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Rustic Meets Contemporary

This Hillsdale home features a stunning eat-in kitchen bathed in sunlight that highlights the multiple finishes of wood. The home has traces of its previous incarnation as an antique barn, with well-preserved beams, soaring ceilings and hardwood floors. There is a great room with a large fieldstone fireplace, three bedrooms,

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Tree House Cooking

Colorful and whimsical, this kitchen not only has and custom woodwork and European-style tile, it also comes with a Taconic Range panorama. Located high up in Copake, this post-and-beam evokes a treehouse feeling with secluded views, top-to-bottom wood and expansive decking. There are two bedrooms, two bathrooms, high ceilings, a

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Kitchen With Waterfall Views

A house located on a pond with a waterfall has to be just as spectacular inside as the beauty surrounding it. And with open and sunny living areas, hardwood floors and a gourmet kitchen with copper touches, this one really fits the bill. Sited on 12-plus acres in Chatham, the

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Arts

For The Love Of Lit: Lenox Celebrates Edith Wharton's Birthday And More

By Amy Krzanik The Mount in Lenox has been hitting it out of the park, or in its case, hitting it out of the garden, with an eclectic and thought-provoking lineup of year-round interactive literature events celebrating former inhabitant Edith Wharton and the written and spoken word in general. This

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Food

Bruno's In Hudson: A Cafe Market Becomes A Community Hub

By Jamie Larson It’s hard to quantify the unmistakable appeal of Bruno’s in Hudson, a small café and grocery tucked into a discreet downtown storefront at 227 Warren Street. Like the people we love most, it’s a combination of a million little things that make Bruno’s

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Food

Recipe: Spicy Blueberry Smoothie

Twice a month, Berkshire County native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller status,

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Style

Bohemian Birdy: Luxe For The Home In Chatham

Tim Ebneth, Birdy store manager, and Christine Mottau, owner. By Nichole DupontChristine Mottau has it all; a place in the city, a place in the country, a glamourous freelance career working with the likes of Ralph Lauren, an online business…talent. But, according to the veteran painter and stylist, who

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Community

The Rural We: Peter Filkins

Peter Filkins, a published poet and literature professor at both Bard and Simon’s Rock colleges, has recently translated the third in a trilogy of novels by German author H.G. Adler. The novels — The Journey, Panorama and, released this past December, The Wall — have garnered critical acclaim from the

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Real Estate

The Dressing Room

Forget chef's kitchens, bucolic views and masterful details, the most stunning room in this Warren home is the huge dressing room with built-in cabinets, drawers and shelving, marble floor, and Miele washer and dryer. An eye-catching interior design runs throughout the home, which has a fireplace in the

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The Ultimate Closet

The walk-in closet in this Lenox home is so large, it has potential to be another bedroom (and at the very least comfortably store the clothes of a shopping enthusiast). The inviting property offers a kitchen with a large marble island, spacious pantry with wet bar, dining room with built-ins,

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Wooded Walk-In

This tastefully designed post-and-beam contemporary features clever use of various types of wood — all from Columbia County— extending even to the master suite walk-in closet lined with built-ins. Located in Claverack, the house has high-end stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops in the chef's kitchen, an open

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The Walk-In At Kismet Hill

Salisbury's Kismet Hill estate is classic yet modern, filled with special amenities like a home theater, game room, gym and steam room — and of course a spacious walk-in closet with a surfeit of shelves, drawers and hanging space. The 1920 home has a welcoming center hall, formal dining

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