Stables Carriage House

About this property

Morning coffee on the screened porch comes with light across the gardens and the sculptures, and a quiet that feels like deep country even though Kingston's Uptown District is a five-minute drive away. The carriage house began life as a horse stable, and it still shows.

Inside, one paddock has become the bedroom and another the kitchen, stocked with a full spice rack, olive oil, and every tool you need to cook. Leather furniture, equestrian curios, and dimmable lamps give the living room the feel of an old-world study, and a long dining table waits for an unhurried dinner. One bedroom and two baths sleep two.

Outside, the patio has a charcoal grill for evening meals, and the landscaped grounds open toward the Catskill Mountains. A morning walk through the neighborhood passes a horse farm down the road, and your arrival comes with a bottle of wine and a bowl of fresh cookies.

Kingston rewards wandering, with antique and vintage shops, bars, restaurants, the waterfront, and a Saturday farmers market. Woodstock, Saugerties, and Rhinebeck are close, the trails at Shaupeneak Ridge and Kaaterskill Falls are an easy drive, and the swimming holes near Woodstock are waiting on a summer afternoon.