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Collector Tom Pfeffer is the owner of Kingston’s Jacob Ten Broeck House. (photo by Will Dendis) If real-estate investor Tom...

When the housing bubble burst, the free-flowing money used to finance a home shut down to a trickle. After a...

Sheets and bedspreads make great curtains, as demonstrated by this bedspread repurposed as a sumptuous swag. Spring is a time...

You can save the seeds from heirloom vegetables and flowers and they’ll produce true-to-seed the next year, unlike the hybrids....

Insulating shades are designed to replace venetian blinds with a fabric made of bonded polyester, structured with cells that trap...

Interior of a Catskill Farms’ home. Charles Petersheim didn’t know a soul in the Catskills when he left New York...

Photo by Will Dendis Does Saugerties need 55 more units of affordable rental housing? Some local landlords say no and...

The frame of a Matt Rogers yurt. (Photo by Lauren Thomas) Among the flags of the long-shot nations competing in...

A straw bale house by Ben Simpson. (Photo by Rich O’Corozine) I was intrigued when I first saw photos of...

Elisa Pritzker’s home office. (photo by Will Dendis) While many of us can get by with a couple of designated...

Singer C.J Cole with Rayann. (photo by Will Dendis) “Most people only wear about 20 out of 100 items in...

We all think of spring cleaning as a common phenomenon, with even the most clutter-hoarding folks wanting to throw open...

Photo by Phyllis McCabe The Hudson Valley gave birth to the nation’s first school of landscape painting and the first...

It’s been said that the most overlooked part of any home is the chimney. The last thing on our minds...

We all think of spring cleaning as a common phenomenon, with even the most clutter-hoarding folks wanting to throw open...

Photo by Lauren Thomas With the fall season upon us and fuel-oil prices remaining uncomfortably high, many homeowners are getting...

Photo by Peggy Fusco Gardening is always an iffy proposition. You plant tomatoes in one spot, and they drown from...

The view from the summer house at Mohonk includes a graceful rustic sphere sharing space with the tulips. (photo by...

Expert answers to eight varied concerns Is the chlorine in my swimming pool safe? Are there non-chemical alternatives I can...

Reclaimed and treated barn boards add unique accents When Rocking Horse Ranch owners Gloria Turk and her husband Toolie were...