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MILKING IT REVITALIZING A FAMILY DAIRY FARM
By Marie Doyon, Photos by Matt Petricone
The Vincent family pulls together to convert its fifth-generation family farm from commercial dairy to organic raw milk production. 22
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Presenting an heirloom-quality, Shaker-style high chair; a quirky handmade mirror with an environmental message; and a wine tower of reclaimed wood.
BEST OF ALL WORLDS A “PEACEFUL SPOT ON THE PL ANET“
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Habitat, an Airbnb retreat in Willow, lets visitors experience life among the treetops.
LET IT FLOW GOOD DESIGN MEANS MOVING ENERGY By Anne Pyburn Craig
New York City-based interior designer Clodagh creates delight in spaces around the world by considering everything a vehicle of energy. 28
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WRIGHTEOUS REDUX UPDATING A 1948 TALIESIN MASTERWORK
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hat lies ahead for the City of Hudson? The long period of blight that began in the 1960s has at last ended—once-vacant architectural gems are now gleaming homes and boarded-up storefronts are charming shops. But will Hudson’s future always be bright? Hudson resident Matthew Frederick is cautious about what’s happening in his city. That’s well worth noting since Frederick is an architect, urban designer, and design instructor, as well as the author of 101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School, published in April by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of Crown/ Penguin Random House. His new book—a small, attractive primer on urban design’s basic concepts— is the ninth title in the internationally bestselling 101 Things I Learned series, which Frederick founded in 2007 with an edition on architecture. Frederick has taught and lived many of 101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School’s lessons, like No. 2: “You’re 85% like everyone else 85% of the time.” In 2010, he and his wife, literary agent Sorche Elizabeth Fairbank, moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Hudson for the same reasons many other people do: to have proximity to New York City while living what he calls “the ideal urban life”—in a “terrific,” “amazing” apartment (which was, at least initially, a rental bargain) in the middle of town, within walking distance from a bookstore, the post office, restaurants, shops, outdoor recreation, and culture. But moving to Hudson has also given Frederick a front-row seat to its boom, which he views with a critical eye. “So-called urban renewal, at least as practiced in the 20th century, tended to make our cities worse,” he admits. “Often, what we were calling urban renewal wasn’t even urban. We would tear down old city blocks and replace them with buildings in green space, not realizing that we were basically building a suburb within the city.” That’s what happened in Hudson, but now another kind of decline may be going on there. “Nowadays, we’re making a different mistake,” Frederick says. “We’re building mixed-uses, shops with apartments over them, which is great as far as it goes. But just like traditional urban renewal, the process is top-down, outside-in, big-scale. Hudson has a few sites that the city would like to see built on. The process everyone defaults to is, ‘Let’s get a developer to come in here
Warren Street is at the center of the City of Hudson.
and build on them.’ So a big project would be realized all at once. Hudson’s best amenity is Warren Street, and it wasn’t built anything like this. It’s fine-grained, with 20- or 24-foot-wide properties. So why don’t we divide our empty sites up and sell them separately and build more fine-grained urbanism? And think about that big project built by an outside developer— when it is completed, the monthly rent checks will go to someone who doesn’t even live in the community. How is this in any way good for cities?” Hudson is gaining residents, but its net population isn’t growing: Between 12,000 and 13,000 people lived there in 1930, but only about 6,000 do today. Current data shows that Hudson’s population is still falling—but no longer due to urban renewal, “white flight,” or deindustrialization. Instead, says Frederick, the decline seems to be “at least in part because people are buying old houses and fixing them up as vacation homes. So houses that had two or three occupied units are now single-family houses, and the owners aren’t included in the local population count.” Frederick says he’s loathe to sound like he has all the answers, but nonetheless it can be edifying to apply his book’s lessons to Hudson—like No. 98: “Urban is how people live, not merely where they live.” “Are people moving to Hudson, Kingston, Beacon, or wherever to be part of the community?” he asks. “Or do they view their new outpost as a ‘trophy town’ that they want altered to suit their needs and otherwise preserved as something precious and historical? Do they care about the deeper problems there, that all cities have to face? Do their visions for the city consider the needs of the long-term residents, many of whom may be poor? Or is the city to them merely a place to spend a weekend and maybe eat in a nice restaurant?” But it isn’t only newcomers who need to think about how and where they live. Resurgent cities themselves should also engage in self-examination, Frederick notes. “Do the cities themselves and their institutions have policies and practices in place that will help residents invest their lives there in an urban manner?” That, he says, is the real question.
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At One with the Trees By Susan Piperato | Photos by Roy Gumpel
ANTONY GIBBON’S APPROACH TO DESIGN springs from his love of nature. The UK-based architect works at “making architectural environments work into nature as opposed to the other way around,” he says. “[It’s] all about nature and how a building interacts within that space through its shape and use of materials.” It was inevitable that Gibbon should focus a large portion of his residential design practice on treehouse forms, exploring “the idea of sleeping up in the trees’ canopies as the driving force behind the design.” One of his treehouse projects, built by the late William Johnson and located in the hamlet of Willow, outside Woodstock, is a case in point. The treehouse, which is entered via a long, ladderlike staircase and perched over a generous cedar deck that’s reminiscent of a swimming dock, overlooks a pond and is surrounded on three sides by forest. The building has an unusual shape comprised of two connected, cedar-cladded, boxy forms, and is located on the same 34-acre property as its owners’ weekend home. “The treehouse was an extra and was constructed to rent out to the public via Airbnb as well as [for the couple] to use themselves in between,” he says. “They have four kids they are keen to let use this space as they grow up.” Ultimately, Gibbon says, the house “was designed to be among the trees to soften the strong geometric shape.” His challenge was “to unite the forest with the building” by cladding the treehouse with Catskills-sourced cedar, and describes the treehouse’s style as “geometric, rustic, modern, glamping—a good mixture of all.” At 500 square feet, the house—which Gibbon has dubbed Inhabit and which appears on Airbnb as Willow Treehouse— qualifies as a tiny house. It is comprised of one long room with an open sleeping loft over the living area and kitchen, and a second lounging/sleeping area tucked away at the back end. But despite its small size, the house feels spacious and airy. Not only are the majority of the walls made of glass, showcasing the views, and the ceiling replete with skylights, but the interior, like the exterior, is lined with locally sourced cedar, literally bringing the outdoors indoors. Though the views are the main focus, with furnishings kept to a minimum, what is included is both simple and elegant. A sofa from Nectar sits facing the main window, overlooking the pond, along with a black steel, Shaker-style wood burner with a matching side bench from Wittus in the corner. Behind the couch is a kitchen island with a cast, polished concrete countertop. Modern, wooden-topped stools, also from Nectar, line up alongside it behind the couch; on the other side of the island, out of view, stainless-steel appliances are tucked away. Overhead, a king-sized bed, heaped with a thick, inviting white comforter, faces the main view. Not far from the treehouse is a fenced-in, wood-fired hot tub. Gibbon says that both the owners’ children and Airbnb clients love the space, as much for “its magical location” and as for the fact that its location is “full of life: hummingbirds, frogs, bears.” 8
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It Grows Up, Too In the Bakony Forest in his native Hungary, András Gipp grew up watching his father and grandfather sculpt and make virtually everything needed for family life, from bowls to tables to beds, by hand. Gipp fell in love with wood as a living medium and studied fine art woodworking and instrument building in Europe before moving to New York City. He’s built hundreds of pianos, bass guitars, and sailboats, and now he’s launched a woodworking studio, Hudson Workshop, in Hurley, and a line of furniture made only from locally sourced and sustainable wood. The heirloom-quality Hudson High Chair is designed to pull straight up to the dining table, allowing children to join the family meal from six months to about four years old. Made with maple, black walnut, mixed medium, and leather, the high chair features solid wood joinery and is available in natural finish or whitewash. HUDSONWORKSHOP.COM
Humanity’s quest for dominion over nature was a major theme in 18th- and 19th-century Western culture, expressed by artisans through carved lion paws on furniture and home goods. Today, in the midst of climate change and other manmade environmental disasters, one Brooklyn-based furniture and home goods designer-couple, known simply as Colleen & Eric, is reinterpreting that theme, albeit in a playful way. Their handcrafted Cowardly Lion Mirror, made of solid cherry with shellac finish and brass hardware, is a whimsical reminder that mankind doesn’t need to take the lion’s share of what the earth has to offer. Colleen and Eric are both Pratt Institute industrial design graduates, with a background in wood finishing and antiques restoration (Colleen) as well as fabrication (Eric). Together they offer complete design and fabrication services, for which they’ve recently won several accolades, including the Etsy & NASA Space Craft competition’s top prize. COLLEENANDERIC.COM
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For summer fun, we bring you tense tales of upstate intrigue from three local mystery writers.
The Other Mother CAROL GOODMAN
William Morrow & Company, 2018, $26.99
New motherhood can be emotionally overwhelming, especially when you’re afflicted with postpartum mood disorder. When Daphne Marist and Laurel Hobbes meet in a support group, their fast friendship seems like a life raft. Raised on opposite sides of the tracks, they have similar jobs, older husbands, and daughters named Chloe. But their twinning soon takes a sinister twist, propelling one mother into a desperate flight to a Catskills mansion brimming with long-buried secrets, and the other into grave danger. Dutchess County author Carol Goodman adds another gem to her long string of upstate thrillers with strong female leads, including The Widow’s House, River Road, Arcadia Falls, The Ghost Orchid, The Drowning Tree, The Seduction of Water, and The Lake of Dead Languages. Dive in!
If I Die Tonight ALISON GAYLIN
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Is there any mother of teens who’s not haunted by their secrecy? “They shut you out. Your children shut you out of their heads, their lives. And that was a form of rebellion so much more chilling than blasting music or yelling. They made it so you couldn’t know them anymore. They made it so you couldn’t help.” Single mom Jackie Reed is raising two sons, Goth-dyed misfit Wade and his loyal, conflicted kid brother Connor. When another teen boy is mowed down in a hit-andrun, internet rumors go viral. Was Wade at the wheel? What else is he hiding? Deftly juggling a pitch-perfect community of local voices—including screen-addicted teens, smalltown cops, realtors, and a drama-queen ’80s rocker from Woodstock—Shamus Award-winner Alison Gaylin brings everyday fears to the boiling point. Don’t plan on sleeping ’til you reach the end.
Wicked River JENNY MILCHMAN
Rack It Up Carpenter Bonnie Gulden hates throwing things away, so instead she brings her collection of discarded, leftover, and found materials back to life. At Spatial Issues, the Clintondale studio and shop Gulden opened in 2017, she uses reclaimed wood and metal to create what she calls an “arsenal of handcrafted awesomeness.” Her wine towers are built both vertically and horizontally, and can be hung from a wall, suspended from the ceiling, or stood on their own. In all cases, the towers act as light catchers, making the wine bottles glow like jewels. These one-of-a-kind items are made from a variety of woods, including cherry, oak, maple, pine, and barnwood, available both finished and unfinished. MYSPATIALISSUES.COM 12
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Newlyweds Natalie and Doug Larson plot an adventurous honeymoon: a canoe trip deep into the Adirondacks, celebrating their bond in scenic splendor and absolute privacy. But nature has other ideas—and so does the feral survivalist who’s constructed a deadly lair amid six million acres of primeval forest. This is whitewater fiction, full of pulse-pounding rapids and a deep current of marital insecurity. Can we ever really know who someone is, or how far he might go? Praised by Lee Child as “the Swiss Army knife of thriller writers,” Jenny Milchman lives in the Hudson Valley, midway between the Larsons’ New York City apartment and the honeymoon from hell. She knows this terrain like the back of her hand, and pumps up the suspense at every bend of the wicked river.
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MILKING IT A family resurrects a dairy farm— and grows together too. By Marie Doyon | Photos by Matt Petricone
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n a culture ruled by fierce individualism, powered by industrial agriculture, and characterized by disconnected families, Brookby Farm is an anachronism. The fifth-generation family farm, in eastern Dutchess County’s Harlem Valley, is run by Steve Vincent, his wife Jaime; and their three adult children, Steven, Will, and Elyssa; and supported by a community of countless nieces, nephews, neighbors, and friends who volunteer their time. The Vincents’ passion and collective effort has steeled the farm’s future against the caprices of the economy and is paving the way for a long, fulfilling future. Brookby Farm has been in the Vincent family since the early 1800s, when nearly 400 acres were given to Steve Vincent’s great-great-grandfather as a wedding present. Until 1980, the farm operated as a commercial dairy, with 80 cows. Over the farm’s lifespan, parcels have been sold, leaving 45 acres of pastures, four barns, and the original 1850 farmhouse. While Steve and Jaime’s kids were growing up, the family had a large garden, a single milk cow, and a 14
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small operation of beef cows, pigs, and hay, which Steve ran alongside a fulltime job at the local gravel bank. But the milk barn sat idle until 2007, when the Vincent’s younger son Will left Pace University after realizing his life’s calling was to be a dairy farmer. Together, the family decided to reenter the dairy business. Will transferred to SUNY Cobleskill to major in agricultural business management; on weekends, Steve and Jaime travelled throughout the Northeast, buying calves and growing their herd. By the time Will graduated in 2011, they were ready to start milking. “When we first started, we were going to fill the barn up and go great guns. We were milking 40 cows,” Steve says. “Milk prices were really good—$26 to $28 per hundredweight.” They contracted with Marcus Dairy, a Danburybased dairy distributor. But when Russia was sanctioned after invading Crimea in 2014, America lost its biggest powdered-milk market and dairy prices fell to $14 (where they’ve stayed).
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Opposite: Brookby Farm is 45 acres with four barns and a historic 1800s farmhouse. The entire property is grazed in rotation. Below: Jaime Vincent shows off McGrath Cheese Company products, which are made using dairy from the farm and sold at the farm store.
THE PERFECT PIVOT The Vincents needed a change of strategy to stay afloat. In the late 2000s, raw milk grew in popularity among celebrities and health-conscious consumers, with its ascendant trendiness perhaps best epitomized by an episode of “Portlandia” in which Brendan and Michelle discover that “raw milk is the future.” “People were always stopping to ask about raw milk when they saw the cows,” Jaime recalls. Considering the mounting public interest, and their consistent good milk test results, the Vincents decided to pursue raw milk certification. “Doing raw milk was a natural pivot for us,” Steve says. “We’re small—we knew we couldn’t compete with the commercial dairies, so the natural thing for us was to follow the market.” In 2016, they scaled back the herd and applied for a New York State raw milk permit, a meticulous six-month process. “The microbiologist who came to inspect said this was the most boring place he’d ever been—it was a compliment,” Jaime says. They continued selling surplus milk to Marcus Dairy until earlier this year, when local cheesemaker Colin McGrath offered to buy their excess. Although the cost of organic certification is prohibitive for a small farm, the Vincents’ animals are raised using organic practices. “We are entirely grass-based,” Steve says. “We have 45 acres of pasture here, and it’s all in rotation. We also feed the cows the hay and baleage that we produce down the road.” Ten minutes away in Dover, the Vincents have free lease of a 600-acre farm, where Will lives with his wife Danielle and their son, Abe. “He raises the beef, pork, meat chickens and layers—all on pasture. He also does all the crops, hay and baleage, animal healthcare, and artificial breeding,” Steve says with a note of pride. “When he was in school, we told him, ‘Take anything you can to help out here.’ Now, when there is a problem, he is the number one person I call—even before the vet.”
