Adirondacks: Local Craft

The Adirondacks has incredible craft traditions—furniture, food, textiles, and metalwork. The Adirondacks has incredible craft traditions—furniture, food, textiles, and metalwork. A number of regional centers, like the Adirondack Folk School, offer traditional instruction, as do our local practitioners. Nearby, you’ll find a series of informal roadsides places to buy local craft and goods, with a mix of established shops, like Abanakee Studios, Speculator Department Store, and Pine’s Country Store.

We’re big fans of a number of books on the history of Adirondacks furniture, including this classic (adjacent mountain craft recommendation: the Foxfire Series).

For antiquing, check out: Hudson and smaller shops in the Shandaken—Mystery Spot Phoenicia, Phoenicia Arts & Antiques, Blue Barn, Cloudspinners—and the ADK—Abanakee Studios, Wide River Too! Antiques & Uniques, Wide River Antiques, Kirche, and Camp Garuda Antiques & Collectibles.