The New Project Group renovated a cramped, uninviting space on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The company gave the 400-square-foot apartment a gut renovation, with a new kitchen and bathroom designed for efficiency. A parallelogram-shaped window pane, rescued from an architectural salvage yard, was outfitted with steel edges and casters, and repurposed as a coffee table. Photo 1 of 10 in Modern Homes in Upper Manhattan by Luke Hopping from A Gut Renovation Transforms a Tiny Manhattan Apartment

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This 400-square-foot Upper East Side apartment got a makeover at the hands of James Davison and his wife, Fanny Abbes, who recently formed the New Design Project.

The New Project Group renovated a cramped, uninviting space on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The company gave the 400-square-foot apartment a gut renovation, with a new kitchen and bathroom designed for efficiency. A parallelogram-shaped window pane, rescued from an architectural salvage yard, was outfitted with steel edges and casters, and repurposed as a coffee table.