When Brooke Hills Sperling, president of Columbia Brooke Hills Design, moved into her Upper Saddle River home with her husband, Mark, and their toddler, she found herself in designer heaven; the 6,000+-square-foot colonial with six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, pool, guest house, tennis court and soccer field presented the perfect design test lab. “The home […]
Cool Pools To Get You Excited For Summer
If you’ve been contemplating for years whether or not you want to install an in-ground pool in your backyard, let this article be the thing that makes that decision easier. New Jersey is home to many talented pool and landscape designers, and they created these seven custom pools and relaxing oases below for homeowners around […]
7 Trends In Home Furnishings
As we prepped our homes for the warm weather season, interior designer Sharon Sherman of Wyckoff’s Thyme and Place Design spent a week in April searching for new ideas at High Point Market in North Carolina. Every year, the trade show brings together designers and home furnishing professionals to see, touch, feel and buy the […]
These Walls Can Talk
Because color alone can’t bring every space in a home to life, interior designers look beyond paint swatches and incorporate elements like texture, pattern and depth when decorating. One of the easiest ways to wrap those design qualities together while creating a focal point and adding character is to use wallpaper. That’s why many designers […]
Bay Watch
THE PROPERTY ON JOSEPH STREET IN LAVALLETTE wasn’t large, but what it lacked in size it made up for in sun-dappled water views and spectacular sunsets. Its new owners, Hank and Jeannette Hirsch, had admired its bayfront setting for years, envisioning a traditional two-story home that conjured vistas of New England. But their first […]