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Clockwise from top left: The farm store will be moved from a shed to a barn to make room for more products and more visitors; the farm store sells multicolored eggs, raw milk, and products by local cheesemaker Colin McGrath; the Vincent family, standing, left to right: Steven, Steve, Will, and Will’s infant son Abe; seated are Elyssa, Jaime, and Will’s wife Danielle.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE Steve begins each day at 3:30am with morning chores. At 5am, he is joined by Elijah, his 20-year-old nephew, who lives across the road from the farm. Together they milk the herd before heading to their respective full-time jobs. Both Steve and Will work as operating engineers, running heavy equipment 16
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at construction sites. While they’re away at work, Jaime takes over. “During the week, I come out here and clean the equipment, feed the cows hay, run the barn cleaner, man the farm store, just do whatever I’ve got to do,” she says. “Wednesdays we’re closed. That’s my day to run around and get all the things we need.” Most weekends, Steve and Jaime are joined by their daughter Elyssa and her boyfriend David, both accountants in New York City. “When Elyssa went off to school in Boston, she couldn’t wait to get away,” Jaime says. “But now she’s here every weekend helping.” The Vincents’ oldest son, Steven, drives down from Saranac Lake twice a month to help on the farm as well. “Everyone is a spoke in the wheel here; everyone has respect for one another,” Steve says, tearing up as he speaks. “This farm isn’t me. It isn’t her. It’s all of us. And no one is getting paid for it. You do it because you want to.” DESTINATION DAIRY FARM Two years into the raw milk venture, Brookby Farm has established a cult following. Families drive from over two hours away to stock up, some buying 10 gallons at a time; agritourists visit from Europe and Russia to see the operation; and one loyal customer even claims he got his arthritis into remission by drinking four gallons a week. “People love the quality of our milk,” Jaime says. “That is our number one priority, along with cleanliness.” The farm store is a small, one-room building, with rough-hewn pine paneling. Two chest freezers hold Brookby Farm beef, pork, and chicken. The fridge holds the famous raw milk, multicolored eggs from the farm’s diverse clutch of hens, and McGrath Cheese Company products. Antique cupboards salvaged from the barn display artisanal products from local producers, like granola, honey, Soukup Farms maple syrup, and Dutchess Coffee Roastery beans. “Up until this point, it’s been a dream to share what we’ve been blessed with,” Steve says. “We take so much for granted. Kids come visit who have never had exposure to anything except the city. We love having people visit.” Brookby Farm is one of the last surviving dairies in Harlem Valley, and the Vincent family is working with the Dutchess Land Conservancy to put the property in easement to protect it perpetually from development. “It’s not just for us, but for the future,” Jaime says. “That this will forever be a farm makes me feel really proud. We can keep the family legacy alive.”
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MILKING HOUR The Vincents are now transitioning their dairy herd from classic Holsteins to grass-friendly breeds, like Jerseys, Guernseys, Montbeliards, Normandes, and Brown Swiss. In April, 14 cows were in the milking rotation (all told, the herd totals around 40, including calves and “dry” cows, who are resting between lactation cycles). Though technology has sped up the milking process, cows still need to be milked morning and night, year-round, which makes dairy farming a timeintensive, unbending line of work. Brookby Farm’s milk barn is a long, whitewashed building with stalls lining either side. At one end, the stalls are fitted with headlocks from the farm’s former commercial days. “It was a lot less humane back then,” Steve says. “Now the cows get to lie on a two-inch memory-foam mattress.” The cows are milked using a suction-powered unit with four tubes, each of which gets attached to a teat. “It uses a pulsation suction,” Steve explains. “It alternates, going from one side to other, like hand-milking.” Two sets of pipes run along the barn’s ceiling, bringing air for suction and taking away fresh milk. The machines click soothingly, blending with the lowing of the cows, who contentedly munch hay and nuzzle passersby as they are milked. The machines shorten the milking process to four to five minutes per cow. Using multiple milking units, the Vincents can milk all the cows in 30 to 40 minutes. “They all have names,” Steve says, patting one of the cows. “This is Betty.” He talks while he works. “If you lose a day, you can’t ever get it back,” he says, moving up and down the line of cows. With the mischievous gleam in his eye and his ready smile, Steve bears an uncanny resemblance to actor Woody Harrelson. “One day, my son Will and I were standing at the end of the barn, looking out at the field,” he recalls. “I said to him, ‘You know, a hundred years ago, my great-grandfather and my great-great-grandfather stood here thinking the same things we’re thinking—about the pastures, the health of their herd, the coming spring and what it would bring.’ That’s pretty cool.”
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Under-the-Radar Riverside Gem By Elissa Garay | Photos by John Garay
erched on the eastern edge of Greene County, on the western banks of the Hudson River—just across the waterway from the much-buzzier enclave at Hudson—is the tiny waterfront village of Athens. Incorporated in 1815, with Colonial history dating back to the late 17th century, oft-overlooked yet entirely agreeable Athens transports visitors with its easy waterfront access and hodgepodge of historic architecture. Some 300 structures spilling over two designated historic districts stand in testament to the greater town of Athens’ late 19th-century heyday. Like many Hudson Valley towns, the rise of Athens is intrinsically tied to its river access, with today’s architectural richness a reflection of the town’s once prosperous river-tied industries like shipbuilding, brickmaking, and ice-harvesting. A river ferry service catering to industry and individuals alike emerged in the late 18th century; when the nearby Rip Van Winkle Bridge went up in 1935, the river port town’s boom was stifled, with major ferry service ceasing in 1947. The great architectural remnants from this period remain, however, as does a desirable location. Well-positioned as a bedroom community for Albany (some 30 minutes north of here), Athens puts forth easy access to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge for a quick commute to Hudson’s Amtrak station and culinary/cultural establishments, as well as to the river for water play and the neighboring Catskills for mountain diversions. Ronald Puhalski, 69, an agent for commercial illustrators, purchased an 1810 Federal-style brick house in Athens in 1999; in 2006, he evolved from a New York City-based weekender to a full-time resident. He emphasizes Athens’s location as its big draw. “One of the nice points of coming up to Athens, amongst many, is being able to take Amtrak to Penn Station every week,” he says. “It made it very convenient.” A hiking enthusiast, he also chose Athens for its “proximity to hiking, skiing, boating on the river,” adding that “being able to go off to the mountains and the Catskill Preserve, it’s a really great asset for Athens.” Picturesque, laid-back, slow-paced—with the distinct promise of potential in the air—Athens is the kind of quiet upstate hideaway gem that’s harder and harder to unearth these days.
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THE SCENE Most of the village’s attractions are set within an actual stone’s throw of another, sloping up from the waterfront on Water Street along the Second Street commercial artery. A remarkable collection of 19th- and 20-century architectural styles spills through the streets, with old Victorian, Greek Revival, and Federal structures housing businesses and residences catering to Athens’s creative-leaning community, an eclectic mix of writers and artists, entrepreneurs, and restoration buffs. Their meeting ground is the Athens Cultural Center, an exhibition and performance space tucked inside a 19th-century mercantile building. Host to five annual art exhibitions showcasing regional and national artists, the center also puts on musical performances, and offers arts and writing workshops and classes for everybody from kids to seniors. Up the road, Crossroads Brewing Company fills in the 1893 Brooks Opera House with a spacious brewpub/eatery, serving up craft brews on tap that pair well with locally sourced New American pub fare (Crossroads opened a second outpost in neighboring Catskill last fall). Brooklynesque Rive Gauche brought a stylish, modern French bistro to town in 2016 with dishes like coq au vin, steak frites, and seared duck breast cassoulet; the owners opened Sally Hamilton Wine & Spirit, just next door, in December. Also new on Second Street, Bonfiglio & Bread bakery/eatery migrated from Hudson across the river last year, offering a breakfast and pizza-specialized lunch menu along with fresh-baked goods. The pleasant Hudson River waterfront comes alive during the warmer weather. Athens Riverfront Park sets the scene with picnic tables, boating activity, and a free Friday-night summertime bandstand concert series (organized by the Athens Performing Arts Committee). The park also looks out onto the photogenic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, set on a river isle. Completed in 1874, the still-functioning lighthouse is accessible via guided tours that run by boat from the park every second Saturday from July to October, in partnership with Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society and Hudson Cruises. Hudson Cruises also ferries passengers between Athens and Hudson on 15-passenger pontoons on summer weekend evenings.
THE FACTS ZIP CODES: 12015 POPULATION: 4,089 (town), 1,668 (village) MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $49,013 (town), $48,026 (village) PROXIMITY TO MAJOR CITY: Roughly 30 miles south of Albany; 130 miles north of New York City
Next door, a riverfront, willow tree-shaded, garden bar serving cocktails and BBQ fare is run by the Stewart House hotel across the street, itself fresh from an extensive historical restoration in the hands of new ownership (the same family behind New York City’s recently shuttered Webster Hall). When it reopens in late May, the evocative property—touting history as an inn/ eatery since 1883—is poised to offer nine newly spruced-up rooms (many with spectacular river views) along with a farm-to-table restaurant and a bar serving vintage cocktails and featuring live music; also in the pipeline: a general store-type retail space selling local foodstuffs, artwork, and more. Also filling in a notable lapse in retail in town, Puhalski is slated to open Athens Antiques on nearby South Washington Street this summer, with an emphasis on midcentury pottery and what he tongue-in-cheekly dubs “dignified junk.” A mile and a half up the riverfront is Hagar’s Harbor, a popular waterfront bar/eatery offering seafood, salads, sandwiches, and pizza, as well as live music on weekends; it’s just north of the state-run Athens Boat Launch. Also worth seeking out further afield is the gourmet farm store, bakery, and greenhouse at Black Horse Farms. Sync up your visit with the annual Athens Street Festival (to be held on July 14), a community tradition since the ’70s that fills the village with rides, live music, a classic car show, food and craft vendors, a “paper hat parade,” and a fireworks finale. THE MARKET The median listing price is around $220,000 in affordable Athens, where historic housing stock comes chockablock with potential for buyers with an eye for restoration—and who are able to move fast, as the real estate tends to turn over quickly. Athens attracts many second-home buyers from New York City, with more reasonably priced houses than trendier neighboring Hudson, and at press time, roughly 50 listings spanned bargain fixer-uppers and spruced-up Greek Revival, Victorian, Federal, and Colonial houses, some dating to the 19th century (and generally falling in the $150,000-to$300,000 range), as well as more contemporary homes set within the Sleepy Hollow Lake private lakefront residential community (listing well upwards of $200,000). A renovated, 1,738-square-foot, three-bedroom Victorian in the village, dating to 1860 and featuring hardwood floors and a country kitchen, was recently listed at $189,000.
TRANSPORTATION: Athens is about four miles north of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, which offers vehicular access across the Hudson River to Hudson, where an Amtrak station (15 minutes from the village) connects to New York City’s Penn Station. Seasonal weekend passenger ferry service is additionally available to/from Hudson with Hudson Cruises. Adirondack Trailways offers weekday flag stop bus service between Athens and New York City or Albany, off Route 385. The New York State Thruway (I-87) and U.S. Route 9W zip through the western part of town; State Route 385 connects Athens on the north side to Coxsackie and on the south side to Catskill. From left: Athens resident Hannah Saulters takes her dog Hadley for a walk; Joe Landa, chef/owner of Rive Gauche Bistro, one of Athens’ new upscale eateries; inside the Stewart House hotel.
NEAREST HOSPITAL: The closest hospital is Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson (15 minutes away); hospitals in the nearby cities of Kingston or Albany are about 35 to 40 minutes away. SCHOOLS: The Coxsackie-Athens Central School District serves Athens, with three public schools: Edward J. Arthur Elementary School (kindergarten to grade 4); Coxsackie–Athens Middle School (Grades 5–8); and Coxsackie–Athens High School (grades 9 to 12). Private schools are limited to the Liberi School, a “holistic contemporary one-room schoolhouse” in Hudson (grades kindergarten to 8), and Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School (kindergarten to grade 12) is 25 miles away, across the Hudson River in Ghent. POINTS OF INTEREST: Athens Cultural Center, Athens Station, Middle Ground Flats, Hollister Lake, Sleepy Hollow Lake, the Orchards subdivision, Crossroads Brewery, Rive Gauche Bistro, Bonfiglio & Bread, Athens Riverfront Park, Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, Hudson Cruises, the Stewart House, Hagar’s Harbor, Athens Boat Launch, and Black Horse Farms
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drinking water. Also in town are Railroad Park, which includes a playground and the historic New York and Putnam Railroad Station, built in 1877 and featuring a gabled, hipped roof; Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park, which features a swimming pool, walking and cycling trails, fishing ponds, disc golf, and picnic areas; and Junior Lake Park, which offers a public swimming pool and playground, along with a summer music series at the John DeVito Veterans Memorial Gazebo. Just a five-minute drive from the center of town is Turkey Mountain, a 771-foot hill that towers over the community and is accessible via a two-mile loop hike maintained by Turkey Mountain Nature Preserve. Also just outside town is the nonprofit Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center, which offers woodland trails throughout 120 acres of forest along with a farm stand and plenty of you-pick fruit, vegetable, and flower crops. But Yorktown Heights doesn’t only cater to nature lovers—there’s plenty of community and culture too. Residents gather to celebrate several times a year with live music, food vendors, and crowds. These include annual San Genaro and Native American festivals, Halloween and Memorial Day parades, a firemen’s carnival, and Holiday Lights and New Year’s Eve celebrations. For culture, there’s the Town of Yorktown Museum, whose exhibits include a recreated 18th-century Yorktown home and an immersive look at a Mohegan settlement, honoring Westchester County’s first inhabitants. Several Colonial structures still stand in town, including Lane’s Tavern, a former public house built in the early 1700s that housed Revolutionary War soldiers and served them food and drink, and the 1739 First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown, which was a meeting storehouse during the Revolution. Downtown Yorktown Heights is a mix of midcentury office buildings, strip malls, and early 20th-century homes; it offers a variety of restaurants, cafes,
THE FACTS ZIP CODE: 10598 POPULATION: 1,781 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $95,523 PROXIMITY TO MAJOR CITY: White Plains is 20 miles south; New York City is 45 miles south. TRANSPORTATION: The nearest railroad stations are Croton-Harmon (nine miles away), which is on both the Metro-North and Amtrak lines, and Peekskill Metro-North (12 miles away). Route 202, which runs through Yorktown Heights, connects to the Taconic State Parkway 5 miles to the west and Interstate 684 12 miles to the east. Westchester County Airport is 22 miles away in White Plains. NEAREST HOSPITAL: Northern Westchester Hospital is seven miles away in Mount Kisco and New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital is nine miles away in Cortlandt.
markets, and shops, plus chainstores like Panera Bread, Starbucks, Kmart, and T.J. Maxx. The Yorktown Coach Diner is a stalwart, serving people all day. A few blocks away is a cluster of eateries, including the Jewel of Himalaya, which offers vegan dishes; Salsa Fresca Mexican Grill; Oscar’s Italian Restaurant, which features a brick interior and a warm vibe; and Maria’s Pizza, a community favorite. The Trailside Café, a short walk from the North County Trailway on Underhill Avenue, is popular for its juices, fresh lunches, and outdoor seating area. “We get groups of people that come from local yoga or CrossFit gyms, and they get smoothies with protein or healthy juices,” says Jill Carney, 45, who lives in Pleasantville and has managed the Trailside Cafe for three years. “And in the spring and summer, most of our clientele are runners and bikers coming off the trail.” There are plenty of indoor fitness options too. On weekends, especially, downtown is packed with fitness buffs of every age hurrying in and out of studios like Bikram’s Yoga College of India, Evolution Acro & Tumble, and Yoga by Beth, plus several family-friendly centers like Solaris Sports Club, W.S. Jeung’s Taekwondo, and My Gym Children’s Fitness Center. Along Route 6 just outside town are Jim Smith Karate and Yorktown Sports Complex. Weekends are also a busy time at Turco’s, the two-story grocery store on Commerce Street, which sells produce sourced from local farms, imported specialties, and fresh-made salads, as well as offers a gourmet food court, ice cream parlor, and pizzeria.
