Our latest lookbook focuses on kitchens and living rooms that are elevated by their inclusion of ladders.
In contemporary interior design, ladders can be specified as an alternative to staircases due to their space-efficient nature, their ability to be moved to access different areas and the sense of playfulness they foster.
Old ladders also have a place in modern interiors ? their statuesque nature occasionally sees them used as a sculptural focal point or accessory in interior styling.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring interiors with unique red-and-green colour schemes and bathrooms with striking and distinctive bathtubs.

The photo is by Kate Glicksberg Warren Street Townhouse, USA, by Studio Vural
Mounted flush against a whitewashed brick wall, this wooden ladder features in the Japanese-informed kitchen of a townhouse in New York's Brooklyn neighbourhood, designed by local firm Studio Vural.
The design of the interior scheme references the city of Kyoto in Japan, as requested by the owners, following a visit they made to the area in 2009.
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The photo is by Alice Mesguich
Collectors Home, The Netherlands, by DAB Studio
Interior design firm DAB Studio used this house's bay window as a niche to display this green-painted fruit ladder, dating from the year 1890.
It was rendered in the striking colour specific...