Barbara Horowitz bought her 270-square-foot studio largely because of the way James Lamond had transformed his. He has the identical space a floor above hers.
Mr. Lamond’s studio was once used as storage for Mrs. Henry Luce III’s collection of books; Mr. Lamond bought it from her estate in 2010 for $162,500.
In Ms. Horowitz’s apartment, high-gloss surfaces — silver-foil-backed grass cloth, cabinets painted in lacquer — make the space appear larger.
More is more in apartment 5E, into which Mr. Lamond has fitted more than 100 objects, including 40 paintings, five side tables, two bureaus and a Chinese chest, at right. The decoupage tray, left, is Velcroed to the coffee table below, so he doesn’t knock it off. Space is tight when the sofa bed is unfolded.
Ms. Horowitz’s queen-size sofa bed was custom-made. The sconces are by Visual Comfort. The three-tier mahogany and brass side table belonged to her grandmother.
In the Venetian chest, Mr. Lamond stores tablecloths for the two folding tables he keeps in the closet, and at which he can serve dinner for eight. The wallpaper is Ultrasuede. The paisley fabric is from Clarence House.
The armoire was designed by Ms. Horowitz to hold comforters, among other things. She keeps her “city” clothes in the apartment.
Mr. Lamond made his closet a foot deeper, so it could store more things. The bureau is Empire; the bronzes are 19th century.
The bergère chairs belonged to Ms. Horowitz’s grandmother; they are upholstered in Belgian linen. The kitchen cabinets are painted in Mouse’s Back from Farrow & Ball. The black and white painting (ink on canvas) is by Lollo Meyer.
Mr. Lamond’s cabinets, top and bottom, are 30 inches deep. The moldings are a foot deep, and made from four pieces of molding from the Home Depot to mimic the molding in an 18th-century house he once lived in. The gold paper ceiling is by Anya Larkin.
The Moroccan rug is from ABC Carpet & Home; the Lucite table, from CB2. Most of the artwork belonged to Ms. Horowitz’s grandmother; the drawing at top right is by John Marin.
The poster above the sofa bed is an early Toulouse-Lautrec.
The pair of matched pillows are by Kevin O’Brien Studio; the fake fur pillow, right, is from Gracious Home.
Mr. Lamond’s sofa bed is custom made. He keeps his bedding in the basket under the painted 19th-century table, right. The alabaster lamp is 19th century.
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