Design Secrets: Furniture

“If I wanted to take a nap, I’d be laid down there, while they sat

at the table talking. Rooms did double duty because people didn’t

have much space. This daybed was multifunctional, working as a

couch or converting to a bed. It stuck with me. I liked the idea of

furniture doing double duty,” he says.

An architect, Ostoya began to design a line of furniture after his

brother-in-law, Peter Brayshaw, opened up a millwork shop. “He

worked at the Guggenheim Museum, doing installations and

working in their wood shop to make platforms or funky installa-

tions for artists that would facilitate exhibiting the art,” explains

Ostoya. “He learned woodworking and ...