Design
Subscribe to this tagGood Gardens Make Good Scents
A summer-long presentation by the Garden State Gardens Consortium highlights the importance of scent on the perception of your garden.
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Smart Choices
Our design panel spotlights 12 innovative ways to enhance your home.
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Delightful Duke
Smack in the middle of Somerset County, one of the state’s largest privately owned parcels of undeveloped land beckons guests to explore and learn.
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Room to Grow
A neighborly architect designs an addition for the family next door—twice—and makes great friends along the way.
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Lush Life, Naturally
Practicing what she preaches, a Frenchtown landscape designer proves that organic gardening brings spectacular results in her own backyard.
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Stellar Cellars
Wine consumption is on the rise—and so are creative custom wine cellars like these handsome, utilitarian vaults.
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Clutter Control
Form meets function in these two clever spaces created with maximum organization and smart storage in mind.
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Modern Mix
Proving that a period house doesn’t need period decorating, interior designer Martina Servos incorporates her love of contemporary style into an old home.
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The Art of the Sign
An Indiana native came to New Jersey, started a one-man business, and now gets commissions from around the globe.
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A Santa Story
With nary a child in the house, this Hunterdon County couple embraces the magic of the holiday season with hundreds of Santas standing guard.
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Feast for the Eye
Menu Design in America: A Visual and Culinary History of Graphic Styles and Design, 1850-1985, serves up a colorful banquet of interesting menu art in America through the years.
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(Cooks) Roll Up Your Sleeves
High-tech features meet low-tech functionality in two sleek, streamlined and petite kitchens.
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Control Yourself
Home automation systems make life easier, but where do you get these systems, and how much do they cost? We've got answers.
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Home Automation Boss
With 24 cameras, 14 televisions, 11 touch screens—and 10,000 feet of wiring connecting it all—TV’s Cake Boss has the ultimate in home automation in his North Jersey house.
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A Bright Idea
Outdoor lighting can do more than just illuminate the way. Properly designed, it can add beauty, safety, drama—and value—to your home.
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A Tale of Two Sisters (in-Law)
Jennifer Connell and Jane Connell showcase their style—individually, in their homes, and together, in their new joint venture, Fun House Furnishings and Design in Mendham. (Photos by Laura Moss)
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Hues You Can Use
There’s nothing shy about interior designer Nancee Brown’s colorful house. From orange to periwinkle, the tones flow seamlessly from room to room. (Photos by Melabee M. Miller)
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Spruce It Up!
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers offers New Jersey Monthly readers consultations at discount rates.
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Trend Setters
Mansion in May, one of the state’s premier designer showhouse series, creates new style standards for Jersey homes. (Photos by Emily Gilbert Photography)
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The Wheel Deal
Montclair resident Tom Nussbaum created the whimsical gate for the town's all-access playground.
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All In the Family
It’s a classic beach house, with ocean views, resort-like grounds, and room for multiple generations. (Photos by Joe Polillio)
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Cape Crusader
Curtis Bashaw didn’t become the southern Shore’s most dynamic developer just for the money. In fact, his commitment to Cape May and the Shore is almost an article of faith.
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Clear Out and Clean Up
Getting organized is the first step to effective spring cleaning.
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Everything Smart
What are the hot new looks for homes? New Jersey Monthly’s Design Advisory Council updates us on ten startling years.
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Go With The Flow
Two New Jersey homeowners create water gardens complete with koi ponds that become backyard focal points.
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River Dance
By the shores of the Shrewsbury and the Navesink, the outdoors is welcomed in and works of art come into their own.
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Another World
Landscape designer Rene Torres transformed his Collingswood yard into a lush retreat, without chemicals or pesticides, and not a lick of grass.
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A House for the Treasures Among Us
After inheriting a major collection of museum-quality antiques, this Essex County couple put the trove front and center.
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Superior Interiors
Members of New Jersey Monthly’s Design Advisory Council
pinpoint the latest trends in Garden State homes.
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All Access
Beautifully appointed yet thoroughly ADA-compliant, this Morristown farmhouse proves you can have it all. (Photos by Laura Moss)
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Leeding The Way
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the new wave of ultra-green certification, moves from schools and businesses into private homes.
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Chic Convert
The top floor of a former Catholic school becomes home for a Hoboken family of four. (Photos by Jeffrey Totaro)
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A Conversation With Michael Graves
New Jersey’s renowned architect/designer reflects on form,
function, and those fanciful whistling tea kettles.
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New Faces NJ: Stephen Seo
By the time Stephen Seo became an advertising executive in New York City, he had gotten used to the stares he often received during business meetings.
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