings in light and reads as a second window.

With rented accommodation, there’s still so much you can do. Blurring the line between wall and ceiling can raise the impression of height. With new soft furnishings and light fixtures — and with the landlord’s permission of course — new colour on the walls.

Here we laid new flooring, created a custom wall treatment, moved the heater off the wall and replaced it with a faux mantle, upholstered furniture, added new window treatments (rolling sheer blinds and solid panels), created custom light fixtures… you name it, we did it. The only thing that remained intact was the dining table and chairs.