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Real Estate

Barn Compound

Nestled on a knoll in Canaan bordered by trees and mountain views, this three-residence compound includes a barn conversion, farmhouse and studio-style guest house. The conversion has a large country kitchen with beamed ceiling, a large dining area with a wood stove, home office and a dramatic living room with

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Real Estate

True Conversion

This barn was converted into a charming country home and moved to its current location in 1972. In Falls Village on a quiet country road, the updated structure retains hand-hewn beams and half-round rafters. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom home has a great room with stairs to a loft, galley-style kitchen and

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Real Estate

Quality Conversion

Located down a long, tree-lined driveway, this country loft in Copake started out as a hand-hewn barn in 1800. Original post and beams and antique hardwood floors are on full display in the 3,000-square-foot house that has newer appliances and modern amenities. The sunny, open-plan living space has a

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Style

Dispatch From The Garden: Color...And Not

The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. Our garden writer, Madaline Sparks, is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years she was the contributing garden editor

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Community

Berkshire Woodworkers Guild: Beautiful And Built To Last

By Amy Krzanik We’ve all been there. Whether it was the three-drawer dresser in your first apartment that never made it to your second apartment because the front of it ripped right off (true story), or the shirt you wore only once because it completely changed shape, size and

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Food

Cantina 229: A Convivial Gathering Space In New Marlborough

By Hannah Van Sickle Barrett Photos courtesy Cantina 229. Cantina 229 — a nod to both the restaurant’s address and the New Marlborough, Mass. telephone exchange — is less about the menu, neither Mexican nor Italian, but rather the owners’ vision for a space that would be a destination, a proverbial

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Community

The Rural We: Pamela Dalton

Hillsdale, New York's Pamela Dalton is a master of the art of Scherenschnitte, a type of paper cutting which was popular in the Pennsylvania Dutch regions of the U.S. in the early 19th century. Each piece is sketched and cut by hand, so no two are exactly

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Food

Matching Farmers And Wholesalers: There's An App For That

Patricia Wind picks up produce from Chris Regan of Sky Farm in Millerton, NY. Photos: Farms2Tables. By Stephanie Wyant Rhinebeck resident Patricia Wind didn’t know it then, but a dinner conversation with her partner, Clifford Platt, in March 2014 lead to what is now a local food revolution. That

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Food

Blueberry Chicken Salad With Corn And Feta

I am happily a pescetarian. The times are rare that I regret my decision to eschew meat. But leave it to Guido’s to make me rethink it. This recipe, adapted from The Food Network by Guido’s own dietitian Rachel Alves, combines grilled chicken breast with corn and feta

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Parties

The Spirit Of '66 Enchants Olana On Its 50th Birthday

Amy Krzanik reports from Hudson. Cloudy skies and a little drizzle of a rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the 300 or so attendees of Olana State Historic Site’s 50th birthday gala on Saturday, July 9. When not under tents, guests popped umbrellas to protect their duds, many

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Parties

Opening Night A Gala Event At Shakespeare & Company

Lisa Green reports from Lenox. “We don’t normally have a gala on opening night," admitted Tina Packer, Shakespeare & Company’s founding artistic director on Sunday, July 10. But The Merchant of Venice, with its controversial mix of bigotry and humor, gave the gala attendees plenty to discuss

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Parties

A Fandango For Nancy Fitzpatrick Courtesy Of IS183

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. Red Lion Inn owner and Berkshire County philanthropist Nancy Fitzpatrick dispensed a bit of advice to the crowd gathered in her honor at Stonover Farm on Thursday evening, July 7. “You don’t have to do it all at once," she said. “All you

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