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Ernest Batchelder: Kindling the Warmth One Fireplace at a Time

Ernest Batchelder: Kindling the Warmth One Fireplace at a Time Influential Tilemaker’s Legacy Lives on in Historic Homes and Contemporary Interpretations By Julie Jaskol | February 14,

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Best Craftsman Style Lighting

Best Craftsman and Arts & Crafts Lighting Manufacturers Do you stand in your historic bungalow, looking up at lighting that clashes with your carefully preserved architectural details? Y

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A Labor of Love

{ "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-7d2e7c41-487e-4606-9d07-834dc6bf45d5" } } A Labor of Love Caring for a historic home takes a lot of TLC (time, labor, ca

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The Cost of an Ugly World

The Cost of an Ugly World Thoughts from a 19th-Century Polemic { "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-ca5cedbb-f7ec-414a-9f7b-4e843312503d" } } The sun

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William Morris Meets Wabi-Sabi

William Morris Meets Wabi-Sabi Yoshiko Yamamoto Continues a Tradition Blending East and West When you walk through an American home built in the early 20th century, you might notice so

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Cultivating the Desire Carousel

Cultivating the Desire Carousel { "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-36c3bd0f-71f5-428d-8d51-0c782ffa09d0" } } How did the contemporary consumer become train

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What Size Should My Light Be?

What Size Should My Light Be?   How to Choose the Right Size Light Fixture for Your Space Choosing the right size for your light fixtures can dramatically enhance the look and fee

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How Far Should My Light Hang from the Ceiling?

How Far Should My LightHang from the Ceiling? Finding the right height to hang light fixtures is a common dilemma during your remodel or redecoration Whether you're installing a new ch

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A Radical Act of Arts & Crafts

{ "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-a1ecbfb3-f847-44f1-a549-0620f79057c8" } } A Radical Act of Arts & Crafts With El Alisal, his idiosyncratic stone cas

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Why Does the Cost of Lighting Vary So Much?

{ "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-901f2626-1476-4611-919a-abd6392fe454" } } Why Does the Cost of Lighting Vary So Much? Four factors that affect what you

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Old California Design Supports New Southern California Workforce

Old California Design Supports New Southern California Workforce { "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-7cea5e3a-680d-43e9-beba-c619c5a0f011" } } Collaboration

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Preserving the Batchelder Tile Tradition (and Breaking the Mold)

Preserving the Batchelder Tradition (and Breaking the Mold) When Cha-Rie Tang arrived in Pasadena with her husband in 1977, she was entranced by the architecture. “I spent a whol

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