COZY AND CHIC Faced with what seemed a choice between elegance and comfort, the designer of a new-construction Franklin Lakes home answered: “Yes to both!” Design by Patti Smith, P. Smith Design Photography by Sea Fleur Photography Text by Donna Rolando
Can elegance coexist with coziness and glamour be achieved without any fuss? Can modern design exude warmth? Ridgewood designer Patti Smith answered an emphatic “yes” on all counts as she infused her vision from the get-go into a three-bedroom coach home under construction at the Reserve at Franklin Lakes. This Toll Brothers luxury setting represented a new start for the homeowners. What at first blush may have seemed like a dichotomy of styles—comfort and elegance, for instance—inspired a home one of the clients described as so “beautiful” it dazzled With 5-foot-tall artwork and a pop from a watermark pillow, the living room in this three-bedroom Franklin Lakes home shows how designer Patti Smith coaxed one of the homeowners out of her comfort zone and into a world alive with color and tastefully glamorous accessories.
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