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OUR MISSION is to offer expert advice and perspective for those building, renovating, or furnishing a home in the Arts and Crafts spirit. This quarterly covers contemporary practitioners as well as the historical antecedents of the continuing Arts and Crafts movement.

CopperCraft Inc.

by Randy

They provide architectural sheet metal fabrications: high quality yet affordable roofpanels and drainage systems, cupolas, dormers and more.

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Copper Gutter Shop

by Randy

They make copper gutters affordable, offering a full line of half-round, K-style and embossed gutters. Downspouts, rain chains, conductor heads and brackets can be purchased online.

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Classic Gutter Systems

by Randy

Half-round gutters, downspouts, brackets, and decorative components in old styles. Copper or aluminum; cast components in solid brass and chromated aluminum (ready for paint).

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ChimneyPot.com

by Randy

Add style to any roofline, and an immediate sense of age to period-style architecture. Pots are easy to install, and improve fireplace draft.

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Exterior Color Schemes for Foursquares, Bungalows, and Tudors

by Arts & Crafts Editor

The concept of “architectural colors” involves selecting, then placing, appropriate colors to reveal and enhance the logic of a building. Here are one expert’s suggestions for pleasing, historical schemes.

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Spring 2010

by Arts & Crafts Editor
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Spring 2010 issue of Arts and Crafts Homes and the Revival magazine content preview.

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Arts & Crafts Exterior Products

by Randy
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The following companies, selected by the editors of Arts & Crafts Homes, offer period-friendly roofing and siding for Arts & Crafts lovers who are contemplating a big project, whether that’s major restoration or a brand-new house.

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Don’t Discount Your House’s Exterior Statement…

by Arts & Crafts Editor
Don't Discount Your House's Exterior Statement...

Material often defines the architecture not just of bridges and skyscrapers but even of the most common American houses. Federal homes are brick in the South, wood- frame and clapboard in the North. International Style is concrete, and Shingle Style speaks for itself. But what of Arts & Crafts buildings?

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The Nostalgic Roof

by Arts & Crafts Editor
The Nostalgic Roof

Even if you live in a house from the bungalow era, chances are your roof is covered in asphalt. Nothing wrong with that: at $1 to $3 per square foot, the ubiquitous asphalt shingle is by far the most affordable roof you can buy.

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Colors for Bungalows

by Arts & Crafts Editor
Patricia Poore, Editor of Arts and Crafts Homes Magazine

I asked John Crosby Freeman, “the color doctor,” to write about the iconic color schemes long used for bungalows and Arts & Crafts houses.

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Historic Roofing and Siding

by Arts & Crafts Editor
Historic Roofing and Siding

The editors of Arts & Crafts Homes select beautiful, timeless products for your bungalow or new house in the A&C spirit.

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Floors Yea and Nay in My Own Restoration

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Most people who restore an old house don’t have the pleasure of choosing lots of flooring. With any luck, the floors are already there.

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40+ Flooring Product Companies

by Arts & Crafts Editor

The following companies, selected by the editors of Arts & Crafts Homes, offer period-friendly flooring in wood, resilient materials including true linoleum, stone, and tile. Find contact information here for 41 companies.

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Floor Products We Love

by Arts & Crafts Editor

The editors of Arts & Crafts Homes show you beautiful, timeless flooring types for your bungalow or new house in the Arts & Crafts spirit.

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Not Just for Kitchen & Bath

by Arts & Crafts Editor

Tile is used not just in the kitchen and bathroom but also for fireplace surrounds, entries—and floors! Tile is a durable flooring that is also artistic, both in its intrinsic body and color and because of the patterns in which it can be laid.

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The Floor is a Key to Style!

by Arts & Crafts Editor

Bungalow floors and more: The standard for formal rooms public and private, wood floors suggest durability even as they convey understated beauty and depth. Slate and limestone (and now stained concrete floors) create drama in a foyer or bath. For practical durability and virtually limitless color choices, you can’t beat a resilient floor in the kitchen or family room. For Arts & Crafts homes built at the end of the Victorian period and into the 20th century, all of these alternatives are appropriate.

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