Exploring Another Arts and Crafts Mecca
Its not often that you'll find an Arts and Crafts landmark surrounded by wooly bison, graceful elk, and earthen pots of boiling water -- then rocked awake early in the morning with a 3.1 magnitude earthquake.
But at the Old Faithful Inn,…
Do You Have What It Takes?
If you saw last week's column, you know that Leigh Ann and I have embarked on a "minor" kitchen remodeling.
Let me say this at the outset: a remodeling is like surgery. If you are the one under the knife, there is no such thing as "minor."…
Arts and Crafts Beneath a Layer of Dust
No exciting journeys to a Frank Lloyd Wright house or even reminiscing about sleeping in the Gamble House this week.
This past week we started our long anticipated kitchen remodeling.
In truth, it is more of a kitchen facelift, as we are…
Susan Lawrence Dana and Her Famous House
When in a former life I lived in Illinois, I had not yet discovered Arts and Crafts, and so, as a young enthusiastic English teacher, I explored those haunts you would expect a young enthusiastic English teacher to explore: the small town…
A Night I Will Never Forget
The first time I met Randell Makinson I didn’t even notice him.
It was February 17, 1988, and he was standing at the front desk in the Great Hall at the Grove Park Inn.
All I could do was stare at his briefcase.
It was handcrafted from…
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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.