Park AvenueNew York City

A classic seven restored to its 1928 manners — then loosened, room by room, for the way its owners actually live.

Original moldings and herringbone floors were kept and repaired rather than replaced. Against that formality we set curved, contemporary upholstery, collected ceramics, and a palette drawn from bone, tobacco, and aged brass. The apartment reads as inherited, not installed — which was precisely the point.