DesignNJ-OctNov2023_Digital issue
From a casual coastal home in Sea Girt to a chic Hoboken loft, from a Midcentury-style home to a vineyard-inspired residence that mixes Old World charm and modern design, the October-November issue of Design NJ is filled with inspiration for you to enjoy. The print issue is now arriving in mailboxes.
From a casual coastal home in Sea Girt to a chic Hoboken loft, from a Midcentury-style home to a vineyard-inspired residence that mixes Old World charm and modern design, the October-November issue of Design NJ is filled with inspiration for you to enjoy. The print issue is now arriving in mailboxes.
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WRITTEN BY REN MILLER | PHOTOS BY RAQUEL LANGWORTHY | DESIGN BY CLAUDIA HARVEY AND KRISTINE NOGRALES-HUGO | STYLING BY DEIRDRE KING<br />
Woof Worthy<br />
RENOVATION MAKES WAY FOR A DOG BATH<br />
IN A SOMERSET COUNTY HOME<br />
The phrase “lucky dog” has never seemed<br />
more appropriate than when a Somerset<br />
County couple decided to upgrade their<br />
mudroom/laundry room to better accommodate<br />
their four-legged family members.<br />
The room, measuring 8 by 10½ feet, was originally<br />
dominated by a side-by-side washer and dryer. It also<br />
had a small storage cabinet, linoleum flooring and a<br />
dated red-orange color palette. It was badly in need<br />
of an update, but then came the pandemic. While<br />
quarantined, homeowners Kristine Nograles-Hugo<br />
and her husband, Vincent Hugo, both medical<br />
doctors and biopharmaceutical executives, explored<br />
side interests that ended up influencing the redesign<br />
of the space. He studied for a dog training license<br />
and she earned an interior design certificate.<br />
Nograles-Hugo had ideas for the mudroom/<br />
laundry room and reached out to Claudia Harvey,<br />
president, founder and lead designer at Wydian<br />
Kitchens & Design in Branchburg, to help bring<br />
them to life. (The project included the adjacent<br />
kitchen, which is not included in this story.) “The<br />
Hugos wanted to add a dog bath to accommodate<br />
grooming,” Harvey says. “We designed space for a<br />
full-size stackable washer and dryer, and that allowed<br />
room for the dog bath.” The stainless steel bath has<br />
a pullout step and a door that opens so dogs too<br />
large to lift into the sink can walk right up into it.<br />
Then the door is closed to contain water used during<br />
bathing and rinsing with the attached handshower.<br />
There’s also a shampoo rack, hair trap and plumbing<br />
Rebel, the homeowner’s Australian Shepherd, surveys the new<br />
dog bath/laundry room. A new stackable washer and dryer<br />
allowed room for the dog bath (far left), a generous amount of<br />
cabinetry and a rollout cart for laundry supplies (to the right of<br />
the washer and dryer and not visible in the photo).<br />
The plaid-patterned porcelain tile backsplash is owner Kristine<br />
Nograles-Hugo’s favorite thing about the room. Cubbies above<br />
the dog bath store towels and grooming supplies.<br />
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