Rural Intelligence (Page 420)

Real Estate

Custom Bathroom

This historic 1899 barn conversion in Litchfield has been restored and renovated and includes a master bathroom that has every modern amenity — and takes up practically an entire floor. The main level has wide-board pine floors, a two-story living room with a huge stone fireplace visible from nearly every room,

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Real Estate

Images Of The Country

There are 50 miles of views outside of this Litchfield home including one from the bathroom's large spa-like bathtub. The bathroom offers a glass shower with marble seating, floor and wall tiling and a chandelier. The 45-acre estate sits on a private plateau and was built with attention

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Real Estate

Ambiance Awaits

The bathroom in this Hillsdale house has hardwood floors, a soaking tub, glass walk-in shower, two sinks, two toilets and a bidet. Located on rolling fields with both a reflecting pond and swimming pond, the home has a large kitchen, a spacious living room with a fireplace, and two bedroom

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Luxury Suite

This bathroom has it all: double vanity with honed marble counters, built-in dressing table, marble flooring, soaking tub, cherry cabinets, radiant heat, and walk-in shower with overheads, side sprays and three jets. The rest of this Lakeville country estate is as meticulously designed and impressive, featuring a great room with

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Bath Time

A bathroom with double sinks, a large tub and a glass shower is the centerpiece of an already well-designed home. Located high in the hills of Austerlitz, the contemporary Colonial was built in 2005. There is a professional eat-in kitchen, a great room with a stone fireplace that leads to

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Community

Road Trips: The Wildflower Festival At Bartholomew's Cobble

By Amy Krzanik April showers bring May flowers, but to a very special area of Berkshire County they bring flowers even earlier than that. At Bartholomew’s Cobble in Sheffield, Mass., a National Natural Landmark under the care of the Trustees of Reservations, the best showing of wildflowers is beginning

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Arts

Seeing Through The Camouflage: Animals On Canvas At HSV

By Shawn Hartley Hancock If you've ever watched a wild-animal nature documentary where a cheetah runs down an antelope for supper, you know why camouflage is central to survival. "Wild animals have it down," says artist Susan Merrill. But Merrill's latest exhibit of animal

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Style

Susanna Salk's 'Little Things' Come To Life In New Preston

By Lisa Green As far as we’re concerned, New Preston, Conn. is already a destination. The cluster of high-end antiques and specialty stores and markets are unparalleled in their quality and picturesque setting, even among our region’s justifiably famed claim to “charm." How many village shopping districts

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Food

Recipe: Strawberries With Balsamic And Fresh Mint

One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on learning experiences on

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Community

The Rural We: Vlada Rousseff

Vlada Rousseff, the woman behind the name and cartoon face of Vlada Boutique in Stockbridge, Mass., has owned the women’s clothing and accessories shop that bears her name for more than 45 years. An artistic career that began with sewing bags for the shop has grown into a love

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Parties

One More Round: BART Holds Its 9th Annual Fundraising Trivia Competition

Amy Krzanik reports from Adams. All of Northern Berkshire County’s biggest brains were at BART Charter Public School on Saturday, April 9 for the annual “Get BART Smart" trivia night. Now in its 9th year, the school’s largest annual fundraising event supports its college preparatory program. And

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The Hudson Area Library, Chapter 1: A New Beginning

Lisa Green reports from Hudson. It takes a village to support (and use) a public library, so it wasn’t surprising to see a sizable crowd turn out for the ribbon cutting of the new Hudson Area Library on Saturday, April 9. The move to the former Hudson Armory (built

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