Home & Style Features

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A Backyard Steps Up

Once just a grassy slope, this Ho-Ho-Kus yard transforms into a multi-tiered entertainment zone.
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Backyard Paradise

The new Alpine home already had a builtin pool. Then the landscape designer gave it palm trees, a dramatic fire feature and the feel of a luxe tropical resort.
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They Make Parties Pop

More and more hosts are working with professional event planners to pull off pictureperfect celebrations. But is that expertise worth the extra cost?
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The Pressure on Mom

For a designer, a Livingston renovation presented aesthetic and functional issues—plus the challenge of pleasing a client who was family.
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Paint It Black

Bold colors and architectural details provide a once-outdated freehold living room with unmistakable glamour.
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Island In The Storm

A busy Ramsey family took advantage of ample floor space in a 1970s home to make their kitchen more functional and fun.
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Scoring A Win

The first floor of an Upper Saddle River home is transformed into a customized, elevated haven after years of heavy use.
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His Style Vs. Hers?

It took a designer to bridge the gap between a husband and wife’s diverging tastes, creating a family room that’s truly family-friendly.
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Layered and Livable

In Chatham, a designer’s strategy gives a retired couple’s new-construction home a calm, comfortable look in which “everything feels considered.”
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A Wise Upsize

As a family adjusts to a larger living space in Ho-Ho-Kus, a traditional colonial gets a comfortable, captivating refresh.
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A Yard That Has Everything

In Waldwick, a once-drab outdoor space now boasts roses, hydrangeas, Japanese maples, Adirondack chairs, two staircases, two firepits, a hot tub, couches, a TV—even a putting green.
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Living Twice as Large

The once steep, mostly unusable backyard of a Montclair Tudor is now an inviting, multi-tier recreational haven that has doubled the home’s living-space footprint.
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Floating On Grass

A Montclair family achieves their vision of a pool that knows its place, achieves an effect and honors the spirit of their home.
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Why Ever Leave Home?

Now that warm weather’s here, a backyard swimming pool in Tenafly gives all the world’s vacation spots a run for their money.
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A Kitchen Renewed

Before its special-order Reno, this space in a ‘60s-era cape in West Caldwell felt stale and didn’t work well. Now it’s fresh and efficient.
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Coastal Cool

The casual vibe of a seaside park vacation home allows a dad and his three adult children to chill and connect in comfort and style.
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Can Practical Be Fun?

A Closter kitchen, redeemed from a clumsy design and a sea of sterile white, proves the answer is yes.
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Upsize With A Smile

When NYC apartment dwellers moved to a Morris township house, a designer helped make it feel less sterile—and more friendly.
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The Colors Of Joy

To style their Glen Rock home, a retired couple dove into the crayon box—and found a designer who could make it all work.