Location: Englewood New Jersey
Size: 3500 square feet, 4 bedroom home
Years Lived In: 10 years

This 1920's interpretation of an English Tudor house has had only three owners over its near century long life. The current owners moved in about ten years ago and tread lightly. They found pleasure in the quirky layout — narrow doorways, labyrinthine corridors, small rooms — as well as the original finishes and hardware details.

About a month ago, I noticed the occasional moth aflutter in my walk-in closet. This annoyed me, and I would do my best to find it and kill it! One day, I discovered a favorite sweater attacked vociferously by a peer of said moth. I bought a pile of little cedar blocks and distributed them throughout my closet.

Name: two children (4 and 1)
Location: West Village, New York City

Doryn grew up in a house in which the kid options were few and far between. While she did not wish to turn her home over to her kids, Doryn successfully created wonderful kid friendly places that integrate well into the overall design. In addition to each of her two children's bedrooms, there is a great playroom on the ground floor.

Name: Betty
Location: Chelsea, Manhattan, New York
Size: 1400 square feet, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath
Years Lived In: 4

Betty bought a commercial office space in a large mixed-use — but office oriented — building and turned it into both an interior design office for herself and her assistant and a comfortable home for herself and her 11 year old daughter.

Name: Doryn
Location: West Village, New York
Size: 4000 square feet, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath townhouse
Years Lived In: 7 months

After a few years of adhering to the widely held belief that having kids means moving to the suburbs, Doryn and her husband decided they could no longer live with that choice, and moved back to Manhattan.

Name: Nick (12) and Lucas (8)
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan
Room Size: Bedroom is 240 sqft and Playroom is 144 sqft.

Jane has a beautiful home, that, while child friendly, makes very few aesthetic sacrifices. Her boys' bedroom and playroom are no exception. The rooms are sophisticated spaces that, at the same time, burst with excitement and the potential for adventure for Jane's two playful but wise-beyond-their-years young boys.

Name: Sabrina Soto
Location: Upper West Side, New York
Size: 1200 square feet, 2 bedroom, 2 bath rental
Years Lived In: 7 months

Sabrina, an HGTV designer and personality, just moved to NYC from Washington DC for her new show. She downsized from a sizeable house to a brand new 2-bedroom luxury rental, basically starting over from scratch.

Name: Jane
Location: Upper West Side, New York
Size: 3 bedroom, 3 bath
Years Lived In: 8 years

Jane and her husband have very different approaches to design. While they both have a vested interest, Jane leans heavily towards form and her husband is a big fan of function. Together, however, they have achieved greatness.

Name: The Yard
Location: Long Island City, New York
Size: 650-square-feet — 1-bedroom condo

Modern Spaces has taken brokerage and marketing of new condos at the Yard to a new level. The model apartments benefit a long list of local artists and a female furniture design duo who transform salvaged wood scraps into signature pieces!

Feldmonicus is the pseudonym this LA artist uses for a new online Lego Lantern store. These one-of-a-kind pieces are masterful, yet playful — and the lego lamps are all internally lit and free of any wires or cords…