Some of our favorite interior spaces feature birds perched in unlikely spots (above a dining table, in a stairwell, or soaring overhead in a hallway). Here are five spaces enlivened by an avian presence:

Above L: The dining room in the Solbrinken Ordinary House by Stockholm architecture firm In Praise of Shadows. Above R: A cockatoo perched in the hallway in Aunt Stephanie's house, via Design Skool.

Above: The bar at the Hotel St. Cecilia in Austin, Texas; photo by Michael A. Muller.

Above: Birds in flight in designer Tanja Janicke's home in Helsinki, Finland; images via Bolig Magasinet.

Above: A bird surveys the scene at Bar & Co. in Helsinki, Finland, designed by Joanna Laajisto; photo by Mikko Ryhanen via Yatzer.

Above: A crow is perched in the Stockholm kitchen of Mats Gustafson (see Glamor in Stockholm); photo by Jacob Hertzell for T Magazine.