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Craftsman

Honest, by hand

A home where every joint, grain, and detail was made to last a century.

Arts & Crafts movement. Handmade quality, natural materials, honest construction. Warm, earthy, architecturally rich.

More architectural and handcrafted than Rustic; more detailed and built-in than Mountain.

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What sits closest

The styles nearest to yours, measured the same way the quiz measured you. A room of yours that does not quite fit this style often fits one of these.

French CountryCoastal & Sun
MountainWarm & Rustic
Early AmericanHeritage & Formal

How pattern works here

  • Craftsman pattern comes from nature and from the build itself.
  • Oak grain, ray fleck and exposed joinery act as the main pattern, so walls and floors stay calm.
  • Printed pattern lives up high in the frieze and down low in the rug, with stylized trees, vines, berries and ginkgo leaves.
  • Color is grayed and earthy: moss and forest green, russet, ochre, brown and warm cream, with matte green tile as the jewel.
  • Use one strong printed pattern per room and let the wood do the rest.

Surface by surface

What this style asks for on each surface, and what pushes it into a different style entirely.

Flooring
  • The style calls for oak on the floors, often in strip widths under 3 in. White oak is light to medium brown with an olive cast, and quartersawn boards show ray fleck.
  • Kitchens can take top-nailed oak, and many bungalows used vertical grain Douglas fir, which is much softer and can dent more easily.
  • A tile rug inset can mark a hearth or entry.
  • Avoid: gray-washed or whitewashed oak, wide rustic planks, glossy site finishes, and porcelain wood-look tile.
Tile
  • Tile is handmade and matte.
  • Green leads, from flowing matte greens like Pewabic Elm to moss and pesto shades.
  • Common sizes run 3 x 3, 3 x 6 and 6 x 6, with relief art tiles set in as accents.
  • Many current makers work in this tradition, including Pewabic, Motawi and Clay Squared.
  • Encaustic or geometric floor tile suits an entry or bath.
  • Avoid: high gloss subway tile used everywhere, large format porcelain, marble mosaics, and bright white grout.
Cabinets
  • Cabinets read as furniture and match the house trim.
  • Quartersawn white oak, vertical grain fir or cherry, with inset doors and visible joinery.
  • Finish oak brown with a dye or fumed look under shellac and wax; cherry is often left clear because it darkens with light and can blotch under stain.
  • Leaded glass uppers recall the built-in china cupboard.
  • A scalloped, ventilated half door under the sink is a period detail.
  • Avoid: high gloss paint on every box, slab doors with no frame, and gray or white oak stains.
Cabinet hardware
  • Hardware looks hammered or hand cast.
  • Emtek's Arts and Crafts line offers dimpled knobs, hammered ring and bin pulls, and a mortise and tenon pull in Oil Rubbed Bronze, Satin Brass or Unlacquered Brass.
  • Stickley pieces used square faceted iron pulls and bail pulls in antiqued metal.
  • Cast bronze with a living patina darkens with use.
  • Avoid: polished chrome, thin modern bar pulls, and crystal knobs.
Lighting
  • Light is warm, low and filtered.
  • A hammered copper lamp with a mica shade belongs on the library table.
  • Art glass lanterns in wood or metal frames can hang from beams, even on leather straps, as at the Gamble House.
  • Leaded glass shades in amber and green suit dining rooms.
  • Antique fixtures restored with new shades are fair game.
  • Avoid: recessed grids as the only light, cool white bulbs, and sleek globe pendants.
Fireplaces
  • The fireplace is the center of the main room.
  • Matte art tile, often green, in 3 x 3 or 3 x 6, stacked on the face and run in a bond on the hearth.
  • A plain quartersawn oak or mahogany mantel sits above, and a painted mantel is also seen today.
  • Soapstone suits hearths and surrounds because it can hold up to heat.
  • Dress it with andirons and pottery.
  • Avoid: linear gas inserts, floor to ceiling slab stone, and white painted brick.
Windows
  • Windows are grouped and divided.
  • Casements and multi-pane upper sash over a plain lower sash, with leaded glass in entries, sidelights and built-ins.
  • Prairie-leaning houses take linear designs in zinc or copper came.
  • Keep original leaded glass, and leave repairs to a professional studio.
  • Dress windows simply with printed cotton or plain panels.
  • Avoid: vinyl replacements, snap-in grilles, heavy swags, and bare white roller shades as the only treatment.
Stone
  • Stone plays a supporting role to wood, and soapstone leads.
  • It is the period-friendly choice for counters and sinks: soft, often non-porous, and it darkens when oiled, though it can scratch.
  • Slate splits into thin sheets and is often acid resistant, but it is not known for high scratch resistance.
  • Granite is often very hard and low absorbing, so it can work as a hard working counter.
  • Avoid: polished white marble with heavy veining, busy speckled granite, and bright quartz.
Interior doors
  • Doors are solid wood that matches the trim, often fir, oak, cedar or mahogany.
  • Panels stay simple and the finish is stained, not painted, in the main rooms.
  • The entry door often carries an art glass panel with a nature motif.
  • Hardware is a hammered or cast bronze knob or lever on a rectangular rose.
  • Avoid: six-panel colonial doors, hollow core slabs, and polished brass.
Stairs
  • Stairs are built like furniture.
  • Oak treads with a square spindle balustrade in oak or maple, matched in tone with aniline dye.
  • Grander houses use Greene and Greene style stepped and pegged details.
  • Avoid: open risers, cable rails, and painted white treads.
Wallpaper
  • Paper goes in the frieze.
  • Above a plate rail, a frieze 8 in to 27 in deep carries stylized trees, florals or a landscape such as a forest or a riverbank.
  • Bradbury and Bradbury makes Arts and Crafts friezes and wall fills, including the Apple Tree Frieze and the Morris Blackberry.
  • Below the rail, wood wainscot or a quiet fill paper.
  • Avoid: large scale modern florals, metallic grounds, and grasscloth floor to ceiling.
Paint
  • Colors come from nature and are grayed and dulled.
  • Moss and forest greens, russet and terra cotta, ochre, browns and warm creams.
  • Benjamin Moore Gloucester Sage HC-100 suits doors and trim, Soft Chamois OC-13 suits walls and ceilings between beams, and Sherwin-Williams Roycroft Bronze Green SW 2846 works in small doses.
  • Ceilings were rarely stark white; tint them toward the walls or a peachy beige.
  • Woodwork in the main rooms stays stained.
  • Painted trim suits bedrooms, or can mix with stained oak.
  • Avoid: cool grays, bright white walls with white trim everywhere, and saturated primaries.
Ceilings
  • Ceilings show their structure.
  • Box beams in living and dining rooms, exposed beams or trusses, and tinted plaster between them.
  • A sand finish on the plaster adds texture.
  • Lanterns can hang straight from the beams.
  • Avoid: flat white drywall with recessed cans as the whole plan, coffered grids in painted white, and foam faux beams.
Wall details
  • Wood climbs the wall.
  • Wainscot to chair-rail or plate-rail height, a plate rail for pottery, and a frieze or stencil above.
  • Colonnades with tapered square posts on pedestal walls divide rooms and hold bookcases or benches.
  • Built-in benches, window seats and bookcases are part of the house, not furniture added later.
  • Avoid: shiplap, picture frame moulding on drywall, and thin MDF trim.
Furniture
  • Furniture is oak, plain and joined, and the joinery is the ornament.
  • Morris chairs, Mission library tables with tenon-and-key joints, sideboards with butterfly joints and iron pulls, and settles with leather seats.
  • Stickley still makes Mission pieces in quartersawn white oak or cherry.
  • Wicker, rattan or willow can lighten a porch or sunroom.
  • Avoid: tufted velvet, mirrored or lacquered pieces, and thin metal frames.
Textiles
  • Leather carries the seating, tacked with hammered copper nails on tables and chairs.
  • Printed cotton in Morris patterns hangs as curtains or loose covers.
  • Portieres soften cased openings between rooms.
  • Collected Native American baskets and textiles were part of the period look.
  • Avoid: shiny synthetics, boucle, and pale sheers as the main window fabric.
Rugs
  • Rugs are hand-knotted wool with stylized patterns rooted in Persian and Turkish carpets, as in Morris and Co.
  • Hammersmiths.
  • A custom rug can repeat a motif from the house, as Greene and Greene did, or a nature motif like the ginkgo.
  • Lay one rug per seating area over the oak floor.
  • Avoid: shag, cowhide, high gloss viscose, and loud abstract moderns.

