Arts and crafts window treatments

Today’s restorations often overlook curtains, yet no early 20th century interior would have been considered finished without them.

Use color palettes, stencils, frieze papers, textiles, and tile to can add color to your Arts & Crafts home, informed by period conventions and your personal taste.

I really cannot stand the French doors in our living room and dining room. They don't stay closed and they don't work with our rugs without chopping quite a bit off the bottom of the doors. They also take up a lot of wall space, which is at quite a premium in this room. These doors probably made a lot more sense when the fireplace was used to supplement the heating on the main floor. So, I've been thinking about making portiere curtains to hang in those doorways so we can take down the…

This 1910 house in Portland, Oregon was built according to plans published in Gustav Stickley’s magazine. Recent owners fixed it up true to the original intention.

" It is always a problem to choose curtains, and too much thought cannot be given to this all important subject" Keith's Magazine, 1911 Of all home textiles, curtains and shades seem to require the most thought. This is natural as, while they should be attractive, they also have to work. We don’t like to bury the window beneath swags and layers of extra long drapery, trimmed with layers of braid and bullion. Art & Crafts style curtains are in fact very practical...a simple & lovely use…

For bungalows and Craftsman houses with severe woodwork and furniture, Arts & Crafts textiles are a critical part of the decorative scheme. Explore options for curtains, pillows, carpets, tapestries, stitchery, stenciling, table linens and bed covers.

With the purchase of an historic Craftsman home, a young, globe trotting couple took a 180 degree turn from their previously beachy, minimalist aesthetic and enlisted Mulholland to oversee a period appropriate gut renovation and the creation of a moody, rich, antique filled interior. ...

From the turn of the 20th century until the World War II, window treatments moved from Victorian excess through Arts & Crafts simplicity and then settled into classic historical styles.

Not the typical Craftsman house, this transitional bungalow has elements of Victorian Shingle Style. It offers the elegance of the late 19th century with the honesty of Arts & Crafts design.