How To: Home Office with Built-Ins

Carving out a study niche doesn't mean adding on an extension to your house; instead, consider built-ins—they can change the entire function of a room, or simply create some much-needed workspace. Slideshow

An example of multitasking at its best, the two designers of Normal Projects knocked down most of this apartment’s walls in order to combine kitchen storage, a closet, a bar, a bed, and a home office into a blue-lacquered cabinetry unit in the center of the room. Photo by Raimund Koch.