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Mary Randolph Carter's New Book Title Is A Collector's Mantra

Mary Randolph Carter knows the frisson of discovery at tag sales and antique shops. After all, she's written the book (and blog) on junking. In her newest, she extolls the virtues of living with your treasures. "There are so many reasons to say, I don’t need

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Garden: Throwing Shade

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey, who is as delighted as every gardener that spring appears

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Stair Galleries: Finds From A Friend (Tom Noonan)

RUN...DON'T WALK! Time is short and the merch is top quality, so get to Stair Galleries and view the sale slated for Saturday, May 17 – Confluence: The Collection of Tom Noonan. Sadly, Tom has decided to close up his shop, Noonan Antiques. Tom’s iconic "signage:

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Trade Secrets: New Vendors Join The Perennial

Martha Stewart and Manhattan florist Zezé at last year's Trade Secrets. Trade Secrets is northwestern Connecticut’s grandest garden party of the year. What started 14 years ago at Bunny Williams’s Falls Village home as a community rare-plant-and-antique sale for charity has morphed into

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The Wandering Eye: A Social Media Surf Report

These blogs evolve – quickly – from one simple idea, in this case local online resources that are useful and/or amusing, into a crazed rant, this time on social media. Then I rein in, edit like a fiend, and the piece is still too long and way too "elastic"

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Garden: Gift Certificate With A Cherry (Tree) On Top

The following is a regular column that addreses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey, who is as delighted as every gardener that spring appears

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Garden: Feeling Spring Feverish

The following is a regular column that addreses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey, who is as delighted as every gardener that spring appears

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Lynn Chase Inspires Dinner Conversations and Conservation

A display of porcelain from Lynn Chase Designs at TK Home and Garden. By Lisa Green For Lynn Chase, it’s all about the animals. She’s a conservationist to the core. Even when you try to get the self-taught artist and product designer to talk about Lynn Chase

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The Wandering Eye: A Palm Springs Primer

Our Wandering Eye blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his husband, architect Hermes Mallea, are principals in the Manhattan based design firm M (Group). He signed on with Rural Intelligence early on to document the restoration of their neighbor’s historic manse, but over time his mind and his eye

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Garden: Dear Diary

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey, who is just as anxious for spring as you are.

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Haldora Offers Classic Fashion Designed In Rhinebeck

By Andrea Pyros Women’s fashion designer Haldora spent much of her life traveling in the states and abroad. But when it came time to pick a dream location for her eponymous clothing boutique, she chose Rhinebeck. “I was always drawn to the area. I’m extremely visual and the

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Garden: A Guide To Growing Herbs Indoors

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. Since few things (other than snowmen) grow in the snow, Brian Cruey

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