Doctors are known for having exacting standards, for themselves and others. If they didn’t, they would have chosen an easier line of work, right? Still, Pam Cooper, owner of Watchung-based Cooper Interiors, wasn’t a bit intimidated when a young physician hired her to design his newly constructed Georgian brownstone townhouse in Passaic County. In fact, […]
The Everything Yard
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 […]