Nobody doesn’t like A&C
I HAVE A FRIEND whose interests run to dogs and the history of the First World War— not architecture. One day she sat in my office thumbing through a stack of bungalow books. “What is this called?” she asked me. “I love it!” Who doesn’t love Arts & Crafts? Who doesn’t love wood, motifs taken from nature, an earthy palette, and organic, quiet rooms that promise serenity? The Arts & Crafts Revival is about 45 years old—more enduring that the original American movement of the early 20th century. Contemporary artists and craftspeople are producing work equal to and often better than that of a hundred years ago. It’s impossible not to appreciate the beauty and quality of their textiles, their pottery and tile, their work in metal and glass and…
