Enhancing the wonderful features of your bungalow is one of the most enjoyable things about stewarding your home. The hardware, lighting & decorative items of the Arts & Crafts Movement are cheerful & brilliantly beautiful. Period kitchens & baths will pay homage to the past owners & are just good design sense. Leaping about the decades is visually disturbing (Jane Powell called it “cognitive dissonance.”) & can disturb the flow of the interior. But, the goods you need to create a period atmosphere, are not always easy to find.I am still building this list. I considered whether I wanted to wait until it is complete to post it, but you may be desperately looking now, so take a look at what’s here & keep coming back, It is growing daily. (Or at least weekly.)
I have also added lists of classes on old house restoration because sometimes you might need that too. I usually suggest restoring before collecting, but I must admit that I once purchased a porch set before the porch was built & had to store the set for 3 months. I have never seen another set like it, so I’m not going to discourage anyone else from doing this. And, prior to that, I purchased bookends 5 years before I even had a house in which to put them. Not sorry! They look great now!
To make your search easier, & to provide you with more choices, I have created a list of resources for you. I’ll also mention that many of the items can be found on the resale market. Facebook Marketplace is growing daily & Craigslist seems to be hanging in there too. Of course the odd piece can still be discovered at a yard or estate sale but, you have to have more patience than I do & get up with the worms.Additionally, there are many pages & groups on Facebook that are dedicated to antique items of the period as well as goods by modern A&C masters. As a bonus, they offer wonderful information on the period. Below is a list of these groups who allow buying & selling.Some sites do not. They exist only for giving & receiving information, & for fellowship. It’s not a bad idea to join these too, but that’s not today’s topic.
The caveat here is that I have no clue as to who any of the folks are that are selling on any of these group pages. You must perform your own due diligence regarding every aspect of the offered item- value, condition, authenticity, does the it even exist?
THE BUNGALOW RESOURCES LIST
FACEBOOK GROUPS
A public community of Arts & Crafts Revival Artisans & Revival aficionados, sharing revival work that is available, or promote various events such as fairs, sales, & websites.
This group is for the sharing and enjoyment of the Arts & Crafts era of the late 1890s to the 1920s, as well as its contemporary counterparts. Selling/trading items, sharing real estate ads for Arts & Crafts style homes are very much acceptable in this group.
This group is geared to beginners & intermediate collectors of the Arts & Crafts Movement & the items we live with. Focus is primarily furniture of the period, along with decorative objects, both period & reproductions of quality.
Some of the individual resource pages list Facebook groups specializing in those items.
MY CURATED RESOURCE LISTS
From hardware to plumbing fixtures to stained glass & furniture, salvage dealers are finding it all for you.
Functional & beautiful, another signature craft of the Movement.
LIGHTING
Illuminating your life.
Where you can learn new skills for DIY, or gain knowledge to help you in overseeing the work done by tradesfolk.
Molded from earth, tile is both strong & versatile. It is one of the core design elements of any home.
A necessary element, window coverings compliment your other design elements, giving your privacy & protection from the sun & the cold.e! Meanwhile, keep reading my blog & loving your bungalow.
There is more to com!
I am forever searching for more vendors of bungalow enhancing items so-
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