From left: The Yorktown Rexall pharmacy has been a local staple since 1930; the 22.1-mile North County Trailway crosses the Croton Reservoir at the south end of Yorktown Heights; a Gary Lee Price sculpture is a feature of downtown Yorktown Heights.
SCHOOLS: The Yorktown Central School District includes two elementary schools, Mohansic and Brookside, both offering kindergarten through third grade; the Crompond School, which covers fourth and fifth grade; Mildred E. Strang Middle School, for grades six to eight; and Yorktown High School. POINTS OF INTEREST: Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park, New Croton Reservoir, North County Trailway, Turkey Mountain Nature Preserve, Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center, Yorktown Railroad Station, Town of Yorktown Museum, Lane’s Tavern, First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown, Hyatt House, Congregational Parsonage, Amawalk Friends Meeting House, Hallock House, Sparkle Lake Park, Jefferson Valley Mall, Croton Gorge Park, Teatown Lake Reservation, Lasdon Park Arboretum & Veterans Memorial, Mildred B. Lasdon Sanctuary, and Old Croton Dam
THE MARKET Yorktown Heights is ideal for families growing into their homes, as it offers a diversity of property sizes and styles, from farmhouses to raised ranches to center-hall Colonials. The median listing price is $419,000, which has been relatively stable over the last three years. Listings include several milliondollar homes north and west of the village center; updated farmhouses and ranch and Colonial houses can be found in town priced around the median range. A four-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch house built in 1959, located five miles north of downtown and offering 2,294 square feet, is currently on the market for $475,000; it includes a front porch and backyard patio area, hardwood floors, and a master bathroom with jet tub and standing shower. upstate HOUSE
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LET IT FLOW For Clodagh, interior design means moving energy to create delight.
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hen it comes to designing spaces that enhance daily life, says the New York City-based interior designer Clodagh, the founder of her eponymous design firm, “There is no such thing as an inanimate object. Everything carries energy, good or bad.” To Clodagh, a world traveler who grew up in rural Ireland “in the depths of the country, surrounded by color and light and people who were healers and storytellers,” such a concept is innate, and her design is informed by energetic exchange. “We’re all flow-through systems,” she says, “letting things flow into us. I’ve always studied people’s body language as they move through different environments.” In Clodagh’s world, every aspect of design should nurture our souls and senses. Her goal is the creation of a healing environment, whether it’s the 12-room boutique-style Beacon Hotel and Restaurant on Main Street in Beacon, terrace furniture for the Museum of Modern Art, a resort in Portugal’s Douro Valley, a private residence in Miami, or an apartment building set to house 1,800-plus people in Queens. “We’re animating the stairs so people will use them; we have a graffiti artist weaving quotes into the staircase,” she says of the latter, which she’s currently working on. “The lobby’s partially finished; I was so happy to see people sitting and reading peacefully by the fireplace, even with the clamor of construction eddying around them. We put in a [kinetic, audioaccompanied] flowing rainwater picture to cut the noise.” Now a world-renowned designer—having been named to Hospitality Design magazine’s Platinum Circle, Interior Design magazine’s Hall of Fame, and Architectural Digest’s Top 100—Clodagh spent years working in the fashion industry before broadening her embrace of design to include creating built environments based on her philosophy of “lifeenhancing minimalism.” In New York City, her adopted home for the past 35 years, she’s created dramatic and soothing spaces all over town, from the West Village to Park Avenue to the outer boroughs. While the majority of her projects are
still in New York, she is also busy designing spaces far afield in Turkey, St. Kitts, Portugal, Miami, and San Francisco—along with a retreat for herself and her husband on the Hudson River waterfront in Beacon. So what is it about this down-to-earth, fearless, roving Irishwoman’s work that captivates not just the eye but also the mind and spirit? Perhaps it’s her holistic grasp of design as something felt as much as seen. In her new book, Clodagh: Life-Enhancing Design, published by G Arts, Clodagh lists the “Four Cs” of her design process, which she uses for every space, regardless of its size or significance: contemplate, cleanse, clarify, and create. Throughout the design process, her work is informed by healing modalities both ancient and modern, incorporating Feng Shui (the Chinese art of positioning objects for smooth, strong energy flow), wabisabi (the Japanese philosophy of celebrating imperfection and transience), biogeometry (the pure pattern information
Above: In a New York City apartment building that includes a large fitness room, more than 100 resident dogs, and two party rooms, a quiet room is very welcome. This acoustically balanced room offers space for residents to indulge in silent retreat, whether through meditation or simply reading a book. Swiveling wingback chairs and a divider provide more privacy. Left: Clodagh Opposite: The lobby of a 33-story rental apartment building near the High Line in New York City reflects the busy, “muscular” location through its reclaimed teak ceiling, artisan plaster walls, and riveted steel columns. Over 300 residences are complemented by thousands of feet of distinctive amenities that create what Clodagh calls a “necklace of hospitable experiences.”
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“There is no such thing as an inanimate object. Everything carries energy, good or bad.” —Clodagh Raised in Ireland’s County Mayo by “downwardly mobile” parents who bred hunting dogs, Clodagh’s first house was one originally owned by Oscar Wilde. Successively smaller houses and increasingly oppressive boarding schools followed; thanks to all the moving, she came by her minimalism early, developing a loathing for clutter and confinement. “You don’t see a U-Haul following a hearse,” she observes drily. “The fewer possessions the better.” Opening her own couture house in Dublin when she was just 17, Clodagh made considerable waves on the Irish fashion scene before picking up and moving to the Mediterranean coast of Spain, where she and her husband, the photographer and artist Daniel Aubry, purchased a townhouse on an 18thcentury square in Almeria, a coastal city in the province of Andalusia. “I fought with the architects and somehow I won,” she writes of that first renovation, which was undertaken on what had been “a rabbit warren of cubicles and bad partitions.” The experience of remaking her own home was a revelation, one that led her to open a design studio; she got her first job the day after hanging out her shingle, and Clodagh Design was launched. A few years of roving later, in 1983, she settled in her beloved New York City, which she describes as being a “necklace of villages.”
For the lobby of Abington House, a large rental apartment building in New York City, artist Terence Main created the 17-footlong Urban Dog bench, cast in terracotta concrete, to greet new arrivals. Above the bench hangs a light installation, made of clusters of acrylic tubes, designed by Clodagh to create a pause “so the energy doesn’t stream straight through the door.”
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of natural systems), biophilia (the life-enhancing love of natural elements), and chromotherapy (the use of color to enhance healthy and harmonious frequencies in the human body). These modalities are ones to which she’s been drawn intuitively, in some cases before she even knew they existed. “I was asked to lecture about biophilia and I asked, ‘What’s that?’ and they said, ‘You should know—you’re doing it,’” she laughs. “Same thing happened with Feng Shui.” She describes one recently completed project, Six Senses Kaplankaya, a five-star hotel in Akbük, Turkey, as involving a “rocky, craggy moon garden with flowers that release their fragrance as the moon rises and look like holograms at night.” Light, sound, form, and color are all being employed in the hotel’s design in service of the vision that arose for it during the contemplating, cleansing, clarifying, and creating process. Perhaps surprisingly, language is often a starting point for Clodagh’s design, even before sketching begins. “We use words a lot,” she says. “We write before we draw. Humans aren’t static, and our environments should celebrate and honor that reality.” At Sasanqua Spa in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, for instance, a slotted screen converts what might have been uncomfortable glare into a “changing runner of light and shade.”
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In this West Village townhouse bathroom, all of the Chinese elements are included: earth (orchid plant), fire (fireplace), wood (basket), metal (faucets and chair) and, of course, water.
Although Clodagh is currently one of the planet’s most sought-after designers, she nevertheless hasn’t a snobbish bone in her body. She and Aubry discovered the joys of Beacon well over a dozen years ago; fond memories include meeting Pete Seeger at the farmers’ market there and sharing hugs with him whenever they’d bump into each other. Now the couple is building a home for themselves to retire to someday on the banks of the Hudson River just outside Beacon. “I love the sound of water,” she says. “And when I grow ancient and decrepit I’ll be able to walk to a bookstore, an art gallery, and a decent bar.” She’s taken up art photography herself, and will be showing photos in late 2018 at Cheryl Hazaan Gallery in Tribeca. 26
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In Life-Enhancing Design, Clodagh has written an enlightening explanation of her process, illustrated with lush photography that inspires, and capped with a chapter on her firm’s charitable activities, “Philanthropimania,” since she considers philanthropy to be yet another aspect of her life as a vessel through which positivity and delight flow freely. “I don’t allow myself to be stopped,” she says. “It’s all forward motion.”
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Best of All Worlds A Highland contemporary becomes a couple’s “own peaceful spot on the planet.” By Maria Ricapito | Photos by Anthony Moreno
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he beauty and serenity of a view from an elevation is like a mood pill,” says writer Eli Gottlieb. Together with his wife Lisa Green, who directs a New York City strategic communications firm, Gottlieb bought the 2005 contemporary in Highland in 2016. When the couple first saw the house, they thought it was a bit meh, but they loved the site. “It was structurally solid but kind of generic,” he says. “The genius was in the siting. An elevation and a river view—it’s the best of all possible worlds.” In the summertime, he adds, “It’s a trompe l’oeil wilderness in a perfect bowl of green and you can’t see another person. Yet we’re actually close to Route 9 and our neighbors.” For the renovation, Gottlieb and Green were both new and repeat clients of architect Richard Librizzi, founder of Domus Studios in New Paltz. The couple had been renting getaways near Mohonk Preserve for two years when they stayed in one renovated by Librizzi. It had what Gottlieb calls a “relaxed rigor, meaning a clean and creative usage of the divisions between spaces,” which was exactly what they needed for their own place. “We wanted to give it a little more personality while retaining its open, airy, spa-like feeling.” The first room to get a major overhaul was the kitchen, which opens up to the dining room (which is adjacent to
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the wide-open living room). “Lisa is a serious cook who has embraced her inner bread baker, pickler, canner, and yogurt maker,” Gottlieb says, “and the kitchen was from the start going to be one of the focal points of the renovation.” They kept the original Wolf range and Subzero fridge, but everything else had to go. “Now, it’s a cook’s kitchen for New Yorkers who are cramped on space to be able to expand and cook dishes they want without worrying about counter space,” he says. “Every decision was made for beautiful efficiency.” The soothing green on the walls reflects the surrounding forest. The custom cabinetry and island are topped with Brazilian soapstone countertops. A cornice was installed to serve as an architectural frame articulating the division between the rooms, which “made the space feel open but very distinct,” Librizzi says. “Lisa and I are into understatement,” Gottlieb says, but the living room’s traditional fireplace didn’t measure up to the glass wall and its stunning river view. So Librizzi designed a much larger fireplace surround—800 pounds of black-painted steel, stretching 13 feet across the room. “This created a focal element that was much more in scale with the rather large and open cathedral ceiling,” Librizzi says. Gottlieb calls the house’s aesthetic “Italian modernist.”
Above: The backyard slopes toward the Hudson River and the back deck’s metal railing and understated furniture bow to the stunning view. Opposite, from top: In the living room, the ultra-modern hearth is practical for storing firewood and fits the room’s oversize scale; moss-green cabinets and Brazilian soapstone countrtops make the kitchen a serene space.
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Clockwise from top left: The master bedroom was opened up to create a vaulted ceiling for an airy feel; bluestone steps lead from the house toward the Hudson River; the first-floor walls were removed to create an open living/dining/kitchen space; the master bathroom makes the most of the natural light, bringing in the outdoors for long soaks in the Porcelanosa bathtub.
This shows in the contemporary ceramic Roberto Caracciolo installation above the fireplace. That and the patterned Berber carpet accent the structural changes without distracting from the view. To replace the original “pretty underwhelming” lights, Librizzi says, a box was constructed across the ceiling to hold recessed lighting. The front entry, which opens into the living room, had its own little “awkward” cathedral ceiling, Librizzi says, so he installed a 9 ft. ceiling to shape that space. His inspiration was Frank Lloyd Wright, who favored a lower entryway ceiling accentuating the “dramatic explosion of space” into a living area with a soaring ceiling. “The prevailing idea for the house,” Gottlieb says, “was to be warm, understated, and comfortable.” The couple gravitated toward furnishings that are midcentury modern in spirit or in actuality: a clean-lined sofa and table and a vintage Lane credenza create a sleek, minimalist aesthetic. The light fixture has translucent ceramic shades that subtly glow when the light is on rather than shine directly in people’s faces. “We didn’t want that ‘third-degree’ feel,” he says. The master bedroom got one major structural update. “We needed something to set it off from the rest of the house and the ceiling was the way to do that,” says Gottlieb. They tore out the ceiling and installed a cathedral arch with recessed lighting and a ceiling fan. The master bathroom, whose layout was “terrible and not very functional,” was gutted so Librizzi could start from scratch. “The idea was to make it feel like one big open room with the glass-walled shower,” he says. The floor tile is an earthy blue ceramic. The double-sink vanity and adjacent bench are spaced with bamboo panels to create a freefloating effect. Lighting is integrated into the cabinetry, and a bamboo-encased closet and glass door lead to the bedroom. The metamorphosis didn’t stop with the interior. The gardens surrounding the house and pool were revamped, inspired by the couple’s previous stays in the Hudson Valley. One rental, overlooking Mohonk Preserve, says Gottlieb, “showed us that all you need to feel like you are in your own peaceful spot on the planet is about three acres.” Aja Hudson of Earth Designs Cooperative in Rosendale became the couple’s “landscape whisperer,” he says, overhauling the property’s seven acres (since buying the original three-acre property, the couple purchased four additional adjacent acres of land). Eroding slopes were shored up with boulders and bluestone steps were installed, weighing 500 lbs. each. The result is a welcoming refuge to which an array of wildlife is drawn, including bald eagles, bears, and foxes, which the couple enjoys seeing. “We really wanted to have a place to let our hair down,” Gottlieb says. “We wanted a place that was really tranquil and serene and that allowed us to feel like we were in nature and also protected. We didn’t want a showcase home, but one that felt lived-in and livable.” upstate HOUSE
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W RIG HTEO US R E DUX A Taliesin architect’s 1948 masterwork gets a 21st-century update. By Maria Ricapito | Photos by Roy Gumpel
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Where the woodwork is new, BKSK Architects’s Harry Kendall opted for a lighter honey stain, rather than the deep red of the original cypress.
