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Sheila Thunfors and Nikki Carchedi of Stone House Properties offer a home with the best of both worlds—a rural retreat that's close to town. The transformation of a two-hundred-year-old building. A new column on local housing issues. A report on real estate sales in the fourth quarter of 2025. Plus, recent sales and gardening columns and a home-cooking recipe.

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

  • Property of the Week – Sheila Thunfors and Nikki Carchedi of Stone House Properties offer a home with the best of both worlds—a rural retreat that’s close to town.
  • Transformations – The biggest challenge for architect Andrew Webster of Graphite Studio was to preserve the charm and character of a two-hundred-year-old building while delivering 21st century performance and comfor
  • Weekly real estate transactions for Berkshire County, Northern Litchfield County and Columbia County.
  • Market Perspective – Introducing a new featured column called Building Community, with a profile of Doug Mishkin, local housing champion.
  • Market Perspective – Sandy Carroll, chief executive officer of the Berkshire County Board of Realtors, summarizes 2025 sales: residential up, land down. But the real story is in the details.
  • The Self-Taught Gardener – Who would have thought that Lee would have a gardening revelation while attending a political presentation by a Kennedy cousin?
  • The Lazy Berkshire Gardener – Jodi’s advice: Don’t wait to buy seeds. Popular seeds sell out!
  • Home Cooking – A recipe for Cream of Butternut Squash Soup from the kitchen of Barbara Beach
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