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Maureen White Kirkby of Barnbrook Realty offers a beautiful Berkshire estate with old world charm revised for modern living. Kenzie Fields and her husband Shawn Fields bought the house next door and transformed it while preserving memories of its past life. Plus, real estate market view, recent sales, a new gardening column and more.

Here’s what we have for you this week in The Edge Real Estate section:

  • Property of the Week – Maureen White Kirkby of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Barnbrook Realty offers a gorgeous estate with comfort, quality, elegance and a great location.
  • Transformations – Kenzie Fields and her husband Shawn Fields gave the house next door a new life while not erasing signs of its old life.
  • Weekly real estate transactions for Berkshire County, Northern Litchfield County and Columbia County.
  • Market Perspective – 2022 market sales compared to 2021 and looking forward to 2023.
  • The Self-Taught Gardener – Not since Marie Antoinette has there been such insouciant use of an endangered species.
  • The Lazy Berkshire Gardener – Our Lazy Berkshire Gardener Jodi Cahillane expounds on the value of wood ash, the benefits of planning your garden in advance, and the joys of crop rotation.
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Fashion designer and icon Bob Mackie to attend Berkshire International Film Festival’s showing of ‘Naked Illusion’ documentary

“I never think of what I do as ‘fashion,’" Bob Mackie told The Berkshire Edge. "Costume design, to me, is being in show business."

Almost showtime for Berkshire International Film Festival, starting on May 29

This year's festival will include 27 documentaries, 23 narrative features, and 25 short films, all originating from 22 countries.

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Monte Levin and Gary Lazarus of Compass offer an immaculate contemporary lakefront home on the shores of the legendary Stockbridge Bowl. See how architect Pamela Sandler transformed a lake house on the shores of Lake Onota. A report on real estate sales in the first quarter of 2025. Plus, recent sales and gardening columns and a home-cooking recipe.

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