This Lincoln Park home was a bakery in the 19th century. The original brick is still there. So are the ceiling heights. The client didn't fight any of it.

The main living room is sunken, intentionally cozy, anchored by a vintage Herman Miller Chadwick modular sofa in its original red upholstery and a Louis XVI chair that came from France and has outlasted most design movements twice over. Artemest Baleri Italia Tato poufs fill out the seating. When the client wants a movie, a 110-inch projection screen rises from the floor. When they don’t, it disappears. Two miniature poodles have strong opinions about the cushions.

One level up, a glass-encased room serves as sunroom, overflow living, and unofficial dog territory. The Ligne Roset Kashima sofa is soft gray. The light does most of the work.

In the guest bedroom, a 19th-century Chinese storage coffer sits below a George Nelson Half Nelson lamp. In the kitchen, an antique Burmese offering vessel lives on the marble counter holding candles. On the coffee table, a small antique vessel holds remote controls. The marble side tables came from Facebook Marketplace. The coffee table is Zara Home. The sourcing never matters as much as the eye.

Everything in this house is doing something.