for sale

  • a bargain for telecommuters: $88800 in Temple, TX

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    This 1917 bungalow in Temple, Texas (about halfway between Dalls/Ft. Worth and Austin) includes the original hardwood throughout, a pretty front porch, an attractive upstairs loft and a decent-sized yard. at just under 1600 square feet (3 bedrooms & 2 baths), it’s got more than enough room for a small family. Spoon fans should note that Temple is the home town of Britt Daniel, lead singer of America’s best rock & roll band, as well as Rip Torn and a disproportionately large number of professional football players (probably due to the Temple Wildcats’ excessive awesomeness).

    $88,800 is a steal anywhere. If you can telecommute, and would enjoy living in a small town on the edge of a large military reservation in Texas, go for it. I’d do it if I could get a decent bowl of pho down there.

  • Sale at California Historical Design in Berkeley CA

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    This coming weekend – Saturday April 19 and Sunday April 20 – California Historical Design in Berkeley CA is having one of their annual 20% off sales. The shop is located at 2988 Adeline Street at Ashby; if coming north or south on I-80, simply exit at Ashby and go east to Adeline.

    We specialize in vintage Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts
    furniture, art pottery, copper and California paintings. We just got a
    collection of furniture and need to make room. Take 20% everything.
    Furniture by Gustav Stickley, L&JG Stickley, Stickley Brothers,
    Roycroft, Limbert, Lifetime, Shop of the Crafters, Harden, Michigan
    Chair Co, Globe-Wernicke and many others. Art pottery by Roseville,
    Weller, Gladding McBean, Catalina, Van Briggle, Clifton, Robertson,
    Jalan, California Faience, Peters & Reed, Stockton, Rookwood,
    Pacific, Marblehead, Bauer, Niloak & McCoy. Hammered metalwork by
    Roycroft, Dirk van Erp, Harry Dixon, Novick, Liberty & Co,
    Jauchens, Old Mission Kopperkraft, Ernest Burnley, Armin Hairenian,
    Benedict, Kalo, Randall, Mills & Burnley, The Copper Shop, Fred
    Brosi, Stickley Brothers, Nekrasoff, Craftsman Studios and Tiffany.

    Thanks to Flickr user Mike Wade for the CC-licensed image.

  • Craftsman homes for sale – California edition

    A quick & dirty rundown of older Craftsman homes for sale all over California. Some believe this is the perfect time to buy, and others think that this is just the beginning of a much longer depression and that prices will fall much further. Still, I like looking at the pretty pictures:

  • recommend your favorite Arts & Crafts shopping

    Could you all do me a small favor and, in the comments below, list the shops you know of anywhere – in the US, Canada, the UK & elsewhere – that specialize in Arts & Crafts related items? I’m thinking of not only places like Ohmega in Berkeley, which sells both new and old shades, lighting, fixtures and hardware, but small furniture stores, art galleries that specialize in A&C tile and plein air painting, neighborhood antique dealers who have a good selection of A&C ceramics or wooden items. Bonus points if they are on the web.

    update: reader Boe Miller offers us a list compiled over the past six months.

  • Rick Tauzer Craftsman armoire in Sacramento: $2000

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    Rick Tauzer was Sacramento’s best-kept secret for many years – a talented cabinetmaker and finish carpenter who built some of the prettiest custom furniture in town, and did gorgeous interior architecture for many years. He’s retired to Oregon, but his pieces continue to grace some very pretty homes throughout our region.

    Diane Ayers in Sacramento’s Curtis Park neighborhood is selling her Tauzer piece, a very attractive tall and deep armoir modeled after a contemporary Stickley design. She won’t ship it, but if you live near Sacramento and are looking for something like this, you certainly won’t find a better deal; in my opinion, $2000 is a steal for such a nice-looking piece of furniture.

    If you’re interested, email Diane. If you’d like to see additional photos, she has some up here.

