The air is shifting from crisp to cold, frost is beginning to settle and the season of gathering and giving is upon us. No matter what you celebrate, nothing captures that spirit quite like a warm hearth, a crackling fire and loved ones close at hand. There’s a reason fireplaces hold such a timeless, almost […]
11 Trends In Home Furnishings
As you prepare to deck the halls with holiday décor, New Jersey’s interior designers are already envisioning the next best things for your home. Many of the industry’s best returned from last month’s High Point Market in North Carolina, considered the world’s largest home furnishing trade show, with ideas and thoughts about the latest trends, […]
Balancing Act
DESIGN by RACHAEL GROCHOWSKI, RHG ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY by DONNA DOTANTEXT by DONNA ROLANDO It wasn’t just one challenge that faced Rachael Grochowski, founder of Montclair-based RHG Architecture + Design, as she sought to infuse modern influences into a Montclair Tudor-style home built in 1910 while preserving its legacy of elegance. It was a […]
A Place To Hang Out
DESIGN by MARIA BOWERS, BDESIGN’DPHOTOGRAPHY by MEGHAN BALCOMTEXT by RICHARD LALIBERTE It’s not an unusual requirement, but it was especially important for John and Marcy Harrobin of Warren. He travels for his job and she works long hours; if they were going to undertake a home renovation, they needed to find a designer who could […]
Sophistication At The Beach
DESIGN by MICHAEL ZIMAN AND DONNA AND VICTORIA GRIMESPHOTOGRAPHY by LAINE DUPONTTEXT by LESLIE GARISTO PFAFF For 27 summers, Tom and Christine Christopoul lived happily in their 1960s-era beach house in Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island, relishing its beachfront site and its stunning water views but aware that eventually they’d need to rebuild. “It […]