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housekeeping and enough room for Tafel and his brother to visit. But the site—a wooded lot overlooking a small, private lake—was demanding. The water view was to the north, and the topography required the main mass of the house to run north to south. Tafel’s challenge was to maximize light and the view—without a southern exposure. “The minute we walked into the living room, I knew it was the house we had to live in for the rest of our lives,” says Deborah Benzil, a neurosurgeon, who, with her husband, molecular biologist Paul Finch, bought the midcenturymodern gem in 1999. They were enraptured by the six-sided living room’s fieldstone fireplace wall, cypress woodwork, and giant windows. “It had a brilliant sense of organic earthiness, but it also felt spacious,” she says. “Every window had a direct view of the pond. It was beautiful, but at the same time natural and welcoming.” In the 1980s, the floor plan had been expanded from 2,000 to 2,400 square feet; Benzil and Finch updated the house in 2014, after living there 15 years. The midcentury lighting and electrical and heating/cooling systems needed replacing. Plus, says Benzil, “The floors had gotten beaten up, and the kitchen and bathrooms were definitely outdated. Our teenage kids had really beaten up one of the showers. It was all that kind of stuff that kids and cats and dogs do over time. In the end, we did an almost complete renovation. Most of the house, other than the living room, was taken down to the studs.” upstate HOUSE
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For the “regeneration,” Benzil turned to Harry Kendall of BKSK Architects in New York City. “The firm had a great combination of honoring the traditions of a house and also a willingness to understand that this wasn’t a restoration,” she says. “We weren’t looking to restore it back to something from the 1940s; we were looking to infuse new life into it.” By then, Benzil and Finch’s two children had grown up and moved out, leaving them empty nesters. Kendall reconfigured the layout accordingly. Originally, the kitchen and living room hearth formed the center of a wheel—“classic Wright,” says Kendall)— from which were “spun” a master bedroom and bath, screened porch, and dining area. The heart of the house was reached from the main entrance—located at the opposite end, next to an office/ guestroom (converted from a carport)—via a long hallway lined on one side with doors to two guestrooms and on the other with looming cabinets. “Our lives had changed,” says Benzil. “The way it was structured, the whole middle of the house was kind of dead except when our kids came to visit. That didn’t make a lot of sense, so we flipped the house around.” Kendall busted open the guestroom walls, creating a spacious family room that’s separated from the hallway by open shelving. The built-in cabinets were reduced to waist-height, alleviating the tunnel effect. Kendall used chestnut-colored wood for both the hallway’s shelving and a floating closet in the master bedroom, rather than repeating Tafel’s red cypress.“It’s an homage,” he explains. “Most of the time, when we put in something that’s not original, we show what’s been changed. It’s out of respect; we’re not rewriting history.” He describes the updated house as “us looking back from the modern era,” noting, “Change is inevitable, even to something as well thought out as this [house].” Though the house is clearly influenced by Wright, Tafel managed to avoid his master’s signature structural pitfalls. “Tafel was a good engineer and he made houses that were fit to live in,” says Benzil. “He never had a roof that leaked or doorway entrances that were too low for tall people. He would tell you he took all the best features of Frank Lloyd Wright, but made them practical.” 34
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Clockwise from top: Tafel House’s low-key exterior; the architect opened up the hallway to link the front entrance with the heart of the house; BKSK architect Harry Kendall, standing in front of the living room fireplace, honored the house’s original design but modernized it with subtle touches.
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The bedrooms remain small. “You didn’t need a big room, because you should be outdoors reading, gardening, riding bikes—doing stuff,” Benzil says. “That was the kind of thing Tafel believed in. Also, that the house should fit the space and complement what’s around it and not do battle with it, conflict with it, or upstage it.” The woodsy setting remains a huge selling point. The house is sited “in an atypical fashion,” Kendall explains, to make the most of its lake views. “All the exposures were northern exposures,” Benzil says. “You could sit in every room and have a gorgeous view, but this also meant the house was a little bit dark. BKSK worked really closely with us to bring light into the house. That was the other major component here—to maintain Tafel’s vision, but at same time give us something that was a little more user-friendly and full of light.” The skylit kitchen is still small and midcentury style, but with added amenities. In 1948, Tafel’s mother told Architectural FORUM that it was a “warm, beautiful room… together with the warm (cypress) woodwork and the sunlight streaming through the high windows, it is a wonderful place to work.” It still is, Benzil says, only now it’s more functional. The living room is also little changed, Kendall says. “It’s a sacred space, in a way,” he says. He added a large window on one wall to make the absolute most of the view. From the screened porch, says Benzil, “There are really almost no other houses visible in the summer.” She and her husband spend time there relaxing and gazing at the view. “I have a pretty stressful job,” she says. “The thing that has always struck me about this house is that when I walk into it at the end of the day, I can viscerally feel my blood pressure drop, and my heart rate and breathing slow. It really has the capacity to bring calm and peace.”
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Clockwise from top left: The kitchen retains its midcentury sensibility as well as its warmth, in part thanks to its original cypress woodwork; by knocking down the walls of the original guestrooms, the architect created a relaxed den with a scrim of open shelving; the bedrooms remain small in keeping with Tafel’s philosophy about having an active lifestyle; the windows in the renovated guest room wrap around the corner of the house (a nod to the open carport that was once there); the kitchen’s original skylight brings in plenty of sunlight, but the architect covered the wall behind the stove in stone to tie it to the central hearth in the next room.
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MA K I N G A M OD E RN IS T M ARKE T Gary DiMauro Real Estate partners with cutting-edge architects on client-based projects. By Mary Angeles Armstrong | Photos by Karen Pearson
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Opposite: Sleeve House is sited facing north on an Ancram hillside, with its outer “sleeve” tilted at a 15-degree angle to mimic the hill. Above: The sunken living room is formed of concrete, including the seating area on the left.
ust two hours north of New York City, the Hudson Valley region provides visitors with a chance to step back in time. The landscape remains untouched, providing vistas as wide as it did 100 years ago, with historic farmhouses set among gently rolling hills and open farmland. But this bucolic landscape isn’t only a repository of antique treasures, says DeWayne A. Powell, an agent with Gary DiMauro Real Estate, which has offices in Tivoli, Hudson, Rhinebeck, and Catskill. The abundance of raw land in the northern Hudson Valley, especially east of the river in Columbia and northern Dutchess counties, explains Powell, also provides a ready canvas for visionary architects—making this historic area the perfect site for hyper-contemporary design. Although Powell, together with firm founder and owner Gary DiMauro, has built a strong brand in the region selling antique farmhouses, the fact that cutting-edge modern design is increasingly in demand has inspired him to develop a niche market. While Gary DiMauro Real Estate’s reputation for connecting buyers with interesting historical properties remains strong, the firm’s experience with bringing hypercontemporary projects to the public is growing. “We get asked about midcentury modern and modernist homes by buyers all the time,” Powell explains. “Some spectacular modernist homes have been built over the past 10 years, with some of them coming on the market now for resale. But there’s still not enough inventory to offer to our clients who are looking.” So, as a way to address the inventory shortfall, Powell and Gary DiMauro Real Estate have been seeking to partner with architects and developers to bring fresh ideas straight from the drafting board to the homebuyer-client. “We want to work with creative minds and help them figure out how to sell their ideas,” says Powell. “We love working with design professionals who are thinking outside the box.” Thanks to the firm’s longstanding relationships with local banks, Powell says he is also willing to point partnering
architects and developers in the direction of financing. He will provide market research, too. “We want to leverage our experience with taking projects and working with architects from, literally, the ground up,” he says. “They should have a strong point of view, but, of course, we can advise them on the amenities and other features that would be appealing and add value to a buyer.” For instance, Powell notes, buyers searching for weekend homes want at least three bedrooms, with at least two en suite bathrooms, as well as siting which offers “lots and lots of privacy.” Buyers also favor green building approaches. That includes homes designed using passive-house techniques, which means siting on the sun’s north-south axis to take advantage of sunlight for lighting, heating and cooling systems, as well as employing solar and geothermal power. “And, when it comes down to it, buyers want a house that is ‘plug and play,’” he says. “ They want a place that’s turnkey because they don’t have the time or patience to build from scratch. The developer who can also offer something that’s custom and different, will win the prize.” Powell is currently advising an architect as he designs and builds a contemporary weekend home in Clinton Corners, and has also been instrumental in bringing to the firm the Milan Case Study project, which will be built in Milan, just outside Rhinebeck. Inspired by the well-known Case Study House Program—a portfolio of 36 modernist steel-and-glass homes designed by leading West Coast architects between 1945 and 1966, many of which were built at various locations throughout the state and are now considered historic properties—the Milan project features 10 sustainable homes, largely constructed of concrete, steel, and glass, built on plots of eight to 10 acres. A quintessential example of the region’s burgeoning market of hyper-contemporary-designed homes is New York City-based architect Adam Dayem’s Sleeve House in Ancram, a small town in rural Columbia County. Listed exclusively by Gary DiMauro Real Estate and represented by Powell, the home was designed by Dayem as a portfolio piece to attract client-based work. upstate HOUSE
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Powell met Dayem when the architect inquired about a listing of Powell’s of a modernist home in Ghent that was inspired by Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House. Even though Sleeve House was still in the planning stages at the time, Dayem hired Powell on the spot as his selling agent. “I seem to remember that Adam was pouring the foundation when he first contacted me,” Powell recalls. “He saw my involvement with the Gefter-Press house as an indication that I could sell a highly designed contemporary house.” The influence of form on the aesthetic and ambiance of domestic space is central to Sleeve House’s design. Constructed on 14 acres of fields and sited on a hillside, facing north, the 2,500-square-foot space is comprised of two rectangular volumes nested into one another, with part of the smaller rectangle running into the interior of the larger rectangle—hence the titular “sleeve.” The structure’s 15-degree tilt mimics the northward slope of the hill upon which it sits, adding further dramatic effect. Sleeve House’s exterior was inspired by the barns and silos that dot the surrounding hills. Black steel frames each rectangle, and the entire structure is encased with distinctive slanted beams of charred accoya, a soft, fast-growing wood harvested from certified sustainable managed forests. The siding is manufactured by first acetylating the wood and then treating it with a technique called shou-sugi-ban, a traditional Japanese wood-charring process. The charring increases the wood’s resistance to weather and mildew as well as adds depth, pattern, and texture to a structure. The radiant-heated concrete floor of the main level extends from the minimalist glass entryway to the exterior walkway and prevents accumulation of snow and ice. The open-plan kitchen melds with the living and dining areas, and all are located in the communal space between the larger exterior rectangle and the smaller, interjected interior rectangle. This “public” part of the home includes a powder room and 27-foot ceilings and incorporates more of the distinctive shou-sugiban wood used to clad the exterior. Throughout the home’s ground level, molded concrete of variegated gray hues mimics a moody winter landscape, and extends along the floors. The concrete rises to create a bench along one wall of the entryway and then descends into radiant-heated, concrete slab “couches” in the sunken living room. Throughout Sleeve House, custom-designed, triplepaned, tilt-and-turn Zola aluminum-clad wood windows offer abundant light. In fact, the northern wall of the structure is almost entirely comprised of glass doors and windows. The north-facing sunken living room showcases views of the Taconic Range and a suspended oval wood stove from Fireorb that seemingly levitates two feet above the floor. The kitchen continues the home’s minimalistic theme and features all the accoutrements of a cook’s kitchen, but with its appliances made to disappear into the cabinetry. Black Corian countertops flow into a black Miele electric induction cooktop and over a black Miele dishwasher. A black Miele refrigerator and black Wolf microwave oven, both concealed in a pantry area behind the kitchen, complete the picture. Other stateof-the-art amenities include a Zehnder heat and energy recovery ventilator, Bosch on-demand propane-fired water heater, a Mitsubishi City Multi H2i split heating and cooling system, and a solar (tracker) panel, with battery backup that is sufficient to power all of the home’s electricity requirements for at least two days. Along the interior western wall of the larger sleeve, a black steel staircase, made locally by S&S Fabrication in Ghent, climbs past windows with views of the Catskill Mountains to the smaller, interior sleeve on the second floor. This interior sleeve features three bedrooms and two bathrooms. While remaining true to the home’s fundamental design and offering a consistent connection to the surrounding landscape through 40
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its oversized windows, this interior “private” space “is all about comfort,” says Dayem. Upstairs, the lower ceilings, white walls, and soft off-white carpeting create a cozy, intimate feeling. The sleeve’s southern end extends from the larger rectangular volume into the hillside. It accommodates a lightfilled owner’s suite that includes a walk-in closet, a full en suite bathroom, and an open steel balcony that offers views of the Catskills. The en suite is finished in light-blue porcelain Daltiles and features a walk-in shower with a floor-to-ceiling window. On the north side of the house, there is a guest bedroom with ample closet space. It opens onto a Juliet balcony, which is bracketed on three sides by the structure’s black steel frame and offers a view of the Taconic Range and beyond. The third bedroom forms the heart of the second-floor private space, and it perfectly evinces the interplay of form and feeling. Sited in the middle of the home, and almost fulcruming its northsouth axis, this cozy, intimate room features pocket doors that open toward spacious views of the Catskills to the west and windows that offer views of the woodlands to the east. A full second bathroom, located between the two smaller bedrooms, also features light-blue porcelain Daltiles. Nearby along this same hallway is the laundry room, featuring a full-size steel utility sink and an oversized Samsung washer/dryer pair. Finally, the black metal staircase extends past the private sleeve to a spacious rooftop deck that is serviced by water and electricity and offers stunning views of both the Catskills and the Taconic Range. Sleeve House is now on the market. Powell sees it as a harbinger of more to come in the regional boom in contemporary architecture. “We will continue to be on the lookout for developers with forward-thinking ideas like Adam Dayem,” he says. “Working with a firm whose reputation is as sterling as Gary DiMauro’s, I’d love nothing more than to be in a position to satisfy the demand that I know is there for hypercontemporary homes.” GARYDIMAURO.COM/LISTING/THE-SLEEVE-HOUSE
Clockwise from the top: The state-of-the-art, minimaliststyle kitchen area is designed to meld with the open-plan living and dining areas; a black steel staircase rises past views of the Catskills to the second-floor interior sleeve; the master en suite bathroom features a walk-in shower with a floor-to-ceiling window.
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or Marie Kohles, there’s nothing better than lying out in the sunshine on the shore of the 40-acre private lake behind her family’s log home in Jewett, tucked within Catskill Park. True lakehouses like this one— providing unrestricted access to the water as well as picturesque views, and located a convenient distance from New York City—are rare in the region. But for the past eight years, this lakehouse—which also happens to be located in the heart of ski country—has provided a peaceful, cozy weekend retreat in every season for Kohles, her husband Joe, and their two sons, along with countless guests. With its unlimited lake access, easy proximity to both Windham and Hunter mountains, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, superb mountain views, and whimsical log cabin décor throughout, this lakeside home is a year-round Catskills haven. However, the Kohleses recently moved to Pennsylvania, too far away to commute for weekends, and therefore must sell the house. “It’s heartbreaking to give it up,” admits Kohles, who recently retired from her career as a partner in a large accounting firm. “It’s literally quite magical. It’s really a year-round place because in the winter you have skiing close by and in the summer you
have the lake, which is just beautiful. Plus, it’s peaceful and quiet. It’s been a real home away from home. I really missed it when I wasn’t there and always wanted to get back to it.” The property is accessible from Conifer Lake Road West, which encircles Conifer Lake, named after the pinecone-producing trees that blanket the area and give the landscape a rich, green hue and a fresh scent in the warmer months. A long driveway leads to the house, letting visitors gently leave the world behind. Built in 2004 on a slope, the Cape Cod-style house is supported by a steel frame and dressed in cedar logs. A deck with forest green railings and posts greets visitors and wraps around the house; the foundation level, emerging from the slope, becomes the ground level in the back. Interior details—the French doors, mezzanine railing, and cabinets—are painted forest green to accentuate the planed cedar-log walls and pine floors. A variety of rich colors was used to paint the wainscoting and trim—red, teal, and yellow—adding a bit of whimsy and charm, complementing the forest green accents, and offsetting the wooden interiors. The result is an atmosphere that’s at once luxurious and comforting, yet also playful.
