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c. 1880–1930

Arts & Crafts / Craftsman

Honest construction made visible: quarter-sawn oak, exposed joinery, built-in seating and storage, hand-wrought hardware and nature-derived ornament.

The Arts & Crafts movement began in Britain in the 1860s as a reaction against cheap, machine-made decoration, and reached America as the Craftsman style of Gustav Stickley, Greene & Greene and thousands of bungalows. Its interiors put the woodwork on display: quarter-sawn oak, visible joinery, built-in seating and storage, and fireplaces designed together with the bookcases beside them.

For a custom project, Arts & Crafts rewards restraint. Square proportions, flat or simply framed panels and a warm stained finish do most of the work, with ornament limited to a through-tenon, a corbel or a band of leaded glass.

Drawing room at Red House with a large painted built-in settle and cupboard and a brick fireplace

How to recognize Arts & Crafts / Craftsman

  • Quarter-sawn oak or chestnut with a warm brown, fumed-looking finish
  • Built-ins designed with the room: inglenooks, window seats, bookcases and sideboards
  • Visible joinery such as through-tenons, keys and square pegs
  • Square balusters, flat casings and wide plate rails
  • Hammered copper, leaded glass and handmade tile as accents

In ColoradoCraftsman bungalows are common across Denver's older neighborhoods and Front Range towns, and the style's rustic side suits mountain houses.

Arts & Crafts / Craftsman kitchen cabinets

All kitchen cabinets
Period illustration of a bungalow living room nook above a drawing of kitchen cupboards and a work shelf

Stickley Bungalow Fireside Nook and Kitchen Cupboards (1909)

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Arts & Crafts / Craftsman cabinet doors & fronts

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Mahogany cabinet with stylized floral inlay on the doors and wrought-iron handles

M. H. Baillie Scott Inlaid Work Cabinet (c. 1900)

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Oak linen press with decorative door panels above drawers and brass hardware

Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Linen Press (c. 1904)

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Period illustration of a Craftsman entrance hall and built-in glazed china cupboards beside a window

Stickley Entrance Hall and Built-in Glazed China Cupboards (1909)

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Period illustration of a Craftsman dining room with flush cupboard doors set into paneled walls

Stickley Dining Room with Flush-Door Dish Cupboard (1909)

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Period illustration of a Stickley oak bookcase with glazed doors and through-tenon joints

Stickley Bookcase with Glazed Doors and Through-Tenons (1909)

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Arts & Crafts / Craftsman built-ins & bookcases

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Period illustration of a Craftsman living room with a boulder fireplace and built-in bookcases

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

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Period illustration of a fireside inglenook with facing built-in benches and casement windows

Stickley Fireside Nook with Built-in Seats (1909)

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Period illustration of a built-in Craftsman sideboard set into a dining room recess beneath windows

Stickley Dining Room Sideboard Built into a Recess (1909)

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Period illustration of a cottage fireplace with a built-in seat and a decorative frieze

Stickley Fireplace and Built-in Seat with Frieze (1909)

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Period illustration of a deep fireside nook and a living room corner with a built-in desk

Stickley Deep Fireside Nook and Built-in Writing Corner (1909)

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Period illustration of a built-in sideboard with dish cupboards at each end

Stickley Built-in Sideboard Flanked by Dish Cupboards (1909)

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Arts & Crafts / Craftsman wall paneling & wainscoting

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Drawing room at Red House with a large painted built-in settle and cupboard and a brick fireplace

Drawing Room at Red House, Bexleyheath (William Morris and Philip Webb)

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Period illustration of a Craftsman living room with simple oak strips framing the walls

Stickley Living Room with Simple Woodwork Framing the Walls (1909)

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Period illustration of a post-and-panel partition separating Craftsman living and dining rooms

Stickley Post-and-Panel Partition Between Living and Dining Rooms (1909)

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Period illustration of board-and-batten bedroom wainscot and a paneled living room wainscot

Stickley Wainscot Treatments for Bedrooms and Living Rooms (1909)

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Arts & Crafts / Craftsman fireplace mantels & surrounds

All fireplace mantels & surrounds
Period illustration of a Craftsman fireplace flanked by glazed bookcases with a paneled frieze above

Stickley Fireplace with Built-in Bookcases and Panels Above (1909)

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Period illustration of a bungalow living room with a stone fireplace, window seat and beamed ceiling

Stickley Bungalow Living Room with Stone Fireplace and Window Seat (1909)

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Arts & Crafts / Craftsman range hoods

All range hoods
Period illustration of a tiled fireplace with a tapering copper hood in a Craftsman dining room

Stickley Tiled Chimneypiece with Copper Hood (1909)

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Arts & Crafts / Craftsman trim & moulding

All trim & moulding
Period illustration of a Craftsman staircase with square balusters rising from the living room

Stickley Staircase as a Structural Feature of the Living Room (1909)

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Signature motifs

Through tenonCloud liftCorbelBoard and batten

Typical woods and materials

Quarter sawn white oakFumed oakMahogany

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