Gentleman’s parlor: A swing — a wink to the architect Stanford White — hangs in the corner of the clubby living room. As for the paint shade, Sean MacPherson explains, “Flesh is my favorite color.” (Photo: Martyn Thompson)

Modern history: “I like to try to at least aspire to get that seamless quality where you’re not sure what’s new and what’s old,” MacPherson says. Left: the bedroom. (Photo: Martyn Thompson)

New/old bathroom. (Photo: Martyn Thompson)

Dining room, with its 16th-century Sicilian table and Droog chandelier. (Photo: Martyn Thompson)

A 1950s-style refrigerator is the youngest item in this corner of the house. (Photo: Martyn Thompson)

A vintage sink and off-the-shelf Portuguese tiles. (Photo: Martyn Thompson)

The staircase, holding a saddle made by MacPherson’s grandfather, was duplicated from pieces remaining from the kosher butcher shop that had occupied the space. (Photo: Martyn Thompson)

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