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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'

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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

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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

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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

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Susan Schneider Perfects The Art Of The Lampshade (And More)

Susan Schneider creates lamps and shades out of just about anything you want.

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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

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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

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