A ship's ladder leads from the ground floor to a mezzanine-level bathroom and closet in a small brick boiler room that Christi Azevedo, an architect and metalworker, converted into a 93-square-foot guest house in San Francisco. Photo by Cesar Rubio.
Mezzanines are, by definition, in-between spaces—neither here, nor there; neither upstairs nor down. But mezzanines needn't be wasted space. Here, from Dwell's archives, are seven examples of creative designs for the mezzanine—a lofty perch on which one can sleep, read, work, or merely observe.
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