#new jersey designer

[mcmansionhell]

new jersey "19th century" "eclecticism"

It's always funny to me when new wealth tries to imitate old wealth, but in a very specific way: by trying to reproduce old ways of building that are no longer viable via mass produced building materials and contractors who are better than average but still not quite in the legion of the bespoke. It's rarely the case that houses are fully "custom" these days -- the amalgamation of all the different parts in a new formation is the "customization" at work. As we can see in this example, this is a truth that is often covered up by excessive decorating.

This 5 bedroom, 6.5 bathroom house, built in 1997 (shocker) will run you an extremely reasonable $3.5 million big ones, but I say extremely reasonable because it wants to be a $10 million house but doesn't quite get there - after all, it's made with drywall. The architectural style is not really anything in particular -- though the front entrance would like to recall the Tudors. Really it is trying to emulate an existing pastiche style, namely the eclecticism of the 19th century. It also doesn't do this well.

No stately manor is complete without dueling staircases. Also, I don't know how to explain it, but every room in this house longs to be a bathroom. Or a powder room. A really big one. It's probably the floor, and the wallpaper. This is just the appetizer for the main attraction:

Jules Verne larping is so rare in McMansion Hell that you have to commend them for trying. I'm kind of obsessed.

This room is so important to me. It's like if an Olin Mills (dating myself here) set was an entire room. A sense of watching someone in one's own house, performing "dinner." Also I would slay as the swan knight, I have to say, so I get it.

What happened to baskets hanging from the ceiling and powder blue walls and porcelain lined up on the picture rail?

I have seen columns terminating into soffits that would make Scamozzi cry.

In Big America bathing and lavishing is a spectator sport.

Ok, again, the palette of this house is basically The Polar Express mixed with a very bizarre hotel lobby.

The chimney hole is sending me because that does appear to be a working chimney. Like, can you see the smoke come out? Who knows!

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[ephemeraltime]

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[februarypoet]

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[bitidragon]

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[casterofturnabout]

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[irmisc]

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[veshkashaw]

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[cassandra-jade-gray]

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[katemids]

Poolhouse New York Example of a huge classic backyard stone and rectangular pool house design

[vintagehomecollection]

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At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit, 1990

[brutalistinteriors]

Public Library, Plainfield, New Jersey. Curtis & Davis.

[jacobsnicket]

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[deadmotelsusa]

The American Hotel of Freehold, New Jersey, pictured in the 1950s and 2024. The property has been drastically renovated and is now a popular wedding venue.

[norkea]

Yuri? In my sfth play?

Clarissa & Amanda from Clarissa's DIY Wedding

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