Style FineHome Source 2016 Adds Fashion To The Mix FineHome Source 2016 adds fashion to the roster. By Jamie Larson
Style Mail Call: Annie Selke Company Introduces Its First Catalog By Lisa Green Catalogs are near and dear to Annie Selke’s heart. As a girl, the founder of and creative force behind the textile-driven Annie Selke Company, headquartered in Pittsfield, could be found poring through the myriad home and shelter catalogs her parents received. And because so many By Editor
Style A Garden Of Contained Exuberance 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 Master Artists Reimagine The Modern Jewelry Box By CB Wismar Tim McClelland is laughing. Which is okay, because he’s laughing at himself. “I just thought it would be fun to reach out to 15 extraordinarily talented people who had been part of an intense, creative environment 35 years ago and see what they're doing By Editor
Style Oatmeal Studios: Always Good For A Laugh A trade show display. By Lisa Green When Oatmeal Studios gathers its team for a creative brainstorming session, it’s no ordinary staff meeting. The greeting card company based in Lenox Dale, Mass., has been in the business of making people laugh for over 35 years, and the writers, illustrators By Editor
Style When The Rain Doesn't Come...Ever 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 Garden Dialogues Explore Synergy Between Designer And Client Salisbury estate. Photo: Larry Weaner Landscape Associates, courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation. By Lisa Green Thanks to the myriad of house and garden tours and “open days" throughout our region, garden aficionados have fairly frequent access to some magnificent private gardens. There, the artful landscapes self describe the what By Editor
Style Dispatch From The Garden: Color...And Not 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 A Beautiful Shade Of Green 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 Amble And Admire The View: Kinderhook Garden Stroll By Lisa Green Kinderhook, New York loves its Dutch ancestry. To quote ourselves, “Kinderhook has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to historical architecture." We’ve previously written about the town’s more famous buildings. But this being garden tour season, Kinderhook wants to introduce visitors to a By Editor
Style 'Books & Blooms' Garden Tour Crosses The Cornwalls By Lisa Green We know, from posting countless listings over the years, that books and gardens loom large in the lives of Rural Intelligence readers. And when those two subjects are combined in one event, as they are in The Cornwall (Conn.) Library’s annual summer benefit and garden tour, By Editor
Style House And Barn Preservation Expo: Advice From The Experts Resources at last year's expo: interior finishes, walls and floor coverings; how to reuse old barn wood; roofing slates; early hand-forged and machine-forged hardware. Photo: Historic Red Hook. By Lisa Green Congratulations. You’ve just bought an old house or barn. Or maybe you’re ready By Editor