who in a Manhattan apartment deployed a long, zippy Missoni wool carpet (above) to punch up a hallway lined with periwinkle-painted shelving. Expansive, blank walls are cat nip for art ...

A long and narrow hallway can be a challenge in any home—or in the hands of the right firm, a stylistic protagonist. The 1,023-square-foot apartment ... parquet flooring, and now includes ...

It meant buying part of the hallway and designing a new front entry—and ensuring both apartments presented like a cohesive whole. Then, there was the problem of the flooring. The hallway had ...