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The Case for a (Sometimes) Messy and Mismatched House

In her latest book, A Perfectly Kept House is the Sign of Misspent Life,  Mary Randolph Carter, long-time creative director for Ralph Lauren, makes an amusing and persuasive case for living creatively with collections, clutter, work, kids, pets, art, etc. She also encourages her readers to stop worrying about

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Book News: "The Gardens of the Hudson Valley"

In his foreword to the newly published Gardens of the Hudson Valley (The Moncaelli Press; $50), Gregory Long, the president of the New York Botanical Garden, reminds us that we should not take our geography for granted and that "the Hudson takes its place among the world's

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The Belgian Connection: TK Opens in Hudson

An ancient artifact, lit by an early 20th-century industrial lamp, rests on a rough-hewn antique table that’s pushed against a wall that appears to have clocked several hundred years of wear and tear and is all the more beautiful for it. Above the table hangs a large,

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10th Annual Cornwall House Tour Spans Four Centuries

"This is the anti-McMansion house tour," says architect and sculptor Tim Prentice, who has worked on two of the six houses in this year's tour, which is centered around bucolic Cream Hill Lake. "You won't see any stone walls with hospital corners

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Book News: "The Private Gardens of Connecticut"

Gardens go dormant as the cold weather settles in, but gardeners never do. "Now is the time I start thinking about what I am going to plant next year," says author Jane Garmey, whose just-published collaboration with photographer John M. Hall, Private Gardens of Connecticut (Monacelli Press;

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Historic Hudson House Tour: At Home with History

Six intriguing Hudson houses, once derelict now brought back to vibrant life, promise to make for a fascinating tour this Saturday to benefit Historic Hudson, an advocacy group devoted to preserving the cultural and architectural heritage of the city. Each of the properties, which are all within walking distance of

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Home Improvement: A Day of High-End Show and Tell

No question, the internet simplifies shopping.  You hear about a product, and within a click or two, you know exactly where you can get it, how much it costs, and what it looks like...on a computer screen.  But for certain kinds of purchases—custom work, expensive things, technically complicated

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A Fashion Pop-Up Shop at FACE Stockholm in Hudson

Petria May, a former New York City lawyer who now lives in Great Barrington, has a somewhat incompatible passion for country living and chic city clothing. For the past seven years, she has reconciled these divergent interests in a series of high-end vintage clothing stores, beginning with a shop

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Country Style + Community Conscience = Hammertown at 25

In the very beginning 25 years ago, there were mostly crafts and gift items. "And lots of dried flowers!" recalls Hammertown Barn owner and founder Joan Osofsky, grinning and wincing at the memory of mid-1980s country style. "We had quilting and stenciling workshops, too." When

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Devine Garden Open to Benefit Kinderhook Village

September 4  @ 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. For the third and final time this summer, internationally recognized textile designer Michael Devine will open to visitors his jewel box of a garden behind the commercial building in Kinderhook that houses his shop.  The goal of these open garden days is

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Rural Outfitters: Peter Becks Village Store Opens in Salisbury

With three boarding schools—Salisbury, Indian Mountain and Hotchkiss—Salisbury, CT, is arguably the preppiest town in our region, but until this week there was no place for prep students or their parents (or grandparents) to buy the high quality sporty clothing and gear that's essential to the

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A Redone Ranch House is Finally Ready for its Close-Up

Two years ago, Jack Thomasson,  producer of the TV show “Blog Cabin” on the DIY Network asked Millbrook architect James Crisp to come up with a plan to transform a dreary 1970s ranch house, left, that happened to be in a wonderful location (overlooking the Bethel Arts Center on the

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