Features
From The October/November 2016 Issue
Something to Write Home About
LifestyleThe vargueño is the “most Spanish of Spanish furniture.” To call a vargueño a “portable writing desk” deprives it of the admiration it deserves. Even if it originally was designed […]
From The Ask the Pros Issue
One-Stop Shopping with Tracey Butler, R. Home
Expert AdviceAsk the Pros shares advice on designing the perfect home straight from the source–New Jersey’s design experts. The easy to read question & answer format is a great place for […]
From The August/September 2016 Issue
A Kinder, Softer Master Bathroom
Featured HomesA designer takes a dated space from outdated and hard-edged to bright and fresh. A Wyckoff, New Jersey master bathroom presented quite the challenge for interior designer Terri Fiori, who […]
From The August/September 2016 Issue
Imagine That! Staging a Home
Featured HomesA pro tells how she stages homes to sell faster and for more money. Interior designer Sandy Levin of Beautiful Interiors Design Group in Freehold, New Jersey, likes the quick […]
From The August/September 2016 Issue
Long, Tall and Swedish
LifestyleDistinctive Swedish case clocks are highly sought-after. The final episodes of the Masterpiece Mystery series Wallander aired recently on PBS. Based on the crime novels by Swedish writer Henning Mankell, […]
From The August/September 2016 Issue
Central Attraction
LifestyleThe Princeton University Art Museum has the intimacy of a small institution but some of the range befitting a much larger one. When Ben Franklin called New Jersey a keg […]
From The August/September 2016 Issue
A Sense of Place
Featured HomesA designer incorporates antiques into a contemporary home, creating a unique space linked to our historic past. In our disposable age when the “new” is almost always considered good and […]
From The August/September 2016 Issue
One, Two, Three
Featured HomesA Short Hills couple—now empty nesters— take on a trio of bathroom renovations in succession. “I love designing bathrooms,” says interior designer Jenny Madden, principal of Jenny Madden Design in […]
From The June/July 2016 Issue
Traditional Tune-Up
Featured HomesA bold paint scheme and other cosmetic touches make a 20-plus-year-old kitchen feel new again. Inspiration comes in many forms. For a Brielle, NJ couple’s kitchen update, it came by […]