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Trend Alert: Iron Garden Accessories

Two of the best-respected gardeners in northwestern Connecticut—Lee Link of Sharon and Bunny Williams of Falls Village—are both besotted with handmade metal ornaments made by the young fellows at Battle Hill Forge in Falls Village. "I learned about them when I was shopping for plants at

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Nesting: The Second Home Takes Center Stage

Many people profess that a second home changes their life, but actress Annette Miller can make the case more emphatically and convincingly than most.  Nearly twenty years ago, she and husband, Michael, who were living in Newton, MA, started looking for a little weekend house in the Berkshires. The place

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Salander-O’Reilly Bankruptcy Auction at Stair Galleries

For nearly a year, the art world has been abuzz with news of the closing of the Salander  - O’Reilly Gallery, and its subsequent bankruptcy filing.  On June 7th, Stair Galleries of Hudson conducts the first auction of goods from the collection. “It was a struggle from start-to-finish

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There's Shopping, then There's Shopping

Behind every good store, there’s an artful shopper.  Most home furnishings stores in our region, for example, select their stock from the furniture market at High Point, NC and from the vendors at various trade shows at the Javits Center in New York.  In other words, the same stuff

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Many States, Many Styles: Easy, Affordable & Fun

Everyone loves this antiques show—serious collectors, dabblers, dealers.  Close to 200 of the latter, some specializing in the fun and affordable, others more serious, will gather this weekend at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, as their kind have for the past 30 Memorial Days, rain or shine (it's

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Garden Tour: Conservancy Open Days Begin on Saturday

Saturday marks the beginning of the Open Days Garden Conservancy Tour season, with some of our region's most exceptional gardens open to the public. (We will keep you informed of tours of other properties on Open Days throughout the growing season.)  Saturday's itinerary has us poking

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Privet House: A Shopping "Revolution" in Warren, CT

If shopping is your recreational drug of choice, then Richard Lambertson and Suzanne Cassano are the dealers of your dreams. Last week, they opened Privet House, which they call an emporium of home goods, antiques and curiosities. They have artfully displayed a wide assortment of things—from antique calligraphy brushes

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Mother's Day: The Rural Intelligence Gift Guide

Mother's come in all sizes, shapes, and persuasions.  Whether yours is an earth mother, a soccer mom, the Queen Mum, as modern as MOMA or as comfortable as an old slipper, the perfect gift for her lies close at hand; no shipping required.   Some thoughts... Early-blooming, bird-

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Playing by the Rules: The Faulkner 14

Many interior designers, when pressed for useful advice, will say, "It's impossible to generalize--there are no hard and fast rules." Not Frank Faulkner. An artist who also practices interior design (he says) by default or (we say) by popular demand, Faulkner speaks of his sideline

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Shopping: Our Lady of The Lamps

We all know someone who grows lettuce for a living and people who spin their own wool, blow glass or bake bread the old-time, labor-intensive way, fashioning a career by keeping craft and tradition alive. When you first walk into Susan Schneider's lamp shop in Millerton,

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Hands On: Stone Walls and Stone or Brick Paving

Nothing classes up a property like a bit of stone hardscape.  It is that rarity in design--a thing that is at once humble and grand (indoors, a fine old wood floor makes a similar contribution).  This Saturday (or, in case of rain, Sunday), at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, Mark

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A Tiny House With A Big Heart

When you visit Kimberly Rock and Eric Haggard's doll-sized house on Main Street in Falls Village, it's immediately apparent that they're a child-centered family. The grandest room in their 1840s eyebrow colonial is their daughters' playroom, an addition they built for

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