It seems to be the uppermost floor of the house and they have taken all of the partitions out and are just using curtains and furniture arrangement to separate the spaces & functions. Which makes me think that my initial guess of “privacy screen for a toilet” as a purpose for that weird suspended white curtain is correct. I suppose the ladder does go to the roof.

With all the other weirdness going on, you’re probably right about the cot mattress/table combo being a meditation space, Emerald63.

Like the edge of the red stairs in Pic 3. That is one sloppy painting job! I thought the white stairs in Pic 2 were marble, but more likely just white paint. Odd choice for an otherwise impressive structure. And what’s with the light colored short-board flooring next to the broodingly heavy, dark stair rail? Or the fake pilasters on the left, the ones that stop about a foot above the floor? Sophisticated eclectica is looking more like bohemian college “repurposing” (aka re-using whatever junk you can find).

The bathroom… I thought the curtain hid a stand-alone tub, but looking closer it seems too short length-wise. Also, I thought the ladder stopped at the top of the curtain, a pull-down sort used for infrequent access. But I can see through the curtain towards the bottom; the ladder goes all the way to the floor. There’s light above, so perhaps it’s to an operable skylight? And what’s the wall material behind the sink? Looks like leftover grout after tiles have been pulled out. I do like the dragon image above it. Is that a decal on… glass? Plastic? Hanging? Mounted? There’s another in the kitchen window, also very attractive.

Other art is just weirder, like the opened doors of an over-sized Advent calendar on the left of Pic 2 or the giant macrame project waiting to happen in Pic 6. (That’s gonna be one hell of a hanging plant cradle!) And what’s the thing on the red stair landing in Pic 3? Some sort of in-process wine cork sculpture? Or is that a vertical Stratego game board? Weirdest of all are the wall-hangings in Pic 8. Are those supposed to imply skeletons? And why are they suspended from plastic hanger clips? Creep factor much while you’re sleeping? =:O

Soo much weirdness in this one.

“One-of-a-kind townhouse renovated by a world-renowned artist/architect.”

This guy must still be at large. Be on the lookout for a murderer posing as a decorator.