If you want to learn how to enhance and embrace the history and soul of your old home (especially a craftsman house) then you are in the right place.
Bungalow style homes have wide porches, genuine charm and make a wonderful family home. Use our bungalow paint color chart for authentic Arts and Crafts colors.
Heidi Caillier brought a tasteful touch of pattern and texture to the 1910 home
We just spent the most wonderful vacation with our dear friends in the picture-perfect town of Wilmette, IL (a north shore Chicago suburb). Most of the homes in the area were built in the Arts & Crafts style of the 1920's, and the cobblestone streets are lined with enormous mature trees. I quickly fell in
Cabinets, fixtures, and tile for modern interpretation: A look at revival design approaches.
Heidi Caillier brought a tasteful touch of pattern and texture to the 1910 home
Even though I don't really need to do much more research, I seem to be addicted to downloading books from Internet Archive. I really am a research junky. I guess I may as well put all this research energy to good use by sharing some of the good stuff I've found. Because I'm putting lots of pictures in this post, I'm going to insert a page break so it won't bog down folks loading the main page. If you want to see all of the pictures, you'll have to open the post. On my mind this week are closets and other bedroom built-ins—probably because we're trying to make progress on our closet this month. I've cited where I got the drawings. From Housewifery by L. Ray Balderton, 1919 From Home Interiors by the National Lumber Mfg. Association, 1929 From Home Interiors by the National Lumber Mfg. Association, 1929 These three wardrobes are from the Morgan Millwork catalog (1921) I shared a couple days ago. These 5 pages about Closets and Wardrobes are from the book What Makes the House Beautiful: A Collection of Building Details and Measured Drawings, published in 1920 by Henrietta C. Peabody. And three more from various sources. From the Curtis Cabinet and Stair Work catalog, 1927. From an Ideal Built-In Furniture catalog, c. 1920 From a Sears Honor Bilt Building Materials catalog, 1930.
Add character to plain rooms with crown molding, baseboards, wainscoting and more
If you find yourself attracted to the fabrics and wallpapers of the arts and crafts design movement or with a property that was built in this period, here are some ideas to reflect and enhance your home with the arts and craft style in mind.
An oddball 1984 Oregon ranch is remade as a stunning California Bungalow, its woodwork details inspired by the owners’ trip to Pasadena’s most famous houses.
in april 2009, i bought my first home. these are some of my favorite home decor and interior designs that i have collected to help inspire me. This blog contains affiliate links at no additional cost to you. It helps to keep this blog up and running. I appreciate your support.
Subway tile in deep green Evergreen mirrors nature outside this bathroom windows while providing a striking complement to the copper soaking tub inside.
Image 3 of 7 from gallery of Installation Topographies of Pleasure/ Lorna de Santos. Photograph by Nacho Uribe Salazar
A restoration specialist gave new life to an old house weighed down by dark wood detailing—in this case, a 1912 Craftsman in Los Angeles—without destroying its charm
Bungalow style homes have wide porches, genuine charm and make a wonderful family home. Use our bungalow paint color chart for authentic Arts and Crafts colors.
Heidi Caillier brought a tasteful touch of pattern and texture to the 1910 home
This 1910 house in Portland, Oregon was built according to plans published in Gustav Stickley’s magazine. Recent owners fixed it up true to the original intention.
Craftsman style family rooms that show a range of possibilities and options for your home.
Often the most dominant interior feature of Craftsman-style bungalows, the colonnade has lately been enjoying something of a revival – even showing up in new construction. Long before the ter…
We just spent the most wonderful vacation with our dear friends in the picture-perfect town of Wilmette, IL (a north shore Chicago suburb). Most of the homes in the area were built in the Arts & Crafts style of the 1920's, and the cobblestone streets are lined with enormous mature trees. I quickly fell in
The magazine stand is by L. & J.G. Stickley Handcraft, professionally refinished. We purchased it from David Rudd (Dalton's) at the 2005 Grove Park show. The cigar humidor is English, made by the J & F Poole/Hayle Copper Co., circa 1908. Below it is a Van Briggle cabinet vase. Hiding behind the leg is a 1906 carved Rookwood vase. Marked "KY" by an unknown artist. The other pieces are Fulper, a Pima Indian basket and a Roseville Dogwood vase. The painting was done in 1893 by Edward Gay. Gay supposedly offered to sell Mark Twain a landscape painting, to which Twain replied "Why? I can just look out the window if I want to see a landscape!"
Often the most dominant interior feature of Craftsman-style bungalows, the colonnade has lately been enjoying something of a revival – even showing up in new construction. Long before the ter…
