Arts and crafts kitchen

Simple, functional, and handsome, this renovated kitchen fits in beautifully because its design picks up details from the house.

Simple, functional, and handsome, this renovated kitchen fits in beautifully because its design picks up details from the house.

Remaking the kitchen in a 1912 English Arts & Crafts house.

Simple, functional, and handsome, this renovated kitchen fits in beautifully because its design picks up details from the house.

It’s a common question we get often: How do I design a craftsman style kitchen that feels authentic and not cliche? We see many interior designers slapping craftsman doors on wood cabinets and calling it a ‘craftsman’ kitchen, but what did kitchens really look like during the craftsman era?

Cabinets, fixtures, and tile for modern interpretation: A look at revival design approaches.

An exclusive list of contemporary art-tile manufacturers. Their beautiful tiles are suitable for Arts & Crafts homes.

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Over a 40-year period, the Arts & Crafts kit­chen evolved far beyond its spare, utilitarian, beginnings in the Victorian Age. By the end of the era, it had become an efficient meal preparation and cleanup center with cold and dry storage, distinct preparation areas, running water, electricity, and even sanitary waste disposal. General Electric had already invented and was selling the kit­chen sink disposer that was later to become a market leader as the Dispos-all. Still not quite the modern…

Remodeled in a grand California Arts & Crafts idiom, the late-20th-century house fell into disrepair before it was restored with finesse.