Swathed in Style
Wallpaper with panache elevates a designer’s Maplewood home. “I love a good project,” says Alexa Ralff, owner of AHR Designs in Millburn. That’s why the designer was thrilled at the […]
Coastal Calm
A new build in Ocean County takes inspiration from the outdoors Susana Simonpietri’s clients were building their dream vacation home at the Shore. “It was a way to escape from […]
From the October/November 2023 Issue
Carefully Curated
Set within a neutral foundation, it’s the details that guide this happy home by the sea A young couple who had long cherished summer months at the Jersey Shore dreamed […]
From the October/November 2023 Issue
Meant To Be
A series of positive portents leads a designer and her family to a Short Hills home “Everything about it was serendipitous,” Yana Schafer says about discovering this Midcentury-style home in […]
From the June/July 2023 Issue
Fresh Start
A new home accommodates the changing needs of the owners A Bergen County, New Jersey, couple turned misfortune into opportunity after their home was heavily damaged by fire. Rather than […]
From the June/July 2023 Issue
Old House, New Story
A reverence for the countryside, history and family all nurture and inspire the refresh of this Morris County, New Jersey, farmhouse Designer Jennifer Muirhead and husband Christian’s search for a […]
Design From a Distance
When it comes to this Montclair makeover, separation has no bounds It was July 2020 — during the pandemic lockdown phase — when a busy professional couple with two young […]
From the April/May 2023 Issue
Family Style
Fond childhood memories are the inspiration for a designer’s Shore home The original house on the site was boarded up and abandoned — a victim of Hurricane Sandy. Still, the […]
From the December 2022/January 2023 Issue
Designed to work
A Florham Park home accommodates family, friends and even the occasional staff meeting The size (large) was perfect. The design (plain and undistinguished) was not. That was the task designer […]