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The Greene Brothers: Definers of California Architecture for Decades

The Greene Brothers: Icons of California Architecture and Design Who were the two men that made up this influential duo? By Julie Jaskol | December 15, 2025 Charles Sumner Greene (18

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The Historic Homeowner's Guide to Using LED Bulbs to Light Your Home

{ "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-4ed110f0-62da-45b5-98eb-10b219581e98" } } The Historic Homeowner's Guide to Using LED Bulbs to Light Your Home By Jack Dac

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Best Handcrafted Arts & Crafts Rugs for Your Craftsman Home

{ "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-6d56832c-76ea-4b6d-8eaa-7c887a1c0606" } } Best Handcrafted Arts & Crafts Rugs for Your Craftsman Home By Joshua Scheid

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3 Problems Ordering from Old California (and How to Avoid Them)

3 Problems Ordering from Old California (and How to Avoid Them) By Joshua Scheide | Updated November 2025 Let's Be Honest After nearly 40 years of crafting period lighting and decor

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Your Ultimate Guide to Identifying and Finding Craftsman Lighting

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The Gamble House: A Detailed Design for Living

{ "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-596c28db-3205-42e7-a3a4-63fd54b9b856" } } The Gamble House: A Detailed Design for Living Architects Greene & Greene

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The Best Craftsman and Arts & Crafts Lighting Makers

The Best Craftsman and Arts & Crafts Lighting Makers By Joshua Scheide | November 2025 You stand in your historic bungalow, admiring the oak trim and built-ins that someone, a century

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Historic Home Lighting Cost: A Look at What You’ll Pay

Historic Home Lighting Cost: A Look at What You’ll Pay Understanding what drives the cost of period-appropriate lighting—and what to expect when choosing fixtures for your historic home.

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Celebrating Festive Connections

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The Sage of East Aurora

The Sage of East Aurora Elbert Hubbard: From Soap Salesman to Turn-of-the-Century Prophet By Julie Jaskol | September 20, 2025 Elbert Hubbard could sell the heck out of soap. As a 16

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Roycroft Renaissance Keeps Arts & Crafts Traditions Alive

Roycroft Renaissance Keeps Arts & Crafts Traditions Alive Contemporary artists carry on ideals of East Aurora creative community By Julie Jaskol | September 12, 2025 They started

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100 Years of Art Deco

100 Years of Art Deco Celebrating the centennial of the 1925 exhibition that launched an enduring style By Julie Jaskol | July 30 2025 | Photography by Christopher Gonzalez

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Setting the Stage for Modern Living in a Historic Home

Setting the Stage for Modern Living in a Historic Home Good design can be timeless, no matter the era By Julie Jaskol | July 18, 2025 Designers and architects who specialize in histo

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The Secret Lives of Eichler Homes

The Secret Lives of Eichler Homes Plain and private facades open to a world of light and air By Julie Jaskol | April 22, 2025 | Photography by Christopher Gonzalez {

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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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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

{ "__shgImageV2Elements": { "uuid": "s-a401c263-0ede-44dd-acdf-1725372941a2" } } Cultivating the Desire Carousel 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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Preserving the Batchelder Tile Tradition (and Breaking the Mold)

Preserving the Batchelder Tradition (and Breaking the Mold) By Julie Jaskol | February 14, 2025 When Cha-Rie Tang arrived in Pasadena with her husband in 1977, she was entranced by t

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