Rural Intelligence (Page 397)

Style

It's Annie Selke's World. And You Can Live In It.

By Lisa Green When we last caught up with Annie Selke, just a few months ago, the founder and creative force behind the Annie Selke Company was busy putting the final touches on her first consumer catalog. Like everything she envisions, that venture has been a great success; now proven,

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Real Estate

Rustically Chic

In pristine and largely unknown Mount Washington, a farmhouse is set on a seldom-traveled road with 40 acres of fields and forest. This farm epitomizes comfort and heritage and has been a well-maintained and much-loved property over the years. The restored farmhouse has five bedrooms, three full

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Real Estate

Farmhouse Update

A classic farmhouse in Chatham built in 1989 has been updated with impeccable finishes, a spacious open design, and fine mechanicals. Sited on a quiet country road, the house features a grand entry, twin living rooms, a dining room, chef's kitchen, and a marble guest bathroom. A winding

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Real Estate

Modern Masterpiece

A 19th-century farmhouse has been renovated into a modern architectural masterpiece on 21 acres in Norfolk. The main floor includes a sleek kitchen, a combination living and dining area, media room, and studio with wet bar. The upper floors offer a master suite plus four additional bedrooms; the lower

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Real Estate

Hilltop Shingle

Farmhouse meets shingle-style at this four bedroom, four bathroom home in Sharon. Sited high on a hilltop, it offers views of Indian Lake and nearby fields. There is a chef’s kitchen, formal dining room with wood-burning fireplace, a living room with hardwood floors, four bedrooms, four-and-

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Real Estate

Down On The Farm

This contemporary farmhouse, known as Runaround Farm, sits on 12 acres in Austerlitz. There is a large kitchen that opens to a family room with a stone fireplace, formal dining room, living room, media/screening room and a wraparound porch. There are five bedrooms, including a spa-like master suite

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Real Estate

Lakefront Farmhouse

This architect-designed home in Copake was inspired by local vernacular with a contemporary take on the New England farmhouse. On 11.9 acres of direct waterfront on Snyder Pond (a private glacier pond noted for its pristine quality), the house has an open kitchen/dining/living room floor plan

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Community

The Rural We: Lauren Letellier

Playwright, public relations consultant, voiceover artist and Hillsdale, New York resident Lauren Letellier will perform her one-woman show, "The Fiery Sword of Justice," on Saturday, June 3 at 3 p.m. at the historic Ancram Opera House. Her critically acclaimed comedy about how one businesswoman’s compulsive

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Food

Recipe: Leek Zucchini Fritters

Contributor Lisa Fielding is a private chef and boutique caterer based in Manhattan who weekends in Litchfield County whenever possible. Many of her Manhattan clients are also Litchfield County weekenders, so work brings her to Northwest Connecticut as well. A Los Angeles transplant, Fielding was a former Hollywood film executive

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Arts

The RuraList: The Big Six At Building 6

By Nichole DupontMASS MoCA, the unofficial Louvre of the Northeast, is about to unveil its newly renovated Building 6 on Sunday, May 28. The 130,000 square feet of space will be the new home of changing exhibitions, long-term installations, and so much natural light that it can alter

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Arts

Food, Farming And Sex: Alice Clayton's Hudson Valley Series

By Andrea Pyros Inspiration comes at the oddest of moments. For best-selling romance novelist Alice Clayton, the idea for her sexy, saucy, food-obsessed Hudson Valley-based trilogy — Nuts, Cream of the Crop and Buns — came to her while she was waiting in line to buy cucumbers at her

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Parties

Pine Plains Memorial Hall Groundbreaking Community Day

Jamie Larson reports from Pine Plains. The Pine Plains Memorial Hall was once a huge part of the town's history. On Saturday, May 20, a day full of activities brought the community out to celebrate the groundbreaking of the long awaited restoration of the vacant town icon. The

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