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 […]
‘Nest of Distinction’
Thanks to an imaginative redesign, a couple’s cookie-cutter condo becomes a home of utter individuality. Written by Brian Scott Lipton Design by Sheila Rich Photography by Lauren Hagerstrom “It was their first time really planning a house together,” says Monmouth Beach-based interior designer Sheila Rich of her clients, a couple of empty-nesters she helped to […]
50 Shades of Gray
A brand-new home is swathed in just one hue—but texture (and some fantastic focal points) make it anything but monochrome.