Period illustration of a Craftsman living room with a boulder fireplace and built-in bookcases — Craftsman Homes (1909), via Internet Archive. Public domain (published 1926 or earlier, U.S.). View source

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Stickley Living Room with Boulder Fireplace and Built-in Bookcase Nook (1909)

An illustration from Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Homes (1909) showing a living room with a split-boulder fireplace, wainscoted walls and a nook with built-in bookcases and a writing desk.

Gustav Stickley's Craftsman magazine published house designs that shaped the American bungalow, and this plate captures the formula: a massive fireplace of split boulders, walls divided by a high wainscot of oak boards, and a nook lined with built-in bookcases and a desk. The lower drawing shows a combined kitchen and dining room in the same style. The lesson for today is that built-ins and the fireplace should be designed together, so the room reads as one piece of carpentry.

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Built-in bookcase nook with a writing desk and matching wainscot in quarter-sawn white oak, stained to a fumed-oak tone; Signature tier.

A custom version typically runs $700–$1,050 per linear foot, installed in Colorado.

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