  • Stickley on Craigslist, March 10 2008

    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
    • signed armchair: $850, Orange County CA
    • another signed armchair, this one with leather seat: $550, Modesto CA
    • slat-sided settle, donated by Carnegie to McCloud Library: $7000, Redding CA
    • L&JG-signed daybed: $4950, Los Angeles CA
    • Prairie-style loveseat with shelf back/arms: $2000, Denver CO
    • 2x 1926 rattan-seat sidechairs: $175, Denver CO
    • contemporary cherry dining room set: $5000, Denver CO
    • contemporary blond oak dining room set with server: $7800, Denver CO
    • contemporary "Gus" style bow arm Morris chair, signed: $1400, Denver CO
    • tall spindle-sided plant stand or tabouret: $250, Denver CO
    • triple bookcase: $950, Denver CO
    • signed rocker, leather seat: $450, Denver CO
    • contemporary writing desk: $1075, Washington DC
    • queen bed, panel head/footboard: $1800, Washington DC
    • a whole passel of Harvey Ellis chairs, a sideboard & other items, all signed: $11000, Tampa FL
    • contemporary swivel rockers, one on a swivel mechanism: $350 each, Tampa FL
    • Stickley Bros. ladderback chair #481 1/2: $150, Minneapolis MN
    • spindle-sided swivel media / library cart / endtable: $400, Minneapolis MN
    • Quaint Furniture-labeled child’s rocker: $250, Minneapolis MN
    • Stickley Bros. lamp table: $1199, Minneapolis MN
    • #89 / 86 tall grandfather clock: $4600, Minneapolis MN
    • contemporary coffee table with slate (?) top: $350, Minneapolis MN
    • cube design panel-sided Prairie armchair with shelf arms/back: $1400, Raleigh NC
    • contemporary bow-arm rocker: $1800, Reno NV
    • signed "Lady’s rocker": $895, Reno NV
    • contemporary entertainment center: $500, Manhattan NY
    • 14x matching bookshelves: $600 each, $8400 for 14, Brooklyn NY
    • rocker with leather seat: $600, Manhattan NY
    • 2x contemporary barstools, leather seat & copper-covered footrest: $700 for two
    • contemporary Harvey Ellis design map table / storage coffee table: $1400, Philadelphia PA
    • leather-top footstool or small ottoman: $400, Philadelphia PA

  • for sale: Sacramento Tudor bungalow: $469,000

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    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.

  • for sale: Greene & Greene home in Pasadena, $1.875 million

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    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, in addition to some wonderful landscaping, a pretty wisteria-encrusted pergola, and a running brook (which includes a small waterfall and a koi pond)

    The Hollywood Reporter, of all publications, recently ran a short
    article by Denise Abbott on this home, calling it Greene & Greene’s "most obscure"
    property, as it has been owned by the same family for more than 80
    years. Originally built for a Manhattan socialite in 1906 for only
    $8,000 – "roughly eight times the going rate" – it was soon sold to the
    Tabor family, who have taken good care of it, avoiding the remodel
    fever that has befallen thousands of other beautiful bungalows over the
    years. Abbott, who we are quite jealous of, obviously got to spend a bit of time there and writes that the original lighting fixtures are all intact and that the wood finish is pristine and undamaged throughout. Since the article appeared in October 2007, the price seems to have dropped from $2,295,000 to the current asking price of $1,870,000.

    Kudos for the current owners for seeing their residency in the home as stewardship, rather than remodeling any of the beautiful design elements, and here’s to hoping that its future owners feel the same way about this stunning property.

    From one listing:

    The Caroline DeForest House, by famed
    architects Greene and Greene (one of the) least-altered, privately-owned homes
    of its kind, boasts unpainted woodwork throughout. Incredibly preserved
    & updated impeccably with the utmost integrity. Designated for the
    Mills Act = huge annual tax savings. Includes original light fixtures,
    built-ins, massive fireplaces, Port Orford cedar, Tiffany glass, lush Japanese
    gardens + app. plans for a pool + an 866 sf basement remodel. A truly
    stunning & private masterpiece.

    Peter Martocchio – a long-time Greene & Greene fan who has
    become one of the go-to agents for selling homes like this – has set up
    a website with extensive photographs of this beautiful home. We’ve taken those photographs and constructed a Flickr set for you where you can see the highest-resolution versions individually or as a slideshow.

     

  • for sale: Frank Lloyd Wright retreat, $3.75 million

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    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 built on the same site, and a very pretty twenty mostly-wooded acres.

    Water comes from a well, electricity from the local municipal grid, and the 2 bed / 2 ba home – more a cottage in the Usonian style – is 1,875 square feet total. The listing includes many photographs of this unique home. With your generous donations, it could be the future home of Hewn & Hammered Publishing, Inc.