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The loft above the great room features bright windows and built-in storage nooks.
To the right of the entryway is a kitchen filled with vintage appliances, including a 1950s Magic Chef range and refrigerator. The quaint, forest green island and antique-style cabinetry, along with the white farmhouse sink, add a touch of country charm. The dining area, contained within the same space, features a long farmhouse table. Next to the dining area and stretching across the back of the main floor is a great room with a high, angled ceiling, anchored by a beautiful stone fireplace with a pine mantle. Dual sets of French doors in the family room open to the back deck. In the winter, says Kohles, the family would gather around the fireplace, while in the summer they would leave the French doors open all day long, wandering out to lounge on the deck, breathing in the mountain air. A staircase leads up to an airy loft overlooking the family room and featuring a lunette window that lets in plenty of light. The loft includes built-in shelving space and a nook for a desk. The Kohleses outfitted the loft to create a kids’ hangout, but it’s such a versatile space that it could also make a fine game or party room, secondary family room, or additional sleeping area. Kohles says one of her favorite parts of the house is the master bedroom’s corner nook, where she used to curl up in a chair with a book, opening up the large windows in spring to let in the scent of the lilacs growing below. The master bedroom suite is accessed from a short hallway that connects with the loft; it contains a large walk-in closet and a bathroom with a stone-tiled shower, his-and-hers sinks, and a clawfoot tub. The ground-floor area of the house is designed to be a private spa. Accessible from a staircase as well as from the entryway, the area is yet another focal point, featuring 10-foot ceilings and walls made of cedar logs, a large sitting area, a separate bedroom with a tall window, a bathroom with a steam shower, two storage rooms, and an infrared sauna. Sliding glass doors form one wall and open from the lower level to a patio, which features not only a hot tub but also a 65-foot-long, in-ground saline lap pool surrounded by flagstone. From the pool, a flight of natural slate steps ascends to a charming green gate in an antique-style stone wall that runs alongside the house. On the other side of the gate is a fire pit, sited beneath 44
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trees, which makes for an inviting gathering place on chilly evenings. Lush terrace gardens line the stone wall. Although the house is nestled deeply into the woods, it’s also a mere 10-minute drive from popular ski destinations Windham and Hunter, which Kohles says has made it the ideal retreat. “The house is close to mountain resorts and bustling towns, but often we were content to stay at home and enjoy the house and the lake, which is always available for local homeowners,” she says. “This house is for anybody who wants access to skiing, nice restaurants, and entertainment, but also wants to be able to sit out on the back deck, have a glass of wine, and just watch the lake. That’s why it’s so perfect.”
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villagegreenrealty.com The Jewett area is popular throughout the year for its proximity to skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, golf, hiking, concerts, and arts events. If you truly want to embrace the Catskills lifestyle, this is its epicenter. If part of your Catskills dream-life is to find a peaceful place with a connection to nature and a whimsical sensibility, then you need to pay a visit to this home on Conifer lake. A winning combination of retro charm and modern luxury, this house is set on a glimmering private lake with impressive mountain views, and it contains a peace that is almost surreal. Just 10 minutes from both Windham or Hunter Mountain. This home is truly special, it’s a place where you can pamper yourself in a private spa to the music of birdsong— no New Age spa music necessary! Relax in the infrared sauna or soak in the spacious hot tub, enjoying the exceptional natural backdrop. The 60-foot heated saline pool is stunning and situated perfectly between the house and the lake. Your repose will be uninterrupted as there are no motors allowed on the lake; however, you can swim, fish, and kayak in the crystalline waters to your heart’s content. Whether you’re seeking a romantic getaway, sanctuary, or place to entertain at the highest level, this home will accommodate all of your dreams, your friends, and your memory making. upstate HOUSE
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Experience the Village of Woodstock without compromise! This home is located near the heart of the village on a quiet cul-de-sac with direct access to the famous Millstream, right in your backyard. This 5BD, 2.5BA home has had its kitchen and baths updated. It is in absolute move-in condition. The garage has been converted to an Artist Studio and can be converted back into a garage or would have a great use as an accessory apartment for your guest overflow, or the possibility of rental income. Woodstock $437,400
Escape to 443 acres of sublime manicured meadows, with trails and ponds enveloped by what can only be described as breathtaking panoramic views. This ultra-private property, located w/in 3 hours of NYC, was purpose-built for entertaining, outdoor adventure and living the life of luxury. Originally constructed in 1837 as a 4 room farmhouse, it’s been transformed to the grand center hall colonial it is today. Private but not remote, close to the Village of Roxbury & skiing in Windham, Hunter and Platekill. Roxbury $1,670,000
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Take in the majestic Catskill views from the tiered bluestone terraces, patios, & decks that wrap around this beautiful 3BD/2BA home. The attention to detail and craftsmanship in this is like no other, w/custom touches that can’t be found anywhere else. Glenford $950,000
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This 1840’s farmhouse sits on 53 beautiful acres. Renovated w/love, the now 5BD/3BA home w/attached 1BD apt. presents the warmth & charm typical of a home of this era. Extensive upgrades include 400amp service, heat & A/C., & septic/well. Saugerties $760,000
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This 3BD/2BA authentic log home sits privately on its own down a long drive. The property consists of meadows, mature trees, and stream fed ponds that were once used to breed trout. The features and views of this home are second to none. Woodstock $595,000
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Located just 3 miles from the Village of Woodstock sits this wonderful ranchstyle log home. Enjoy the peace & quiet of nature, or use this home’s spacious floorplan to entertain. Adorable 1BD/BA cottage and workshop/studio are included in the sale. Bearsville $599,000
This completely turn-key, 4BD/3BA, home has every amenity one could ask for! Entertain at the highest level with the custom built antique bar, take a dip in the in-ground pool, soak in the hot tub, or stay warm & cozy in front of the fireplace. Woodstock $399,900
Beautiful farmhouse is situated on 8 private acres, conveniently located close to town. Open floor plan, beautiful main bedroom suite, over-sized eat in kitchen, & much more! Screened in porch opens up to a fenced in yard. Kerhonkson $349,900
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Call Laurie Ylvisaker 845-901-6129 or Bruce Stalnaker 845-532-7845 Built to last the test of time, this home was designed to have a rustic feel using natural materials from the surrounding environment. 4,000 sqft, and endless views across the Hudson Valley to the Berkshires. Woodstock $1,100,000
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Call David Barnes 845-389-2208 or Bruce Stalnaker 845-532-7845 A one-of-a-kind piece of history! Built in the 1730’s, this home has been enlarged & completely rebuilt. 48+ acres, w/an 8 stall horse barn, heated in-ground pool, a caretaker’s cottage, & more. Kerhonkson $1,790,000
DRAMATIC POST & BEAM Call Cathy Pulichene 845-417-1872 A contemporary with mountain views, 5 minutes to the Village of New Paltz! Sleek design offers clean lines & open space in a tranquil setting. A balanced blend of form & function, w/distinctive finishes & unique architectural details. New Paltz $1,279,000
TASTEFULLY RENOVATED CLASSY CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY SOPHISTICATION Call Elizabeth Alfeld 518-965-8851 Walk into this turn-key ranch & feel at home. Wonderfully renovated 3BD/2BA ranch has gleaming hardwood floors, a spacious floor-plan, and sliding doors that lead to a private patio and backyard. Close to all that Woodstock, Saugerties, and Catskill have to offer. Round Top $174,900
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Call Kimberly Cantine 646-290-0509 This meticulously preserved estate is nestled into the heart of Catskill Preserve. Surrounded by 131 acres of woods, rolling meadows, & breathtaking mtn. views. 2 guest cottages, ice house, & 3-car garage. Phoenicia $1,600,000
Call Cathy Pulichene 845-417-1872 Beautiful views from every window! A terrific floor plan with free flowing spaces - from the oversized kitchen w/a large island, to the formal dining area, to the great room w/fireplace and soaring ceilings, to the french doors that lead to the patios & pool, it’s perfect. New Paltz $849,900
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Call Francesca Noble 845-532-8249 Dramatic & uplifting w/amazing mtn. & pond views that can be seen from just about every window. This home’s natural stone work, bamboo floors & light-filled rooms complement & enhance the natural beauty of the location. Saugerties $675,000
Call Laurie Ylvisaker 845-901-6129 Set on 9+ acres of beautifully maintained property, this home is warm & expansive. Mature trees provide shade around the pool, while the balconies & patios provide a restful place to take in the year-round panoramic mtn. views. Woodstock $2,200,000
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Call Rose Noone 646-639-3022 You’ll feel as though you’re inside a nature retreat. 350 ft of creek frontage & nearly 10 acres of land for hiking & play. Open floorplan w/lots of natural light. Secluded, private, & close to Phoenicia & Woodstock villages. Mt. Tremper $775,000
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Call Elizabeth Alfeld 518-965-8851 This adorable 3BD/3BA Cape Cod sits on over 17 acres. Vaulted ceilings & a grand stone fireplace in the livingroom, & a kitchen that is absolutely beautiful. The attached garage has a 1BD/1BA loft apartment with a seperate entrance. Acra $750,000
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Call Andrew Condon 646-531-7725 Classic beauty at every turn in this renovated farmhouse, guest cottage, & vintage barn, on 14 gorgeous acres. Double sided fireplace in the LR, gourmet eat-in kitchen, and large formal DR. Backyard is fenced in ready for play. Stone Ridge $995,000
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Call Michelle Bergkamp 845-594-5035 Built in 1900, this 5BD/5BA home has retained its original beauty. Situated on nearly 1.5 acres, w/beautifully maintained gardens & views of streams & rolling hills. 3 stories, finished walk-out basement, & 3 car garage. Andes $549,500
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M I L L B R O O K · $ 4,9 9 5,0 0 0 Deep Hollow Farm. On a bucolic road in Millbrook, this captivating estate has been masterfully re-invented. John Friend 845.702.1965 | Web# UH1436650
P O U G H K E E P S I E · $ 1, 39 9,0 0 0 Fielding Bowman House. Classic elegance and high quality define this privately set residence. A unique offering. Ann Dyal 845.821.8069 | Web# UH1426838
S P E N C E R TO W N · $ 1, 39 5,0 0 0 Dramatic Catskill Views. A long drive leads you to the private home site that everyone dreams of. Katherine Jennings 914.391.2373 | Web# UH1437459
G H E N T · $92 5,0 0 0 Modern Retreat. This stunning modern home was built in 2012 to the highest standards. Annabel Taylor 518.763.5020 | Web# UH1457904
B E E K M A N · $ 8 7 5,0 0 0 Private Retreat. Wooded private oasis. 7 bedroom Colonial on 12 picturesque acres. This home has it all. Karen Briscoe Reed 914.213.1953 | Web# UH1435401
L A G R A N G E · $ 47 5,0 0 0 Millbrook Hunt Estates. Farmer’s front porch overlooks pretty landscape. Corner lot with private yard. Nicole Porter 845.797.5300 | Web# UH1463891
L A G R A N G E · $ 459,9 0 0 Meticulously Maintained. Admired as one of the most picturesque settings in the neighborhood. Jill Rose 914.204.0124 | Web# UH1451398
L A G R A N G E · $ 4 49,9 0 0 Wonderful Views. Well maintained Colonial in sought after Dutchess Farms. Jill Rose 914.204.0124 | Web# UH1460333
C L I N TO N · $ 42 5,0 0 0 Total Privacy. This four bedroom 3.1 bath beautiful colonial sits at end of lovely long driveway. Norm Mackay 845.464.5854 | Web# UH1448241
P L AT T E K I L L · $ 4 0 5,0 0 0 Farmhouse Colonial. Beautiful home surrounded by your own relaxing apple orchard on 7.3 acres. Ginalea Healy 845.224.4271 | Web# UH1435150
L I V I N G S TO N · $ 3 49,0 0 0 Elizaville Location. Beautiful four bedroom, four bath custom finished home on a quiet cul-de-sac. Audrey Winslow 845.233.0650 Andrew Gates 917.755.2640 | Web# UH1458388
P I N E P L A I N S · $ 3 4 4,0 0 0 Your Country Sanctuary. Looking for a country retreat? This fabulous Colonial will satisfy all your needs. Arij Kurzum 845.453.4813 | Web# UH1463467
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JOHN LYONS ESTATE – Elegantly renewed c. 1790 historic stone home, in a stunning 6.9 acre gated oasis, offers 3700+ SF over 3 levels with top quality and artisanal finishes throughout – 4 bedrooms, 3.5 luxe baths, stone fireplaces in LR, DR & family rooms, den, gourmet kitchen, wide board & marble floors + 1 BR guest house over 2 car garage. Amazing “live-in” cabana beside stunning IG pool & hot tub. Vast aerated POND crowns it all! SINGULAR! $1,400,000
AMAZING 37 ACRE OASIS – Totally PRIVATE estate parcel w/ lush landscape & rolling meadows encloses this sophisticated 6,200 SF country contemporary residence. Sumptuous interior features gorgeous HW floors, stunning curved staircase, 4 BRs incl. main level ensuite & deluxe ensuite MBR upstairs, 4 full baths, lavish 24’ gourmet kitchen, 3 fireplaces, indoor POOL, steam room, home gym, family/media room & enormous deck. HAVE IT ALL! $1,250,000
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VIEWS & WATER!! – Astounding panoramic views across the valley to the Catskill high peaks and beyond. Set high on the fabled Shawangunk Ridge on 5+ acres with LAKE frontage and trail access to Mohonk & Minnewaska. This classic c. 1938 wood-sided mountain house features 33’ Great Room w/ vaulted ceiling & stone fireplace, country style EI kitchen, dining space, all wood floors, den or home office, French doors to al fresco dining space. $349,900
Call Jeoffrey D. Devor, Associate RE Broker, mobile 845-389-0688
