Vacation Vibes – Pool

Lounge chairs resting on a sun ledge in the pool make a perfect spot to cool off in this Wyckoff, NJ, backyard on a hot day.

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Vacation Vibes – Patio

A raised planting bed breaks up the sight lines on the expansive patio of this Wyckoff, NJ, backyard. It’s filled with summer annuals: coleus, lobelia and New Guinea impatiens. The […]

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Something Lovely – Porch

Up two steps from the patio is a brick-floored screened porch that continues the garden views at this Cape May, NJ, home. Two long-loved wicker chairs are given new life […]

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Something Lovely – Pool

Two conversation groups shaded by umbrellas at this Cape May, NJ, home offer casual relaxation near an 11-by-13-foot spa pool equipped with pressurized jets that can be turned on to […]

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Lay of the Land – Pool

“The house was very much designed in the spirit of the Hamptons style,” Millburn, NJ-based architect Thomas Baio says. The expansive pool deck, which complements the coloring of the home’s […]

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Lay of the Land – Pool

COLORFUL PLANTINGS | A weeping Purple Fountain beech tree, a King’s Gold cypress, a weeping red Laceleaf Japanese maple and a weeping Norway spruce border one corner of the pool.

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Lay of the Land – Fire Pit

FIRE PIT | Ample seating around the fire pit allows for lingering conversation on chilly evenings. Plantings — including a weeping Norway spruce, a dwarf blue shag pine, a Mountain […]

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