That you know to be useful and believe to be beautiful.
Its something I have said many times, yet it still bears repeating: Our greatest regrets are those pieces we did not buy.
I was going through one of my bookcases on Sunday, when I came across a set of books that unleashed some bittersweet…
More Arts & Crafts Friends — In Unlikely Places
My travels this past week took me to New Mexico, where I filmed a series of television shows sponsored by Minwax. Like most of you, I, too, have a non-Arts & Crafts life. In some instances, however, my journeys on behalf of Minwax also give…
An Opportunity To Connect
If this is November, then it must be time to start thinking about the Arts & Crafts Conference.
Actually, we start thinking about next year’s Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference about the time the previous conference ends, as…
A Tale of Two Clocks
Last week I found myself zipping along I-74 just north of Davenport, Iowa, when I decided to drop in on an old friend. My 'friend' happens to be a grandfather clock, one of only five believed to have been made by the Roycrofters under the…
“If you had come to the Grove Park Inn in 1913…”
Many, many years ago, as I was writing my first book on Grove Park Inn and planning one of the early Arts & Crafts Conferences, I wrote:
"If you had come to the Grove Park Inn in 1913, you could have sat in Old Hickory rockers, read beneath…
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ArtsandCraftsCollector.com is a website dedicated to exploring the works, artisans, historical origins and the contemporary revival of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. The historic movement started as a response to the country’s Industrial Revolution and encouraged simple design paying tribute to the natural world over the intricate design of the Victorian era.