Homes We Love
There's No Place Like Home
The blank walls in Jen Rondeau's home beckoned amid the pandemic. Now, she's surrounded by colorful designs—and busy with a brand-new business.
Mike and Ellie Mroz's 4,500-square-foot Westfield abode showcases their expert aesthetic skills.
The soothing setup includes a neutral color palette, durable furniture and fabrics, and practical pleasures aplenty.
An interior architect gave this creative couple’s abode a modern makeover.
Adam Kalkin’s Bernardsville home, affectionately known as Bunny Lane, is just one of several structures he’s built out of the large, corrugated-steel boxes.
Stroll through the stunning Mountsier-Hardie garden during the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days.
Down the Shore
Krista and Frank Speno are often found entertaining family, friends and much of the neighborhood in their picture-perfect backyard.
The sprawling, newly built space seamlessly blends coastal character with Southern charm.
This Monmouth County couple pared down for a carefree coastal lifestyle.
Kitchens
With a unique take on color and a keen eye for detail, designer Dan Ruhland creates "something different" in NJ kitchens.
In Point Pleasant, a dream kitchen finally becomes reality.
With traditional touches and plenty of light, a Short Hills designer creates an award-winning kitchen her whole family can enjoy.
A Hoboken couple living in a former elementary school updated their dark, dated and cramped kitchen into something bright and unique.
Perched 18 floors above the Shrewsbury River, the Fromkins transformed their galley kitchen into something as stunning as their view.
Special Spaces
An unfinished basement in Somerset County becomes the perfect family—and pandemic-friendly—hangout.
Behind the design approaches to a Short Hills colonial and a Jersey City townhome.
For Amy Hughes, owner of vintage-furniture store Salvage Style, hunting for unique furnishings is not just a job—it’s a full-time vocation.
An 1854 farmstead (complete with a distillery and smokehouse) is transformed into this Jersey couple’s wooded wonderland.
As outside stress builds, many New Jersey homeowners are looking inside for tranquility. The result: Unique home spaces designed to soothe the soul.
These storybook structures were home to many of our state's wealthiest inventors and entrepreneurs.