Name: Max Shay and Emily Billings
Location: Western Massachusetts
Size: 3,200 square feet
Years lived in: 9 months; Rented
Max and I moved to Western Massachusetts on a whim after deciding to close the book on our city-dwelling life in Boston. We stumbled upon the 1930s stone farmhouse set up on a steep hill through Craigslist. After hearing about the history of the property through the homeowners, we were sold. The space was originally an influential literary hand press and the Cummington School of the Arts, a summer residency that continued until the early 90s and housed artists like Diane Arbus, Willem de Kooning, and Helen Frankenthaler!
