Design by Hillary K. Cohen Photography by Rebecca Mcalpin Text by Nayda Rondon Jessica and Mark were out walking their cockapoo, Benny, when they chanced upon a house being built in Florham Park, just a short distance from their then home. It was love at first sight. The small family—the couple and their teenage daughter—was […]
Dutch Treat
Design by K+CO Living | Interiors by Karen B. Wolf Photography by Raquel Langworthy Text by Nayda Rondon Built in Teddy Roosevelt’s time, a Short Hills colonial was ready for an interior that would be more modern, more sophisticated—and more practical. On the outside, the Short Hills home, a 3,800-square-foot Dutch Colonial built in 1904, was all charm […]
Modern Exuberance
Design by Kathryn Cook Photography by Vic Wahby Text by Nayda Rondon “WOW” and “NOW.” That’s how Essex Fells-based designer Kathryn Cook describes the aesthetics she sought to create for the Livingston townhouse-style residence of Michelle and Adam Cox and their two boys. “They wanted to shed the old and explore the new,” Cook explains. […]
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 […]
A Great Great Room
A fun-loving upper Saddle River Family with three school-age children wanted the best of both worlds: all the glam and sophistication of a great room, but none of the fuss that stifles a lively gathering. When Laurie DiGiacomo of the eponymous Ridgewood design firm arrived on the scene in 2020, the room was empty except […]