The Original Restoration Magazine for people who are passionate about old houses to repair, rehabilitate, update, and decorate their homes; covering all classic American architectural styles,—from the earliest Colonial-era buildings to grand Victorians of every variety to Arts & Crafts bungalows and mid-century ranches.
Spotlight on: HARDWARE & LIGHTING
Old House Journal
Welcome to Arts & Crafts
INTERIORS
CURATED for Comfort • WITH AN ARTIST’S EYE AND A SYMPATHETIC PALETTE FOR ROOMS INSIDE, GWEN JONES FINE-TUNES A HANDSOME 1916 BUNGALOW.
TEXTILES
Wende Cragg • AN ARTS & CRAFT ODYSSEY
Traci Ackerman • FRESH HISTORIC PAPERS
WALLS & CEILINGS
ADDITIONAL LISTINGS
FURNITURE & ART OBJECTS
inspiration FROM A VISIT TO ROYCROFT • A smitten owner brings the Arts & Crafts aesthetic to a 1921 bungalow in Seattle—looking past tilting porch piers and baby-blue woodwork!
FURNITURE
ART OBJECTS
ADDITIONAL LISTINGS
Diane Husson • SITTING PRETTY
KITCHENS, BATHS & TILE
KITCHEN DESIGN for their FOREVER HOUSE • EVEN IN THEIR KITCHEN RENOVATION, THIS DIY COUPLE LET THE HOUSE EMBRACE ITS AGE.
TRUER IN BLUE • “Our goal was to add as many creature comforts as we could, and leave the scene looking like we hadn’t touched a thing.”
KITCHENS & BATHS
Steve McBride • A MISSION IN CLAY
ARTFUL TILE
Laurie Crogan • FLOORED BY IMAGINATION
ADDITIONAL LISTINGS
LIGHTING & METALWORK
LIGHTING & ART GLASS
Luke Marshall • A MASTER IN COPPER
HARDWARE
Drew Bevolo • BUILDING LIGHT TO LAST
ADDITIONAL LISTINGS
DESIGN, BUILD & RENOVATE
THE ART&CRAFT OF HOMEBUILDING FOR A NEW CENTURY • AMERICAN ARTS & CRAFTS AND ITS REVIVAL MERGE WITH MODERNISM IN THIS NEW HOME IN OHIO. CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABITY WERE PRIORITIES, AS WELL.
BUILD & REMODEL
BUILD & REMODEL
BUILD & REMODEL
BUILD & REMODEL
ADDITIONAL LISTINGS
RESOURCES
LAST PAGE • SUCH ORIENTAL MOTIFS as plum blossoms, dragonflies, and ginkgo leaves became popular during the Aesthetic Movement.
ARTS & CRAFTS • motifs and meaning