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Hewn and Hammered Hewn and Hammered Hewn and Hammered is devoted to the Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States and Europe, specifically Prairie, Craftsman and Mission Revival styles in architecture and design. Articles
Arts & Crafts Revival according to the Seattle Times
2008-03-18 00:00:00 It's always interesting when a newspaper suddenly and inexplicably picks up that we're in the middle of a revival of the A&C Movement, especially when this has been going on since the late 1980s. Usually, though, it's a case of... More About: Seattle , Arts , Crafts , Times , Revival
historic homes show in San Diego this weekend
2008-03-15 00:00:00 This Sunday, March 15 2008, SOHO (Save Our Heritage Organization) will lead an historic home tour through five spectacular houses in the Mission Hills area. Two Craftsmans, two Spanish Colonial Revivals, and a Pueblo Revival home will be featured, with... More About: San Diego , Show , Weekend , Historic , Homes
Seattle's Tilth: a top restaurant - in a bungalow
2008-03-14 00:00:00 Last month, the New York Times Dining & Wine section began a series called "Coast to Coast: Restaurant s That Count." #9 on the list is Seattle's Tilth, of which dining critic Frank Bruni writes: Did I let in a draft?...
Stickley on Craigslist, March 10 2008
2008-03-11 00:00:00 As usual, I've filtered out all the "Stickley era" labeled junk and other dishonest listings. contemporary cherry dresser & armoire: $3000, Phoenix AZ cherry blanket chest: $1600, Novato CA eastern king size bed, slat head / footboards: $2600, Novato CA... More About: March , Craigslist , 2008
for sale: Sacramento Tudor bungalow: $469,000
2008-03-07 13:00:00 This very pretty and well-landscaped 2 bed / 1 ba Tudor is not far from my home in East Sacramento . Walking distance from McKinley Park and its very pretty library and community center, pond, tennis courts, sporting greens and picnic areas, the 1131 sq foot home (plus detached 1 car + workshop garage) includes a breakfast nook and formal dining, what look like original (and very well cared-for) tile counters, a pantry and some pretty built-ins, plus hardwood floors throughout. A modest and very attractive home in one of the area's nicest old neighborhoods. We've got additional high-res images in this Flickr photo set. More About: For Sale , Sale
Japanese Effects for Small Gardens (1910)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 Florence Dixon was a regular contributor to The Craftsman between 1901 and 1916; the following article appeared in the September 1910 issue. The special value of the Japanese garden in this country lies in its availability for small areas. Nowadays,... More About: Gardens , Small , Effects
Craftsman landscaping - bits & pieces
2008-03-04 00:00:00 Arts & Crafts bungalows mix and match well with all sorts of landscaping - from the zen-like Asian-inspired landscapes of Greene & Greene to cactus gardens and even the manicured, symmetrical patterns of some of the English A&C-influenced landscape designers.... More About: Landscaping , Craftsman , Pieces , Bits
for sale: Frank Lloyd Wright retreat, $3.75 million
2008-03-02 00:00:00 A beautiful and fully-furnished 1958 Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home on a 20-acre lakefront lot can be yours for $3,750,000. The price includes all the Wright-designed furnishings, the architect's drawings for three additional cottages that were initially planned to be... More About: For Sale , Sale , Million
for sale: Greene & Greene home in Pasadena, $1.875 million
2008-03-02 00:00:00 Last week, reader Russell McLaren dropped us a line with the interesting information: the Greene & Greene designed 1906 Caroline DeForest House, at 530 West California in Pasadena , is for sale. The house includes a number of really stunning features,... More About: For Sale , Home , Sale , Million
Lighting at Willow Glen
2008-02-26 00:00:00 The good folks at Willow Glen have narrowed their focus on the thing they do best - period reproduction lighting. Just like their retail store, their online shop is jam-packed with pretty pieces by Cherry Tree, Tiffany, Quoizel, Mica Lamp... More About: Lighting
Panama Pottery in Sacramento, CA
2008-02-26 00:00:00 Sacramento's Panama Pottery has been producing simple, Arts & Crafts inspired decorative pottery and a huge range of plain old terracotta (in dozens of shapes and sizes) for many generations. My friend Michael Kressner recently visited their shop and took... More About: Sacramento
kitchen flooring roundup
2008-02-26 00:00:00 I recently installed bamboo planks in my newly-remodeled kitchen. Part of me wishes I had done a bit more research - both on the material, which is very soft and was seriously scuffed by the appliance installers (thank you, Home... More About: Kitchen , Roundup , Flooring
Craftsman Kitchen Remodels VI
2008-02-21 00:00:00 Pretty pictures of pretty kitchens, and a disappointment too: The Rowley kitchen remodel, including a nice combination of contemporary fixtures and materials in a decidedly classic Mission / Craftsman home - before & after; a breautiful, refinished built-in in Vancouver;... More About: Kitchen
