When Jill and Chris Torrente decided to redo their backyard, they relied on their travels for design inspiration. “I pull a lot of ideas from the hotels we go to,” says Jill. “I’ve come to really appreciate their attention to detail. And I wanted every part of our backyard to be an area that I […]
Gorgeous in Gramercy
A Colts Neck couple’s second home in Manhattan echoes the aesthetics of its charming neighborhood. Text by Haley Longman Design by James Yarosh Photography by Patricia Burke James Yarosh and these clients go way back. About 23 years ago, a Colts Neck art-collector couple stopped by Yarosh’s then-new fine art gallery in Holmdel. They eventually asked […]
Westfield, meet west coast
Returning to New Jersey from Los Angeles, the family wanted a house with a fun and free-spirited SoCal vibe—and that’s what they got. Text by Leslie Garisto Pfaff Architectural design by Hildie Lazar Interior design by Hilary Hefner and Michelle Rosen Photography by Vic Wahby For the homeowners, a pair of New Jersey natives who’d […]
Outside’s in
Rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy, a family’s cherished cabana blurs the boundaries between indoors and out—and between quirky and classic. Text by Leslie Garisto Pfaff Architecture and design by Andrew Wilkinson Photography by Barry Halkin Call it serendipity, or kismet or—as Steven Kassin does—a fluke, but if Kassin and his father hadn’t been out for a […]
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 […]