DESIGN by LISA SANTORO, LJS INTERIORS PHOTOGRAPHY by MEGHAN BALCOMTEXT by DONNA ROLANDO Sometimes a designer gets a blank canvas to follow her or his own muse. Other times it’s a collaboration, with the designer working to bring the homeowners’ visions to life. And often, of course, it’s a bit of each. But for the gut-job […]
New Interior, New Life
DESIGN by SAMANTHA SPURRPHOTOGRAPHY by FRONT DOOR PHOTOGRAPHYTEXT by RICHARD LALIBERTE Starting fresh was more than an aesthetic goal, when Urvi Desai renovated her Flanders home. “In 2023, my husband passed away suddenly,” she says. “He fell on a walk and had a brain trauma that he never recovered from.” Their 21-year-old twin son and […]
Balancing Act
DESIGN by RACHAEL GROCHOWSKI, RHG ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY by DONNA DOTANTEXT by DONNA ROLANDO It wasn’t just one challenge that faced Rachael Grochowski, founder of Montclair-based RHG Architecture + Design, as she sought to infuse modern influences into a Montclair Tudor-style home built in 1910 while preserving its legacy of elegance. It was a […]
A Victorian Awakened
DESIGN by ELEMENTS INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIOPHOTOGRAPHY by MEGHAN BALCOMTEXT by NAYDA RONDON When Marty McDevitt and Joanne Turner, owners and head designers at Elements Interior Design Studio, walked into a stately Victorian home in Westfield in January 2024, they were on familiar ground. Three years earlier they had collaborated with the homeowners—a professional couple with […]
Beachy Surprise
DESIGN by VANESSA DELEON ASSOCIATESPHOTOGRAPHY by LAURA MOSSTEXT by DONNA ROLANDO “A modern, beauty vibe”— that was the directive a Wayne couple gave New York City-based designer Vanessa DeLeon as they handed her the keys to their Toms River summer home and walked away. Followers of hers on social media for years, the couple had […]