I wanted to get a bit closer but the dog was a bit barky and didn’t want me on the sidewalk. I like the nice wide porch here, and the stone around the porch, which matches the base of the chimney. I wish I had a porch like that!
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Sacramento home of the day
The sun was starting to set, so Gaela and I had to hurry to catch a few more before it got too dark; this pretty midtown highwater was one of a whole block of newly-painted homes, most of which were built in the early 1920s. Two of them – to be posted later – were actually new homes built to duplicate the design of the homes originally on the lot, which were unfortunately not salvageable.
Gustav Stickley library table, from the Metropolitan Museum collection
Library table, ca. 1906
Gustav Stickley (American, 1858–1942); Craftsman Workshops
Syracuse, New York
Oak, leather; H. 30 in. (76.2 cm), Diam. 55 in. (139.7 cm)
Gift of Cyril Farny, in memory of his wife, Phyllis Holt Farny, 1976 (1976.389.1)Inspired by William Morris, Gustav Stickley founded The United Crafts
(later known as Craftsman Workshops) in 1898. Stickley was greatly
influenced by Ruskin and Morris, his travels to Europe, and important
contemporary journals such as The Studio and Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration.
Initially managing the firm as a guild, Stickley participated in
profit-sharing with his employees, but as the operation grew, regular
factory standards were implemented. The Craftsman line was introduced
to the public in 1900. This hexagonal library table is made of oak with
a leather top ostensibly adhered by overt circular tacks, and utilizes
visible joinery with tenon-and-key joints. Illustrated in the November
1902 issue of The Craftsman, the Arts and Crafts periodical
published by Gustav Stickley between 1901 and 1916, the hexagonal
library table became a popular item in Stickley’s sales inventory.Sacramento home of the day
I’ve written about this home before – it was a firehouse, originally, and one of Sacramento’s most talented housebuilders / contractors converted it and lives here today. I like that he mixes some modern features – the slate walls, a more contemporary roof, minimal landscaping – with the dentil moulding, traditional fixtures and other design aspects influenced by the original design. It’s a perfect fit for its neighborhood, and it eye-catching without being too flashy.
Check out the fireplug in the front yard – a nice little in-joke toward its original incarnation. If it’s actually hooked up to a water main, that’s a great way to lower your home insurance bill, too!
Sacramento home of the day
This pretty paintjob adorns a nice wide bungalow in Curtis Park, a neighborhood where many of the bungalows are a bit lower as this part of town isn’t flood plain like much of midtown. I really like the mix of brown shingle, salmon paint, and two-tone trim.
Sacramento home of the day
I love this house. It’s colorful without being garish, the little featured – beam ends, trapezoidal columns, the shingle, the old brick (which looks like someone who cared stripped a layer of paint off it), the big porch. It’s gorgeous.
Sacramento home of the day
For the most part, this is a perfect Midtown bungalow – love the clinker brick chimney & the paint job. However, unfortunately the front is partially ruined by two things: the unsightly mass of sprinkler controls at the right of the stairway, and the totally inconsistent and historically wrong front door. Still, though, it’s a very pretty house that’s obviously been well cared for and loved.
Sacramento home of the day
Great irregular shingle, a beautiful mailbox (if I’m not mistaken, it’s the Harmon mailbox, available from the great Rejuvenation in Portland), and a very pretty planter … they did a great job of stripping that door, too.
Sacramento home of the day
Another beautiful Midtown highwater with a new paintjob, just down the block from yesterday’s.
Sacramento home of the day
This pretty Midtown highwater – a typical design in a downtown built on reclaimed flood plain – was cleaned up, partially reshingled & painted recently, and is adorned with a number of drought-resistant plants, many of them native.
