Hillsides, Waterfalls and Leaves
It was a project doomed from the start.
When I moved into my forty-year-old ranch house built on a small, wooded knoll, it had a deck off the end of the second floor living room, as well as three six-foot square, tiered planting beds cut into…
Finding Order Amid Chaos
I have discovered the secret to marital bliss.
My wife and I share, among other things, our two-car garage. In our previous lives, I had a woodworking shop that was separate from my garage, so I never really learned to share it with…
Fathers, Sons and Grandsons
My father never met a stranger.
We spent this past weekend together here in Asheville, as he and my mother were making a two-week road trip down through the South, seeing friends and relatives on a loop through Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina,…
Reflections on an Auction and an Iceberg
I was thinking over the weekend about the two Arts & Crafts auctions that took place over the course of the past few weeks. When it comes to auctions, I'm as guilty as the next person of doing what seems natural: looking for the record-breakers.…
A Deep and Dark Discovery
It was a journey I had taken once before, nearly twenty years earlier, one that I both dreaded and looked forward to with anticipation.
A journey deep into the basement of the Grove Park Inn.
It had been nearly twenty years since I undertook…
About Us
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.