As a decorator and set designer, Marie-Anne Derville spends her days crafting beautiful spaces, so it’s no surprise that her own 592-square-foot Paris apartment is a work of art. The chic home is filled with picture-perfect vignettes, including a faux-marble pedestal with quirky feet that is topped with a stack of books. There’s no more whimsical way to store them.
Buy a corner bookshelf
Furnishing a long, narrow living room is never easy, but interior designer Juan Moreno López-Calull and graphic designer Pieter de Groot make it look like a breeze in their 600-square-foot Barcelona apartment. With a Sant Gervasoni sofa and a Jean Prouvé coffee table, the sitting area is relaxed yet sophisticated. The best part, though, is the smart, low-slung corner bookshelf, which turned dead space into storage.
Fill your movable island with books
Interior designer Melanie Burstin knows that even with 1,000 square feet, every inch counts, so she squeezed as much storage as possible into her client’s Echo Park house. She equipped the blueberry-colored kitchen with a movable island whose base is stocked with cookbooks, so the homeowner’s go-to recipes are always on hand.
