Clever Uses of Curtains

The curtains are made from graphic Gastón y Daniela fabrics.

Inspired by Scandinavian and Mexican contemporary and traditional design, the Sunrise house has a bright, clean, and eclectic color palette.

Levin’s daughter Charlotte and son, Dylan, both 11, finish homework in the Metapod. A linen curtain purchased on Etsy helps regulate the amount of light entering the space. Photo by Dustin Cohen.

In the living room Daphne the dog keeps company with a Case Study Day Bed from Modernica, a LCM chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, and a painting by the Brooklyn artist Joyce Kim.

And in the morning it is a beautiful frame for the garden.

In 2005, Krzysztof Kwiecinski moved into his late grandmother’s Warsaw, Poland, apartment. Not wanting to strip the home of its former life, he worked with local architecture firm Centrala to create the Hardbox, a 12-by-10-foot freestanding unit from pieces of his grandmother’s hodgepodge collection of furniture.

Sheer gray curtains by Ulf Moritz for Sahco add to the apartment’s moody atmosphere.