Revival design approaches for Arts & Crafts kitchens & baths, including cabinets, fixtures, and tile for modern interpretation.
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!
Framed by a stepped arch, this gem of a kitchen stars in the sensitive renovation of a 1920s bungalow.
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.
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 love affair with tile goes back more than a century for Arts & Crafts kitchens.
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.
Quarter-sawn oak cabinets with a Stickley vibe are the anchor for this open, multi-zoned kitchen.
Penny round, hex, or square, mosaic tile lends itself to utilitarian floors that are showpieces of pattern.
From penny rounds to hexagons, basketweave to spiral, mosaic tiles lend an early-20th-century signature to any room, whether the foyer or the bath. Laying a new mosaic tile floor can be challenging if you do it yourself, but a few tricks from the past can make any installation a success.
Like this one in a Prairie house in St. Paul, Minnesota, today’s Arts & Crafts Revival kitchens are all about bringing fine materials and details into a room that has become the center of the home.
A review of restoration consultant Karla Pearlstein's final plans for a classic 1920s kitchen.
Spec’ing new cabinets for your kitchen renovation? Several approaches and designs date to the first third of the 20th century. Here’s advice from architects and cabinetmakers.
Suggestions for period-inspired cabinets, fixtures and materials for walls and floors.
Its new custom Craftsman kitchen is the heart of a modest 1980s house that’s been given a style upgrade.
Giving up a bedroom allowed these old-house owners to enjoy two new bathrooms, masterfully designed.
