BROOKLYN HOUSES are often woefully short on closets, so creating storage is high on many people’s to-do lists. But where to go for built-in cabinetry that is well-designed, well-built, good value, in keeping with existing architecture, and capacious enough to accommodate all the spoils of...

IF YOU’RE COUNTING cubic feet, the size of this two-bedroom duplex in a turn-of-the-century public school building is impressive. “It has 14-foot ceilings,” says David Nastasi, half the Brooklyn-based designing duo Nastasi Vail, “but the footprint is small.” With only 1,200 square feet in total...