Style A Grander Scale: Dai Ban Finds His True Nature Poring over a thick picture portfolio of nearly two decades of work as a graphic model maker for film and television, artist and sculptor Dai Ban shakes his head and laughs lightly. “Nothing on TV is real,” he says, “Not even the real thing.” Inside his bright, cozy Great Barrington-based By Editor
Style Boxwood Linen: Pressed in Hillsdale Franca Fusco, designer and owner of Boxwood Linen, doesn't believe in holding the finer things in life back. “When I hear people say ‘It’s too pretty to use,’ I just think ‘Oh dear. What life are you waiting for?’ Do it for yourself. I don’t understand By Editor
Style Dawn Hill Also Rises Sitting atop a rise across from the Falls of New Preston, Dawn Hill Antiques mirrors an airy, light-filled Swedish country manor. “On a trip to Paris years ago I saw a Swedish clock with its wonderful pale grey paint and carvings, and I just fell in love with it,” says By Editor
Style Stuff: The Deep Dish on Porcelain, Among Other Things Interior designer Carey Maloney, also known to Rural Intelligence readers as The Wandering Eye, has the enviable gift of making his interests, be they erudite or off-the-wall, compelling and entertaining to others. In his first book, Stuff, recently published by Pointed Leaf Press, and lavishly illustrated, mostly with examples of By Editor
Style Margaret Roach Delivers The Backyard Parables Sequestered on a hillside in Copake, New York, Margaret Roach — former editorial director of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and, before that, longtime staffer on the New York Times and Newsday — tends her land as well as her website, A Way to Garden, which many, from neophyte to expert, proclaim to By Editor
Style Local Exotica in Hudson 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 four years ago to document the restoration of their neighbor’s historic manse, but over time his mind and his By Editor
Style Gilmor Glass: Glassy Eyed in Millerton What would turn someone from a pre-med student to a career in ceramics, and, eventually, hand-blown glass? “Fire," says Jon Gilmor, owner of Millerton’s Gilmor Glass, with a glint in his eye. "I got to play with fire. It’s [also] working with my hands. It’s By Editor
Style Walking on Art: The Unlikely Canvas of the Masses Rarely does a writer pick up the pen in a moment of complete bliss. Nor does an artist envision and create a monumental masterpiece due to an overabundance of happiness. No, the art world (or art of any kind) is usually born of pain and sorrow. Scott Bartzsch can attest By Editor
Style The Kitchenware of Columbia County Mark Heidorn, owner of Hudson’s go-to kitchenware store Marx Home, and Lynne Michael, owner of Chatham’s American Pie, share a secret: Owning a cook’s store leaves very little time for actual cooking. “I don’t cook anymore,” says Heidorn who diligently stocks the shelves of his 9-year-old By Editor
Style Three's Company at Nest In between planning carpools and sleepovers, Ellen Hubbard, Lisa Foster, and Mary Harvey planned the first incarnation of what is now Nest, a modern interiors and design house in Lakeville, Connecticut. The trio met while their children attended Indian Mountain School, and the first seeds for Nest were sewn. Tucked By Editor
Style Holiday Gift Guide: Fifty Stores With Under $150 Wonders Libations, Desserts, and Artisanal Goods Shirecity Fire Cider, Pittsfield Locally made tonic of raw apple cider vinegar and honey, sold in amber glass bottles (16 oz/ $29). Hillrock Estate Distillery, Ancram Field-to-glass handcrafted whiskey distilled on-site from estate-grown grain ($80). 408 Pooles Hill Road (518) 329-1023 Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Great By Editor
