Gil Schafer, an architect, and Courtnay Daniels, an interior designer, are passionate collectors of furniture and art, with different aesthetic preferences. Schafer favors English and American antiques, while Daniels leans towards more expressive Italian and Swedish items. After marrying in 2018, they undertook the challenge of merging their eclectic tastes into a unified home on the Upper East Side of New York, successfully showcasing their prized pieces in harmonious settings with thoughtful design elements like deep-green waxed walls.
Mr. Schafer, 63, a partner at Schafer Buccellato Architects, has spent a lifetime collecting antique furniture and contemporary art. I've always been the English and American furniture guy.
Ms. Daniels, 56, an interior designer, sometimes prefers wonkier things, she said, including expressive Italian and Swedish furniture. Born in Columbia, S.C., she also has a longstanding interest in photography featuring artists and subjects from the South.
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