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Design & Decor
A creative director and a sculpture artist/furniture designer trained in industrial design use their combined skill set to breathe new life into decades-old trailers and transform them into modern, liveable tiny homes that sell for just under $100,000
By Melissa Dempsey
Jul 16, 2020
Tags: airstream tiny home trailer renovation airstream
Lodging
A Sophisticated Riot of Textures and Textiles Makes this Hudson Hotel Irresistible
Though the pandemic has further delayed the grand opening of the Maker Hotel's guest rooms in Hudson, the rich blend of luscious textures, understated palette, global influences, and quality materials promise a high-end hotel experience worth the wait.
By Melissa Dempsey
May 23, 2020
Tags: the maker hudson hudson hotel greene county hotel lev glazman Web Only
Design & Decor
Millions of people around the world are stuck at home as we ride out the wave of COVID-19 and try to stem its spread. Working from home has brought new challenges, as people struggle to be productive away from the office and amidst domestic distractions. We talked to a handful of Hudson Valley designers to get their tips on how to set up a home office, or at least a temporary workstation.
By Marie Doyon
Apr 16, 2020
Tags: home office coronavirus covid-19 work from home design shelter in place
Design & Decor
Artist Jean Feinberg Finds a Muse in a Neglected West Taghkanic Property
Painter Jean Feinberg gives new life to a one acre compound of dilapidated buildings and forlorn gardens in West Taghkanic, which, in turn, revitalizes her.
By Mary Angeles Armstrong
Feb 1, 2020
Tags: Jean Feinberg the house february 2020
Design & Decor
Niche Modern's New Head of Production Pierre Bowring Brings His Craft to Beacon
It was a long and winding road that brought Pierre Bowring to glassblowing—first as a hobby and then as a profession—and it would take few more switchbacks and detours before he finally landed in Newburgh last year with his printmaker and book artist wife, Jeanne didid, working as the new head of production for high-end lighting brand Niche Modern. In addition to preparing for his first child, in his spare time the glass blower is working on line of artisanal barware, which he sells through his online shops, a few choice retailers, and soon at local makers markets.
By Anne Pyburn Craig
Jan 22, 2020
Tags: handblown glassware custom barware Niche Modern Pierre Bowring Bow Glass Field + Supply Phoenicia Flea glassblowing glassblower maker glassware Web Only
Kingston Design Showhouse 2019
Many interior designers get stuck on the ratio between functionality and aesthetic appeal—whether a space should be more usable or more beautiful. For Hudson Valley designer Elizabeth Mercer of Mercer INTERIOR, it all comes down to a design principle from famed Chicago architect Louis Sullivan that dates at least back to the 1800s: “form follows function.”
By Morgan Enos
Sep 24, 2019
Tags: KDS x Chronogram Kingston Design Connection Showhouse 2019 Elizabeth Mercer designs Web Only
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