This is great, thank you for sharing! What a fascinating and enjoyable glimpse into a real Craftsman home that has clearly been lovingly maintained and restored. As an owner of a Craftsman-era bungalow that doesn't have many original features left, this is incredible helpful in my quest to reconstruct a semblance of what may have been there.
Sorry for the late reply. I'm glad you liked it. There are a lot of great resources. Feel free to send pics to my email and I'm happy to give feedback. brent@brenthull.com. Thanks, B
@@BrentHull Thank you so much for your reply! I will send you some photos in awhile. My home is unique because it's not clearly one particular style due to how few original features are left. But slowly I'm gaining a clear direction through resources like this.
I've worked in one that I knew for sure was and it was a well built house. Nice floor plan , walls were dead flat with only hairline cracks above windows in a couple areas.
What I love about Craftsman homes is the variety of the details, rather than the 'cookie-cutter' look of homes today. Many homes of that period here in Southern California had Batchelder tile fireplaces instead of brick. Some of the tiles were scenic, or had floral/leaf motifs. The porches worked well here, with our climate.
Nice video with interresting details. I live in Belgium. In a small old town called Soignies. I am passionate about arts and crafts. I am actually restauring my house. It is a red bricks and blue stone house built in 1890 and as a carpenter I will put as many as possible arts and craft / bungalow features in it.
I appreciate these "Building with History" videos on the various home styles. I am a Middle School teacher and show these in my Green Architecture class when we go over home styles. The students later use software to design their own home.
Fantastic! So beautiful. We have a castle in the south of Sweden called Tjolöholms slott that is just the textbook example of arts and crafts interior. 👌
Recommended from finish carpentry channel. Glad to have found this channel. Fantastic subject matter. Great editing, great presentation. Thanks for sharing this.
Great video, stumbled upon this channel from Finish Carpentry TV. I also watched some of the history and brews videos you did, which are very informative. I have a 1897 all brick four square in St. Louis that had a down to the studs reno about 13 years ago and unfortunately lost most of its historical interior details with it. I would like to add some of the millwork back, but struggle with identifying if it’s considered a craftsman, or arts and crafts style home as most information on the foursquare style of home that I have found online are woodframe houses and brick. Anyways, thank you for the history lesson!
The house was a great example of the era! Any thoughts on how stains were from the era? Were they originally lighter and darkened with age or started out dark? Just curious.
Just found your site thanks to a video by Finish Carpentry tv. Love the detail. My only criticism is that IT’S TOO SHORT. I want to see the movie version of this video. 🤔. Just a thought.
Agreed! I want also to know where the resources are (reading, association of architects who specialize, etc) to build a modernized one of these. We have six beautiful acres on a lake in Québec and I’d love this or a modern-colonial with an A-frame guest house and etc etc. Really need to start with a few hours of a professional’s time to get to the right questions.
Wow that was informative! I fidn't think that it was more of a socisl movement. My grandpa lives in a neighborhood in nyc where the houses are all tudor style built in the 1930s. I've seen those elements inside his house. So, i wonder if the previous owners incorporated the arts and crafts. anyway, i've learned a lot and i'd mention this next time i see him.
We have old 6 over one rope and weight windows. Everyone wants us to replace them. No appreciation for reworking something that just needs attention. Salem Massachusetts
Don't let them talk you into it. Nothing will last longer then your historic ones. If you watch my video on why not to replace them, you will learn more. Thanks for your comment.
Arts and Craft was a philosophy of craftsmanship and not an actual specific style. There are specific styles within that philosophy and there is bound be one that you actually like I would find it had to believe that you would dislike it.
Mike Macheese, The arts and crafts movement started as a rejection of the industrial age and as a celebration of hand crafted materials. Sears and Montgomery Ward developed kit homes that then had to be assembled on site, but that’s not how most homes were built; but I see your point.
I’ve got a very serious complaint to make. I would suggest that you should be held criminally liable for the result. How can you only show us 6 minutes of this wonderful house? 6 hours would be more fitting. 6 minutes is just……painful
No comment on the cheap wood, with the rough rustic finish? I’ve never seen anything like it. On the Coast most homes used a good oak, or, in Calif, a cheap wood (redwood) painted to look like something nicer
@@BrentHull It was a craftsman house from 1901 or so. Yet the stained wood appeared to be a wide grain like pine, and not smooth sanded but rough, as if the grain had been picked out. Funny you should know so much about these houses yet miss the wood you’re touching. Go back and look at the woodwork in the video.
@@BrentHull I’m guessing the house was remodeled mid century and the woodwork you showed was a low budget if dedicated DIY “restoration”. The butterfly hinges would suggest as much
Good point. Yes, it is a little bit of a contradiction. I suspect you understand the ideals of the movement were not always realized on a simple working man's house like this. Thanks for catching it.
