Sand Castle

In Seaside Park, an expansive home offers cozy comforts What better place to bring folks together than the beach? That’s what the owners of this shingle-and-stone residence in Seaside Park, […]

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Summertime Strong

The living is easy but the landscape is tough at this seashore retreat. When the catastrophe that was Hurricane Sandy hit the Jersey Shore in 2012, builders were in the […]

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Coastal Meets Contemporary

In Avalon, traditional shore styling gets a modern nudge. This home on Seven Mile Island located in New Jersey, the barrier island divided between Avalon and Stone Harbor, has a […]

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Spring Lake Kitchen Tour

Here at Design NJ, we are privileged to visit some of the loveliest homes in the state on a regular basis. But we feel particularly fortunate when we have the […]

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Surmounting the Stereotype

A split-level takes on a new identity. The split-level home — it’s an architectural style perhaps best known from the Brady Bunch television series and often dismissed as a Midcentury […]

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Exuberant & Eclectic

A formerly formal room gets a bold makeover. 2015 DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE OF NEW JERSEY IN SADDLE RIVER “I call it Paris Avant Garde meets Saddle River Traditional,” Barbara Ostrom says […]

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Lofty Ambitions

A suburban home acquires urban style when the walls come down. Norman Spier has a passion for remodeling. “I’ve renovated 10 different houses,” says the owner of Spier Building & […]

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