Windows and Doors

Thinking about adding storm windows, outside or as interior panels?

This Expo is an exclusive list of contemporary manufacturers of doors and windows compatible with houses in the bungalow and Craftsman styles, as well as Shingle Style houses, Tudors, English Arts & Crafts styles, Spanish Revival houses, and for new buildings of the Arts & Crafts Revival.

Many bungalows would be overwhelmed by a large addition or outbuilding. Compatible design is about solving problems and keeping harmony with period style.

New designs for Arts & Crafts garages. It's all in the fine details.

Artisan woodworker Doug Christie does doors.

Arts & Crafts-style garage doors can have a huge impact on curb appeal, especially if they are visible from the street. Ironically, the largest moving part on many homes is the one item given the least amount of thought.

“Standard” Arts & Crafts windows are versatile and still beautifully modern.

Browse a selective list of specialist manufacturers of period-appropriate doors and windows— including production, semi-custom, and custom work, appropriate for Craftsman-era homes and those of the Arts & Crafts Revival.

Whether they open onto a side porch, visually join two rooms together, or invite you to step out onto the terrace, French doors are a delightful way to move from one space to the next. By their nature — they are, after all, mostly glass — they bring in abundant light.

Choosing new or replacement doors and windows that look right on the exterior façade is how most people think of the task. But, especially in retrofitting to an old house, it’s just as important to specify units that don’t clash with interior woodwork and the décor.

Bays and bump-outs, Prairie glass and diamond panes and cloud-lift muntins: artistic Arts & Crafts windows.

Manufacturers today show a much greater sensitivity to style and custom arrangements. You have good options whether you need to replace windows or use compatible ones in an addition or new-house construction.

What makes a new garage for a historic property look like it belongs? It’s all about scale—and the right details that make it blend in and provide harmony. Since the bungalow era overlaps the adoption of the automobile, style cues abound for compatible design.

Is your house missing your original Craftsman door? Many of the “new” Arts & Crafts door designs look like they were copied literally from a 1915 builders’ catalog.

A big part of curb appeal and an important design statement is a period-friendly front door.