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…

The owners of P.F. Candle Co. respect the historic integrity of their home while expressing their own aesthetic

I've been digging thru period catalogs again. I ran across a color Minton Tile catalog from c. 1905 that is quite stunning. Here are many c...

Name: Christian Doble and Alicia GburLocation: Pleasant Ridge, MichiganSize: 1800 Square FeetYears lived in: 7 years, ownedChristian and Alicia are both full-time creative professionals, and while they’ve both reworked homes before, this house—a 99-year-old Craftsman bungalow—is the first project together as a married couple. “It was this home that helped us realize our joint passions for restoring and designing spaces,” the couple explains.

I'm always interested in finding pictures of authentic early 1900s kitchen interiors because it gives you a chance to see the kind of stuff visible in a working kitchen. I wanted to answer questions like, what did they use for dish drainers? What did they store food in? Canisters? Jars? Since most kitchens did not have an over abundance of cabinet space we have today, how did they store utensils and pots? I set out to answer some of these questions by digging through old books and photograph websites. I've collected quite a few images over the past couple of years and I thought I would share some here. From The Craftsman Magazine, Sep 1906. I'm wondering what that interesting rack to the left of the sink is. A towel rack? Some sort of dish rack? From The Craftsman Magazine, Sep 1906. I like the canisters in this picture. I think that cloth hanging on the back of the door might have been for hand drying. From The Craftsman Magazine, Sep 1906. Apparently vertical wall space was fair game for storing stuff. From Shorpy: Executive Pantry: 1909. I just love the brackets on this one. And look at that little cabinet on the far wall--I wonder if it was used to store spices. From A Second Course in Homemaking by M.H. Kittredge, 1915: A Canning Lesson. Lots of clear glass jars used for storing foods. Those definitely look like mason jars with screw-on lids. Pots are hung off the bottom-side of the shelf. Also found on Shorpy: In the Kitchen, 1910. From The Efficient Kitchen by G.B. Child, 1914. Lots of clear glass jars used for storing food. Also the vertical wall space is covered in utensils. From The Efficient Kitchen by G.B. Child, 1914. Those shelves actually look like they contain mason jars. From The Efficient Kitchen by G.B. Child, 1914 From The Efficient Kitchen by G.B. Child, 1914. This picture is really interesting because it shows a wire mesh dish rack (hanging on the wall). I'd been wondering what they used as dish racks and this photograph provided at least one option. I think that mop-looking thing above the sink might be a dish scrubber. From Inside the House of Good Taste by Richardson Wright (ed.), 1915. This kitchen cabinet shows a variety of food storage jars, all nicely labeled. From Bungalow Basics: Kitchens by Paul Duchschere. Look at all those neat appliances from 1917. From Housewifery by L.R. Balderston, 1919. Various types of cooking tools. From Housewifery by L.R. Balderston, 1919. Small kitchen necessities. Both of these dish towel pictures are from Housewifery by L.R. Balderston, 1919. From Shorpy: Restoration Hardware, 1920. Look, another dish rack stashed under the sink and paper towels hung on the wall. That garbage can is really interesting too. Those canisters on the back cabinet are fantastic. I'd love to find some of those. Drainboard mats from a 1920 catalog From Shorpy: The Recipe, 1923. Still using bale closure jars. Pretty soon I'll share some links I found when searching for some of these items.

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.

This week's installment showing excerpts from period books brings you Interiors Beautiful by M.L. Keith, dated 1922, available from Internet Archive here. As was typical for the time period, the photos are done in black and white, but there are some very lovely interiors. My one criticism of the book is almost all the houses seemed to run on the side of "great" houses, i.e. those with numerous huge rooms that most people couldn't afford. However, the decor ideas would work for inspiration. I do wish the scan was a higher resolution. The book went over a series of rules for papering or coloring walls, depending on the exposure of the room, season of use, and the height and size of the room. Probably still sound advice, but too many variations to include here. Then it went over many furnishings one might want to purchase for their home, discussing the quality of some of the current brands available at the time. There isn't actually a lot of text in this book. Each chapter has a fairly short—a page or so—of decorating ideas and then the rest of the chapter is pictures. Here are some of the photographs and drawings I liked best. A Living Room finished in Pine, stained a soft brown An attractive design in Roman brick with an added touch of inlaid English lustre tiles Facings of green tile in living room mantel Wide fireplace, faced with morovian tile in dull reds, hearth the same, raised 6" from floor. The heavy craftsman furniture is lightened by a few good wicker pieces I always like to make a point of including images for period kitchens. A place for everything and no waste space A real tile floor is a luxury An ideal kitchen in cream and brown And finally, wouldn't it be wonderful to have such a huge library? A spacious and comfortably furnished library

I've been digging thru period catalogs again. I ran across a color Minton Tile catalog from c. 1905 that is quite stunning. Here are many color pictures from it.

