Short Hills Addition
Short Hills, New Jersey

Completed 2002

Design Team
Brian Messana, Toby O’Rorke

Collaborators
Structural Engineer: Dunne & Markus
Mechanical Engineer: M.A. Rubiano
Lighting Designer: Zerolux

This home in Short Hills, New Jersey, is a picturesque,1920s suburban residence set on a leafy knoll beside a pond. Its high gables and leaded windows enhance its Grimm’s Fairy Tale visage. As in most fairy tales, however, there was a downside, as the kitchen was cramped and dark with failing fixtures, unattractive cabinetry and cracked floor tiles. Initially the client imagined renovating the kitchen and adding a sunroom, but this option proved impractical so we recommended converting the existing kitchen into a den and building an addition for the new kitchen on the north facade.

Photographs by Elizabeth Felicella

Press

2004

Beautyman, Mairi. “Food and Shelter.” Interior Design (September 2004).