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 some terrific photographs:
photography
photography bits & pieces
To fill a few minutes while I’m off recovering from the holidays:
- a gorgeous bungalow photographed by Eric Rudd – digital (raw), 10 second exposure
- our friend Hustler of Culture toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock house
- pretty light fixtures in Blue K Design’s bungalow kitchen
- The Arts & Crafts Home has a whole gallery of great contemporary Craftsman kitchens
- it took me a few minutes to realize that the rooms pictured here were "roomboxes," or dollhouse-sized dioramas
happy accidents: bird spirit
Reader Russ Billington writes:
I thought you might like this – I took it this morning whilst basking in a rare ray of November sunshine. It might even bring a smile to your members. I call it ‘Bird Spirit’, but it is such a happy accident that the nail was hammered in at just the right place and the smear of putty round the hole just accentuates the rusting nail head. It’s an old potting shed in the back yard. I better take my medication now..
You can also see some of Russ’ wonderful lettering and painting work at
Ford Craftsman Studios, one of my favorite retailers of home decoration. There are also a few very nice bits of free period artwork in editable vector forms on Russ’ own site.more Los Angeles bungalows
As a gift to the hundreds of visitors streaming in from Curbed today, I give you a slideshow of Craftsman bungalows in Los Angeles, taken from Flickr:
a new picket fence from scratch
Reader and compulsive rehabber Matt Wyczalkowski writes in with another recent project. This time, as part of a general yard upgrade, Matt built a beautiful Craftsman-style picket fence from scratch. A Flickr photoset documents the project from start to finish. Matt, any time you want to come visit Sacramento, I have plenty of jobs I need done…Hewn & Hammered on Flickr, redux
The Hewn and Hammered pool over on Flickr continues to grow. We now have many hundreds of photos of fixtures, remodels, historic homes, furniture and more. Here’s a little slideshow (thanks to Paul Stamatiou for showing us how to do it):
we’re #1 (for houseporn, at least)
I noticed today that we were getting an awful lot of visitors who found us from Google searches for "houseporn." 200 today alone! After checking, I found that we were the number 1 result for this rather odd search term. Not that I’m complaining.
So, to accomodate all of you, some very G-rated houseporn (my favorite kind):
This was created with BigHugeLabs’ neat Mosaic Maker. Too bad it doesn’t generate a clickable html/javascript mosaic!
The photographers are as follows. Click on each link to see the original photo:
1. Heintz Art Metal Collection, 2. details, 3. IMG 1431, 4. Detailed woodwork, 5. Our Dining Room, 6. Arts & Crafts door, 7. Secessionist style Art Glass Door, 8. Plinthy, 9. Roycroft Hanging Lantern, 10. MG 0447, 11. Rockridge – 30, 12. Kitchen Remodel – After, 13. Maybeck church
Hewn & Hammered on Flickr
We have had lots and lots of additions to our photo pool on Flickr; if you want to see pictures of A&C neighborhoods all over the country, interior and exterior remodels, new homes and all sorts of other bits and pieces, please come on over and visit. Flickr accounts are free, too, so feel free to make your own and share your photos with us!
Arts & Crafts at the Met: my pictures
I have a few pictures of Arts & Crafts furniture in the Metropolitan Museum’s collection (and the Frank Lloyd Wright room, a few lamps – including a Greene & Greene ceiling fixture – and some other neat stuff) from my recent trip to Manhattan.
Here’s the full set; the Met pictures are mixed in with some family pics, hopefully you won’t mind wading through a few of those.
new bungalow kitchens on Flickr
Several recent remodel shots / sets on Flickr for those of you looking for inspiration:
- Jon Caves' photos of his new kitchen – nice cabinetry!
- a nice white-on-white kitchen with some nifty subway tile
- Liz Crawley's recent kitchen renovation – a huge improvement!
- a pretty butter-yellow kitchen at the Gladstone bungalow
- Kali documents much of her 1927 bungalow, including the wonderful, bright kitchen
- Eva Nichole is selling her Ferndale bungalow, with new stainless appliances and very nice cabinetry
- David Erwin's custom home is a bit more contemporary, but his new tile backsplash would be beautiful in any home
- DJensen's Minneapolis bungalow has some really nice kitchen cabinets; I wish there were more pictures!
- WroughtCopper is documenting every aspect of her kitchen renovation – and it's shaped up quite well
