Brooklyn family.
Catskills double-wide.
Wildlife, design, food & drink, travel, real estate, country characters, adventures, waterfalls.
Wildlife, design, food & drink, travel, real estate, country characters, adventures, waterfalls.
All in Design
Milkwood, the soon-to-open children’s book retreat in South Kortright, NY, feels like a dream realized. For its wife-and-husband owners, illustrator and author Sophie Blackall and Ed Schmidt, a playwright and high school English teacher, that’s exactly what it is—a dream that took a whole lot of work to come to life.
Just a short drive from Hobart Book Village, they’ve transformed an old dairy farm into a place where authors, illustrators, teachers, and librarians from the can all come together and celebrate children’s literature. Today, Milkwood actually feels like walking into one of Sophie’s illustrations.
Foreland brings art studio space to Catskill. The project includes three giant old mill buildings, two of which are now connected by a floating glass pedestrian bridge, that were empty for decades before artist and developer Stef Halmos re-imagined and revitalized them to house 30 artists' studios, three art galleries, two event spaces, and two eateries.
A new Brooklyn-based reupholstery designer is taking on furniture restoration projects in the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Rachael Rosenblum of Double R Design spent 20 years in fashion before shifting her focus to wingback chairs, upholstered headboards, and custom cushions, like the one she designed for my bench seat.
We recently wrapped up a gut renovation here in Brooklyn with the help of Chris Dameron from Dameron Architecture and Nick Biziouras from Lambo Construction and Deisgn , and they were kind enough to share their thoughts on how to hire a renovation team, save money, consider healthy materials, re-think air-circulation, and turn your dream home into a reality.
Mattice, a Catskills boutique where coffee meets couture. A new reason to visit the quaint hamlet of Oak Hill, just 25 minutes from Hudson.
At the eco-friendly, woman-owned Herwood Inn, the bohemian spirit of Woodstock’s flower-powered past meets clean, modern design and lots of luxe creature comforts.
Just 60 miles north of NYC, Storm King is a 500-acre outdoor art museum. We’ve got you covered with do’s and don’ts and even a handy packing list.
All the magic of a Catskill Mountain hideaway and a no-joke mess hall menu to draw even the most camping-adverse travelers into its lair.
Opus 40, a wondrous, bewitching Saugerties sculpture park of swirling slate and labyrinthine paths feels M.C. Escher artwork come to life. But is it safe for kids?
Hort and Pott has captured the modern cabin aesthetic and distilled all of its woodsy flavor into a little white barn in Oak Hill.
Writing tools are not necessarily a go-to gift, but man, why not? They're extremely useful, and a well-designed writing implement can spark joy on a daily basis. Coxsackie's Pilothouse Paper seeks out pencils and pens that are gorgeous enough to be gift-worthy.
A sprinkle of high-quality sea salt makes everything taste better. It's a luxury item for serious home cooks, especially when it comes gorgeously packaged and infused with rhubarb, blueberry, licorice, or birch smoke.
Garden ornaments tend to be fussy, gaudy, and just plain strange, but we found the perfect gift for the design-conscious farmer or stylish windowsill gardener in your life.
The Wreathing Workshop at Oak Hill's Hort and Pott is a must for any gardener or amateur artisan who'd love to learn a new craft.
Top bunk needs a nightstand? Here's a simple bunk bed shelf that you can install yourself for under $10.
Pilothouse Paper, tucked into a nook of a storefront on picturesque Reed Street in Coxsackie, is the kind of place where you can find a really thoughtful gift without actually thinking too much about it. Here, proprietor Susan Baldaserini, also an owner of Reed Street Bottle Shop across the street, has done all the legwork for you. Photo courtesy of Pilothouse Paper.
The Yellow Deli in Oak Hill is the most unique cafe in the Catskills. The giant, dimly-lit, wood-paneled space, complete with an enormous avian mural and tinkling new age music, feels like a secret tree-house.
It's easy to fall in love with The DeWitt Oak Hill, a warm and welcoming inn on the Catskill Creek that serves gourmet breakfasts and is filled with antique treasures to take home.
