The bungalow and then the California ranch helped popularize indoor–outdoor living, which included cooking en plein air. Fire remains a coveted element, whether it’s flaring in the grille, making embers in a stone “barbecue” of the 1950s, or warming the evening in an outdoor hearth.

Untouched and unusable, a kitchen in Portland, Oregon, is sympathetically remodeled with elements of the 1910s.

A Santa Barbara native rescues a bungalow built in 1919, adding period woodwork to the interior.

This new interior for a recent house is a pleasing example of interpretive design: using the Arts & Crafts philosophy not to re-create the past, but in a contemporary twist on the revival.