Architect and owners team up to turn a modest cabin into a lakeside retreat, complete with spa.
Celebrate spring with Agnes Devereux’s asparagus tart
Giving a room a space lift without spending a dime
Undaunted by a rocky outcropping behind her house, a Dutchess County horticulturalist creates a glorious alpine garden.
Out of necessity, because it was falling apart, my husband and I renovated our 1860s house right after we bought it. First we fixed all the dull but vital things (the roof, the foundation, bearing ...
A restorer with a passion for the past brings a historic stone house into the 21st century.
Landscaper Keith Buesing’s talent for topiary
A cosmetic makeover — and a dazzling new addition — give a run-down old farmhouse a new lease on life.
The Scoop a fresh start: easy updates for every room Behind the Barn When Joan Osofsky opened the first Hammertown Barn in Pine Plains in 1985 — actually in an old horse barn — ...
Entertaining Hearty & Healthy Beat the blahs with chef Marcus Guiliano’s Sockeye salmon Yes, it’s January, so we’re all on a diet. And yes, we’ve vowed to be more healthy in 2008. But ...
Victorian Splendor A couple with an extensive collection of ornate antiques finds the perfect setting to house them By Mary Forsell • Photographs by Michael Polito It must have been an ...
Castle in the Air A patron of the arts dreams up a condo with royal appeal By A.J. Loftin • Photographs by Daniel Aubry For nearly a century, anyone traveling through ...
BackStory Feats of Clay Stephen Fabrico’s ceramic art runs from teapots to totems Apart from four years in the Navy at the invitation of Uncle Sam (who drafted him), Stephen Fabrico, 59, ...
Editor’s Memo I love the holidays, every mad minute of the whole rushed, overhyped season. But even though I get a brief bout of the melancholies when it’s all over, it’s usually tinged with relief. ...
Simple Appeal An architect best known for designing sumptuous hotel interiors turns his attention to Ulster County’s historic stone dwellings by Tyler Wilcox Photographs by Philip Jensen-Carter You could say Anthony and Danielle DiGuiseppe’s ...
A Perfect Match A modernist architect and a family that treasures the past work in harmony to bring new life to an old dairy barn By Anitra Brown • Photographs by Michael Polito After ...
The Scoop Shopping Spree Furniture designed by owner Ferol Barton Blake is all handcrafted. Woods might be locally harvested (butternut, walnut, tulip, maple or oak); reclaimed vintage chestnut or hemlock; or select exotics such as ...
A Purposeful Confusion  In Duncan Brine’s big, beautiful garden, it’s hard to tell the difference between nature and nurture  By Lynn Hazlewood • Photographs by Philip Jensen-Carter   When Duncan Brine talks ...
Editor’s Memo Since speaking to Barbara DeStefano about feng shui (see page h20), I’m once again attempting to declutter. All this stuff I have piled up around me is more than likely blocking my “chi” ...
Backstory Cutting Edge Master carver Stephan Toman transforms wood into works of art Stephan Toman¡¯s serpentine path to wood carving included what he calls ¡°four self-destructive years as a member of the counterculture,¡± a two-year ...