B. J. Talbert and the Arts & Crafts MovementSince the awakening of the “Victorian” revival in the 1960′s and the subsequent interest in the Arts & Crafts movement that has followed in its wake, much has been written and “rediscovered” about the influential work of the great British design reformers. Retrospectives of the period can often give a new enthusiast of these revivals [...] Help save an Oakland treasure!Our fellow Artistic License Guild member, Jane Powell, has been fighting cancer for several years and is now in a battle to save her historic Oakland Arts & Crafts home. Please read more about the fund raiser, (being held, by the way, at her historic and spectacular Sunset House) at the Artistic License Blog. Spread [...] More wallpaper discoveries!Chris up in Portland, Oregon sent us these wonderful photos from a neighbor’s house. While in the process of just removing some old layers of paper they were pleasantly surprised with the fascinating variety of patterns they found. The two most prominent being a c. 1950 Japanese-themed paper with pagodas, pines and lotus blossoms, (from [...] Burnaby in Historic BuffaloJennifer, who lives in the beautiful city of Buffalo, NY, was kind enough to send us this photo of her home’s incredible oak entryway, which was recently installed with our Burnaby wallfill in Forest Green. Jennifer’s home was built in 1901 in the Greek Revival Style and is unique in Buffalo as it has survived [...] keep looking » |