Where to start

Real paint colors and products, so you have something specific to take to a paint counter or a showroom.

Wall paint
Benjamin Moore Gloucester Sage HC-100Dark moss green, doors and trim
Benjamin Moore Soft Chamois OC-13Warm walls and ceiling between trusses
Benjamin Moore Natural Linen 966Painted mantel and surround
Benjamin Moore Cloud White OC-130Soft white for walls and ceilings, or bedroom trim
Benjamin Moore Louisburg Green HC-113Muted medium green, for exteriors
Benjamin Moore Audubon Russet HC-51Terra cotta, for exteriors
Sherwin-Williams Roycroft Bronze Green SW 2846Deep forest green, doors or trim
Sherwin-Williams Festoon Aqua SW 0019Historic color, dining room walls
Slab stone
Vermont Soapstone CountertopBlue gray, oil to darken
Vermont Soapstone Farmhouse SinkMatches a soapstone counter
Tile
Pewabic Elm Glaze TileFlowing matte green
Clay Squared Pesto, 3 x 6Deep green, fireplace face
Clay Squared Jade Moss Deco LinerTrim around the firebox
Ken Mason Tile California RoughFireplace surround
Michelle Griffoul Studios Fallen LeavesTile rug set in the floor
Hardware finish
Emtek Round Dimpled Knob, Oil Rubbed BronzeHand-hammered look
Emtek Hammered Ring PullDrawers, Arts and Crafts collection
Emtek Mortise and Tenon Cabinet PullJoinery-inspired pull
Rocky Mountain Hardware Hammered CollectionCast bronze, living patina

The architecture underneath

A lot of what makes a room read as this style is in the architecture, before any furniture comes in.

Low-Pitched Gable RoofWide overhanging eaves, exposed rafter tails
Decorative Braces and BracketsUnder gables and eaves, visible structure
Deep Front PorchTapered or square columns on stone or brick piers
Shingle or Clapboard SidingCedar shakes stained earth tones
Open Floor PlanFront door opens to the living room
Colonnades Between RoomsPaired posts on pedestal walls with bookcases
Box Beam CeilingsStained beams in living and dining rooms
Exposed Joinery and PegsPegs, tenons and keys shown as ornament

If you are working on a house and want to see what this style would look like in it, set up a time with Jeid Studio and we can go through it with your answers in front of us.

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