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DesignNJ-FebMar 2024-Digital Issue

What better way to enjoy a winter evening than paging through the February-March issue of Design NJ? The issue, filled with thoughtfully designed kitchens and beautiful homes from throughout New Jersey, including one by renowned designer Libby Langdon, arrives in mailboxes this week. We’re also making the complete issue available in digital format to inspire and inform homeowners across the state. If you would like to subscribe to the print edition, visit designnewjersey.com/subscribe.

What better way to enjoy a winter evening than paging through the February-March issue of Design NJ? The issue, filled with thoughtfully designed kitchens and beautiful homes from throughout New Jersey, including one by renowned designer Libby Langdon, arrives in mailboxes this week. We’re also making the complete issue available in digital format to inspire and inform homeowners across the state. If you would like to subscribe to the print edition, visit designnewjersey.com/subscribe.

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Susan Farcy faced an almost blank slate when she first saw the<br />

space that would become the keeping room at Three Fields.<br />

The space, adjacent to the kitchen, had been gutted, but<br />

the new studs were on the walls and a new subfloor, two sets of custom<br />

French doors and a large center window were already in place. That was<br />

all Farcy needed for inspiration, or more to the point, the views through<br />

those doors and window were all she needed. “I wanted to capture the<br />

beautiful grounds so they could be enjoyed from indoors all year around,”<br />

says Farcy a professional member of the American Society of Interior<br />

Designers and principal of Susan Farcy Interior Design LLC in Wyckoff.<br />

To that end, she commissioned a mural by Glen Rock artist Christine<br />

D’Angelo to highlight details from the landscape seen through the<br />

windows. The mural includes representations of Japanese Katsura trees<br />

that were planted when the estate was developed and some of which<br />

remain today. A closer look at the mural also reveals foxes romping<br />

through the landscape, just like ones that still visit the property.<br />

The flora and fauna of Three Fields also inspired the colors and textures<br />

of the fabrics Farcy chose for the seating, drapery and tablecloth. The<br />

46 February/March <strong>2024</strong>

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