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 […]
Little Fixes
The challenge in a Paramus house: adding new touches judiciously and not changing what was already working. Text by Donna Rolando Design by Susan Barbieri Photography by David Nelson People have high expectations for their forever home, and a Paramus couple was no different. They wanted a house that could easily accommodate big holiday gatherings, […]
Past, Meet Present
A homeowner and her design team prove that history and a contemporary aesthetic need not clash. Text by Leslie Garisto Pfaff Design by Karen B. Wolf Photography by Raquel Langworthy When Wendy and Brett Prager mentioned that they’d bought the historic house a few blocks away from their old home in Short Hills, most of their friends had the same […]