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What does one do with a grand house, high ceilings, oversized rooms, but a tiny budget? You let the structure and scale of the house do all the work! See how the history of The Beekman Mansion influences our decorating choices and learn new ideas for bringing seasonal living into your own home.

Rabbit Goody

Shortly after moving to Beekman Farm, we heard tell of an open house just outside of town at a place called Thistle Hill. As if we needed any additional reason...

Slate Tile Trivets

A trivet will protect the surfaces of your furniture and can also help display your dishes in a dramatic way. Trivets can be fashioned out of almost any flat surface. Our...

The Naked Tree

It’s not to say that we don’t appreciate the beauty of trees in every season, but there’s something so dramatic about the bare limbs of a tree against the...

Glittered Sumac

Many of our crafting projects begin with a walk around the farm. We recently found inspiration in the austere, architectural beauty of the sumac that grows along...

“Silver” Spoons

(Attn NYTimes readers: to purchase the spoons featured in today’s Home Section, visit here.) When we created Beekman 1802, our goal was to breathe life into...

Mini-tree Place Cards

See what this "grows" into... Do you have small children that you need to entertain while finishing up holiday meal preparations? Choose an adult who,...

We used the tools to plant garlic and onions. It's highly likely that original workers on the farm used tools made just like these.

All Fired Up

“The small man kept asking to see my hands. Every time a new person walked by his work place, he made me show them my hands. They had never seen a white man...

Jack of the Lantern

According to Irish lore, Stingy Jack was a trickster so talented that he even fooled the devil. When the devil came to claim Jack’s soul, Jack asked the devil...

Perfect Party Platters

Perfect perches. We love to make something new out of something old. So we were thrilled when Josh’s mom gave us a gift of a cookie platter she had made out of...

Candlestick Crafts

When we are planning a dinner or a party, we tend to focus more on the food than the décor. Not that we don’t want things to be pretty (heavens no!), but we...