SMART SPACES

Six city apartments with stacks of personality and charm.

Belle interior design editor Lucy Montgomery devised a light and airy scheme for her parents’ apartment, an elegant foil for contemporary yet cohesive elements such as an abstraction by James Drinkwater and a pendant light by Anna Charlesworth.

See Ivy League, p98.

With the thrill of metropolitan life on their doorstep, these six city apartments represent unique expressions of their owners’ sensibilities and set a convivial scene that transcends their bijoux status.