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Kitchen Design for their Forever House
A DIY couple creates a functional kitchen that looks as if it might have survived since the 1920s. It's cozy, and it matches the house.
True Blue Makeover for a 1922 Bath
“Our goal was to add as many creature comforts as we could, and leave the scene looking like we hadn’t touched a thing.”
Putting Back a Period Kitchen
Untouched and unusable, a kitchen in Portland, Oregon, is sympathetically remodeled with elements of the 1910s.
Perfecting a Prairie School Kitchen & Bath
Owners and designers collaborated on more compatible service rooms for this 1915 house in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Two Baths from a Revival Craftsman
The designer takes a classic approach to create a balance of beauty and function in these two new, period-style baths.
Powder Rooms & Half Baths Designed for the Bungalow Era
Today’s half-bath may be utilitarian—set near the laundry or garden and able to handle yard dirt—or it may a jewel box of fancy treatments kept affordable by the room’s diminutive size. It’s a good place to make a decorating statement.

Kitchen in Mint Condition
You’d hardly expect to find an Art Deco kitchen in a 1910 Craftsman—but this homeowner knew it had to be restored.
Historic Mosaic Patterns for Serviceable Floors
Penny round, hex, or square, mosaic tile lends itself to utilitarian floors that are showpieces of pattern.
Bungalow Bathroom Tile Restoration
This bungalow bathroom gets a fresh look with a whimsical tile restoration.
Adding Baths to an Old House
Giving up a bedroom allowed these old-house owners to enjoy two new bathrooms, masterfully designed.
Two Arts & Crafts Kitchens: Bungalow Basic & Adirondack Spirit
White or rustic? Bungalow-era kitchens may be basic in white, while revival kitchens are new interpretations, often unique.
Perfect Kitchen for a Pottery Collector
A furniture-quality revival kitchen in quarter-sawn oak is a period showcase.
Efficient, Modest Bathrooms
How to maximize space, solve storage woes, and set the style.
A Kitchen as it Should Have Been
Simple, functional, and handsome, this renovated kitchen fits in beautifully because its design picks up details from the house.
Backsplash Progression
The love affair with tile goes back more than a century for Arts & Crafts kitchens.
Sources for Arts & Crafts Tile
An exclusive list of contemporary art-tile manufacturers. Their beautiful tiles are suitable for Arts & Crafts homes.
Arts & Crafts Revival Bathrooms With Character
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!
Bathrooms for the Craftsman Era Home
Taking a look at options for the Craftsman-era bathroom.
Jewel-Box Kitchen
Framed by a stepped arch, this gem of a kitchen stars in the sensitive renovation of a 1920s bungalow.
Metal Hoods For Hearth & Range
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.