• May 14, 2012 · 0 Comments · Featured, Home Spotlight

    Off the map

    In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Schuler, who was “sort of teaching art” at SUNY-New Paltz, got the idea to build a house for his family up on top of a mountainside…

  • Architect Les Walker’s pick: a mid-century modern in Woodstock. (photo by Will Dendis)

    Playing favorites

    Asking an architect about their favorite project is an unfair question, like asking a parent which of their children they like best. Still, however, we were curious. Leaving commercial projects aside, what kind…

  • Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed).
    April 30, 2012 · 0 Comments · Helpful Hints, Lawn & Garden

    A touch of the wild

    No garden is natural or wild, as least not altogether natural or altogether wild. Otherwise, the garden wouldn’t be a garden. It would be woods or a meadow or a weedy lot. This…

  • Photo by Will Dendis
    March 22, 2012 · 1 Comment · Lawn & Garden

    The buzz about mason bees

    It’s a beautiful spring day, and I’m surrounded by a swarm of bees. The last time I found myself in that position I was stung over 40 times. And that was just for…

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    September 23, 2011 · 0 Comments · Home Improvement, Maintenance

    What to do before the next storm

    Well, if you’re tired of hearing and thinking about Irene and Lee (and it’s surprising that no one has written a cowboy lament about that outlaw couple), then you probably are surviving with…

  • twig
    September 22, 2011 · 0 Comments · Lawn & Garden

    Arcadian appointments

    There’s no sign on the road between Saugerties and Woodstock to proclaim that Romancing The Woods Inc., a rustic furniture design-and-build business owned by area native Rob Davis, is the go-to place for…

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    Staging a home

    When she put her house on the market, Dena Roy had already downsized, moving a lot of her personal stuff into boxes stored in the basement. She’d heard that it’s important for sellers…

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    July 22, 2011 · 0 Comments · Helpful Hints, Maintenance

    Eight must-have tools

    It’s the classic DIY dilemma: will it be worth it to try it myself after I buy all the tools I need and spend twice as long as pro? In many cases, the…

  • photo by Dion Ogust
    July 22, 2011 · 0 Comments · Featured, Home Spotlight

    A house made of spare parts

    Michael Lalicki and Susie Linn purchased their house inKingston’s Rondout at city auction. When they moved in during the summer of 2000, the funky, multi-family structure was a squalid mess. Rotting food, left…

  • Photo by Deena Feinberg
    July 22, 2011 · 0 Comments · Featured, Home Spotlight

    It was a steel

    So necessity is the mother of invention. At what point does idealism, based on a fresh assessment of a changed reality, kick in and stretch our idea of abode into new territory? Andy…

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    July 22, 2011 · 0 Comments · Helpful Hints, Maintenance

    The Luddite approach to home and yard care

    When I traded a carpet for a wood floor, I also graduated from a vacuum cleaner to a broom — and have never looked back. I use old socks in place of Swiffers,…

  • Photo by Deena Feinberg
    July 21, 2011 · 0 Comments · Home Improvement

    Set in stone

    Stone-wall building is a dying art. Manufactured materials, comprised of cement, are cheaper substitutes; easier to work with than the real thing. One can dictate form and shape to the material. With real…

  • Photo by Will Dendis
    July 17, 2011 · 1 Comment · Helpful Hints

    Learning the history of your home

    Saugerties Town Historian Audrey Klinkenberg gets a twinkle in her eye when she talks about how to trace the history of old houses in Ulster County. It’s clear that she relishes the adventure…

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Pretty vegetable gardens

The first thing you see when you drive up to my brother’s house is his vegetable garden. My own vegetable garden is prominently in view a few steps out the glass sliding doors of…

Off the map

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Schuler, who was “sort of teaching art” at SUNY-New Paltz, got the idea to build a house for his family up on top of a mountainside…

Architect Les Walker’s pick: a mid-century modern in Woodstock. (photo by Will Dendis)

Playing favorites

Asking an architect about their favorite project is an unfair question, like asking a parent which of their children they like best. Still, however, we were curious. Leaving commercial projects aside, what kind…

Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed).

A touch of the wild

No garden is natural or wild, as least not altogether natural or altogether wild. Otherwise, the garden wouldn’t be a garden. It would be woods or a meadow or a weedy lot. This…

Photo by Al Alexsa

Nutrition for the spirit

Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses! – “Bread and Roses,” James Oppenheim, 1911   Growing flowers for the pure pleasure of it seems almost too bourgeois…

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Picking the right color

With spring on its way, you may be looking to make some fresh changes to your home. One quick way to make a big difference is to change your wall colors. Wanda Nicholson,…

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Close encounters of a furred kind

I experienced that memorable moment of transition, a violent initiation from naïveté into a dark new world filled with awareness, too much awareness, when for the first time I laid eyes on a…

Ten year-old Ella poses with Lila, a Rhode island Red in front the Stier family’s chicken coop in Highland. (photo by Dion Ogust)

Home to roost

A growing number of Hudson Valley homeowners are keen on raising their own chickens. Over 700 regional chicken, goat and livestock enthusiasts are part of the Hudson Valley Chickens Yahoo Group. I looked…

Let’s get started

“The fellow that owns a home is always just coming out of a hardware store.” Kin Hubbard   Declutter your home   To make room for the new, one has to get rid…

Photo by Will Dendis

The buzz about mason bees

It’s a beautiful spring day, and I’m surrounded by a swarm of bees. The last time I found myself in that position I was stung over 40 times. And that was just for…

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