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Poesis: Modern Design With a Bit of Whimsy

By Sarah Ellen RindsbergAll photos by Robert Bristow and John Gruen, courtesy of Poesis Design Who says that building a new home or doing interior renovations needs to be a hideous ordeal? With a talented team of architects on board, the tasks involved can actually be a journey toward self-

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A Crisp Autumn Day: The Fine Home Source Show In Millbrook

By Jamie Larson Picture your dream home, or maybe your dream second home. A grand old farmhouse tucked into the woods or abreast some rolling fields. Immaculately preserved, the house’s porch sweeps around to the back, where it meets the pool and the recently built guest house that mimics

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Garden: The Perrenial Divide

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. This week, Brian Cruey explains the importance of breaking up your perennials,

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Garden: Going To (Tomato) Seed

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. This week, Brian Cruey of the BBG explains how to store your

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At Hancock Shaker Village: A Twice-in-a-Lifetime Auction

By Scott Baldinger There are collectors in the world who, in retrospect, seem almost clairvoyant about what is of lasting value and may appreciate over the years, particularly in the decorative arts, a realm especially vulnerable to the whims of what's in or out at any moment in

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Garden: The Bee-Bee Tree

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. This week, Brian Cruey waxes arboreal about one his favorite trees, named

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Small Batch, Big Space: A Hipster’s Mecca in Great Barrington

By Nichole Dupont At first glance, Abby Webster and Andrew Pruhenski are the typical hipster couple. They are young. They raise chickens. He is mousy-haired and sports vintage jeans and canvas shoes. She is uber-creative, only slightly adorned with a gray t-shirt and asymmetrical bead necklace (which

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The Rhinebeck Department Store: A Bit of History Repeating

by Dale Stewart Barbara and Dick Schreiber set their sights on One East Market Street back in 1985. The historic three-story Italianate building has been a cornerstone in Rhinebeck village since 1870, where, catty-corner from Beekman Arms Hotel, it stood as proof that the all-purpose shop has

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Second Home: Making All Local Stops

By Dale Stewart The Berkshires are known for all things summer, but nothing is more beloved than the Tanglewood Music Center. If Suzannah Van Schaick, owner of Lenox's Second Home, has her way, her hard-to-keep-in-stock Tanglewood tables ($37) will be dotted all over the

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Garden: The Corn is Green

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. This week, Brian Cruey offers tips on that summer specialty, corn: how

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Thumbs Down On Rotten Tomatoes: Getting Rid of the Hornworm

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. This week, Brian Cruey offers tips on how to keep your tomato

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Garden: Grateful Deadheading

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. This week, Brian Cruey offers tips on how to keep your flowering

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