DESIGN by KAREN WOLF INTERIORSPHOTOGRAPHY by RAQUEL LANGWORTHYTEXT by LESLIE GARISTO PFAFF The decks were not an afterthought. When Valerie and Rich Falcone were working with designer Karen Wolf to create a waterfront house on Long Beach Island, they didn’t just want to bring the outdoors in; they wanted to draw the inhabitants out. “We […]
Dreaming In Neutral
DESIGN by MICHAL RUBINPHOTOGRAPHY by MG INFOCUSTEXT by NAYDA RONDON How often do we get to actually make our dreams come true? Michal Rubin of Livingston-based MR Interiors truly did when she got to design her family’s Livingston home. She lavished all her creative energy on realizing her vision—a 5,000-square-foot new-construction with six bedrooms and […]
Table Talk
Design by Styled by StormsPhotography by Aimee RyanText by Nayda Rondon Calm, contemporary, comfortable. That’s the atmosphere Sarah Storms of Maplewood-based Styled by Storms was aiming to conjure for the dining room of her clients’ home in South Orange. Result: three Cs out of three. “My clients wanted a beautiful dining room full of color […]
Tailored Modernity
Design by Hillary K. Cohen Photography by Rebecca Mcalpin Text by Nayda Rondon Jessica and Mark were out walking their cockapoo, Benny, when they chanced upon a house being built in Florham Park, just a short distance from their then home. It was love at first sight. The small family—the couple and their teenage daughter—was […]
Dutch Treat
Design by K+CO Living | Interiors by Karen B. Wolf Photography by Raquel Langworthy Text by Nayda Rondon Built in Teddy Roosevelt’s time, a Short Hills colonial was ready for an interior that would be more modern, more sophisticated—and more practical. On the outside, the Short Hills home, a 3,800-square-foot Dutch Colonial built in 1904, was all charm […]