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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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-

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Thrifty Chic: New England Girl

“It all started with an end table, then an armoire, and it just blew up. I’m so lucky, I can’t keep my head on straight,” Nicole Goncalves, aka the New England Girl, marvels as she surveys her design studio in an 1800's barn just outside of

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Cordially Yours: The Stationer

Matthew Lynn, owner of Washington Depot’s The Stationer, is perfectly disheveled in a perfectly preppy way, not to mention movie star handsome. It's almost exactly what you’d expect from a small town stationery store owner who keeps shop in an old blacksmith studio with a dirt

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Dynamite Angel: Shoebox Soigné

“I have a rich fantasy life, I dress up to pick up Chinese food,” says Dynamite Angel store-owner and musician Carolyn Wallace, looking around her recently opened, 250-square-foot jewel box of a space in New Preston, Connecticut. As customers came streaming in on a perfect fall day,

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Art et Industrie: Man, Meet Nature

Owner Jordan Schlanger and co-worker Caitlyn Schomaker on Jesse Reimer's "Mother-Daughter" bench Housatonic is a study in contrasts. In this Berkshire town, brick mill houses and graffitied trains long out of service nestle alongside a gushing river and hills flocked with trees. “It’s

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