This renovated Manhattan apartment by Russian architect Peter Kostelov features tucked-away furniture that pulls out to suit the needs of its user.
The Uptown apartment originally had two bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom and a kitchen ? a layout that closed off each space from the others.

To make the apartment adaptable, the designer used wood panels to elevate the floor, build out the walls and lower the ceiling in the middle of the property.
This central volume acts as a studio/bedroom, and also holds various items of furniture within its floor and walls, which pull out into this space and the surrounding rooms.

The narrow kitchen faces a brick wall across a tiled corridor, where wooden shelves fold out to form a breakfast table or extra counter space when necessary. The bathroom, the master bedroom and an additional third bedroom are also accessed off the entry corridor. Fold-out furniture has been used by many designers to maximise space in small apartments. Other examples include a 1970s flat in Florence that transforms from a home to a workspace, and a tiny single-storey house in north London with adjustable plywood furniture.

Other renovated American homes include a 1960's house in Los Angeles and a Brooklyn residence featuring light wells carved into its original structure.

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