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MUST-READS

Finally, an interior design book specifically for parents. Lifestyle expert and mom-of-one Erin Gates’ new book focuses on

designing your home with kids in mind. Elements Of Family Style: Elegant Spaces for Everyday Life (Atria Books, $26) is

full of candid advice on how to make your space stylish and beautiful yet practical and functional for the whole family.

World-renowned interior designer Bunny Williams’ new volume, Love Affairs with Houses (Abrams, $60), features stun-

ning photos of 15 houses she’s decorated. It includes the personal stories behind each home as well as design secrets, like

how to decorate with pieces that can have multiple uses and how to choose classic items for each room.

Have a friend who’s watching her design dollars? There’s a tome for her too. Betsy Helmuth shares her top tricks in

Affordable Interior Design: High-End Tips For Any Budget (Skyhorse, $13). Learn how to create a gallery wall, how to

choose paint colors, where to place accent tables and more in this book that’s for both DIY novices and experts alike.

MARCH

HOME SALES

Thinking about buying or selling a

home? Consider NJ Realtors’ real

estate stats from last March—and

how they compare with the prior

year—while you’re scoping out

the market:

11,976

New listings in March 2018, down

9.3 percent from 2017.

$290K

Median sales price of a single-

family home in March 2018, up

7.4 percent.

$346K

Average sales price of all homes in

March 2018, up 3.6 percent.

75

Average days all properties had been

on the market, down 12 percent.

44,963

Homes for sale in March 2018,

down 17.4 percent.

Want some more inspiration? These museum

exhibits are worth the trek:

Walk through 23 rooms ranging from the

17th century to the 20th at the Decorative

Arts and Period Rooms exhibit at the

Brooklyn Museum. Each room features cu-

rated furniture and decorative artifacts from

both the U.S. and Europe.

• Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy.,
  Brooklyn, N.Y.; brooklynmuseum.org
  Raise a glass to Manhattan’s Museum of Art
  and Design’s Goblet Collection. The ongoing
  exhibit showcases whimsical goblets made by
  well-known studio glass artists such as Fred
  Birkhill, Dale Chihuly and Fritz Dreisbach. It’s
  on view throughout 2019.
  
  
  • Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus
    Circle, New York, N.Y.; madmuseum.org
    And here’s an excuse to celebrate spring
    break in sunny Florida. LA-based design
    duo The Haas Brothers, whose celebrity
    fans include Lady Gaga and Donatella
    Versace, opened their first solo exhibit in
    December titled The Haas Brothers:
    Ferngully at Miami Beach’s Bass Museum
    of Art to coincide with Art Basel. Their
    eclectic and anthropomorphic pieces will
    be on display until April 21—here’s hoping
    their humorously titled “Zitney Spears” and
    “Palm Grier” works make appearances too.
  
  
  • The Bass, 2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach,
    Fla.; thebass.org
  
  
  
  

DESIGN ON DISPLAY

HOME DÉCOR

FROM DIOR

Dior has been using the Toile de

Jouy pattern in its designs

since 1947. But now

the fashion brand is

reinventing itself by

incorporating wild

animals, such as

tigers and lions, into

its iconic motif. The

pattern is strewn

across plates and

pillows in Dior’s new

capsule home collection,

available at dior.com and

in Dior stores worldwide.

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