REBORN BRICK CHURCH – Smartly renovated c.1900 brick church w/ abundant original charm and detail intact – slate roof, gothic arched windows & doors, stained glass & wood floors. Fabulous open floor plan with 2-story Great Room, dining area, cook’s gourmet kitchen w/ professional DCS range & SS appliances, custom floating staircase to ensuite MBR with luxe spa bath, deck, cozy woodburner, & established gardens on 2.9 acres. TRULY SINGULAR. $419,000
Call Colleen Bicknese, RE Salesperson, mobile 845-661-0248
PLANKENHORN FARM – Superior opportunity for agri-entrepreneur, investor or developer. Unique dairy farm commands 120 acres in desirable Mid-Dutchess Co. supporting 60 head milking herd. Original home of “Hudson Valley Fresh” brand! Over 1 mile of frontage on 3 roads invites further development. Significant equipment/ vehicles included. Classic c. 1850 4 BR farmhouse too! Join the Hudson Valley farm renaissance. $1,950,000
MODERN FARMHOUSE – Beautifully crafted contemporary farmhouse (2006) nestled on 2.8 pretty acres just minutes to historic Stone Ridge hamlet. Traditional details and modern amenities are perfectly combined. Features include wide pine floors, custom kitchen w/ granite and SS appliances, 24’ LR w/ fireplace, formal DR, ensuite MBR + 2 more BRs upstairs, add’l. finished space on 3rd level and lower level. Porch & stone patio, too! READY FOR MOVE-IN! $549,000
Call Patricia A. Curry, RE Salesperson, mobile 845-399-6230
KINGSTON CHIC – Rare 2.5 PRIVATE acres in heart of Uptown Kingston!! Walk to everything. Superbly updated c. 1963 MidCentury home has it all - stunning gourmet kitchen, LR w/ fireplace, main level ensuite MBR w/ fireplace & lavish 400 SF spa bath, 3 upstairs BRs, family/media room, maple & ceramic floors, CAC, new systems, PLUS stone patio frames sparkling heated IG POOL & hot tub. MOVE-IN READY! $599,900
Call Ralph P. Cautela, Associate RE Broker, mobile 914-474-0046
THINK NEW! – No maintenance worries here! This two-story country contemporary is BRAND NEW and ready for movein. Nestled on a private lane in a super quiet country setting and overlooking the Stonykill Creek. The storybook Tudor accented exterior opens to an airy cathedral living room with overlooking loft, hardwood floors throughout, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, dining room and sweet “rocking chair” porch. $399,900
UPDATED CLASSIC – Impressive vintage 2-story with a Victorian flair, impeccably maintained & ready for Move-In! Spacious & gracious 2900+ SF featuring 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, gourmet kitchen w/ granite counters, formal DR, 25’ LR w/ French windows & fireplace, HW & marble floors, MBR w/ fireplace & walk-in closet, den, finished 3rd level, sep. Guest Cottage, IG POOL and add’l rental unit. MUST SEE! $395,000
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$5,450,000 | Taghkanic | Glenco Mills Farm 8500 sq.ft. award-winning house of glass, steel & wood, surrounded w/manicured, symmetrical lawns, flagstones & Linden trees. An architectural feast created in 2001 by the renowned architect, Thomas Phifer. 115 acres set serenely in the stunning countryside w/gardens & landscaping. Indoor & outdoor pools, bocce court, tennis court, movie screening room. MLS#368328 Maxwell Goodwin m: 914.489.9090 | George Langa m: 845.242.6314
$4,250,000 | Amenia | Glendale Farm First time on the market! 283 acres of working dairy farm, 140+ acres of tillable land w/ponds, stonewalls & beautiful mountain vistas. One-of-a-kind offering w/3 houses, dairy barn, a 2000+ sq.ft. commercial building & other out buildings. Sportsman paradise w/trails to your own hunting cabin in woods. Situated in the heart of the Hudson Valley & less than 2 hours to NYC. MLS#364720 Todd Kessman | m: 845.590.6199 | o: 845.855.8500
$4,850,000 | Pine Plains A breathtaking Shekomeko horse farm. Maxwell Goodwin | m: 914.489.9090 | o: 845.677.3525
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$2,600,000 | Pine Plains | Prospect Hill Farm Unique farm w/large land parcel offers ultimate privacy. Incredible Hudson Valley & Catskills views from the pool & main house. Perched high on a hilltop, the traditional center hall colonial has many special features & entertaining spaces. Could be utilized as a working farm or enjoyed as a country retreat. Easy access to skiing, fishing, premier arts & entertainment & award-winning restaurants. MLS#364720 George Langa | m: 845.242.6314 | o: 845.677.3525
$2,650,000 | Washington Georgian-style home on 70+ acres. George Langa | m: 845.242.6314 | o: 845.677.3525
$2,495,000 | Stanford | Rosebrook Farm 206 acres of varied terrain, with open pasture and woodlands offering spectacular views to the Catskill Mountains. Offers many sporting or agricultural opportunities throughout the four seasons. Numerous homesites to choose from with wonderful privacy. Much of the surrounding land in conservation. Outstanding opportunity in a great hunt location. MLS#359477 George Langa | m: 845.242.6314 | o: 845.677.3525
$1,199,000 | Amenia | Starlight In the heart of equestrian country, the historic Separate House was once the home of an enthusiastic stargazer. Home has 5 bedrooms with 4 full baths & 2 half baths, separate pool house & heated pool. Many original details, exposed beams, wideboard floors. Glorious LR w/FPL & DR w/FPL. Double garage w/workshop & additional storage barn. Located in sought-after Smithfield Valley. MLS#370167 George Langa | m: 845.242.6314 | o: 845.677.3525
$1,482,000 | Amenia 245 acres of woodland with some arable land. Maxwell Goodwin m: 914.489.9090 | George Langa m: 845.242.6314 M ILL BR OO SO K L OF D FIC EL IST IN G
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$2,997,500 | Millbrook | Fully Renovated Home This magnificent home with approximately 5000 sq.ft., 4 bedrooms & 4.5 bathrooms is in turn-key condition & ready to enjoy. Convenient to the Millbrook area & New York City, it is set amongst 30 acres of mixed pasture and woodland, with landscaped gardens set all around. Home was built in 1988 with full renovations in 2005. Maxwell Goodwin | m: 914.489.9090 | o: 845.677.3525
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$3,100,000 | Pine Plains Beautiful land and barn set on 333 acres. George Langa | m: 845.242.6314 | o: 845.677.3525
$995,000 | Esopus | Hudson River Mid-Century Modern The jewel on the Hudson! Very stylish & sophisticated mid-century modern round house design. Open floor plan & the finest finishes. Among the most spectacular views of the Hudson River anywhere, with direct access to your own boat ramp & dock. Just minutes to Kingston, Woodstock, Red Hook & Rhinebeck. Close to trains to NYC. MLS#370813 Jeff Ackerly | m: 845.532.8847 | o: 845.876.8600 5 0 • online at upstatehouse.com
$1000-$2750/mo | C/Poughkeepsie | Ultra-Modern Luxury Now leasing, ultra-modern/industrial design rentals in Poughkeepsie’s finest historic, Colonial Revival-style hi-rise buildings. Tri-level penthouse w/loft available w/rooftop deck & glass balcony to enjoy river views. Gym, sauna, library, decks, patios, grand lobby, gated parking & cable/internet. Near theaters, restaurants, shops & train, plus onsite brewery & coffee shop. MLS#370606 Carolyn Reynolds | m: 914.475.0032 | o: 845.244.2140
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$900,000 | Millbrook Modernist home on 30 acres with streamside setting. Kevin Battistoni | m: 914.489.2536 | o: 845.677.3525
$870,000 | Wappingers Stunning 2003 colonial-style home on 0.66 acres. Blake Michaud | m: 845.797.3627 | o: 845.905.8743
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Tannery Place
$2,995,000
Elegant country estate, horse property & casual country farmhouse. Ca. 1815 Greek Revival on 15.1 acres with the Landsman Kill winding through the property. Original stone walls. Main 5000 sf house w/ graciously proportioned rooms, 6 BR/4.5 BA, 3 FPs, wideboard floors & hand-hewn beams. 1810, 1 BR/1 BA converted barn w/ heated inground pool. Caretaker’s house with 2 BR/1 BA apt. above 6-stall horse barn. 3 paddocks, outdoor riding arena, 2 run-in kennels. Walkways, bluestone patios, & lighted tennis court. All within a 5 minute drive into Rhinebeck Village.
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Classic Clinton Corners
$349,000
Meticulously renovated and restored 3 BR/2 BA home in Clinton Corners, built in 1830 on 1 acre. Reclaimed historic floors, sliding barn system, split heating/cooling, horse fencing & chicken coop. Kitchen w/ granite white countertops, Bosch dishwasher and gas range, osmosis kitchen water treatment, and new LG washer and dryer.
❚ Kornelia Tamm 845.489.2000
Country Homestead
$399,000
Renovated 3 BR/2.5 BA 19th century house & old barn complex on 5 private acres w/ Catskill Mountain high-peak views. Greek Revival home, expanded w/ main floor master suite, modern kitchen lounge, dining & double living room plus double sided, stone fireplace. Enjoy a knock-out mountain view through your front door! 4-zone radiant heat installed in 2002. Additional 45.5 acres available across the road w/ fields, woods, Catskill Creek frontage, swimming hole and more views.
❚ David Ludwig 917.365.1894
Willard Place
$1,295,000
Located on Hudson’s only cul-de-sac street, this lightfilled 5 BR/5.5 BA Second Empire home is a historic gem. 3900 sf, built in 1875 & fully renovated in 2008, perfect blend of Victorian detail and modern finishes. The rear private garden, spacious common areas and exterior porches make this home ideal for entertaining.
❚ Kathy Duffy 518.755.0476
The Perfect Country Estate
$3,200,000 Stylish Milan Farmhouse
Exquisite 1860s manor on 56 park-like acres in Ghent overlooking 8 acre pond, w/ guest house, pristine barns, & pastures. 4,900 sf, 5 BR/4.5 BA gem, formal dining room, library, game room, chef’s kitchen, back terrace, porches, gym & formal gardens. Property technologically updated for easily conducted business, turnkey, including property manager.
❚ Pamela Belfor 917.734.7142
$450,000
Quintessential 18th c. 3 BR/2 BA farmhouse on quiet country road. Old world charm w/ modern improvements on 5 acres. Stone walls, pond views. Front porch recently rebuilt w/ blue stone, entire house painted & roof resurfaced. Wide plank wood floors, hand hewn beams, modern open kitchen, & living room w/ fireplace. Matching detached garage & old barn.
❚ Rachel Hyman-Rouse 917.686.4906
Tivoli NY • Hudson NY • Catskill NY • Rhinebeck NY
Period Perfect Greek Revival
$279,000
Early 1850 Greek Revival in Craryville w/ eyebrow & 6 over 6 windows, restored w/ bleached wide plank floorboards, wood doors & fireplace mantles. 2 BR, both w/ ensuite baths plus powder room, dining room & gallery. Sunny screened porch with bluestone patio, 2-bay garage w/ loft above, large open lawn & landscaping on 1 acre.
❚ David Ludwig 917.365.1894
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THREE ASTOUNDING HOMES A European-styled Villa, an Adirondack-style Lodge and charming Cottage, cradled in the Shawangunk foothills under 100 miles from NYC, lies this private retreat with multiple outbuildings, studio spaces, garages, a heated inground pool - all framed by 300+ acres of privacy with trails and a meandering creek throughout. Learn the amazing details! Call Cheryl Nekos today 954-629-7697! $2.9 Million
PURE LUXURY! This lavish 5-BR 3-BA Kingston mini-estate has a stone laid driveway that leads to the impressive stucco and stone exterior home enhanced with mature, manicured landscaping. All detailed hard wood floors in the main living areas are accented with raised panel trim. The kitchen was designed for entertaining! Just off the kitchen is the expansive deck overlooking the resort-like pool area. Call Greg Berardi 845-389-7895! $675,000
EXCLUSIVE COUNTRY CLUB ESTATE! Located just minutes from Uptown Kingston, Thruway, parks, schools and shopping. Property framed by nearly 5 acres. This 5 BR 4 BA home has an open yet traditional floor-plan that is great for entertaining yet still retains some private rooms for more intimate gatherings. Lower Level walk out has accessory apartment with full kitchen. Call Greg Berardi today 845-389-7895! $850,000
SKI & GOLF IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS Want to live close enough to drive your golf cart to the course? Here is your chance to enjoy a move-in condition. Built in 2008 with mountain views on 4.7 acres. This exquisite home has an open floor plan for entertaining inside and out with a wraparound front porch. It has 3 Bedrooms & 2.5 Bathrooms and full finished basement. Call Mike Barros today 845-802-6619! $479,000
WELCOME TO THE “WOODED HILLS OF WOODSTOCK” This 2-3-bedroom, 2 bath rustic cottage has soaring beamed ceilings, cherry hardwood and Mexican tile floors, A two sided fireplace and wood stove keep you cozy on those cool evenings. The serine grounds have a babbling brook, large rock outcroppings and meadows. The 6 acres is comprised of 2 separate lots, allowing for a studio or another home. Call Chris St. John today 845-802-3638! $450,000
RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITY! Sitting on a corner lot, I87 is on one side and Route 299 on the other. The interstate exit #18, is less than a hundred yards away. NYS Department of Transportation traffic count is 18,100 vehicles per day on Route 299 and 41,700 on Interstate 87. It sits at the edge of the Village of New Paltz! Call Dennis Cooper or Jeanne Rakowski today 845-554-4998! $1,875,000
HOUSE OF DISTINCTION! Privately sited on 7.5 acres with meadows, hiking trails, blueberry bushes, raised garden beds and wildlife. A long, private driveway brings you to this environmentally-friendly 4700 sq. ft. 5 bedroom, 4 full bath contemporary. The views are dramatic. The extensive window walls maximize solar gain and views. Call Marilyn De Angelo today 845-389-9282! $539,900
BLUE MOUNTAIN FARM HOUSE Sunlit and architecturally pleasing with open space, woods and complete with the “country red barn” on 6.7 acres. Offering 4 bedrooms and gleaming HW floors. The garage has an extension that would be perfect for a studio/workshop. Let me show you how to lower the blood pressure and live the good life in sought after Saugerties where the mountains meet the river. Call Joanne Cobey today 914-388-7262! $399,900
SAUGERTIES RETREAT! This home feels like a private estate in the Village of Saugerties with 5 Bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms and almost 4,000 square feet of living space on 1.2 acres. This home has all the classic details you would expect from a 1920’s home from French doors to 3 wood burning fireplaces. It has a beautiful Inground pool fenced in. Call Mike Barros today 845-802-6619! $479,000
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Lawrence O’Toole Realty is the fastest growing boutique company in the area and we service listings of distinctive and unusual quality in all price ranges. We are proud to announce that our average sale price is among the very highest. We are proud to announce that we had the highest average sales price for Ulster County in 2017, as per MLS statistics. Our buyers’ agents are the top in the business: experienced, professional, savvy.
