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Michael Devine: Designer without Borders

Michael Devine is the Scarlet Pimpernel of the interior design world. He's here: His headquarters, if a moving target can be said to have a home base, is an enchanting little retail shop (shown here) in enchanting, little Kinderhook, NY, where he sells his own fabrics and stylish

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Rural Rules of Life: Twenty Questions for "FLIP! For Decorating" Author Elizabeth Mayhew

Since she was a teenager, Elizabeth Mayhew, who hails from Louisville, KY, has been spending time in Millbrook, NY, where she came for New Year's Eve in 1984 to visit her Middlesex School classmate and future husband, Timothy, whom she married in 1993 when they were both 24.

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Sandy Klempner Takes the Fifth with Style

For some people, an interesting shop can be like the bar in Cheers, a place worthy of regular visits, where comfort and stimulation in equal measure are guaranteed, and where at least somebody knows your name. Sandy Klempler Antiques and Interiors in Canaan, NY, just west of the Massachusetts border,

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Passages: Our Blogger Ties the Knot

It's not just Connecticut that's full of surprises. This just in from faithful correspondent Carey Maloney. Connecticut Welcomes You!   If only you knew how long and how relentlessly we have made fun of Connecticut—the proverbial “state of mind”…Particularly Greenwich. … Precious and preppy.  The Upper

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Au Revoir Basic French

The economy is really only part of it.  There is another, even more compelling reason, if truth be told.  But if it makes you feel better to blame the economy, welcome aboard.  Basic French, the store specializing in French products for "la vie quotidienne"  (everyday life) is shuttering

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Let Us Now Praise Rhinebeck's 5 & 10 Cent Store: A.L. Stickle

The village of Rhinebeck is surrounded by landmarks like Wilderstein and Montgomery Place,  but the only truly living, breathing historic site is the A.L. Stickle variety store on East Market Street.  Stickle's is the last of a breed. It's the quintessential small town  5 &

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Rural Rules of Life: Twenty Questions for Margaret Roach

A year ago, when Rural Intelligence was brand new, so was A Way To Garden.com, the garden blog produced by Margaret Roach from her home in Copake Falls, NY.  Though Margaret had been spending weekends toiling in her Columbia County garden for more than twenty years, she had only

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How and What to Buy at Auction: A Pro's Guide

Here Carey Maloney of M (Group), normally our Restoration correspondent, take us on a digital shopping spree to Stair Galleries forthcoming auction. OK – it’s my profession and my obsession.  I love Old Stuff – I’ve never been that interested in the brand new. I prefer old flatware over the

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High Drama at George Cole's Auction House in Red Hook

Sam Scripps, who lived for decades in an old stone house on the river in Rhineclif, had a passion for antiques and theater. Now, his love of the former will beneft the latter.  On Saturday, March 14, nearly 400 lots from his house will be sold at George Cole Auctions

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Stair Restoration: A Superstar in our Midst

When I first came to New York in the early 1980’s and worked at Christie’s (Fine Art Auctions), there was one firm that defined Fine (read: Very Expensive) English Furniture—Stair and Company.  What Harry Winston was to diamonds, Stair and Company on 57th Street was to English

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Saville Row (with Sass) Comes to Bangall

Interior designer Selina van der Geest does the sort of work—high quality, fundamentally fitting-and-proper, but with just enough edge to make it simultaneously lively and au courant—that leaps off the pages of Elle Décor, where it is routinely published.   It follows, then, that her renown for

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Find Comfort in Cocooning at Nest in Millerton

When times are harsh, people find comfort at home.  And when you're home a lot, you want to fluff up your nest. This impulse for "cocooning," as trend forecaster Faith Popcorn labeled it back in the 1980s, is a constructive way of coping. 'We are

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