STYLISH NOOKS
SMALL areas are fun to style because they allow you to create an extra space. It’s those little in-between spots that can – if you’re clever – work harder and become places you want to stay in.
■ Hallways are a great opportunity to create a nook; if you can put a piano in – even just an upright one – you can turn it into a music room. Instead of just being a space to walk through, it becomes somewhere to stop. If your stairwell is large enough, our studio likes to add books going up the side. It can look spectacular.
■ But creating nooks can happen in bigger rooms, too. If, for example, you’ve got an odd-shaped room with an alcove corner or a walk-in wardrobe with a bit of space and you can put the smallest writing desk in it, it suddenly becomes a