Kitchen cabinet design and details are critical in making a new kitchen fit an old house. We look at traditional construction, and outline the must-haves for restoration-worthy cabinets.

An ever-growing list of Craftsman / Arts & Crafts bungalow research resources. As I find them, I'll add them to this list. Research Online...

Barrett, our tile guy, brought out the mosaic floor tile last night. Sadly, the red is the wrong color. We picked up a sample in late summer when we were looking for matching colors and the tile he ordered around October is not the same color. He called Dal Tile and apparently reds are not always the same. The new red looks too bright and candy cane and it doesn't look period to us. In theory we could special order a custom color but we really only need 6 square feet of it and who knows how many months it would take (and how expensive it would be). Barrett is still working on the problem, but we likely have to change the tiling plan. We are actually expecting to go back to the original plan, which is tiling based on this floor. Since our master bathroom will have stained woodwork trim like the rest of the bathrooms, we think the rust tile will look OK as it will blend with the woodwork rather than the deco tiles. This is probably a good place to share our wainscoting tiling plan as well. Before I bought the tile auction, I was planning the shower something like this. But then we found the decorative tile among the tiles we bought at the auction. Unfortunately, there are not enough of them to entirely encircle the bathroom so we had to adapt the plan a bit. So, instead, we are going to run the deco tiles in the wainscoting outside of the shower and terminate them at the shower. It's not like you will see them inside the shower anyway because I will NOT be installing a clear glass enclosure. We plan on laying out the tile something like this. And then we think the interior of the shower will be tiled something like this. (I originally grabbed this photo from the internet, but the original website it appeared on is gone.) Update later: I was cruising around the newly released New York Public Library public domain images and I found this in a Mott's Iron Works 1911 bathroom catalog. Check out that tile pattern. Now I'm pretty enthused about the pattern we've chosen.

I'm always interested in finding pictures of authentic early 1900s kitchen interiors because it gives you a chance to see the kind of stuff visible in a working kitchen. I wanted to answer questions like, what did they use for dish drainers? What did they store food in? Canisters? Jars? Since most kitchens did not have an over abundance of cabinet space we have today, how did they store utensils and pots? I set out to answer some of these questions by digging through old books and photograph websites. I've collected quite a few images over the past couple of years and I thought I would share some here. From The Craftsman Magazine, Sep 1906. I'm wondering what that interesting rack to the left of the sink is. A towel rack? Some sort of dish rack? From The Craftsman Magazine, Sep 1906. I like the canisters in this picture. I think that cloth hanging on the back of the door might have been for hand drying. From The Craftsman Magazine, Sep 1906. Apparently vertical wall space was fair game for storing stuff. From Shorpy: Executive Pantry: 1909. I just love the brackets on this one. And look at that little cabinet on the far wall--I wonder if it was used to store spices. From A Second Course in Homemaking by M.H. Kittredge, 1915: A Canning Lesson. Lots of clear glass jars used for storing foods. Those definitely look like mason jars with screw-on lids. Pots are hung off the bottom-side of the shelf. Also found on Shorpy: In the Kitchen, 1910. From The Efficient Kitchen by G.B. Child, 1914. Lots of clear glass jars used for storing food. Also the vertical wall space is covered in utensils. From The Efficient Kitchen by G.B. Child, 1914. Those shelves actually look like they contain mason jars. From The Efficient Kitchen by G.B. Child, 1914 From The Efficient Kitchen by G.B. Child, 1914. This picture is really interesting because it shows a wire mesh dish rack (hanging on the wall). I'd been wondering what they used as dish racks and this photograph provided at least one option. I think that mop-looking thing above the sink might be a dish scrubber. From Inside the House of Good Taste by Richardson Wright (ed.), 1915. This kitchen cabinet shows a variety of food storage jars, all nicely labeled. From Bungalow Basics: Kitchens by Paul Duchschere. Look at all those neat appliances from 1917. From Housewifery by L.R. Balderston, 1919. Various types of cooking tools. From Housewifery by L.R. Balderston, 1919. Small kitchen necessities. Both of these dish towel pictures are from Housewifery by L.R. Balderston, 1919. From Shorpy: Restoration Hardware, 1920. Look, another dish rack stashed under the sink and paper towels hung on the wall. That garbage can is really interesting too. Those canisters on the back cabinet are fantastic. I'd love to find some of those. Drainboard mats from a 1920 catalog From Shorpy: The Recipe, 1923. Still using bale closure jars. Pretty soon I'll share some links I found when searching for some of these items.

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

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Name: Christian Doble and Alicia GburLocation: Pleasant Ridge, MichiganSize: 1800 Square FeetYears lived in: 7 years, ownedChristian and Alicia are both full-time creative professionals, and while they’ve both reworked homes before, this house—a 99-year-old Craftsman bungalow—is the first project together as a married couple. “It was this home that helped us realize our joint passions for restoring and designing spaces,” the couple explains.

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