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Hanging Out
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This chic Short Hills home offers multiple rooms for relaxing and entertaining
WRITTEN BY CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF MAUREEN G. NOWAK
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he European couple – he’s British,
she’s French – wanted to update the
look of their newly-purchased older
home in Short Hills. “It’s a four-story
house, and the original part is from
the 1800s, with an addition from the
’50s,” says Sam Ciardi, creative director of Samuel
Robert Signature Spaces in Millburn, whose staff
includes designers Debbie Bloom and Maureen
Kleczkowski.
With Bloom’s help, Ciardi met with the couple
at the company’s retail storefront and presented
design options. The resulting clean, contemporary
look combines sophistication with plenty of options
for entertaining and chilling within its family room,
living room and the large space that’s fondly
referred to as “the lounge.”
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Ciardi set out to create a dramatic look for the entryway, which
he helped accomplish with the wallpaper’s angular pattern,
reflected by the wall mirror above the simple Lucite table (at
right). Overhead, the chandelier’s circles complement the bold,
gold-bronze on the walls. “The cowhide is an easy piece we had
that curves around the shape of the last stair,” says Ciardi.
Looking left from the entryway, visitors see the living room
as well as the elegant yet accessible family room beyond it.
“Each room had to feel interesting on its own, but look good
together, to provide a beautiful view when you enter the
house,” says Ciardi. At right, Pepper, the family dog, extends
the welcome mat – or, to be exact, sits atop a cowhide rug.
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