So, when The Mountains’ new design editors, Eduardo Rodríguez and Herman Vega, were tasked with visually representing the current residential interior design of this region, they were more than up for the challenge. From homes ripped from the pages of national shelter magazines to the partners’ Ulster County bungalow, weekend retreats turned semi-permanent residences are rethinking what a fashionable hinterland pad can be. The result is country living with a decidedly Manhattan twist. This newfound attention to a secondary lodging—both stylistically and spiritually—very much includes the domestic and business partners’ rural retreat. Their home-away-from-home, in what Rodríguez describes as a…
