We pay plenty attention to the walls and the furniture in our homes, and rightfully so, but what’s underfoot can make a design impact just as well. Not only does a well-thought rug or carpet boost the coziness of a space, but it can also easily set the overall mood in room. For instance, […]
7 Emerging Renovation Trends in 2023
Our goal with every issue of NJ HOME (and every newsletter like this one!) is to show you some seriously gorgeous rooms and homes designed by professionals in New Jersey—essentially, the “after” of the before and after that will serve as inspiration for your own space. But what we don’t always talk about is […]
Art With A Heart
The purpose of art, artist Pablo Picasso once said, “Is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” And his words still ring true—though he never foresaw the dark days of the recent pandemic and just how dusty we’d all get. So it was that designer Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs Inc. in […]
A House That Speaks Softly
It was a blank slate—a designer’s dream, and the perfect new start for Sean and Jin Xu, their 15-year-old daughter and their 11-year-old son. The Xus bought the new build in Upper Saddle River in 2021 and enlisted Wyckoff-based designer Jennifer Pacca to make it the family home they’d long envisioned. “They wanted a contemporary […]
Grand Kitchen For GrandKids
Berkeley Heights empty-nesters Judi and Matt Sills faced a challenge: how to make their home more welcoming for their expanding family. With both grown sons living several hours away, they wanted to make weekend and holiday visits more enticing, especially for their twin toddler granddaughters. Their gathering place had traditionally been the kitchen, but that […]