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Lighting affects us at any age and most of us do not know how to establish an atmosphere that will positively impact our health, sleeping habits and general wellbeing. Most people live and work in the same intensity of light. Using the Kelvin Scale that translates to 4,000 light temperature in degrees. This disturbs our…
DetailsColor therapy, or chromotherapy, is part of a branch of creative healing therapies that can be used to help seniors create the perfect living space. Simply, chromotherapy uses color in therapeutic ways. The effects of color have been studied in a wide range of disciplines, from physics and options to psychology and metaphysics. Why and…
DetailsOkay, I am being funny. 2’X2’ carpet tiles are useful and extremely popular, but did you know that carpet planks, parallelograms and even hexagons are available too? These fun shapes have the same backing systems and high performance capabilities as standard carpet tiles, they just offer many more layout options to jazz up the open…
DetailsStanding proudly atop Liberty Island in the middle of the Hudson River, overlooking beautiful New Jersey, is perhaps our state’s most iconic structure of all. That is, unless you ask a New Yorker. Or a devout historian. Yes, the Statue of Liberty technically belongs to New York. Long story short, New Jersey’s original colonial charter…
DetailsThe Maxwell House Coffee Plant remains good to the last drop, and beyond. Although the factory itself closed on March 19, 1992, the building has since been turned into a community of high-end condos – now called Maxwell Place on the Hudson – that line the Hudson River between 10th and 12th Streets in Hoboken.…
DetailsThis one was worth the wait. Although it took 40 years to garner approval for construction and another 55 years to complete the project, when the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart finally celebrated its dedication in 1954, visitors to the church quickly excused the lack of haste and immediately appreciated its monumental beauty.…
DetailsYou either love New York City, or you hate it. But regardless of your opinion of the Big Apple, we’ve got to give credit where credit is due. If it weren’t for the merchant community of New York City springing into action in 1761, we may never have gotten the pleasure of enjoying the awesome…
DetailsWhen you think of Bayonne, N.J. – nestled comfortably between Newark, Jersey City and the Hudson River – are bras the first things that come to mind? For many folks they are. Maidenform, the pioneer of the modern brassiere, opened up shop at Avenue E and 18th Street in Bayonne in 1929 (the building was…
DetailsNew Jersey is home to some of the most famous people in the world, including Bruce Springsteen, Buzz Aldrin, Frank Sinatra, Grover Cleveland and, of course, the inventor of the light bulb himself, Thomas Edison. Although he was born and raised in Ohio, Edison set up shop in Menlo Park in the mid-1870s, and it…
DetailsYes, indeed. That is a giant elephant standing along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in beautiful Margate, New Jersey. She overlooks the water with her big, curious eyes and has an ornate seat – called a howdah – perched atop her back. These days Lucy the Elephant is pretty well known around the Jersey…
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