Little Journeys

A Close Call

by Bruce Johnson   For 3,126 of you, your latest little journey was up Sunset Mountain to the 32nd National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows at the iconic 1913 Grove Park Inn.     The day after the conference, mine…

Yearly Historic Homes Tours Offered at Conference

by Bruce Johnson   While Arts and Crafts collectors recognize the 1913 Grove Park Inn as an iconic symbol of the Arts and Crafts movement, the massive granite hotel was not built in a vacuum. As its mortared walls were rising on Sunset…

Following In Their Footsteps

If you are bothered by shameless acts of self-promotion, then you may not want to read this or, for that matter, anything on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, or LinkedIn. When a newspaper reporter once labeled me a “modern…

Journey to the Grove Park Inn

by Bruce Johnson   I made my first little journey to the 1913 Grove Park Inn more than 32 years ago, having decided to trade those cruel Midwestern winters for the more moderate climate of Asheville, North Carolina. I had already read…

Remodeling Project Part Eight: Remodeling Daze and Delays

  Last June, when I announced to Kate here in our office that I was going to remodel the lower level of our 1972 ranch house, she asked, “Will it be done by the conference?”     “Of course,” I scoffed. “This will…

The Final Countdown Begins

The first week of January is always a bit stressful around here, and this year was no different. In addition to the deadline for submitting a completed 88-page Conference Catalog, we also had to wrap up the Arts & Crafts 2019 Wall Calendar.…

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