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e program was driven by the rhythms of a full and social family life. With five family members, a packed social calendar, and an instinct for generous hospitality, the home had to accommodate constant entertaining without effort or apology. At the center of the house, the kitchen, dining room, and living room open into one another in a generous, uninterrupted flow that is the defining gesture of the plan. It is a decision that sounds simple and is anything but—a truly successful open floor plan requires a precise understanding of proportion, sight lines, and the way people actually move through a space. Here, it is executed with confidence. e kitchen is present without dominating. e dining area anchors the center without isolating it. e living room draws you forward, and then, almost without realizing it, outside. at transition, from interior living room to the covered outdoor living space and pool area, is among the home's most accomplished moments. e threshold dissolves rather than announces itself, and what lies beyond is not a seasonal amenity but a year-round destination. e outdoor room is sheltered overhead, open to the air on its sides, and fully protected from whatever the New Jersey sky decides to deliver. Rain, cold, the heavy heat of a July aernoon— none of it closes this space down. A family can gather here in October just as easily as in June, and that deliberate defiance of the seasons transforms what might have been a warm- weather luxury into one of the home's most lived-in spaces. It is furnished and finished with the same intentionality as everything inside, connected to the interior in a way that makes the entire rear of the property feel like a single, cohesive environment. For a family that entertains as freely and as oen as this one does, it is indispensable. VUE ON | HOME & DESIGN 74 VUENJ.COM

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