Home & Style Top Stories
Living on a 25-acre farm in Mendham has its perks. Where else can one lounge poolside within sight of horses in a nearby pasture?
With subtle improvements as well as conspicuous ones, the outdoor upgrade at a Colts Neck home goes the whole nine yards.
With a party-perfect flow and an elegantly classic material, an outdoor living space in Franklin Lakes reflects the vision of one of the homeowners, an interior designer.
More and more Bergen residents are renovating their landscapes to make them more sustainable. That means favoring native plants over invasive, non-native species.
When you think of empty nesters “downsizing,” how many bedrooms do you envision? For the owners of a West Orange townhome, the right answer was five.
Thanks to a renovation, a once awkward Monmouth beach kitchen is now a happy hub for the cook—or a bunch of cooks.
Faced with what seemed a choice between elegance and comfort, the designer of a new-construction Franklin Lakes home answered: “Yes to both!”
No longer a hot trend in real-estate construction, the much-maligned architectural style survives in existing homes that often sell quite well.
Opposites do attract, but can they inspire balanced design? The creators of a new construction ranch in Chester prove that anything’s possible.
An Italian family knew the value of a state-of-the-art kitchen for entertaining, but patiently waited for a design they could pronounce bellissimo.
A Ridgewood couple says their 1933 home has “finally caught up with who we are” now that the family room has switched positions with a brand-new kitchen.
The renovation of an east Hanover kitchen rekindles a mom’s culinary energies and gives her family a gathering place.
A Rumson home wasn’t catching the spirit of the shore —until a renovation achieved the owners’ coastal vision.
A sentiment from the 1990s still fit the owners of a six-bedroom Saddle River colonial. A ’90s design? Not so much.
An outdoor redesign starring a salt-water pool has a formerly restless Oakland family cheering warm weather and saying “Hooray for home!”
It took ingenuity and pooled expertise to turn a forbidding Woodcliff Lake yard into a multilevel entertainment zone.
The homeowner’s love of one dramatic color inspired the happy, relaxed style of a center-hall colonial in Stirling.
Purchased with a gut-job reno in mind, a highlands luxury condo now maximizes its waterfront setting with a coastal yet elegant design.
Thoughtful touches turn a Mahwah great room into a grand, cohesive space.
The brand-new house had every possibility, but its look was blah. It was time for the homeowners to make it their own—functional, but also startling.
In Ridgewood, this vital room had cabinets too low and an oven too small for comfortable cooking. But that was before.
For 50 years, Red Bank-based fashion retailer Garmany has thrived on providing a first-class customer experience.
A Wyckoff couple had many ideas for making their most important room both beautiful and functional. So did a smart designer and other pros.
The husband wanted a contemporary style for their six-bedroom home in New Vernon, the wife a traditional one. It was up to the designer to achieve a beautiful synthesis.