How to Green Your Kitchen
2008-02-18 13:00:00 Given that there is a fair amount of overlap in the Hewn & Hammered and Environmentally aware Venn diagram, I present Treehugger's recent Green Guide, "How to Green Your Kitchen ":The eco-friendly kitchen begins with eating green, but it doesn’t end there. Energy-efficient food preparation and cleaning habits, using equipment made from sustainable materials, and dodging toxic chemicals are also important if you want to have a truly healthy kitchen. Fortunately, making the right choices for your well-being is also good for the pocket and the planet. Our straightforward and simple suggestions for preparing earth-friendly meals--from fridge to food to cleanup--will turn you into a greener gourmet in no time. read the whole thing
please help: Gastonia historic district threatened
2008-02-17 00:00:00 Residents of Gastonia, North Carolina - a beautiful community just a few miles north of the NC/SC border, just west of Charlotte and not far from Arts & Crafts center Asheville - are very scared that their showcase historic district... More About: District , Historic
Stu's Woodworks, Washington DC
2008-02-14 00:00:00 Stu Crick is President of the Washington (DC) Woodworkers' Guild and, from his fathers' woodshop through the restoration and remodeling of several homes, has been a woodworker for most of his life. Today, he builds furniture strongly influenced by the...
stuff i like: ceramic mantel clock, $150
2008-02-06 13:00:00 In addition to many lovely vases & various ceramic lamps, Seattle's Craftsman Studios also sells this very pretty, hand-painted and certainly unique ceramic mantel clock for $150. Craftsman Studios is the name of ceramicist Dean Hudgin's labor of love. His work is sold directly, as well as through The Antique Lighting Company in Seattle and Oak Park Home & Hardware in Oak Park IL.click on the image for a super-sized version More About: Clock , Stuff
for sale: Greenwich NY bungalow, $145,000
2008-02-05 00:00:00 Intrepid New York reporter Jean Emery sends us the following: To counteract the unattainable house lust brought on by that gorgeous house in Portland, this is a bungalow for sale for $145,000 in upstate New York ? Greenwich , a tiny... More About: For Sale , Sale
for sale: Portland, Oregon bungalow, $750,000
2008-02-02 00:00:00 This is an especially attractive bungalow, with exposed rafter ends, interesting architectural detail all over the inside and out, and plenty of other neat features. Built in 1914, this 3,800 square foot, 5 bedroom / 2.5 bath home is spread... More About: For Sale , Sale , Portland , Oregon , Portland Oregon
for sale: Stickley on Craigslist, January 2008
2008-01-30 13:00:00 A few noteworth bits & pieces of Stickley for sale, new and old, throughout the country: contemporary "entertainment" armoire in Orange County CA: best offer leather-topped round coffee table, oak construction, in Manhattan NY: $1000 antique chairs - high back rocker & a sidechair - and a small bookcase in Alameda CA: chairs $450 ea; bookcase $800 L & JG Stickley daybed in Los Angeles CA: $4950 More About: For Sale , Sale , January , Craigslist , January 2008
and now for something a little different
2008-01-29 13:00:00 I'm trying a little test today - "automatically" selected video from YouTube, that will hopefully be on-topic and at least somewhat interesting. I won't use this too often, just as a space filler to give you folks something to look at when I'm out of town or on a slow news day. The video may be different for different viewers and at different times, so feel free to reload the page for something new if the first channel isn't doing it for you. Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com
A&C home gets modern upgrades in Alameda, CA
2008-01-28 13:00:00 Zahid Sardar, the San Francisco Chronicle's design editor, is one of the few architecture journalists out there who understands the Arts & Crafts Movement and its importance to the Bay Area. Yesterday's paper included the following article by Sardar on a recent remodel of Berkeley architect David Burton's 1908 home; visit sfgate.com for the whole story. Berkeley architect David Burton's 1908 Arts and Crafts house in Alameda, which he and his wife, Jordan Battani, purchased in 2001, had been altered in the shag carpet, avocado green and harvest gold era of the late '70s. Outside, the shingles were painted powder blue. With new paint to mitigate all that, they made do until five years ago, when they needed more space for Battani's mother, who moved into the 2,700-square-foot home. "It was easy. We felt we are rattling around in a large space," says Burton, 43, whose son was only 3 then. Burton used to work for Bob Swatt, an architect whose taste for modernism he ... More About: Home , Upgrades , Modern
Wende Cragg's Arts & Crafts appliques
2008-01-27 00:00:00 Wende Cragg designs and creates unique Arts & Crafts appliques, which she sells on pillows and other textiles. While it looks like all her designs are originals, they are certainly not contemporary and would fit well in any Arts &...
