In the summertime, getting in your daily dose of vegetables doesn’t have to be a chore. The easiest and most delicious way to cook your greens (and purples, reds, yellows…) this season is to pop them on the grill. Vegetables are packed with antioxidants, fiber and folate, among other nutrients. We love roasting, sautéing […]

Photo courtesy of Greenwood Gardens If you’re living in the Garden State and not taking advantage of the gardens we have here, you’re doing it wrong. New Jersey is small but mighty, home to dozens of gorgeous gardens spanning all 21 counties. And though a large number of home and garden tours took place in […]

Design by Rich Andreu, Exclusive Stoneworks Photography by Kevin McGrath Photography Text by Haley Longman Pompton Plains residents had a backyard that was waiting for its miracle: a deck, a plain block of grass and a broken-up asphalt driveway. So, shortly after they finished a renovation on the house’s interior, they set out to make […]

Photo by Matt Meaney A pool house serves many purposes—it’s a place to shower or dry off after a dip, where to store items for alfresco entertaining or maybe it’s even a guest house if space permits. Basically, a pool house is a nice-to-have feature for any homeowner who has a pool, but it’s surely […]

  Palm trees in Hawaii. Olive trees in Greece. Cherry blossoms in Japan. It’s easy to fall in love with the plants and foliage we see during global travels, especially when they’re in full bloom. Though some of the lush greenery might not flourish in our New Jersey backyards, we can certainly bring a feel-good […]