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Real Estate

Elegant English Conservatory

While some people may choose to use a conservatory strictly for cultivation, at the Thistlewood Estate it is sunny sitting room with floor-to-ceiling windows offering views of the formal gardens. The gracious Colonial Revival Berkshire cottage opens to a grand entrance hall with a sweeping semi-circular staircase; the fine craftsmanship

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Real Estate

Mountain House

This is the definitive mountain retreat, set high up in the hills of Sharon, with a design that invites the outdoors in. Sophisticated yet comfortable, the three-bedroom house has a beautiful conservatory (with four sets of French doors) filled with light and a high ceiling, making it ideal for flowering

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Real Estate

Architect Inspired

One look at this Sheffield house and it's clear that an architect had a hand in its design. This one-of-a-kind home was meticulously conceived to look like the quintessential rural farmhouse but inside has newer house amenities and mechanics. There are pine floors, carved wood trim, two fireplaces

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Four Square Style

Let the light shine in this unique four square Colonial in Claverack with a conservatory, sunroom and large windows in every room. Completely restored in 2013, the home has original floors, double-hung windows, high ceilings and French doors. There are four bedrooms, three bathrooms, large living spaces, and a lovely

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Style

Garden: Throwing Shade

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey, who is as delighted as every gardener that spring appears to have

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Community

Why The Colonial Style Was Revived, At The Litchfield Historical Society

By Lisa Green Litchfield may look like the archetype of the perfect Colonial village — white clapboard Congregational meetinghouse, big white homes with black shutters, a pastoral town green. Yet there’s more to it than meets the eye, because the picturesque place you see now evolved from a Victorian setting.

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Food

Recipe: Potato Mashup With Spring Herbs

This week's recipe is from Berkshire-based duo The Butcher & The Baker. The Butcher is Jake, a nose-to-tail butcher/artist, who loves to cook and grew up in the woody hills of Western Massachusetts where his passion for local, fresh food was first instilled in him. The Baker

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Community

MASS MoCA: Party Like It’s 15!

By Robert Burke Warren Since the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, a.k.a. MASS MoCA, opened its doors in 1999, it has garnered a reputation as one of the liveliest arts centers in the country, if not the world. That’s code for “great party museum." Keeping its

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Community

The Rural We: Gary Schiro

Gary Schiro is a tried-and-true east coaster. Originally from Niagara Falls, he's also lived in NYC, Dutchess County and currently makes his home in Connecticut. A theater major in college, he is the executive director at Hudson Opera House, New York State's oldest surviving theater. He

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Community

Club Members At Lime Rock Park Feed Their Need For Speed

The Chalet deck, best corner of the track and home to Lime Rock Drivers Club during all Lime Rock Park races. By Don Rosendale It’s a damp Friday morning in May. Jeanette Veitenheimer, executive administrator at the Driver’s Club at the Lime Rock race course (the members call

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Parties

It's Never Too Soon to Celebrate ASAP

Sarah Ellen Rindsberg reports from Washington, CT. Not even the torrential downpour on the evening of Saturday, May 10 could dampen the spirits at the After School Arts Program’s (ASAP) 9th annual Celebration of Young Writers. Partygoers gathered under a tent in front of the First Congregational Church in

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Real Estate

A Lovely Homestead

The comfort of a farmhouse awaits at this Craryville home with large rooms suited for family gatherings and an in-ground pool surrounded by lush grounds. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom house features an eat-in kitchen, family room with exposed beams, formal dining and living rooms and a sunroom. There is also a

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