Your home is your castle, but no space serves more as a sanctuary than the primary bedroom. It’s a room that’s all for you—a place for rest and rejuvenation. How best to design this sanctum? We at NJ HOME flipped through recent issues to curate a collection of some of our favorite primary bedrooms for […]
5 Home Shows To Check Out This Fall
Fall in New Jersey means different things to different people, but everyone loves a good home show. Not just for spring, these shows are essentially a rite of passage this time of year, as they allow you to rub elbows with home reno experts as you think about projects for the upcoming months. There are […]
How To Prepare Your Own Oktoberfest Feast
Northeasterners hold many autumn traditions close to their hearts. We love apple picking and pumpkin carving with family, as well as leaf-peeping and decorating with friends. Fall festivals too are cherished, and there are few that are as anticipated as Oktoberfest. It’s the German celebration that originally commemorated the marriage of King Louis I to […]
When Baby Makes Three
DESIGN by PAM COOPER, COOPER INTERIORSPHOTOGRAPHY by VIC WAHBYTEXT by DONNA ROLANDO With a stork on the way, a family’s perspective often changes. Many choose to shy away from major undertakings like a gut-job renovation—except for preparing the baby’s room. But the owners of a five-bedroom colonial in Basking Ridge were different. Having lived in […]
A Kitchen Grows In Summit
DESIGN by MEGAN PISANOPHOTOGRAPHY by MEGHAN BALCOM PHOTOGRAPHYTEXT by NAYDA RONDON In 2021, when Amy and Michael Pollack and their two young kids moved from New York City to their 3,800-square-foot Spanish colonial in Summit, they delighted in all the space—five bedrooms, 4 1⁄2 bathrooms, a two-car garage, a patio and a deck—and the qualities […]