Weekend mornings at the apartment are easy and breezy, particularly with the bedroom door open into the outdoor living room.

Creative Couple Dan and Dasha Faires turned their 375-square-foot Lower East Side apartment in New York City to an entertaining-savvy rustic house complete with a lush, texture-packed outdoor entertaining area.

Extra Space Although the 375-square-foot flat is modest in size, its 225-square-foot exterior living space makes up for it. During the cool-weather months, it is very likely to find Dan and Dasha spending just as much time outdoors as in their true living room.

Paint It Black Avid fans of upgrading basic things into designer-caliber goods, Dasha and Dan picked up simple terra-cotta pots for their outside greenery, then spray-painted them in a satin finish for a darkened flat panel tv installation . contemporary look.

Rustic Partition The exterior and interior designs of Dan and Dasha's Lower East Side apartment have one cohesive appearance. To bring components of rustic design to the outside in a practical fashion, Dan constructed a partition wall out of reclaimed wood beams he rescued from a building being demolished in New York City's Meatpacking District.

A Dan Original Capsule Furniture, Dan's original line of designer-grade retrieved furniture, is known for its rich textures and sophisticated use of industrial substances. The six-seater exterior dining table consists of reclaimed barn planks and aged galvanized metal pipes, flanges and elbows -- substances originally intended for plumbing.

Serving Setup Entertaining guests outdoors over dinner and cocktails is something Dan and Dasha do frequently. To add space for setting out drinks and/or hors d'oeuvres, Dan made a serving station and surrounding candle area from reclaimed outside corbels and tempered glass.

A Dash of Dasha An enthusiastic fan of styling and decorating, Dasha brings her signature aesthetic to the outside dining room table by covering it with white candles and tableware, then bringing in accents of existence, including lush potted greenery and taxidermy elements, such as a crocodile.

Greenery and Glow For ambience, Dan strung industrial-style festival lights in the exterior of the building to the fence. At night, the entire space glows, keeping the room tender, warm and practical.

Shotgun Style Shotgun apartments, similar to railroad apartments, are typical in nyc. What sets them apart from one another is a central hallway. Dan and Dasha live in a shotgun apartment that has a series of rooms connected to one another directly, whereas a railway flat is typically identified as with rooms attached together in a lineup with a hallway running the length of the flat in the front to the back, outside of every room. To get the outside space, guests have to walk through the entry, kitchen/dining, living room and bedroom.

Space for Dining To put in a dining room to the living space, Dan constructed a Parsons-style dining table and bench seating from reclaimed timber from the Meatpacking District. Instead of using screws and nails, Dan creates his furniture with primitive-style structure; pieces are notched together, glued or glued using dowel joinery.

This Is a Pipe To make the most of this apartment's 10-foot-tall walls, Dan added custom storage into the living room using a shelving system made from reclaimed wood, galvanized pipe, flanges and elbows, then fastened it straight into the brick walls and flooring with screws that are thick.

Barn Door In keeping with his trademark rustic, industrial fashion, Dan fabricated a custom built doorway, then attached it to the living room wall beyond the bedroom with iron track. To partition the sleeping area off from the living area when guests spend the night on the futon, the couple only closes the window door to get immediate privacy.

Futon Upgrade Dasha upgraded a basic large box store futon into a one-piece piece with the addition of button tufts into the rear pillow, then adding a Victorian skirt and slipcover to the mattress.

Open Door Policy Weekend mornings at the apartment are easy and breezy, particularly with the bedroom door open into the outdoor living room. On account of their shotgun apartment layout, guests must enter the outdoor living room by walking through the bedroom.

Brick's Beauty To correctly showcase all the apartment's original charm and personality, Dan and Dasha maintained the decorating colorless and organic, leading to more focus placed on the brick walls. From the bedroom, the tough, rustic allure of this design was softened with all-white and natural textiles, for example, bedding, window coverings and headboard.

Daggers and Furs Part of Dasha's decorating style comprises the juxtaposition of hyper-masculine components with delicate, formal feminine information. Only above the nightstand in the master bedroom, then she has hung three skins -- fox, raccoon and ferret -- over Dan's set of daggers. These details, together with the soft fabrics, create a perfect balance between feminine and masculine.

Manly Feel The quaint bed area of the bedroom has largely decorative appeal, as a result of the brick walls, nubby canvas headboard with tack carved and detail buck head hung above.

Brassy Bulbs Aside from traditional rustic furniture, Dan layouts a lot of custom lighting. The bedroom chandelier is also an original piece made from brass lamp arms and basic white globe bulbs.

It's Electrifying Dan created a one-of-a-kind sconce for the bedroom space by repurposing a swing arm mirror into a light fixture by substituting the mirror with an Edison bulb, then electrifying it with wiring.

Oh, Deer A wooden buck head grounds the tall area above the do-it-yourself headboard in the bedroom.

Nailed It On HGTV.com, Dan gave viewers step-by-step instructions on how best to create a custom headboard from a canvas drop cloth, plywood and tacks. He is particularly proud of the result, as guests often comment on how sophisticated it seems, not knowing that it was created from basic materials for an extremely low cost.