a very special bungalow in Oakland, California
2008-01-23 13:00:00 Stephen Coles (whose eyes, unfortunately, are drawn much more to what I often remind him are the sterile, soulless lines of Mid Century Modern) emailed me yesterday with a heads-up on a particularly pretty bungalow in Oakland , California 's Rockridge district, photographed inside and out by Flickr user The Jaundiced Eye, a regular in the Hewn & Hammered photo pool on that site. The house is, of course, TJE's own residence, and it really is an especially comfortable, attractive and well-designed space. It is, in the author's own words,A Japanese pagoda-influenced California Craftsman. Get a load of the sleeping porch up top. This place is huge, but what makes it really remarkable is how intact it is. No one screwed it up. Not even the kitchen!And how did he manage to snag such a showpiece home in one of the most architecturally desirable neighborhoods in the Bay Area? Therein lies a story:This happened very quickly. I found it on the web while I was in Florida visiting my paren... More About: Special
foreclosure tours in Stockton, CA (via NPR)
2008-01-22 00:00:00 A few weeks ago, Rachel Myrow reported on NPR's Morning Edition that a company is giving bus tours - called "Repo Home Tours " - of foreclosed homes in Stockton , California. The tours are operated by a realtor to show groups... More About: Foreclosure
Kevin O'Connor (This Old House) on Charles & Hudson
2008-01-21 00:00:00 Charles & Hudson is one of the few house-issue blogs I read regularly, and today provides another reason why you should too: yesterday, they published a very interesting interview with Kevin O'Connor, host of the television program This Old House .... More About: Charles , Old House
2 bed, 1* ba in St. Helena CA: $899,000
2008-01-21 00:00:00 You too can own a pretty but very modest bungalow in California's wine country (map) for the bargain price of just under a million dollars. This 1,223 square foot brown shingle highwater has 2 bedrooms, one bathroom and sits on... More About: Helena
great moments in remodeling: a very pretty cutout
2008-01-21 00:00:00 Chris Henry, aka Flickr user somefoolonline, recently finished a bit of remodeling that included a cutout between his kitchen and dining room. Not a big deal, you say. I've seen plenty of cutouts, you say. But have you ever seen... More About: Great , Pretty , Moments , Remodeling
stuff I like: glass shades from Berkeley's Ohmega Too
2008-01-21 00:00:00 Ohmega Too - near the similarly-named Omega Salvage on San Pablo Avenue near the Berkeley / Oakland border - is a treasure-trove of houseparts. Doors, medicine cabinets, a constantly-changing stock of restored antique bath fixtures and plenty of new hardware,... More About: Stuff , Glass
more library card catalogs & other storage - craigslist
More articles from this author:2008-01-12 00:00:00 I know people love these things. I do too ... I just don't have anywhere to fit more furniture in my house, especially not with the step tansu that I'd like to wedge into the living room somehow. Here are... More About: Card , Library , Storage , Craigslist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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