Style 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 By Editor
Style 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 By Editor
Style 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 By Editor
Style 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' By Editor
Style The High-Performance House, Part 6: The Facade Takes Shape 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 sixth installment By Editor
Style Garden: Hydrangea Love The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. Our garden writer, Madaline Sparks, is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years she was the contributing garden editor By Editor
Style The RuraList Sings The Blues (On Trend For Spring) If you follow color trends, you know that “Greenery” is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2017. It’s “a refreshing and revitalizing shade, symbolic of new beginnings,” says the color forecasting institute. But perhaps we’re not quite at the “new beginnings” just yet, because that leafy hue By Editor
Style Susan Schneider Perfects The Art Of The Lampshade (And More) Susan Schneider creates lamps and shades out of just about anything you want. By Lisa Green
Style The High-Performance House, Part 5: Revelations 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 fifth installment By Editor
Style Flower Power: Boost Your Mood With Houseplants The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. Our garden writer, Madaline Sparks, is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years she was the contributing garden editor By Editor
Style Not Your Average Alpaca: Alicia Adams Softens the Edges Photo: Claire Rosen. By Nichole Dupont We all remember them, the rough-as-bark, dun-colored sweaters so bulky so that they could make even Kate Moss look puffy. But we so wanted to like them because there was some revolutionary air about wearing a fat, itchy alpaca sweater. Fortunately, By Editor
