Designing Spaces: Our Expert Panel Talks Trends

Eight award-winning interior designers discuss everything from business (good) to buying American-made (also good) to the value of a unique showcase piece.

By Lauren Payne

Home & Garden

Prefab: Easy Being Green

The family of former governor Christine Todd Whitman wanted a house that looked like it had always been part of its bucolic surroundings, but was ecologically state-of-the-art. They found exactly what they needed—in a factory.

By Lauren Payne

Home & Garden

Easy Does It: Creating Productive Backyard Gardens

A green thumb and a gardening greenhorn turned fallow land into a productive garden—without breaking the bank, or their backs.

By Lauren Payne

Home & Garden

Spring Awakening: The Latest Trends In Home Decor

Cruelest month or not, April borrows Cupid’s arrow to point to the full-fledged return of a treasured pastime: basking in our own private, domestic outdoors.

By Lauren Payne

Home & Garden

Up With Downsizing: A Rumson Couple Scale Down

Alone in the sprawling Rumson home where they had raised their sons, Stephanie and Frank Picone realized the time had come to feather a smaller nest. Sorting through 31 years of stuff was “traumatic,” but with discipline and the help of a creative interior designer, they emerged in a better place.

By Lauren Payne

Home & Garden

History Lesson: Preserving An Achitectural Treasure in Plainfield

A Plainfield couple prove that preserving an architectural treasure—while challenging, time-consuming and, yes, costly—is well worth the effort.

By Lauren Payne

Home & Garden

Home Cooking: Two Top Chefs Open Up Their Personal Kitchens

Two of the state’s top restaurateurs show us how (and where) they cook when at long last they’re off duty.

By Lauren Payne