Home And Garden
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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2012 Jersey Choice: The Best of NJ—Recreations and Attractions
In the warmer months, there are no shortage of recreation activities offered in NJ. Our readers have a few unique choices of their own...along with some staple favorites.
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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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Let There Be Lights
Nostalgia and gingerbread reign during Cape May’s Annual Christmas candlelight tour of Victorian homes.
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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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Green Classic
A 6,600-square-foot home with a monthly electric bill of $89? Meet the Sheeleighs, who, along with a dedicated design/build team, created a traditionally styled LEED-certified home in Harding Township.
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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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Let There Be Shade
Retractable awnings can expand your outdoor living space and allow you to stay outside longer.
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Painter's Paradise
Combining a love of gardening and a talent for art, a New Jersey homeowner creates an oasis in her backyard. (Photos by Laura Moss)
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Gentlemen Farmers
Country meets chic on this Hunterdon County spread with animals galore, a bountiful organic garden and plenty
of wool to spin. (Photos by Laura Moss)
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Bringing the Beach Indoors
An interior designer creates a Shore retreat where family and friends gather, natural elements abound and sandy feet are encouraged. (Photos by Laura Moss)
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Effortless Vacationing
A lifelong New Jersey resident founded Relax Concierge—a service designed to provide people with living essentials at their seaside vacation homes.
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Designing New Jersey
Our team of award-winning designers shares the latest wisdom on wine cellars, wallcoverings, master suites, kitchens—and that elusive niche to stash the doggie’s leash.
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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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Becoming Martha
An original Jersey girl looks back at her Nutley youth—and
forward to the digital future.
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Think Spring
Two small-scale New Jersey gardens will be ready to wow visitors in just a few weeks. (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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Christmas At Drumthwacket
Each holiday season, garden clubs around the state decorate our grand and historic governor’s mansion. Join us on a tour.
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Open House
Step aside, Snooki. Jersey homes are the Garden State’s REAL TV Stars, thanks to the hundreds of commercials shot here every year. (Photos by Glenn Schuster)
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Function Perfection
We asked two cooking professionals what worked best in their newly designed, much-used home kitchens. Here are their ideas. (Photos by Laura Moss)
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It's Stickley Season
Gustav Stickley's log home is located at Craftsman Farms in Parsippany.
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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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Backyard Retreats
Decked out like five-star resorts, two New Jersey homes raise hanging out to a whole new level. (Photos by Joe Polillio)
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Stay in Style
Boutique hotels find the sassy (and often luxe) sweet spot between the charm of B&Bs and the prestige of resort hotels.
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Simply Put
A tasteful new family home rises from the dunes in Brigantine. (Photos by Jeffrey Totaro)
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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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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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Stage Right
With real estate sales still lagging, what can you do to prepare your home to sell fast—and for top dollar? Try home
staging. (Photos by Barbara Cluck-Miksits)
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First Impressions
Just how important are exterior first impressions when selling a home? Our experts reveal the truth.
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Great Escapes
In these crazy, stressful times, who hasn’t wanted a place that’s all theirs? We found two New Jersey residents who created their own private spaces.
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The High Life
Luxurious river-view urban living in New Jersey? Check out these ultra-stylish homes.
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The Sheeleigh Project: Nov/Dec Update
Things are moving along at Sycamore Farms, the soon-to-be completed, LEED-certified residence of Matt and Kathy Sheeleigh.
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Holiday House
A home in Summit gets a sumptuous holiday makeover. (Photos by Laura Moss)
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The Sheeleigh Project: Sept/Oct
Deborah Carter's serial article on the construction of a LEED-certified home continues this month by answering a question—what type of insulation is necessary to maintain an energy efficient home?
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That Loven Feeling
A Glen Rock couple meticulously restores the charming yet quirky home of noted New Jersey architect Carl Kemm Loven, gargoyles included. (Photos by Laura Moss)
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Current Kitchens
Like its residents, New Jersey’s kitchens come in all shapes and sizes. We scoured the state and found these noteworthy examples of current styles.
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The Sheeleigh Project: July/August Update
Work on the Sheeleigh residence was in full gear on my mid-July visit.
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Seaside Showcase
A talented group of interior designers, artisans, and craftsmen work together to transform a historic Cape May home into an entrancing show house. (Photos by John Armich)
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Can Do Spirit
Giving do-it-yourself a whole new meaning, this seemingly tireless Long Valley couple completely restored their expansive property with their own four hands.
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The Backyard Oasis
Create your own summer getaway—with no crowds and no hunt for a parking space. (Photos courtesy of Cipriano Landscape Design)
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The Sheeleigh Project: June Update
When I first visited the Sheeleigh house back in March to learn about the LEEDs project I was reporting on, there wasn’t much to look at.
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Summer Showers
Few things end an ideal beach day more refreshingly than an outdoor shower. (Photos by Jeffrey Totaro)
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Life's A Beach
The ultimate collaboration between homeowner, interior designer, and landscaper transforms a ho-hum summerhouse into a glamorous resort-like retreat that no one ever wants to leave. (Photos by Lauren Moss)
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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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Beautiful Bounty
An avid—read obsessed—Somerset County gardener defies New Jersey climate with her extravagant tropical garden.
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Sister Sister
Who says you can’t go home again? These sisters live side by side under one roof, right where they grew up. (Photos by Melabee M. Miller)
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