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dbO Home's Pop-up Shop Opens in Great Barrington

Since giving up her high-powered marketing job at Elektra Records in New York City in 2006, Dana Brandwein (left with her husband, Daniel Oates) has been making pottery in her barn in Sharon, CT.  Her porcelain and stoneware is found on the tables at the highly regarded restaurant Blue Hill

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High End On-Line, the Brave New World of Luxury Retailing

"A couple of years ago, big-time luxury retailing changed drastically. The stores became impossible for a small vendor like me to deal with," says Kerry MacBride (left), a Hudson-based jewelry designer whose creations had done well for years at such lofty outlets as Berdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue,

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Shopping: Sideshow Moves to Hudson

Now there's more space for Avratin's growing collection of high-end vintage clothing.

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Everybody's All American: Paul Rich & Sons

Tom Rich has been betting on North Street's renaissance for 27 years. When he and his parents, Paul and Betty Rich, opened their furniture store, Paul Rich & Sons, in 1983, "Pittsfield was still a GE town," recalls Rich. "The England Brothers department store was

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Chris Lehrecke: A Design Star Shines on Warren Street

Knowing shoppers watch Warren Street with all the urgency that baseball fans bring to the World Series.  Something exciting seems to happen there nearly every day, but no day outshines the recent one when designer Chris Lehrecke opened his eponymous shop.  Lehrecke's work, which normally is available only

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Germain: Great Barrington's New House of Style

You wouldn't be surprised to find a loft-like store with a rural-zen aesthetic on Warren Street in Hudson, but in Great Barrington it feels like a world of wonder. "A woman came in this weekend and said, I feel like I'm in Brooklyn," says

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Shopping Plus: Knitter's Nirvana this Weekend in Rhinebeck

Of course, there will be yarn, thousands of skeins of it, and not just wool either.  There will be cashmere, alpaca and other exotic specialty fibers.  There will also be products made from yarn—sweaters, socks—as well as bags of fleece for those who prefer to do their own

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Shopping: Everyone You Need to See in One Convenient Place

The Fine Home Source Show this Saturday in Millbrook is perfectly timed.  Now that the rainy season is finally behind us, a refresher course in domestic amenity is in order, so we and our poor water-logged houses are prepared for the next challenge.  In a fraction of the time it

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Shopping: Tivoli Mercantile Puts the Red Back in Red Hook

As bright and cheerful as the bouquet of zinnias that greets customers as they walk through the door, Tivoli Mercantile, the new shop in Red Hook owned by Jill Cornillon, has something for everyone; at least, everyone who is likely to be walking down East Market Street in Red Hook

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The Secret Side of Hunter Bee

Hunter Bee, the antiques store that opened last fall in Millerton selling furniture and folk-art objects that give a country house wit and soul, has a funky and fashionable alter ego.  Co-owner Jonathan Bee, who was a club kid in 1980s New York City, has opened a shop-within-the-shop ("I

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Shopping: The Discreet Charm of the Upscale Sale

There are few things in life more gratifying than a bargain.   What else can make us feel this way—so virtuous (think of the savings!), yet so naughty (what a steal!), all at once?  This weekend, there are a couple of upscale sales that are worthy of the attention of

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White Webb's Intaglio at Tom Swope in Hudson

Faster than a rumor skittering across a party line—that’s how the grapevine works these days. Take, for example, the case of White Webb, interior designers from New York, and Tom Swope, Hudson gallery owner.  A few months ago, Rural Intelligence ran a story on Swope's hushed

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