Growing herbs on your countertop or windowsill allows you to replace dried old pantry staples with the real thing, and growing salad greens instead of succulents means you can enjoy a fresh salad every day, without the plastic packaging or the cost.
You study the kitchen's new colors, cabinets, appliances, and windows, and try to remember where the sink and the dog bowl used to be, and suddenly you realize that the old pantry and the little entryway near the back door are gone, and that the room's axis has been rotated ninety degrees — and then the old linoleum pattern pops into your head like the name of a forgotten classmate at a reunion.
5-bedroom, 4 1/2-bath, 11-year-old Colonial; pantry off eat-in kitchen, family room, 4 fireplaces, central air-conditioning, back porch, 3-car garage, 2.4-acre lot; taxes $12,320; listed at $945,000 , 29weeks on market (brokers: William Pitt Real Estate Prudential Connecticutt).
The wall dividing the kitchen and the old butler's pantry was removed to create a larger space.
In the kitchen, the upper cabinets have glass doors, and there's a six-burner Viking range; the old butler's pantry is now used as a breakfast area.
Millburn $4.115 million 71 Woodfield Drive 6 5 3 2 weeks 5-year-old wood colonial; pantry, den, library, office, game and media rooms, wine cellar, 4 fireplaces, c/a, 3-car garage, 0.75-acre lot; taxes $66,370; listed at $4.5 million.
Easton $850,000 1149 Sport Hill Road 4 2 1 16 weeks 14-year-old wood colonial; pantry, family room w/vaulted ceiling, 2 fire- places, basement, 2-car garage, 3.34-acre lot; taxes $13,533; listed at $898,000.
Rumson............ $2.1 million222 Ridge Road r 5 f 5 h 1 o 15 weeks 75-year-old Dutch colonial; pantry, family room, den, 2 fireplaces, media room, rec room, guest suite, pool, 2-car garage, 1.13-acre lot; taxes $20,899; listed at $2.35 million.
$2.58 million1311 Washington Spring Rd., R'land Number of bedrooms: 6 Number of full bathrooms: 5 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Weeks on market: 3 weeks 16-year-old brick contemporary; pantry, 2 family rooms, cathedral ceilings, marble baths, h/w floors, deck, 3-car garage, 2.55-acre lot; taxes $33,000; listed at $2.97 million.
$455,000 12 Walnut Street, Rockland Number of bedrooms: 3 Number of full bathrooms: 1 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Weeks on market: 7 weeks 46-year-old brick ranch; pantry, marble fireplace, family room, h/w floors, 2-car garage, 0.65-acre lot; taxes $4,975; listed at $476,500.
More than $1.2 million Palisades $2.58 million1311 Washington Spring Rd., R'land Number of bedrooms: 6 Number of full bathrooms: 5 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Weeks on market: 3 weeks 16-year-old brick contemporary; pantry, 2 family rooms, cathedral ceilings, marble baths, h/w floors, deck, 3-car garage, 2.55-acre lot; taxes $33,000; listed at $2.97 million.