Complete privacy near Woodstock with substantial acreage and peaceful mountain views from a wraparound porch. This practically new and gorgeous light-filled home needs absolutely nothing: everything is done for you. Built using environmentally sustainable construction, including off-site framing with a focus on energy efficiency and radiant heat flooring throughout. Main floor has a flowing open floor plan. Beautiful hardwood floors downstairs, high-end appliances, top-drawer fixtures. Not counted in the square footage is the finished basement with its wonderful media room, and an additional bedroom and bathroom. There are four built-in bunk beds in the media room: kids will feel they have gone to heaven. Few properties on the market offer this kind of stunning, turn-key opportunity. $1,080,000
Custom Craftsman-style home featuring luxurious amenities, high end quality materials and spectacular mountain views. Over 3600 square feet of living space complimented by gorgeous landscaping and private pool/entertaining area. Living room offers an inviting stone fireplace. Gourmet kitchen with Viking double oven with range and hood, stainless steel appliances, cherry cabinets and wine cooler. Four bedrooms, separate office, screened in porch overlooking the mountain. High efficiency Geo-thermal heating and a/c system and Solar panels reduce electric costs. Five minutes from town of New Paltz and all it has to offer. $1,265,000
The warmth and style of the wood in the floors, doors, windows and moldings is the first thing that strikes you as you enter this owner-built house which boasts an ideal Woodstock location: a short walk to town, but private enough to feel you are in the country. Sited on rock outcroppings at the base of Overlook Mountain, the house enjoys seasonal mountain views. Cozy up to the fireplace while the radiant flooring downstairs warms from below. Enjoy nature in your large screened-in porch and stone patio, or your private master bedroom balcony. The house needs nothing: just unpack your bags and enjoy. $575,000
Classic farmhouse in a desirable and private Woodstock location, featuring multiple outbuidings, mature trees, and extremely attractive land. The house itself, with its equally classic rocking-chair porch, features original details. There’s plenty of light, a downstairs bedroom, and some beautiful original built-ins. All plumbing and wiring upgraded, and big-ticket items such as roof and furnace are new since 2009. Anyone considering an agricultural endeavor -- the sandy soil was perfect for growing asparagus and strawberries in the past -- would be more than pleased with the flexibility of the outbuidlings. And for those who simply want a very handsome Woodstock homestead with plenty room to breathe, look no further. $549,000
If you’re looking for a spacious home with lots of charm and character, this could be it. The most seductive element is an immense family room with great light and a distant view of the Esopus Creek, Mohonk and Shawangunk mountains. The property is walking distance to arts-inclined High Falls with its weekend flea market, restaurants and shops, not to mention the High Falls Food Coop. Set back nicely from a quiet dead end road, with an open field across the street. Park your chairs on the back deck or on the front covered porch and watch the world drift by. $325,000
A magical spot and you would never even know it is there! Walk, in a couple of minutes, to the Phoenicia Diner. And have your own beachfront on the Esopus River. 24+ acres, mostly open with southern notchedin mountain views, this property is home to a completely charming two bedroom, two-bath cottage that can be easily expanded. Two large living areas feature beams and fireplaces. But it is the location and features of the land -- all that Esopus Creek frontage with beach and all that open space -- that beckons and seduces. Parcels such as this one are almost like unicorns. $575,000
Location, location, location! And right next door to a brand new Holiday Inn Express opening in the Fall of 2018. Commercial water and sewer available as well as an additional curb cut granted in exchange for a (lighted) right of way to Holiday Inn. What better conditions would any investor want? No better commercial spot exists in the Saugerties/Kingston/Woodstock corridor than the 1740 Wynkoop House awaiting restoration, next to the NYS Thruway Exit 20. Preliminary approvals in place for two additional buildings, parking and two entrances. Restaurant/hospitality complex, offices, retail, all come to mind. Sellers are open to a leasing scenario as well. $675,000
Very rare to find a 28-unit investment property on over three beautiful acres with seasonal views of the Hudson River. This is as solid an investment opportunity as you will find in the Hudson Valley. The cap rate is a very attractive 9.2% and some of the rentss — 20 one-bedrooms and 8 two-bedrooms, each with its own balconys — may be under market value, with plenty of upside potential. It is also rare to have as meticulous a maintenance history as these units have had. Property manager/super already in place. $1,250,000
Located in the historic hamlet of Cragsmoor, this 5-bedroom, 2-bath charmer is the perfect country home. Built in 1912, the home’s current owners have done considerable renovations while still maintaining the original character and details. The house is bathed in natural sunlight throughout the day. The first floor rooms seamlessly flow into each other to provide plenty of space for large gatherings and holiday parties. Off the dining room is a door to the 3-sided wrap-round deck with screened porch. This home has tons of charm, romance and simple beauty in its many angles, rooms and details. 1 hour 45 mins to the George Washington Bridge, makes for easy commuting. $369,500
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GRACIOUS COLONIAL REVIVAL ON SWEEPING ACREAGE WITH POOL AND PRIVACY. Sited well back from a country road is this Classic c1940 Colonial Revival. A sophisticated interior with a Center Hall leads to bright high ceilinged rooms filled with much sought after detail including Wood Floors Moldings, Trim and Built Ins. Spacious Living Room with fireplace is the perfect room for a quiet evening or grand entertaining. Formal Dining Room. Striking Library/Office. Expansive Gourmet Kitchen with cathedral ceiling, chefs stove, granite counter tops and island. Lovely all season sunroom leads to huge wraparound veranda perfect for warm weather entertaining. Formal gardens with stone walkways and mature plantings lead to impressive salt water pool area perfectly sited and designed for full summertime enjoyment. Multiple outbuildings. Easy access to shops, restaurants and NYC. This special property in a pristine farmland setting is truly one of the most beautiful in the county. $549,900.
HISTORIC STONE ESTATE. Located on one of the most desired and sought after roads in the charming Town of Stone Ridge. This fine historic home with graciously proportioned high ceilinged rooms and filled with period detail is the essence of elegant simplicity. Beautiful six over six windows allow for gorgeous views and bright sun filled interior. The Living Room with built in library case, fireplace and window seats is the perfect place to gather before entering the large dining room perfect for holiday gatherings. Large eat in kitchen with “bee hive” oven fireplace with woodstove lends itself to cozy fireside meals. Expansive den with French doors leads to bluestone patios overlooking graceful park like grounds. The 13.5 acres, with land on both sides of the road, includes established gardens, mature plantings, sweeping lawns, fruit and nut orchard, outbuildings and gives the feeling of a gentlemen’s farm. To complete this picturesque setting is a truly beautiful, significant and historic red barn, tree house and huge pond. A modern touch is added with solar panels. Separate cottage is perfect for the writer or artist. This stately property, which will include most furnishings, is in such an excellent location that it is not to be missed. $1,700,000.
EXQUISITE CENTER HALL FARMHOUSE IN TUSCAN SETTING. SEPARATE CATHEDRAL CEILINGED HEATED STUDIO. POOL. Year round furnished rental Located in one of the most beautiful and quiet areas of Stone Ridge is this picture perfect farmhouse which has been published in Country Home. Pool, Gardens and Patios are in complete privacy. Expansive Gourmet kitchen/ Great Room wing is perfect for entertaining with 6 burner Wolf stove and Soapstone Island which is great for the cook and seating area for guests. Stately, yet cozy and charming Library perfect for relaxing with a good book or an ipad movie. Generous Living Room with multiple seating areas leads through French Doors to huge Screened Porch overlooking fields, mountains, gardens, apple trees and leading to Outdoor Summertime living. Large sunken Bluestone Patio with Wisteria covered pergola and gardens. Large pool with Bluestone patio overlooks Mountain and Big Red Barn. Huge Separate heated Studio with water, Loft, professional lighting and soaring cathedral ceilings is perfect for Artist, Musician/Band, Writer or multiple endeavors. A Beautiful Historic House with Relaxed Sophistication. Minutes to: Restaurants, Cycling at the Ashokan, Stone Ridge and High Falls. 20 minutes to Woodstock and Kingston. June $8,000. July $10,000. August $12,000. Also available long term. 54
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THIS ONE- OF-A-KIND
ARCHITECT DESIGNED
A TOTAL RENOVATION
setting w/10+ acres ensures total privacy. A rushing stream, inground
on 11 totally private acres, this 2729 SF Rhinebeck home has frontage
this 4 BR, 3.5 bath Rhinebeck home is totally transformed. 4975 SF,
1940s Cape has CA, FPL, huge K, MBR suite, & loads of charm
there’s an open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, & CA. Also a 1 BR guest
zoned CA, stone FPL, inground pool, 3 car garage, 3.5 acres. Modern
pool, deck, stone patio, & huge trees ensure tranquility. 3 BR, 2 bath $595,900.
on a huge pond for fishing, paddle boarding & kayaking. Light filled, house. WOW! $775,000.
enormous chef ’s K w/a huge island, 20 x 23 MBR suite, junior suite, & stylish. $1,145,000.
PAUL H A LLENBE CK R E A L E S TAT E , I N C . PERFECT FOR ENTERTAINING
in & out, this 3634 SF two story home has a huge deck, 35 ft. brick
terrace & a 38 ft. inground pool. Inside, rooms are huge, light filled &
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special, w/a wonderful K w/walk in pantry. CA, wood floors, perfection! $660,000.
IN RHINEBECK VILLAGE, walkable to everything, this very charming 3 BR, 2 bath one story has CA, a beautiful FPL, beamed ceiling LR, built in cabinetry, a granite K, separate DR, + a covered porch, deck, & level useable yard. $305,000.
A SPECIAL RETREAT this 4 BR, 2 bath, 2800 SF, colonial has a vaulted LR w/built-ins & a FPL, a granite K, FR, sunroom, roof deck, & an amazing 40 ft. heated inground pool for summer fun $495,000.
IF YOU WANT PERFECTION, this 3 BR, 2 bath one story is the answer. Here there’s CA, an open, vaulted LR/DR/K, MBR suite, 24 ft. FR, a huge garage, & 2 level acres. Soo immaculate. $349,000.
CONDO LIVING is easy, & this lovely unit at the Woods in Rhinebeck is updated & immaculate. There’s a LR w/FPL, DR, great K, MBR suite, den, CA, & the clubhouse & pool are around the corner. $259,900.
½ MILE FROM RBK VILLAGE, this Contemporary home w/meet all your expectations: open floor plan, CA, FPL, vaulted ceilings, granite K, wood floors, huge windows, garage & 5 outbuildings. $275,000.
A HUGE RBK COLONIAL, this 4 BR, 2.5 bath, 3355 SF home has CA, a FPL, MBR suite, a huge, granite K, breakfast & DR, LR & FR, + 3 extra spaces, huge office, yoga & play rooms. Wrap porch too. $445,900.
A SUPERB INVESTMENT property w/2 homes is in R Hook. Live in 1, rent the 2nd or rent both. Current rent roll is $27K. 4.7 acres, new septics. Home 1 is 2 BR w/new K & bath, #2 is 1 BR cottage. $244,900.
A SPECIAL VALUE, this 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3000 SF Rhinebeck V Cape has a custom K, open floor plan, first floor MBR suite, deck, totally fenced yard, & oversized garage. Assume 3% mortgage & save! $412,000.
A HANDYMAN SPECIAL This mini farm needs a total renovation w/an early colonial home, cottage, studio & barns all on 3.55 acres. Red Hook Schools, quiet country area close to commuting routes. Priced to sell @ $150,000.
ON A DEAD-END STREET 5 minutes from Rbk Village, this amazing modern home has an open floor plan, superb K, huge windows, CA, 2 MBR suites, a 25 x 29 FR, + there’s screened porch, heated inground pool & an amazing guest house. $1,095,000.
ON BEAU TIF UL RIVER RD & overlooking meadows, this 4 BR, 2 bath Rbk home is tucked back
for unusual privacy, has a stunning LR w/a wall of glass, a great K, 23 ft. FR, + there are wraparound decks & huge trees. Amtrak ½ mile away. $389,900.
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GRAND CLOVE VALLEY COLONIAL A very special offering, unrivaled in what it offers. Picturesque center hall in the heart of the Clove Valley on 22+ acres, fully restored & maintained to the highest standards. 4100 sq. feet, w/7 BRs, 3 full baths and 2 half, 7 fireplaces & beautiful wide plank flooring. Complemented by a tree lined driveway, pond, period barn & attractive carriage barn w/game room & additional guest quarters. Offered at $2,595,000
SHADBLO HILL FARM - 222 ACRES Fabulous working farm, owned by one family for over 97 years. Stunning views of the Catskill Mountains, rolling agricultural fields, woodlands, lawns and 5 ponds. Traditional 3 BR main farmhouse, guest house/caretaker’s cottage and several period barns. A unique opportunity to own your own farm! Convenient to Rhinebeck and Red Hook. Offered at $1,250,000
CLASSIC COLONIAL HOME ON TOWER HILL ROAD Country home privately set on 5 acres in an area of large parcels & fine homes. Wrap-around porch, spacious rooms & high ceilings. Grand entry foyer, 4 BRs, 2 full baths, gourmet kit, LR w/FP, formal DR, & office. Stone patio, heated in-ground pool, cabana, outdoor FP & built-in grills. 3 car attached garage & 42x63 barn w/separate driveway. Offered at $795,000
MILLBROOK CONTEMPORARY Well maintained home, on 3.64 acres just south of the Village, with nearly 2400 sq. ft. of living space. 3 BRs, updated kitchen & baths, LR w/stone FP, formal DR, lovely sunroom and family room w/walk-out to beautiful brick patio. Oversized 2 car garage, expansive yard. Convenient commuter location, minutes to TSP. Offered at $379,000
STANFORDVILLE RANCH Beautiful ranch style home on 3 acres, with 3 BRs, 3 full baths, LR with stunning fireplace, patio, pool and large barn. Privately set on a scenic road in an area of protected land with lovely pastoral views and seasonal views of the Catskill Mountains. A perfect country retreat! Offered at $370,000
FOUR BEDROOM MILLBROOK RANCH Charming home, minutes south of the Village w/ easy access to commuter routes. LR w/brick FP, great room w/coal stove, kit w/handcrafted cabinets and silestone countertops, and formal DR. Beautiful HW floors. 1.4 acre lot w/stone patio, deck and above-ground pool. A great find in the Millbrook School District! Offered at $329,000
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NORTH EAST
$1,447,000
Private Georgian Estate RED HOOK
$515,000
Spacious Colonial TOWN OF CLINTON
$895,000
$895,000
Turnkey Village Restaurant AMENIA
$425,000
HYDE PARK
Modernized Circa 1800 Saltbox NORTH EAST
$340,000
Sundrenched 1870 Farmhouse
MILLBROOK
$350,000
RHINEBECK
$600,000
MILLBROOK
$225,000
MILLBROOK
$525,000
STANFORD
Private Dutch Colonial
$417,000
$439,000
Charming 1910 Farmhouse
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$3,250,000
Gage Tavern c.1764 STANFORD
$695,000
Hudson River Style Farmhouse TOWN OF CLINTON
$785,000
Secluded Rustic Gem
Delightful Farmhouse
$235,000
Millbrook 845.677.0505
UNION VALE
Turnkey Condo
Private, Cozy Ranch MILLBROOK
$450,000
Gorgeous Natural Setting
Light Filled Contemporary PINE PLAINS
$750,000
Turnkey Treasure
Authentic Country Farmhouse
Private and Serene Colonial MILLBROOK
PINE PLAINS
CLINTON CORNERS
$565,000
Contemporary Farmhouse MILLBROOK
$1,325,000
Architecturally Designed
Rhinebeck 845.876.6676
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What’s Your Pleasure: skiing, gardening, or Just relaxing?
