Recently a customer called us looking for a total overhaul of her living room. Having built their home from the ground up, she and her husband had spent so much energy on the construction of the house, that this room had been left somewhat undone. They needed help both designing the look of the room [...]
Design Talk 
My Favorite Design & Lifestyle Blogs
If you have yet to listen to our “Love Where You Live” radio show this week (click here), the topic was design blogs – a theme that could easily take over multiple radio hours if I had my way! That said, our show is just 15 minutes and I think we did a good job [...]
Behind the scenes of “Love Where You Live”
As promised, we’re giving you a few sneak peeks of what goes on behind the scenes in creating our book “Love Where You Live”. The home shown in the “unofficial” photos below, belongs to an artist and a writer. These are two very creative and talented people. The proof? They built the house themselves. And, [...]
Introducing our exclusive (and newest) line of furniture: “Furman-Jones Essentials”
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. — Joseph Addison And that’s exactly what Wanda Furman and Tim Jones have achieved in creating their new line of “Essentials” furniture. They certainly have something to do; they both love what they do; and, [...]
Author…author!
I am thrilled to announce to our readers that I have a book coming out in the Spring of 2013. Abby Westlake, a writer, and myself collaborated on an idea that had been percolating with me for years and now it has finally come to fruition. I am so fortunate, through my work, to meet [...]
Shandell’s offering 10% all lamp re-wiring through May 21st
Susan Schneider of Shandell’s shared this blog posting with us – After the winter we have had here in the Hudson Valley, spring cleaning is on everyone’s mind. A customer came in last week with a car full of lamps. As she hauled them all in from her car, she said “Spring Cleaning, new shades [...]
Rhinebeck’s been “Furmanized”!
After receiving so many compliments on our In-Store Design Studio at the Barn, I asked stylist, Wanda Furman, to do her magic in Rhinebeck. Store Manager, Rhonda Cayea, worked with Wanda in restyling the store and they had a great time doing it. And the result was — well, just see for yourselves. – Joan [...]
High Point. Low point?
I know people come to Hammertown for inspiration for their home and their lifestyle. That’s why we are always pushing ourselves to create a “home like” environment in our store that is engaging as well as inspiring. We want to give you ideas on how to bring new elements and design sensibilities into your own [...]
Dennis Wedlick’s Hudson Passive Project nears completion!
The Hudson Passive Project is an energy conservation project, a prototype home-of-tomorrow that demonstrates the energy-saving potential of residential architecture. The house was designed by Dennis Wedlick Architect LLC, (one of our early Hammertown Choices) and built by Bill Stratton Building Company, and realized with the support of NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research [...]
Local Designers, POESIS, featured on Showtime!
Last April we did a story about Robert Bristow and Pillar Proffitt; the very talented couple who make up Poesis Design (A Modular Hammertown Home…Really?). They said “goodbye city life” some years ago and set up shop in Lakeville, CT where they had the space to do the kind of work they loved. POESIS was [...]
