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From The October/November 2017 Issue
Stairway to Elegance
Featured HomesIn many ways, this new home is a dream come true for the owners. A stunning spiral staircase in the foyer of a new Short Hills, New Jersey home is […]
From The October/November 2017 Issue
Casting a Glow
Cultured LivingServe up a warm and welcoming atmosphere when entertaining this autumn. Earlier sunsets signal cooler temperatures in New Jersey and a return to indoor entertaining. Celebrate the change of seasons […]
From The October/November 2017 Issue
Mystical Symbolism
Art & AntiquesOutside the mainstream of spiritual art that was done in the service of conventional religions are works inspired by cults and esoteric philosophies. Art and religion go hand in hand. […]
From The October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival
Featured HomesA designer helps a former apartment dweller transform a cotswold cottage-like stone home. Mark Polinski grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania and moved east because he wanted to […]
From The October/November 2017 Issue
Marvels at the Mansion: The Kitchen at Alnwick Hall
Featured HomesMixed materials contribute to a contemporary ambience. The challenge for Lakshmi Sheth, owner and designer at Cabri Inc. in Summit, New Jersey, was creating an aesthetically appealing kitchen in a […]
From The October/November 2017 Issue
Marvels at the Mansion: Dining at the Abbey
Featured HomesThis eclectic space is both uplifting and bright. Barbara Ostrom’s first foray into this room was, to put it mildly, inauspicious. “The whole ceiling was falling off,” she quips when […]
From The October/November 2017 Issue
What Shines Within
Art & AntiquesKnife boxes were necessities for a well-appointed dining room. At Mount Vernon, George Washington’s Virginia estate, tours of the house begin in the elegant New Room. (Completed in 1787, it’s […]
From The October/November 2017 Issue
Marvels at the Mansion: Aegean Dreams
Featured HomesRomantic and elegant, this bedroom is made for dreaming of Greek shores. The mesmerizing blue-green colors of the Aegean Sea and the charming white that characterizes the Greek villages that […]
From The October/November 2017 Issue
Marvels at the Mansion: Left Bank Loft
Featured HomesLiving room, kitchen, dining room and bedroom — all in 460 square feet. Envisioned as a pied-a-terre in the heart of Paris, Left Bank Loft was the collaborative vision of […]