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There's Shopping, then There's Shopping

Behind every good store, there’s an artful shopper.  Most home furnishings stores in our region, for example, select their stock from the furniture market at High Point, NC and from the vendors at various trade shows at the Javits Center in New York.  In other words, the same stuff

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Many States, Many Styles: Easy, Affordable & Fun

Everyone loves this antiques show—serious collectors, dabblers, dealers.  Close to 200 of the latter, some specializing in the fun and affordable, others more serious, will gather this weekend at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, as their kind have for the past 30 Memorial Days, rain or shine (it's

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Privet House: A Shopping "Revolution" in Warren, CT

If shopping is your recreational drug of choice, then Richard Lambertson and Suzanne Cassano are the dealers of your dreams. Last week, they opened Privet House, which they call an emporium of home goods, antiques and curiosities. They have artfully displayed a wide assortment of things—from antique calligraphy brushes

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Mother's Day: The Rural Intelligence Gift Guide

Mother's come in all sizes, shapes, and persuasions.  Whether yours is an earth mother, a soccer mom, the Queen Mum, as modern as MOMA or as comfortable as an old slipper, the perfect gift for her lies close at hand; no shipping required.   Some thoughts... Early-blooming, bird-pleasing Shad

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Shopping: Our Lady of The Lamps

We all know someone who grows lettuce for a living and people who spin their own wool, blow glass or bake bread the old-time, labor-intensive way, fashioning a career by keeping craft and tradition alive. When you first walk into Susan Schneider's lamp shop in Millerton, you wouldn&

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Shopping: Green Living 101

How many college graduates does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, if you consult Brian Torrico. A 2007 graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation's oldest engineering school,  Torrico recently opened the Grenergy Solar Store in Sheffield, MA (he grew up in neighboring Mt.

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