Gold leaf layering a

nonworking firebox sets

the living room aglow.

“No matter the season,

the mood is always

subtly ablaze,” interior

designer Marshall

Watson says. Symmetry

in furnishings lends a

sense of calm.

Continental stools with

glass and brass contrast

19th-century tables

flanking the marble

mantelpiece, inspired by

English architect John

Soane’s classic design.