DESIGN by CARLI GROMMET, CG STUDIO INTERIORS, AND AGNES WANAT, AT HOME DEVELOPERSPHOTOGRAPHY by LINDA PORDONTEXT by NAYDA RONDON SOME HOMES BEGIN WITH A CLIENT’S WISH LIST. Others start as a feeling. A Paramus residence recently rose from the latter—an instinctive pull toward light, warmth and serenity that found form in wood, stone and sweeping […]
Turning To A Friend
DESIGN by KATE JACOBOWITZ, KATE SUSANNAH HOMEPHOTOGRAPHY by SHANNON DUPRE/DD-REPSTEXT by DONNA ROLANDO When the stork had come a-calling three times, a Livingston couple realized it was time for action. Their original four-bedroom ranch was now a full house, falling short on functionality for family life and the parties they love to host. Already prepared […]
Ancestral Home
DESIGN by TIFFANY ACOSTA, GRAYSCALE HOMESPHOTOGRAPHY by RAQUEL LANGWORTHYTEXT by RICHARD LALIBERTE It’s one thing to renovate a historic home. It’s quite another to renovate a home where generations of one family have lived for more than a century. “My great-great-great-grandfather built our house in 1911,” says Meagan Hollerith. “We have photos of it going […]
Triumph In Tenafly
DESIGN by ABBY GRUMAN/ABBY LEIGH DESIGNSPHOTOGRAPHY by DONNA DOTANTEXT by DONNA ROLANDO A new-construction colonial in Tenafly was off to a good start, modern and elevated. Still, at least one of the new owners couldn’t wait to tweak the look. That’s no surprise, because homeowner Abby Gruman doubles as CEO of Abby Leigh Designs, and […]
Let’s Be Different
DESIGN by JULIE AND DARREN CHINA, IDEA SPACE ARCHITECTURE + DESIGNPHOTOGRAPHY by RAQUEL LANGWORTHYTEXT by MARISA SANDORA CARR If there’s one thing Jessica and Jeremy Samon knew they didn’t want in their new kitchen and master bath in South Orange, it was a “cookie-cutter” design. They wanted something different. Something unique—dark and moody. Their builder […]