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New Jersey Monthly Magazine

Feature Stories

Home & Garden

The Backyard Oasis

Create your own summer getaway—with no crowds and no hunt for a parking space. (Photos courtesy of Cipriano Landscape Design)

Photo by Lauren Moss.

Home & Garden

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)

Home & Garden

Summer Showers

Few things end an ideal beach day more refreshingly than an outdoor shower. (Photos by Jeffrey Totaro)

Photo by Laura Moss.

Home and Garden

All Access

Beautifully appointed yet thoroughly ADA-compliant, this Morristown farmhouse proves you can have it all. (Photos by Laura Moss)

Photo by Laura Moss.

Home and Garden

Beautiful Bounty

An avid—read obsessed—Somerset County gardener defies New Jersey climate with her extravagant tropical garden.

Photo by Barry Johnson.

Home and Garden

A Conversation With Michael Graves

New Jersey’s renowned architect/designer reflects on form, function, and those fanciful whistling tea kettles.

Photo by Jeffrey Totaro.

Home and Garden

Chic Convert

The top floor of a former Catholic school becomes home for a Hoboken family of four. (Photos by Jeffrey Totaro)

Walls That Talk

Interior designer Suzy Moran's New Vernon manse brines with personal touches that illuminate her family's history, interests, and style.

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The Greening of Color

Bold hues that bring the outdoors indoors, mimicking flowers and sky and shrubs, are easier to mix and match, thanks to guidance from websites as well as flesh-and-blood experts.

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Here Comes the Sun

After decades of shade gardening, a Shore couple leaped at a sun-splashed lot and saw the upside of a downtrodden house that needed everything.

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Built to Last

Squeezed by big-box retailers, family-owned furniture stores are proud to be throwbacks—to an era of craftsmanship and personal service.

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