Extraordinary Opportunity, Home with Two Studios near Woodstock for Artists, Writers, and Entrepreneurs. This gorgeous 2.8 acre property with ponds and gardens includes a beautiful 2-bedroom contemporary farmhouse and two large studios with high ceilings and so much more. Imagine relaxing in this bright, spacious home with clean lines, exposed beams, and hardwood floors, then being surrounded by nature's beauty as you make your way to one of the amazing art studios in the massive studio building. You can spend all day there: This building includes a shower and a washer/dryer. Plus, there’s a great covered patio for working on large outdoor projects, such as sculpture. Need to think about that movie plot or new product design? Take a walk on the path around the lovely pond. There’s also a pasture and immaculate walk-in/walk-out horse barn. Behind the studio building, is a vegetable garden with raised beds and planters. Upon entering the main house you'll find a large foyer with a well-appointed kitchen to the right and a dining area to the left. A mudroom attached to the kitchen can be accessed by a covered breezeway from the detached, insulated 2-car garage. The mudroom features an exposed-stone wall, flagstone floor, and wood stove. (The house also has a climate-friendly heat pump and radiant heat flooring, along with a new Bosch hot-water-on-demand furnace.) The wide kitchen is open to the foyer and dining area to facilitate conversation and entertaining. From the dining room, stroll into a large living room with high ceilings, a wall-length bookcase, and great views of a wraparound wood deck, two ponds, abundant flowers and plants, and the woods beyond. Sliders lead to the deck and yet another building, which can be used as an office, den, writing or yoga studio (or third bedroom/guest room close to the house). Residents can choose between three places to work and create: in the house, in the small building, or in the studio building. The office in the house is part of the main sleeping suite on the home's second floor. The suite includes a bedroom and bath plus the office/den. If you count all the full baths, there are three: two in the house (one up, one down) and a third in the studio building. The high ceilings and lovely proportions in both the home and studio building provide numerous places to display art. The 1500 sq ft temperature-controlled studio building is divided into two ample studios/workspaces separated by a utility room and full bath. The first studio features a slop-sink hookup and wood stove. The second studio has a huge built-in bookcase and room for worktables, easels, cabinets, desks, files, computer stations, etc. (The larger studio was once used as a gallery. It’s big enough to be a dance/performance space. Or a very cool place to put guests or family overnight.) Each studio has double doors leading to the covered concrete patio and the pasture. The entire building has central air. Many artists/makers have only dreamed of working in this kind of environment. Writers would love it, too – as would anyone using their imagination to create something new and exciting. All in all, this is a unique spot in the Catskills: a dream home with two dream studios & two ponds; stone terraces alongside lawns, gardens, and woods; the ability to keep an animal and grow your own food in the fenced-in vegetable garden; the joy of living upstate in serene surroundings with amenities and culture only minutes or hours away. This property is in the hamlet of Ruby, approx 1 hour, 45 minutes from the George Washington Bridge. It is 9 miles to Woodstock; 8 miles to Saugerties; 6 miles to uptown Kingston; plus 20 minutes to Rhinebeck & 15 minutes to Bard College & Red Hook. Bard, Vassar & SUNY New Paltz have notable art museums, the Hessel and the Samuel Dworsky, respectively. An additional 3.9 acre lot is available. More information upon request.
