A butler’s pantry off the kitchen

was removed and turned into a

bar that shares space with the

family room and dining area.

Watson’s firm collaborated with

Amuneal on the bar and kitchen

design. A drainpipe from the

apartment above was clad in

lacquered steel and cleverly

anchors glass shelves. “We did

the only thing we could do with

that pipe—we decorated it,”

architect Stephen Morgan says.

with a lustrous black marble floor with brass inlays. Overhead,

glass rods and brass sparkle on chandeliers in a sleek midcentury

Italian style Ganes carried throughout the apartment.

“It’s a great uniter,” she says. “You can bring in contemporary

furniture with traditional tables and chests, and it works

because the lighting is modern but has an antique sensibility.”

In the living room, small-scale furniture helps the ceiling

appear taller. A sprinkling of antiques is a rich anchor and also

offsets whimsical elements such as a gilded hand chair.

Moving farther into the interior, the formality gives way to

a more casual tone in the multipurpose family room, dining