Journal
The MRC Journal
What I look for before we build, the decisions that shape a renovation, and the details that make a home work. Practical guidance from Mike Mroz and the MRC team on significant renovations, additions and custom homes in New Jersey.
2 articles in Project Stories
Project StoriesA Summit Home, Room by Room: How Construction and Interiors Were Coordinated
A kitchen renovation that became a whole-house project, and what changed because construction and interior design were planned together rather than in sequence.
Project StoriesWhat Actually Changes When Construction, Interiors, and Furnishings Are Coordinated
MRCxEMD Thinking about what goes into a large-scale home renovation or new construction home is overwhelming — from nailing the concept to architectural plans and details and designing built-ins and cabinetry through selecting…
Details
What a well-built house looks like up close
Most of what the Journal is about happens at this scale: a brick arch laid to match the original, cabinetry built by our own carpenters, a ceiling of poles scribed one to the next. The decisions are small and the house is the sum of them.
Built by MRC's own carpenters: white oak doors over a soapstone feeding station, with a pot filler plumbed to it. Mendham whole-home renovation 
A soldier course turned over the window head, laid and painted to match the original brick. Mountainside exterior renovation 
Eucalyptus poles laid tight across the ceiling, each one scribed to its neighbor. Westfield pool cabana