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The High-Performance House, Part 8: Almost There

Rona Easton and Lonn Combs of EASTON+COMBS, the award-winning architectural office based in New Marlborough, Mass. have allowed Rural Intelligence to look over their shoulders (and those of their client) throughout the construction process of a high-performance home going up right now. This is the eighth installment in a

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Get What You Want At The Keith and Patti Richards Auction

An amazing auction filled with high-style, Victorian antiques.

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Spencertown Academy Arts Center Celebrates Artful Landscapes

By Madaline Sparks A few weeks ago, I wrote a column for RI called “ My Top 10 Reasons to Go on a Garden Tour." Well, here’s your chance to test them out at the 13th Annual Hidden Gardens Tour, benefitting the Spencertown Academy Arts Center. Full disclosure: I&

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It's Annie Selke's World. And You Can Live In It.

By Lisa Green When we last caught up with Annie Selke, just a few months ago, the founder and creative force behind the Annie Selke Company was busy putting the final touches on her first consumer catalog. Like everything she envisions, that venture has been a great success; now proven,

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My Top Ten Reasons To Go On A Garden Tour

Columbines naturalized on a rock outcropping at Major General Ashley House. By Madaline Sparks As a professional gardener, I love to go on garden tours! The experience is always educating and inspiring. I recently attended the Trade Secrets Garden Tour. Four spectacular locations were open for viewing in Cornwall and

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The High-Performance House, Part 7: Here Comes The Light

Rona Easton and Lonn Combs of EASTON+COMBS, the award-winning architectural office based in New Marlborough, Mass. have allowed Rural Intelligence to look over their shoulders (and those of their client) throughout the construction process of a high-performance home going up right now. This is the seventh installment of eight

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Trade Secrets: A Conversation With Bunny Williams

By Madaline Sparks I managed to snag a moment with the incredibly busy interior designer Bunny Williams for a quick phone conversation between her road trips. She was just back from Highpoint, NC and leaving to give a lecture in Dallas.  I wanted to chat about the upcoming 17th Annual

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Garden Center and Nursery Round Up: Berkshires And NWCT

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At Kasuri, Avant-Garde Fashion Has Moved Upstate

By Jamie Larson Compared to other luxury clothing stores, walking into Kasuri, in Hudson, New York, feels different. It's as if you're witnessing a living, breathing extension of the art form that is Fashion. Owner Layla Kalin stocks her salon exclusively from personal trips to the

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Garden Center and Nursery Round Up: Columbia and Dutchess

By Madaline Sparks Though spring officially arrived in March, clearly Mother Nature didn’t get the message! Snow is still melting and temps are many degrees below what is supposed to be typical by now. That said, it will come and we need to be ready to hit the ground

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Bring Home A Piece of The Famous Twin Oaks

By Lisa Green Once upon a time, in Sharon, Conn., the Twin Oaks Preserve was home to a pair of iconic white oak trees that stood in the field for over 250 years. Wisely, in 1998, with the help of the residents and the Salisbury Land Trust, the town decided

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Louisa Ellis: Shopping From Head To Toe

By Nichole Dupont Two days before my 40th birthday I walk into Louisa Ellis (its new home is a larger space at 294 Main Street in Great Barrington) thinking I was going to have a brief sit-down interview with the store’s owner/innovator/maven Melissa Bigarel. I'm

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