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" 1. Try swingarm lamps to free up space on side tables. Tour the Brooklyn studio apartment by designer Nick Olsen  2. Think double duty: When entertaining, this desk is used as a dining table. Tour the feminine, bold apartment designed by Ashley Whittaker that&amp;#039;s just 800 square feet.  3. Add storage when you can. Ikea&amp;#039;s Brimnes bed has drawers underneath.  Tour this 400-square-foot Brooklyn apartment designed by Fitzhugh Karol and Lyndsay Caleo of The Brooklyn Home Company.   4. Don&amp;#039;t overlook extra spaces. Clustering photos on one wall makes even a &amp;quot;hallway feel like a &amp;#039;place&amp;#039; and not a thoroughfare&amp;quot; says Ellen O&amp;#039; Neill. Tour Ellen O&amp;#039;Neill&amp;#039;s studio apartment.  5. A bifold door takes up half the space of a standard door when it&amp;#039;s open. Tour designer David Kaihoi&amp;#039;s East Village apartment.  6. Pick versatile pieces. X-benches have an open base so they don&amp;#039;t close off the space, plus they can be moved around easily. Tour design assistant Danielle Armstrong&amp;#039;s girly studio. Photos: 1, BJORN WALLANDER; 2, THOMAS LOOF; 3, TARA STRIANO; 4, THOMAS LOOF; 5. NGOC MINH NGO; 6. KELLY STUART See More: 25 Amazing Things for 2014&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Bring Good Luck to Your Home&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Make(over) Your Bed with Sara Ruffin Costello&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Beautiful Designer Kitchens &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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