"Very small towns, very homey area ... "It was a cattle barn. There were animals in here, dirt floor, cattle stalls," she said. The building served that purpose for nearly 80 years before it ...

This converted dirt-floor potato barn in the heart of the posh Hamptons is the longtime home and studio of collage artist Karl Mann and acclaimed painter Hector Leonardi. “When you step into it ...

“We saw it as a way to share it with the community and let everyone enjoy, as well as to keep it restored,” says Kelsey—who serendipitously had (and has) a small ... dirt and cobwebs, the ...