If you’ve been contemplating for years whether or not you want to install an in-ground pool in your backyard, let this article be the thing that makes that decision easier. New Jersey is home to many talented pool and landscape designers, and they created these seven custom pools and relaxing oases below for homeowners around […]

As we prepped our homes for the warm weather season, interior designer Sharon Sherman of Wyckoff’s Thyme and Place Design spent a week in April searching for new ideas at High Point Market in North Carolina. Every year, the trade show brings together designers and home furnishing professionals to see, touch, feel and buy the […]

Because color alone can’t bring every space in a home to life, interior designers look beyond paint swatches and incorporate elements like texture, pattern and depth when decorating. One of the easiest ways to wrap those design qualities together while creating a focal point and adding character is to use wallpaper. That’s why many designers […]

Bare wooden floors are undeniably charming, but the perfect area rug takes them up a notch. Rugs are the accessories of the floor, the pops of personality that make a room your own and help ground a space. “Every room looks better with a rug,” says Barbara Ostrom, president and CEO of Barbara Ostrom Associates […]

  You’ve been munching pears all winter: Other than biting into one, perhaps you enjoyed a baked pear with sugar in the beginning of winter or sank a fork into a pear crumble after a holiday dinner. But to truly experience the flavors of a cooked pear, you’ll want to prepare it properly. The pros […]