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Florence de Dampierre's New Book on Walls that Talk

If they were less witty and exuberant, it might be tempting to describe the books written by Florence de Dampierre (her 5th, Walls: The Best of Decorative Treatments, has just been published by Rizzoli) as reference works.  Thorough and intelligent, rich in history and anecdote, they are rarities—"coffee

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Out on a Limb: Architects Take a Bough

According to Vitruvius, the Roman scholar who authored De architectura, architecture is man's imitation of the nests, lairs, and hives animals build for themselves.  He also famously observed that architecture must have commodity, firmness, and delight. One wonders where he would have stood on treehouses.  These improvised structures

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Style Shopping: Mirror, Mirror

On Saturday, April 23, 441 Gallery, the upstairs exhibition space at TK Home and Garden in Hudson, will host the opening of an exhibition of twenty-eight mostly convex mirrors designed by Cristobal Morales, who lives in Spencertown.  Beautifully crafted and elegant, it takes more than a moment to recognize the

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Picture This: Cuba Circa 1890 - 1960

Our blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his partner Hermes Mallea, an architect, are principals in the M (Group). Hermes’ mother -  ready for Carnival.  Muy Poiret So this was fun…. Last week we went to Cuba to “put on a show!”  Very Little Rascals. Animal prints, plaids, and that

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Annie Kelly's "Litchfield Style"

Anyone who has ever driven through Litchfield County and been mesmerized by its magnificent 18th- and 19th-century houses (which is to say, anyone who can see), can now satisfy the longing to snoop around inside some of the best of them.  Litchfield Style, by the decorator Annie Kelly with photographs

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At Home with Interior Designer Matthew Patrick Smyth

Like the rooms he designs for his city and country clients, Matthew Patrick Smyth is  easy-going, tailored and unpretentious.  The interior designer, who divides his time between homes in Manhattan, Paris, and Sharon, CT, has built an enviable career by combining his good taste and sense of appropriateness with a

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Kamilla's Brings Flower Power to Millerton

The brightest and most exuberant spot in Millerton's retail scene is undoubtedly Kamilla's floral boutique on Main Street (next door to Terni's.)  With its chartreusey walls and pots of blooming plants and refrigerator of flowers, it's cheery and uplifiting even on overcast

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Style Shopping: The Royal Wedding and We

What, precisely, does the British royal wedding have to do with the likes of thee and me?  Thanks to Selina van der Geest, owner of the Bangall (Dutchess County) shop NL-GB, quite a lot, as a matter of fact.  This weekend, Red Devon Restaurant in Bangall, together with its nearest

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Splendid Peasant Antiques: A Modern Approach to Folk Art

Kitty and Martin Jacobs understand if you're just as interested in their stunning contemporary house as their museum quality collection of antique folk art. After all, they built this house on a dirt road in Sheffield two years ago not only as their home but as a destination

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Style Shopping: Stair Galleries' Albert Hadley Warehouse Sale

This Friday, Stair Galleries in Hudson will conduct an auction that includes items from the warehouse of Albert Hadley, interior designer extraordinaire, who is retiring at 93. As Christopher Petkanas writing for the The New York Times recently observed, in the late 1970s through 80s and well beyond, Hadley was

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Ornamentum: Jewelry That is Art and Vice Versa

Crafts, in general, fare badly in the hierarchy of art;  jewelry-making perhaps most of all, particularly in the U.S., where it is still too often dismissed as a pass-time for 1960s-style drop-outs.   Stefan Friedemann, who with his wife Laura Lapachin owns Ornamentum, a Hudson gallery specializing in conceptual and

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Battle Hill Forge: Alternative Metalworkers with Indie Spirit

In a funky barn-red building hard by Route 7 in Falls Village, CT, Willy Blass, Israel "Izzy" Fitch, and Jeffrey Vanam turn metal into poetry. Over the past five years, they have handcrafted everything from custom andirons and chandeliers to garden gates and nature-inspired jewelry.  Once a local

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