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An Abandoned Cider Mill Gets a New Life. Before & After: North Branch Cider Mill in North Branch, NY

By Erin|2024-08-26T20:18:41+00:00August 12th, 2024|Design|

A husband and wife team – serial renovators and home builders – take on their biggest project yet: an abandoned cider mill. "A charming, historic, mess." That's how Tom Roberts describes the condition – and the irresitable allure – of the North Branch Cider Mill when he and his wife Anna Åberg were passed the torch in late 2022. “It wasn’t for sale, but it wasn’t in use. So we pestered the owner for 18 months until he sold it to us.” Fast forward to nearly a year since its re-opening in November 2023: an incredible amount of work has been done, made possible by the colossal vision and talent from their parent company/design studio, Homestedt. Its charming and historic parts remain, but this diamond in the rough has been polished back to its original glory. Below, Escape Brooklyn interviews the design-savvy duo who share stories from the renovation, plus give us the scoop on future plans at the North Branch Cider Mill.

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From Mood-Board to Move-In: Customizable New Build Homes by Welcome

By Erin|2024-05-09T12:52:27+00:00October 11th, 2023|Design|

Looking to build a brand-new, personalized home? Based in Upstate and Westchester, New York, Welcome promises that homebuyers can go from mood-board to move-in with just a few clicks. Armed with a mood board and a color palette, we worked with Welcome’s designers to easily create an Escape Brooklyn-inspired dream escape ...

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Love Lamb: Cruelty-Free Sheepskins Made by Hand in Delaware County, NY

By Erin|2024-05-09T12:48:29+00:00June 7th, 2022|Design|

Visit an upstate home, and odds are you’ll see a sheepskin elegantly draped over a chair or bench. They’re everywhere, and for good reason: warm, soft, and organic, they’re an easy final touch for the Upstate hygge vibe we all covet.

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Before & After: Camp Caitlin

By Erin|2024-08-12T15:47:12+00:00May 20th, 2022|Design|

Caitlin Cowger, owner of Camp Caitlin, has a piece of advice when it comes to buying your Upstate dream home: “Don’t look for the house of your dreams. Renovate the house of your dreams.”

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Before & After: Camp Caitlin #2

By Erin|2022-05-20T21:17:09+00:00May 20th, 2022||

Caitlin Cowger, owner of Camp Caitlin, has a piece of advice when it comes to buying your Upstate dream home: “Don’t look for the house of your dreams. Renovate the house of your dreams.”

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Q&A: Tinker Street Tavern in Woodstock, NY

By Erin|2024-05-09T11:54:51+00:00May 16th, 2022|Design|

Amid a global pandemic, Tinker Street Tavern opened in July 2021. Aesthetes will find the space delightful; not a single opportunity to pay homage to the bar’s musical history was missed. The historic property was once owned by Albert Grossman — who managed Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren to name a few.

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DIY: Picture Frame Wainscoting

By Erin|2024-05-09T12:56:28+00:00December 20th, 2021|Design|

I recently moved upstate into a house with Very Boring Walls: bare except for the baseboards and some generic moldings around the doors and windows. The walls were beige and mint, and looked cookie-cutter and boxy, which — in this early aughts saltbox pre-fab — they were. They needed personality. So, with no previous experience and having never before used a saw, I decided to add some wainscoting. I had a tiny budget and no professional help, but installation was easy enough. The finished effect gave the walls texture and allowed for more color, pattern, and finishing options for each room. In short, they look incredible, and now the rooms practically beg for martini hour.

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Artist & Designer Marcie Paper, on Making Murals from Daily Memories

By Erin|2024-05-09T12:19:55+00:00December 7th, 2021|Design|

In a time of blandly Insta-generic wall art, Marcie Paper’s patterned murals buck the trend. The Hudson Valley painter layers and repeats abstract motifs—like delicate spindles and bulbous pear shapes—to mesmerizing effect, drawing inspiration from personal memories, vintage textiles, and her own small-scale paintings. The results are absorbing, highly detailed works of art that reveal themselves the longer one looks. Below, Paper discusses her relationship to memory and meaning, painting and patternmaking, form and function—and why she loves living upstate.

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Escape Brooklyn Upstate Decor Gift Guide

By Erin|2024-05-09T11:38:59+00:00November 27th, 2021|Design|

It’s gift guide season, and your social media feeds are stuffed with gift suggestions for all the personalities in your life: the tech nerd, the skincare enthusiast, the home cook, your boss, your brother-in-law on an ashram in Canada... But there’s one persona those lists have overlooked: your friend/partner/co-worker with a ...

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A Design Lover’s Shopping Guide to Livingston Manor, NY

By Erin|2024-05-09T12:37:41+00:00November 24th, 2021|Design|

Livingston Manor has become a design lover’s destination. The Sullivan County hamlet was already drawing crowds pre-pandemic—thanks to its proximity to hikes and streams as well as restaurants and boutiques—but with The Great City Exodus of 2020 came a ton of new visitors and homeowners to the area, and the stores ...

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