An ordinary kitchen might have sufficed for most folks, but not for this party-giving pair in Kinnelon. Text by Haley Longman Design by Sharon L. Sherman Photography by Peter Rymwid When your house is the one family and friends come to for holidays, summer get-togethers and a host of other social occasions, a dark, traditional […]
That Was Den… This is Now
There’s nothing like spending time in your house to make you face the fact that a room needs to change. Text by Marisa Sandora Design by Fiori Interior Design Photography by Wing Wong Lisa Balsam had hated the way her den looked almost from the minute she and her husband, Bruce, created the room as […]
Holiday House
An architect and his wife wanted a home that made them feel as if they were on vacation—right in Washington Township. Text by Leslie Garisto Pfaff Design and photography by Dan D’Agostino At first it was purely a business opportunity. Little Falls-based architect Dan D’Agostino was planning to develop a one-acre parcel of land in […]
Lady of the Lake
The woods were lovely, dark and deep, but she had promises to keep. Text by Marisa Sandora Design by Julia Kleyman Photography by Dove + Co. Studio Laurie Gates and her husband had always enjoyed boating, so when a lot with an old house went up for sale at a good price on Green Pond […]
Stodgy No More
A formal home gets an exuberant redo that reflects its youthful occupants’ sense of style. Text by Leslie Garisto Pfaff Design by Diane Durocher Photography by Peter Rymwid The Georgian house in Franklin Lakes, with its high ceilings and elegant moldings, belied its age of barely three decades. It also seemed to belie the age […]