DESIGN by KATE MAZZA, MAZZA COLLECTIVEPHOTOGRAPHY by JACOB SNAVELYTEXT by NAYDA RONDON For designer Kate Mazza, founder of the Mazza Collective in Passaic County, the redesign of a Montclair center-hall colonial began with a collection of cherished photographs. Her first-time client, Lara Dahl, shared images of the beloved Telluride, Colorado, home where she’d spent childhood […]
Creating a ‘Happy Space’
DESIGN by ALISON MELNICK, CATHERINE ROSE DESIGN & CO.PHOTOGRAPHY by MEGHAN BALCOMTEXT by RICHARD LALIBERTE Helena Smith and her husband wanted to revamp many features of their kitchen, but losing the hand-painted, monogrammed wine bottle and grapes adorning tile over the stove topped the list. “For 15 years we had to look at the old […]
European Grandeur
DESIGN by ARIEL FISCHER AND MALORIE GOLDBERG, NOA BLAKE DESIGNPHOTOGRAPHY by RIKKI SNYDERTEXT by NAYDA RONDON Old-world charm doesn’t always play nicely with modern family life. But in one new-build Westfield residence, they feel inseparable. Completed in 2024 for Kshipra and Sachin Thareja and their two children, the custom, 5,500-square-foot home combines European architecture with […]
Mountainside Makeover
DESIGN by SMITH HOME STUDIOSPHOTOGRAPHY by DAVID ENGELHARDTTEXT by DONNA ROLANDO A family of ski mavens spent COVID stuck for unexpected months at their Catskills, N.Y., getaway and got a bad case of cabin fever. While ideal for their frequent jaunts, the A-frame they prized for its architectural style— and, of course, its “snow-tacular” Hunter […]
Recipe For Renewal
DESIGN by RACHEL NOWIKAS OF RS DESIGN MANAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY by VIC WAHBYTEXT by MARISA SANDORA CARR When you’ve lived in a house of 30 years, some updating is no doubt due—including an update of the update you did 25 years ago. That was the case for Natalie and Steve Bartner of Florham Park, who had once […]