You’d hardly expect to find an Art Deco kitchen in a 1910 Craftsman—but this homeowner knew it had to be restored.

Penny round, hex, or square, mosaic tile lends itself to utilitarian floors that are showpieces of pattern.

Whimsical tile enlivens a bungalow bathroom.

Giving up a bedroom allowed these old-house owners to enjoy two new bathrooms, masterfully designed.

White or rustic? Bungalow-era kitchens may be basic in white, while revival kitchens are new interpretations, often unique.

A furniture-quality revival kitchen in quarter-sawn oak is a period showcase.

Entrepreneur (and Good Samaritan)

How to maximize space, solve storage woes, and set the style.

Simple, functional, and handsome, this new kitchen looks right because its design picks up details from the house.

The love affair with tile goes back more than a century for Arts & Crafts kitchens.

An exclusive list of contemporary art-tile manufacturers. Their beautiful tiles are suitable for Arts & Crafts homes.

Today’s Arts & Crafts Revival has brought us bathrooms that are “sanitary white” and also bathrooms with more warmth and decoration. Bath styles from the first third of the 20th century vary considerably: think of transitional Victorian built-ins, then white tile, and finally the intensely colored fixtures of the Art Deco period. So much choice!

A Designer plays with options.

Framed by a stepped arch, this gem of a kitchen stars in the sensitive renovation of a 1920s bungalow.

Furniture to Millwork & Kitchens.

Practical Authenticity

In metals from bronze to zinc, and artistic hoods once were (and still are) used over fireplaces. Increasingly, the idea has moved to the kitchen range.

Visit a spacious, Prairie-leaning kitchen.

An admirer of Greene & Greene assembles a contemporary guild to realize her revival vision in a new kitchen.

The circa 1930 kitchen is perfect for this storybook Tudor house.

This is the story of a new, well integrated kitchen—and the back of the house. While the street façade of the 1910 home remained unchanged, the rear was reconfigured to provide a second entry, larger kitchen and family room, and a deck.

The designer takes a classic approach to create a balance of beauty and function in these two new, period-style baths.

The recipe for a perfectly modern between-the-wars kitchen may be gleaned from illustrations in Gordon–Van Tine’s book of ready-cut (kit) homes.

Exuberant color tile in bathrooms of the 1920s inspires us today.