Michaela Carpenter. Photo by Rachel Bock. Style She's Reimagining the Rhinecliff Hotel With Art, Style, and Historic Care, One Room at a Time The business’s new owner Michaela Carpenter is commissioning original work from regional artists for every room, then designing around it—and building a communal gathering space downstairs meant to turn the historic hotel into a home base for local makers. By Jamie Larson •
Style Palestine Heirloom Seed Library Fundraiser on Ghent Farm With Designer Neville Wisdom Fashion Show The Jamaica-born, New Haven-based designer premieres "GEORGE" on an outdoor catwalk, with proceeds funding Palestinian seed preservation. By Jamie Larson •
Style Photo Gallery: Olana Says Goodbye to Summer With a Sold-Out 200th Birthday Party Supporters of The Olana Partnership gathered September 19 to celebrate the season and Frederic Church 200 with local chefs, winemakers, and brewers. By Jamie Larson •
Style Native Plant Seed Saving Masterclass in The Sharon Fen With Botanist Heather Liljengren A calcareous fen seldom open to the public hosts a hands-on class in recognizing seed maturity and collecting responsibly. By Jamie Larson •
Style The FleaHive Market Brings Secondhand Style to North Adams Vintage, upcycled, and handmade vendors take over Hotel Downstreet for a curated market. By Jamie Larson •
Style The Gallery Next Door: Elizabeth Moore Transforms a Captain Clapboard into a Living Showcase in Hudson "The best environment for me is a gallery,” Moore explains. “Every apartment I’ve lived in I’ve approached as a space where art, design, and architecture work together. I always renovate my spaces to accommodate my collections. That’s how I live.” By Mary Angeles Armstrong •
Style Millbrook Library Tours Beatrix Farrand's Wild Garden in Hyde Park Director of Horticulture Ashley Gamell leads a walk through the newly installed native plant garden at Bellefield, at peak abundance in September By Jamie Larson •
Style Old Growth Modernist Design: Ten Broeck Cottage in Livingston Two architects spent two decades transforming a crumbling 1734 Dutch farmhouse into a modernist family home—salvaging its history in the beams, floorboards, and a dining table cut from a fallen sugar maple. By Mary Angeles Armstrong •
Style Wendy Wisbrun’s Addition to an Early 19th-Century Copake Connects Home to Landscape 1850 Greek Revival occupied an enchanting site beside conserved land, but the house turned little of its attention toward the forest. Until now. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Style "Hudson Folk" Captures the People, Places, and Relationships Shaping the Region’s Cultural Life "Hudson Folk: Creative People and Places in the Hudson Valley" written by Amanda Benchley and Tamara Weiss, with photographs by Elizabeth Cecil, presents the region’s creative life as a web of relationships. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Style The Garden’s Second Season: Fall Blooms, Winter Roots, and a Lighter Approach to Cleanup The garden in fall can be every bit as lovely as it is in spring or summer, and a few shifts in approach can make tending it lighter and more rewarding. By Chronogram Staff •
Style The Berkshire Woodworkers Guild's Labor Day Show Live demonstrations run from stitch-and-glue boat building to shave horse technique, with proceeds funding the next generation of craftspeople. By Jamie Larson •
