Brian D. Coleman

Brian D. Coleman

Brian D. Coleman, M.D., is the West Coast editor for Arts & Crafts Homes and Old House Journal magazines, our foremost scout and stylist, and has authored over 20 books on home design.

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Articles From This Author

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Revival Today

Artful & Iconic California Arts & Crafts

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Bungalow

Simple Living in Santa Barbara

Mica Lamp Co. table lamp
Bungalow

An Artistic House, Every Inch Beloved

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Floors, Walls and Ceilings

The Arts & Crafts Ceiling

Ring-hung café curtains by Judy Soccio echo the Mackintosh-inspired design of a new kitchen in West Virginia. Photo by Ed Massery.
Textiles

Craftsman Era Curtains

Historic Mosaic Tile for Servicable Floors
Kitchens & Baths

Historic Mosaic Patterns for Serviceable Floors

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The Guild

The Guild: Anne Ryan Miller

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The Guild

The Guild: Janice Melton

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Bungalow

A Seattle Craftsman Bungalow Revealed

The sign on the old L. & J.G. Stickley factory, Stickley museum
Travel

The New Stickley Museum, Fayetteville New York

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Garden

Exotic Garden Color

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Garden

Sprucing Up a Bungalow Backyard

Bungalow 1925 exterior Arts & Crafts
Bungalow

Bungalow Restored

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Kitchens & Baths

The Guild: Gregory Paolini

Arts & Crafts Textiles Embroidery
Textiles

The Guild: Natalie Richards, Paint By Threads

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Travel

Visiting the Historic Roycroft Inn and Campus

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Craftsman

Dreaming Up a Craftsman in Portland, Oregon

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Lighting & Hardware

Metalwork in the Design of the Arts & Crafts Home

A graceful copper hood caps the living-room fireplace in a 1901 New Hampshire house with an original Arts & Crafts interior.
Interiors

Metal Hoods For Hearth & Range

raised beds planted in succulents, open air retreat
Garden

Garden on the Bay: Cascading Movement & Focal Points

10 - 171 Mackintosh House 003 Dining Room
Travel

An England–Scotland Pilgrimage

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Travel

Grove Park: The Conference Skinny

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The Guild

Guild: Artist Shawn Krueger

Frank Lloyd Wright designed home
Prairie School

A Frank Lloyd Wright Rescue

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Furniture & Interior Style

The Profound Delight in Personal Expression

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Textiles

Hanging Curtains & Drapery 1900–1939

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Kitchens & Baths

Cabinets Period & Revival

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Travel

Stoneywell: Vernacular to a Fare-Thee-Well

A flagstone patio with garden edging
Garden

Garden Edging for Maintenance & Ornament

A custom entry by Mendocino Doors was fashioned from scarce, salvaged old-growth redwood. Photos by William Wright
Furniture & Interior Style

The Cabin at Point Reyes

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Garden

Window Boxes in the Windy City

Climbing roses soften a stone arch.
Garden

An English Country Garden in Northern California

landscape frieze (‘Birchwood’) from Bradbury & Bradbury
Floors, Walls and Ceilings

The All-Important Wall Frieze

A romantic pergola of basalt (stone) and wood spans the front of the 1910 house, which was modeled on a 1907 house plan in The Craftsman. Photos by William Wright.
Craftsman

A True Craftsman

combination of late Victorian and Craftsman house styles
Bungalow

Bungalow Between Eras

William Morris’s ‘Tulip & Lily’ by J. R. Burrows & Co.
Textiles

Carpets and Rugs for Arts & Crafts Style Homes

Chenille and damask portieres
Textiles

Portieres, or Door Curtains, for Houses 1900–1940

Aerial view of the Davis Islands, a Tampa neighborhood with Mediterranean houses, near downtown.
Travel

Pilgrimage: Tampa Bay, Florida

Bixby Creek Bridge is an iconic landmark in Big Sur, 13 miles south of the Monterey Peninsula on Highway 1.
Travel

Pilgrimage: The Monterey Peninsula

Decra’s stone-coated steel shakes offer appropriate texture on a Foursquare.
Roofing and Siding

Roofing for Style

Stickley oak furniture, Prairie-style house
Prairie School

A Painterly Approach To A Prairie-Style House

Japanese-style bungalow
Travel

Northwest Revival Flavor in Seattle

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Revival Today

California Echo

The dining room and kitchen were kept open, separated now by an archway and the settle tucked into the kitchen behind the wall on the left.
Kitchens & Baths

A Charming New Kitchen

English A&C firescreen and fender in copper
Furniture & Interior Style

Stylish Tools on the Hearth

Jerry Moroso House
Revival Today

Architect Gerald Morosco on the Revival

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Garden

Hardware at the Entry

Vintage velvet portieres from the view from the dressing room into the bedroom. Bed and tall dresser are re-issued pieces by Stickley.
Floors, Walls and Ceilings

Prairie Remixed

Asian-inflected Arts & Craft lettering on the city’s street signs.
Travel

Pilgrimage: Pacific Coast Highway to Santa Barbara

The dining room flows into the living room when French doors are open.
Furniture & Interior Style

A Sunny 1906 House in Portland