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2H ❚ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2019 ❚ THE RECORD P HOMESCAPE / ADVERTISING SECTION YOU CAN BE IN HOMESCAPE! My Home Project Interior designer creates harvest ‘tablescape’ We invite our readers to submit photos and background information for four of our recurring features: n “MY HOME PROJECT” — Do you love tackling home improvement challenges? Is it your idea of fun to build shelves, stencil walls or refinish furniture? Maybe you’ve even reno- vated a large area on your own! If you can provide a short write up and high quality “before” and “after” photos of one of your projects, we’d like to share them with our readers. n “COMFORT ZONE” — Do you have a “go-to” or unique space in your home designed to cater to your special interests? It could be a game room, fitness center, workshop, audio room, unique retreat where you indulge in your favorite hobby or just hang out with friends. “Scouting shots” are OK for this feature, because if your room fits our criteria we’ll have our photog- rapher photograph the space. n “COLLECTIONS or FAMILY HEIRLOOMS” — Are you an ardent collector of interesting items that fit a theme and are integrated into your home décor, or have you discovered a family heirloom that you’ve restored for display? We’d love to see your collection or learn about your heirloom’s special history. PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMANDA ARDITTI I nspired to combine the bright, vibrant colors of the harvest season and objects with sentimental value, interior designer Amanda Arditti created this autumn “tablescape” for a dinner gathering in her home. “I cherish my great-grandmother’s teacups and wanted to highlight their beautiful patterns, so I turned them on their sides in the saucer and filled them with nuts, fresh cranberries and flower tops — sort of my interpretation of a cornucopia,” says Arditti, a senior designer with RCQ Design, Ramsey, and an Allied ASID member. “The place settings are a fusion of my china and pieces from my great-aunt’s vintage set. The orange decorated with cloves is a tradition my mother and I have done since I was a child and gives off the most amazing smell.” The seasonally-inspired “tablescape” is cheery and cozy with a nod toward family, togetherness and tradition. Contact James Emolo at [email protected]. Garden Club meeting tonight CUSTOM PUB SPECIALISTS James Emolo and Joseph Ritacco T NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, PO Box 471 Woodland Park, NJ 07424 he Garden Club of Harrington will meet tonight (Nov. 7) at 7:30 p.m., upstairs in the Harrington Park Library, 10 Herring Street, Harrington Park. The guest speaker for eve- ning will be Lourdes Osario, who will pres- ent the much-anticipated program, “Going Native without Feeding Bambi.” Lourdes enjoys gardening for beauty and to provide a sanctuary for butterflies and other pollinators. This love of gardening has led her to cultivating native plants, a chal- lenging task in areas of high deer presence like her garden, which is located next to the Garret Mountain Reservation in Woodland Park. Lourdes will speak about improving the local ecology and share her knowledge about native plants, particularly plants that deer ignore but are beneficial to pollinators. ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT PRODUCED BY THE ADVERTORIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE RECORD AND HERALD NEWS To advertise, call 973-569-7800. For content, call 973-569-7895 or email [email protected] Copyright © 2019 North Jersey Media Group. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission of NJMG is strictly prohibited. To promote the use of native plants, Lourdes created the Native Plant Channel on YouTube, which features video tours of native plant gardens and recommends deer-resistant native plants. Lourdes has been a Master Gardener for over 20 years, graduating in the first Master Gardener class held by Passaic County in 1996. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Laurelwood Arboretum in Wayne and is the project coordinator/leader for the Master Gardener project at Garret Mountain Reservation. The program will be followed by a “Q & A” session and refreshments. All gardeners are welcome. For informa- tion, contact Garden Club President Gerri Gibney at 201-768-2615 or log on to: http:// www.gardenclubofharringtonpark.com/ q CALENDAR HOME DEPOT WORKSHOP During the month of November, most Home Depot stores in North Jersey will present several hands-on learning work- shops with professional advice. To partici- pate, visit homedepot.com, check your local store and register online. Light Up Christmas Sign Add to your holiday decor by creating a Light Up Christmas Sign. With the help of Home Depot store associates, you’ll build a wooden frame using a circular saw and brad nailer. Apply your personal style when staining or painting your design. Complete the look by inserting string lights that illu- minate the tree outline. Make your project a festive feature showcased on your mantel or anywhere in your home for the holidays. Thursday, November 21, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Dining Tables: Less STOCK & CUSTOM CABINETS formal, but more custom process from raw material to finish. “We walk them through to show them A NATURAL CLASSIC the selection of slabs, paying attention to A table that makes a statement on its what they are gravitating to as far as wood own is another way to update any dining species, the size they need, and how much space with style. If you’ve been shopping, of that live edge they want to see; some you may have seen live edge tables in a can be very linear; others may have a lot of number of showrooms lately. First popular ins and outs and contours.” in mid-century Modern interiors, they are Once that’s done, Rupich says it’s a mat- enjoying a Renaissance, and for good rea- ter of flattening the slab to make sure it’s son: the beauty of nature is hard to beat. stable for the base and provides a nice sur- “A live edge dining table is made of face. “Then we tackle any natural defects, a single slab of hardwood that showcases such as natural checking, cracks, or knots.” the natural, organic edge of the wood. It’s There are different ways to finish the not squared off like dimensional lumber,” wood, including dying and staining tech- explains furniture maker Michael Rupich, niques, says Rupich, and a unique table owner of EndGrain Design and Build in base can set the piece apart. Bloomfield. “A live edge table lends itself to a lot of different styles, from contemporary to traditional, and from rustic to very sophisticated,” Rupich notes. “It really seems to blend with any of those motifs.” FARMHOUSE CHIC A lot of people are also doing farm tables now, according to Cheryl Demartini, designer and owner of Junk Chick Designs in Wyckoff. But don’t let the name of her shop fool you: her custom-made farm tables are rustic, yet stylish. PHOTO BY JEFFREY STECCATO “All the tables I build are The rustic designs of the Junk Chic repurpose furniture into of two-inch-thick rough sawn buffets and consoles, and include custom-made farm tables. pine. They’re made to order, Much of EndGrain’s work is custom. “We so you can choose any size or finish. Some do a lot with interior designers, architects, people like a mixture of a stained top with a and design firms. But we also get a lot of painted base in white or black.” work from people reaching out to us who Like Gargiulo, Demartini agrees that say, ‘I’m looking for a specific size table and hutches and china cabinets are out of a specific look.’ “ fashion. “No one’s doing them anymore. The company mills its own lumber, which They’re all doing buffets, or consoles, often is locally sourced from trees within a 10- to with open shelving so there’s no big box on 50-mile radius from the shop. “These trees the wall.” In fact, Demartini says consoles have either fallen or are coming down are among her top-sellers. because of new builds and would have To keep her tables affordable, she uses gone in a chipper or landfill. We use any pine, but she also works with reclaimed of the hardwoods, such as walnut, maple, wood. “One client brought wood up from sycamore, and oak.” They also work a lot Virginia. It was oak that came from a barn with metals, often mixing steel or brass on a cattle farm that had been in her fam- bases with wood tabletops. ily for a couple of generations. The table PROCESS MAKES PERFECT I built using that wood became a memory “I always like to invite clients in, so they piece for her. Another client commissioned can see the shop, the space, and examples a table made from wood taken from her of tables that we have done,” Rupich grandmother’s house that was going to be explains. “We have a huge collection of torn down.” kiln-dried live edge slabs.” And in the end, that’s what it’s all about Because the tables are made to order, — making lifelong memories, dressed up or clients who visit the shop get to see the dressed down for the holidays. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1H 3 5 Contractors Welcome Landlords Welcome SALES TAX NEW! 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