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Wednesday, November 2. 2011

American architecture: Woodstock, VT

Magnificent place, wonderful gardens. Gardens make a house a home. Hydrangeas and cottage gardens make a garden homey. Note that many if not most of the charming homes in Woodstock are second homes, summer and ski-season getaways. This one too, no doubt:


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Perfect - the warmth of the brick sets off the clean white woodwork. Can't tell if the shutters are black or dark green, but both work well.

Here in Israel we have little brick - except for terra-cotta roofs. Most buildings like this would be concrete faced with the gold limestone called "Jerusalem stone".

The other style here is the dead-white plastered building of all hot regions - which is often dramatically highlighted by lapis blue windows and woodwork.
#1 Ben David on 2011-11-02 08:02 (Reply)
I wonder how they are doing in Woodstock since those awful floods? My wife and I were in Woodstock some years ago, and the Woodstock Inn was lovely, as was the whole town, and the people. We were on our way to Chelsea, and then to Maine.
#2 Charles Curran on 2011-11-02 09:28 (Reply)
Woodstock and Newfane are my "go to" spots whenever I drop down to Vermont from the Ottawa Valley up here in Canada.

And no trip to Woodstock goes without a short evening detour over to Simon Pearce at Quechee for dinner. Alas, both his restaurant and his marvellous glasswrks took a big hit in that flood.

However, I understand they are soldiering on (that's the Yankee spirit!) and I intend to give them a vote of support by dropping down there very soon.

If you want to know more, please go here:

www.simonpearce.com

(Unabashed and shameless promotion for a favoured spot in Vermont!)
#2.1 JJM on 2011-11-02 12:55 (Reply)

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