Mr. Willey made his sofa using vintage banisters and an ottoman. The coffee table was his grandmother's blanket chest. Guests often miss the trompe l'oeil brick water pipe.
A mural of the Greek sun god Helios's horses, inspired by Mr. Willey's interest in mythology, fills a living room wall, stretching to the door. He considers it a metaphor for the artist's life.
At first, Mr. Willey used this space as a studio, but the energy wasn't right, so he turned it into a bedroom. "I felt stuck in a little hole," he says. Inexpensive end tables support the bed.
Mr. Willey acquired the apartment below his three years ago for $365,000, and uses it as a studio. When the weather is good, he sleeps in the glass solarium, where he can look out at his garden.
Mr. Willey reupholstered the antique slipper chair himself; the rocker is from an uncle. Both are very comfortable. "I don't have much room," he says. "I can't have it if it doesn't feel right."
Mr. Willey's Cyclops painting has been used as an illustration in a teaching guide for TellmeOmuse, a company he and a friend founded that sells products related to Greek mythology.
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