Canaan. A spacious and unique country home that offers two dwellings in one: a 4-bedroom main house and an attached apartment suitable for rent, family or guests, or an office or studio. Each has its own driveway and entrance. The house is set back from the road and surrounded by mature trees and gardens. Located on a quiet back road with swimming and boating rights to nearby Queechy Lake. $278,900
Canaan. This very private, tranquil, and spacious retreat reminds one of a California hillside enclave. The roomy Colonial opens up onto a series of decks overlooking and surrounding the landscaped pool. Includes a separate suite over garage for studio, second master suite, office, or media room. On a very quiet country road near all Berkshire venues, Chatham shops and restaurants, and 25 minutes to Hudson. $479,000
For a private tour, call Lisa Bouchard Hoe: (413) 329-1162 or email: lisa@tkgre.com
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1865 Inn & Restaurant | Purling, NY
Chic & Modern – Privacy & Views | Copake, NY
1890’s Queen on Mansion Row | Hudson, NY
Excl. 100 spellbound acres. 18 en-suite rooms, 16 apts. Restaurant, views, lake. Solar! $2.5M. Web#16877717 N. Felcetto 917.626.6755 | R. Horowitz 917.348.4866
Excl. Soaring ceil & walls of glass. 2 wbf’s. 4-5 BR/4 BA, decks, porches & patios! $1.950M. Web#17786951 N. Felcetto 917.626.6755 | R. Horowitz 917.348.4866
Excl. Meticulous details. 6-en-suite, 2-1 BR’s. Parlors, FDR. 1.2 acs, garage. Solar EV station. $1.785M. Web#15085984 N. Felcetto 917.626.6755 | R. Horowitz 917.348.4866
Organic with Water | Catskill
Hudson River Farmhouse | Stuyvesant, NY
Vintage Tobacco Barn Chic | Old Chatham, NY
Former dairy farm, 117 acres with natural springs. Cultivate or develop. Former bottling plant. $1.6M Web#17842651 Sterling H. Swann 518.929.7805
Excl. River views. Open w/loads of orig. details, dual FP, grt barns, pool & gst hses. 15 acres. $1.495M. Web#17323859 Maret Halinen 917.691.8757
Excl. Soaring ceils, open & gracious. Guest house, tennis, views, serenity… $1.437M. Web#183322901 N. Felcetto 917.626.6755 | R. Horowitz 917.348.4866
On the River | Coxsackie, NY
Unique & Rare | Hudson, NY
Tucked Away & Immaculate! | Kinderhook, NY
Classic Dutch vernacular, circa 1740s. 5 BR, 2 BA with 4 acres on mighty Hudson. $1.150M. Web#17544231 Sterling H. Swann 518.929.7805
Excl. Amazing 7000 + SF. current live/work spaces. Create your dream. $925K. Web#18206532 N. Felcetto 917.626.6755 | R. Horowitz 917.348.4866
Excl. Cust. blt cedar home, 7A, 6 BR, 4 BA, WBF, beaut kit, full bsmt, garage - koi pond -$775K. Web#18070120 Maret Halinen 917.691.8757
Magical 1860 Victorian | Hudson, NY
Country Manor House | Cairo, NY
Catskill Mountain Views
Excl. 4 BR/2 BA. WBFP. Gardens. Deck. Garage/garden room. Greenhouse. $537K. Web#18354308 N. Felcetto 917.626.6755 | R. Horowitz 917.348.4866
Excl. 6 BR, 8 BA on 8 acre meadow. Updated. Unlimited potential Commercial zoning. $569K. Web#16914534 Sterling H. Swann 518.929.7805
Excl. Turnkey with modern sophistication. 4 BR, 3.5 BA Dutch Colonial on 4 acres. $599K. Web#18410950 Dale F. Stewart 310.867.0372
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COUNTRY SPLENDOR WITH OPEN VIEWS AND GARDENS Sixteen-acre property has beautiful views of the distant Catskills, stunning sunsets, and wonderful gardens with meandering stone walls and paths. Set back from a quiet country lane, the superbly built and maintained three-bedroom, two-bath home has handsome pine floors throughout; a great room with 18’ loft ceiling and spectacular stone fireplace; a sunny dining room facing the views of the gardens and mountains. Minutes to the Berkshires and under a half hour to the Capital District… $395,000 CREEKSIDE RETREAT Facing the rushing waters of the Tsatsawassa Creek, this rambling 1800s home has stone fireplace, wide board floors, exposed beams, three bedrooms, studio, garage, and perennial gardens, minutes to the Berkshires… $215,000
GREEK REVIVAL WITH CATSKILL VIEWS AND GLORIOUS SUNSETS Historic Claverack 1846 home on 2.5 acres has spacious living room opening to dining room, both with matching period moldings, marble mantels and cast iron gas fireplaces. First floor includes updated kitchen with soapstone counters, cozy study, half bath and wonderful bright sunroom. Elegant staircase leads to upstairs master bedroom suite and three more bedrooms and bath. Finished lower level has great potential for guests, family, or airbnb. Five minutes to Hudson, two hours NYC… $625,000 TUDOR COTTAGE 1912 eclectic home has front facing gable, steeply pitched roof, decorative half timbering. High ceilings, wood floors, original windows and doors grace this charming three bedroom home near the heart of Hudson… $467,900
HUDSON AREA FARM 1920s bungalow has original craftsman details, hardwood floors, newer roof, siding, and boiler, and is set back from the road on 47.7 acres, much of which is open level farmland, just minutes to Hudson… $335,000
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4 Enterprise Dr., Rhinebeck, NY • (845) 876-2630 • legrandrealty.com • legrandinc@aol.com RHINEBECK: One of the grandest estate homes Rhinebeck has to offer. Located on one of the township’s most picturesque roads and seated on a rise, it has a majestic view of the Catskills. This fine home offers the best of everything, including an exceptional gourmet kitchen with top grade appliances and cabinetry. Built by master craftsmen, it is of the best quality throughout. Spacious rooms and a grand entryway with a custom circular staircase leading to the upper level. Master suite on first floor is huge, with large walk-in closets, fireplace and sitting area; the bath is one of a kind. There is a large media room off the kitchen and a generous sun room. There is also a formal dining area and a library/office area. Living room is spectacular with high ceilings and decorative molding. Second level offers 3 large bedrooms as well as a study area. Garage holds 4 cars. The property is on 35 very private acres. Minutes from the Village, 5 miles from the Taconic Parkway, 6 miles from the NYS Thruway exchange in Kingston, and Amtrak service is available in Rhinecliff. Offered at $3,100,000. A must-see home! Contact Listing Broker Thomas LGrand for showings by appointment only.
LeGrand Real Estate, Inc. is a full service brokerage firm with thirty years of expertise in residential properties, commercial development, subdivision of land, site preparation, and individual construction needs
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Bring Your Dream of Farming to Life Historically significant Sepascot Home Farm is a 96-acre property dating back to the early 1700s when it began as a cattle/dairy farm. Today this organic farm with sprawling fertile fields and vintage buildings is a superb setting for the farm-to-table lifestyle, an agri-tourism business or simply an expansive family compound. $1,550,000
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HALTER ASSOCIATES REALTY: The Shortest Distance Between Listed and SOLD! WOODSTOCK 3257 Route 212, Woodstock, NY 12409 [P] 845.679.2010 ■ KINGSTON 89 North Front Street, Kingston, NY 12401 [P] 845.331.3110
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6 bedrooms | 6 baths | 16.12 acres |7332 square Feet
4 bedrooms | 3 baths | 6.6 acres | 3778 square Feet
You’ll find this exquisite Vermont Timberframe escape sited on over 16 private acres bordering Forever Wild Forest in Windham’s most sought after gated community, Windmont. Escape the hustle and bustle to quiet times in the country surrounded by nature and endless views, or host lavish weekends filled skiing, golfing, mountain biking and dinner parties. Gorgeous details at every turn and spaces designed for living life to the fullest. Stunning. Windham $1,875,000
The striking landscaping, including gorgeous stone walls, curved stone walkways and lush flower gardens is what will first draw your attention to this exquisite home constructed with materials inspired by the natural elements that surround it. Inside a warm and calming atmosphere envelopes via a combination of tall timbers, natural stone, walls of glass and immense fireplaces. Simply beautiful. Jewett $999,999
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Dundee Farm Estate – Kingston Turnkey with SweepingN.Y. Views SereneContempo Woodstock Cottage
CAPTIVATING COUNTRY RETREAT IN ACCORD
$3,500,000 Offered$780,000 at $565,000
Elegant, beautifully renovated, early 18th Century Serene mountaintop and& English style cape,330 in acre ansetting inspiring stoneClassic house in an incomparable setting. Feathissq beautiful turespeaceful main house w/ setting. 3 BRs,views 3Th BAs, updated w/ wide3 sweeping acre isfor 2,400 ft home board floors & hand hewn beams, fireplaces, cedar turnkey custom 4 5BR, 4 BA, with features 4 BRs, 2 BAs, dormer windows, high shingle roof, copper & cedar closets.ceilings, Paddocks stonegutters fithe replace, cathedral vaulted surround ceilings & hand hewn beams, wood & meadows impressive hexagonal post ground oor master suite, aporch 1,000& & beam horse barn w/fifl cupola, , cobblestone floors, a Rumford replace, ahayloft screened yard, w/12 stalls,sq.ft 1 birthing stall, 3 wash stalls, 2 full . trex wraparound a a deck offi overlooking a rolling lawn w/deck, seasonal bathrooms, ce, observatory decks, & 75’x15’ indoor full finished basement valley reservoir views. 5 mins to village riding arena.&Also features guestwalk-out cottage, a studio, 3 bay with radiant flmiles oorsdistance garage, a historic restored barn, ofand trails,access a lake, green in Woodstock & walking to the several ponds, atostream w/waterfall, aConveniently fenced raiseda hiking 2 car garage. Overlook Mtn trails & Karma Tryana bed vegetable garden, & mountain views. Just 2 hrs located between Woodstock fromMonastery. NY City & 20 mins to Rhinebeck & Amtrak and trains in Poughkeepsie.Kingston.
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Stately Stone Ridge Mansion Exclusive 155 acreEstate Catskill Mountain Estate Dundee Farm
Architecturally unique stone house – both inside and out. Originally built in the 1930’s, to showcase its owner’s collectibles, and was an entertainment space. Today, this historic treasure has been meticulously restored into a glorious 3,800 SF residence, and it awaits your personal touch. The house was built using Colonial Construction Techniques and has all the unique touches that are characteristic of an old stone home; Dutch batten front door, hand wrought iron hardware throughout, hand hewn beams, rich wood paneling, deep window wells, and 2 stone fireplaces – one of them has a 30’ chimney in the towering living room, which measures a whopping 30’ x 40”. A second house on the property is a fully restored 2 bedroom farmhouse that would make a lovely guest quarters. All of this surrounded by over 130 acres of conservation protected land. $1,390,000.
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INDEX OF ADVER TISER S IN D EX O F A DV E R T I S E R S Adirondack Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Foster Flooring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Luminary Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Alfandre Architecture, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Foxx Pools by Charles Burger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Marigold Home Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Associated Lightning Rod Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Gardens at Rhinebeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mary Collins Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Atlantic Custom Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . back cover
Garny And Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Metz Wood Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Augustine Landscaping & Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Gary DiMauro Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Michael’s Appliance Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bare Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
George Cole Auctioneers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Murphy Realty Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
George T. Whalen Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Northern Dutchess Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Hudson Valley Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ghent Wood Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Paragon Building Group LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bialecki Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glenn’s Wood Sheds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Paul Hallenbeck Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
BKSK Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Halstead Property Hudson Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Paula Redmond Real Estate Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cabinet Designers, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Halter Associates Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Peaslee Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Catskill Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover
Herrington’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Peggy Lampman Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cembra Windows & Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Houlihan Lawrence/Millbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Phinney Design Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Coldwell Banker
The Hudson Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Quatrefoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Village Green Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . front cover, 46, 47, 62
Hudson Valley Chimney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rice Plumbing & Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Curabba Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hudson Valley Home Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Stinemire Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dirty Girls Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Integral Design Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Stone Ridge Electric Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Estate Sale Services of the Hudson Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The Kinderhook Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Victoria Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Exposures Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lawrence O’Toole Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Finch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Le Grand Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Williams Lumber & Home Center . . . . . inside front cover, 9
Flemming Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lockwood-Dynamism Architecture-Design Build . . . . . . 3
Win Morrison Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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relocated upstate to launch his eponymous company fulltime. Today, the operation employs 20 people, occupies 900 acres that include a state-of-the-art workshop and several other buildings, and maintains a 5,000-square-foot SoHo showroom. Houshmand’s plum projects include the walls and details for Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino, Robert DeNiro’s Greenwich Hotel, and other grand spaces around the world. A recent commission is the massive yet delicate ash wood sculpture above the bar in New York’s Nobu Downtown restaurant, for which he collaborated with architect David Rockwell. The piece depicts a swirl of Japanese sumi-e ink. In addition, Houshmand used thin, curved pieces of wood to create cozy “caves” behind the seating on the ground level. “[Architect] David Rockwell came to me because he wanted to recreate these giant Japanese brushstrokes in wood,” he recalls. “I said, ‘Wouldn’t it be much easier for you to do it in metal?’ and he said, ‘Sure. But I want to do it in wood.’ So we did, and it turned out great.” At one point in the project, says Houshmand, Rockwell said something that both resonated with his own past work and informed his current projects: “God is in the details.” Houshmand’s goals include expanding Five Elements, his Feng Shui fountain subsidiary, and Soundwall, an offshoot focused on sonic architecture, as well as launching a line of furniture that’s as surprisingly inventive as it is usable. “Before I started doing this, I thought, ‘If I could disguise art and sculpture as functional things, that would be really fun,’” he says. “And it definitely is.” –Peter Aaron
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Clockwise from top: John Houshmand in his Hobart studio; Dining Table No. 0262.1 features a two-inch clear acrylic top inlaid with a black walnut microslab and black walnut live-edge legs; Chaise Lounge No. 0076 is made of cast bronze supported by an old-growth heart pine beam. Photos: Roy Gumpel (Portrait); John Houshmand
For John Houshmand, an inventive designer and selfproclaimed creator of “functional art, ironically disguised as furniture,” the choice of materials—fine woods, cast and hammered metals, glass, acrylic, concrete—pay tribute to the natural world from which they’re all sourced. “It’s about trying to show affection for the stuff of life,” he says. “Embracing the individuality in nature, the beauty of the imperfections you come across.” Houshmand’s tables, seating, beds, counters, sculptural screens, and other pieces and site-specific architectural projects balance sleek modernism with raw, found-in-theground character. Thick, imposing wood slabs fuse with blackened steel, bisect panes of translucent glass, or hover on gracefully curving cast-acrylic supports. Born in Los Angeles to an Iranian father and a DutchAmerican mother, Houshmand grew up in the Philippines, Israel, Iran, and England. Moved by the ancient and modern art he saw abroad, he went on to earn a degree in art history from Yale and study under influential sculptor and interior designer Erwin Hauer. “Whenever I’ve travelled I’ve always been pretty inquisitive about the different materials I’ve encountered,” he explains. “About what could be done with them [for projects] while still keeping them in their natural state.” In the early 1980s, after living in the Pacific Northwest and creating log structures there, Houshmand signed on with high-end New York City firm Clark Construction. This saw him flying all over the world in search of exotic woods, stone, and other materials to create custom projects for Calvin Klein, Robert Redford, the Phillipe Starck-designed Paramount Hotel, and other prestigious clients. In 1991, he purchased a 120-acre abandoned farm in the Delaware County village of Hobart as a weekend getaway. In 2003, however, after 24 years of city living, he decided to strike out on his own. “Getting to work for the rich and famous was wonderful,” Houshmand says. “But by then I really needed to get out of New York.” Felling an old, dead maple tree on the farm inspired him to begin making furniture in his barn from locally harvested wood; soon afterward, he
MILAN CASE STUDY IS A MODERN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LOCATED MINUTES FROM RHINEBECK, NY WITH HOMES DESIGNED BY AWARD WINNING ARCHITECT JAMES GARRISON Act now and be in by Fall 2018 Each home is placed within the environment to maximize the enjoyment of the natural beauty, and minimize the disturbance to the surroundings. As Shown: 3,256 square feet / 4 bedrooms / 3.5 baths Saltwater heated pool, studio/garage, pantry, media room, fireplace, screened in porch, energy star home Homes from 1,956 square feet – 4,135 square feet Lot sizes 7 – 17 acres Very well equipped from $995,000
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Your Vision • Your Life • Your Lindal Home At Lindal we are very proud that for over 70 years we have been producing homes that are modern in spirit and warm in nature. At the heart of the Lindal Experience lives progress and tradition, inspiration and predictability – the cutting-edge architecture is delivered through the time-honored building systems of Lindal Cedar homes and backed by a lifetime structural warranty. Lindal Cedar Homes has designed and produced over 50,000 homes, built throughout the world in every climate, on every type of terrain, and in every regulatory environment. Since the introduction of its modern design program in 2008, Lindal has been the modern systems-built ‘prefab’ home of choice for our clients.
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