Hoping for the Unexpected
I am in the midst of a seven day road trip, so have dipped into our files for a column I had written previously. By next week I'll have a fresh adventure to share!
Washington has never claimed to be the birthplace of the Arts & Crafts…
Have We Become a Tradition?
It was an uneventful Sunday night after an uneventful week, which sometimes is just what we need, right
And so I picked up the latest issue of a glossy regional magazine, intrigued by a cover story which read “Bold Re-Do for a Grove Park…
A Long Story and a Hard Lesson
During a conversation I was having with a reporter last week, I was asked how I got started as a woodworker and antiques restorer, two of my former careers and still my favorite hobbies. After five years as a high school English teacher (yet…
Three Bookcases, Three Stories
What happens when a former literature teacher turns Arts and Crafts furniture collector?
Stickley bookcases become very desirable.
Nearly four decades ago, Mrs. Zamansky provided me with my first, a sixty-inch wide, two-door model that she…
“Even numbers on the right…”
It's funny what can trigger a memory: a song, a photograph, perhaps the face of a stranger who reminds you of someone you knew in your childhood. I’ve read that, provided you are of a mature age, if you pick up an over-sized #2 pencil and…
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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.