The McDonald MansionCheck out these wonderful articles and photos detailing the careful restoration of the McDonald Mansion, courtesy of our friends at Rynerson O’Brien Architecture. First, the exterior: Next, check out the interior for some real eye-candy! Be sure to click on the links for the complete articles and all of the wonderful pictures! Two great Victorian architects uniteJust a “teaser” post to give you a sneak peek at the Bruce J. Talbert room set available in a couple of weeks… But FIRST, our “inaugural” room was recently hung in Alameda in a historic Queen Anne home designed by the prolific American architect George F. Barber. Barber was enormously successful in marketing his [...] 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 [...] Thanks to all our B&B visitors!We want to thank everyone who turned out for our Open House event on May 1st! Is was a great success with a lot of enthusiastic oooohs and aaahhs and many questions about the process of silk screen printing. It was an excellent opportunity to acquaint some of our first time visitors with the company; [...] keep looking » |


