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Accent Chairs

Freshen the look of your room without busting the bank with a new accent chair.

Floor and Table Lamps

We save you from trudging through store after store looking for new ways to light your home. Get ideas from the latest introductions by lighting manufacturers.

How to Prepare Your Landscape for Winter

To save you from being caught off-guard by the first frost, we offer tips on how to prepare your landscape for fall and winter.

Range Hoods

Possibly the last thing you'll think about with a kitchen renovation — the range hood — can take the whole project from standard to stellar.


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Learn from our editors, subscribers and local design experts about building, decorating, renovating and landscaping your home.

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August/September 2010 Cover

Water and fire mix — figuratively — in Ellen and Brian Pall's Franklin Lakes bathroom thanks to a toasty fireplace and wave-like tile. Bathroom by Peter Salerno Inc. Photo by Peter Rymwid.

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August/September 2010 on newsstands now!

If we asked you to picture traditional, contemporary, and beach decor, no doubt certain characteristics would come to mind. Our August/September issue, however, shows just how differently each of these styles can be interpreted. Examples contrast European and American traditional; one contemporary for a growing family and another for empty-nesters; and simple, streamlined beach design compared with Victorian style right down to the gingerbread trim. The one characteristic that ties all six homes together is design for today's lifestyles.

European Elegance

Old World style meets modern-day function in a new Union County home

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Clean & Simple

Streamlined shapes, pared-down possessions, and a quiet palette freshen a dated beach house

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Everything New Is Old Again

A new Rumson home is designed to look like it has always existed

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Design a Greener Hardscape

Beauty and environmental consciousness can go hand-in-hand

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Window Dressing

This year’s Springfest Flower & Garden Show yields a treasure trove of ideas for planting window boxes.

Ideas on how to enjoy nature abounded at

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Brand-New View

A newly single mom and her three sons make a fresh start in a casually elegant, modern Summit home with interiors by designer Diane Paparo.

Sunny Escape

Tracy and Peter Salerno choose Victorian style with modern function for their vacation home in family-friendly Lavallette.

Timeless Bathrooms

From Old World to transitional, from ocean themes to Asian-inspired, our annual bathroom showcase will give you plenty of ideas when it's time to update your own spaces.

Design a Greener Hardscape

Patios, pools, fences, walls, driveways, and other permanent outdoor structures provide opportunities to "green" your property.

The Right Home at the Right Time

Warren homeowners upsize after downsizing left them with too little space to entertain family and friends. Diane Gote designs their new home also to accommodate a growing collection of modern art.

Window Dressing

Get a wheelbarrow full of ideas on planting window boxes from examples at this year's Springfest Flower & Garden Show in Augusta.