There is ornamentation and then excessive ornamentation. The key is to use judgement. Some designs do have every detailed and high levels of ornamentation but if it is part of the original design then it would have more truth to it.
Yes, it's lovely. How safe is it in a fire? Can an elderly person get around in it all right? Is a toddler safe in the place? I just noticed that the front porch has no hand rails. That's barbaric. If you consider yourself an expert, respect the past but put modern knowledge to use.
My favorite style of architecture.
Me too!
Love these classical home tours showing us authentic architecture, so many ideas to capture.
Glad you like them! Thanks so much.
This is great, thank you for sharing! What a fascinating and enjoyable glimpse into a real Craftsman home that has clearly been lovingly maintained and restored. As an owner of a Craftsman-era bungalow that doesn't have many original features left, this is incredible helpful in my quest to reconstruct a semblance of what may have been there.
Sorry for the late reply. I'm glad you liked it. There are a lot of great resources. Feel free to send pics to my email and I'm happy to give feedback. brent@brenthull.com. Thanks,
B
@@BrentHull Thank you so much for your reply! I will send you some photos in awhile. My home is unique because it's not clearly one particular style due to how few original features are left. But slowly I'm gaining a clear direction through resources like this.
Our house was built in 1914, I remember someone telling me that it was a Sears kit home shipped in on the railroad.
That's really cool. I've always wanted to see one. Thanks.
My wife and I live in a cabin in Oregon that was a Sears kit as well.
I've worked in one that I knew for sure was and it was a well built house. Nice floor plan , walls were dead flat with only hairline cracks above windows in a couple areas.
What I love about Craftsman homes is the variety of the details, rather than the 'cookie-cutter' look of homes today. Many homes of that period here in Southern California had Batchelder tile fireplaces instead of brick. Some of the tiles were scenic, or had floral/leaf motifs. The porches worked well here, with our climate.
True, i think the bungalow/craftsman home is so well suited for your climate. Thanks!
Nice video with interresting details. I live in Belgium. In a small old town called Soignies. I am passionate about arts and crafts. I am actually restauring my house. It is a red bricks and blue stone house built in 1890 and as a carpenter I will put as many as possible arts and craft / bungalow features in it.
Very cool!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HOME!...LOVE THE HOMES WITH HISTORY!!
Me too!!
I appreciate these "Building with History" videos on the various home styles. I am a Middle School teacher and show these in my Green Architecture class when we go over home styles. The students later use software to design their own home.
Wow, so nice to hear. Thanks for sharing.
This is just a great series.
THanks.
Awesome video. Saludos from Latin America.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic! So beautiful.
We have a castle in the south of Sweden called Tjolöholms slott that is just the textbook example of arts and crafts interior. 👌
Wow, would love to see pics of that. Sounds wonderful. info@brenthull.com if you have pics to share. Thanks for watching.
Recommended from finish carpentry channel. Glad to have found this channel. Fantastic subject matter. Great editing, great presentation. Thanks for sharing this.
Awesome, thank you! Welcome aboard. I just shot a video with Richard today. Small world
My favorite era and style of home.
You are not alone. Thanks for watching.
Awesome video, thank you for sharing the knowledge, pls keep it up
Sorry for the late reply, thanks for watching. More videos coming soon.
Great video, stumbled upon this channel from Finish Carpentry TV. I also watched some of the history and brews videos you did, which are very informative. I have a 1897 all brick four square in St. Louis that had a down to the studs reno about 13 years ago and unfortunately lost most of its historical interior details with it. I would like to add some of the millwork back, but struggle with identifying if it’s considered a craftsman, or arts and crafts style home as most information on the foursquare style of home that I have found online are woodframe houses and brick. Anyways, thank you for the history lesson!
Thanks for watching. Good luck with your project.
Love this style
Me too!
WOW amazing house. Fantastic video, Happy belated Easter too you and your loved ones 🙏
Thanks, same to you!
Beautiful 😮
Thanks!
Very nice, thanks.
Most welcome
Wonderful information. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
The house was a great example of the era! Any thoughts on how stains were from the era? Were they originally lighter and darkened with age or started out dark? Just curious.
Good question. It varied a lot.
awesome video
Thanks so much!
Just found your site thanks to a video by Finish Carpentry tv. Love the detail. My only criticism is that IT’S TOO SHORT. I want to see the movie version of this video. 🤔. Just a thought.
Thanks for the tip. Noted!
Agreed! I want also to know where the resources are (reading, association of architects who specialize, etc) to build a modernized one of these. We have six beautiful acres on a lake in Québec and I’d love this or a modern-colonial with an A-frame guest house and etc etc. Really need to start with a few hours of a professional’s time to get to the right questions.
Wow that was informative! I fidn't think that it was more of a socisl movement. My grandpa lives in a neighborhood in nyc where the houses are all tudor style built in the 1930s. I've seen those elements inside his house. So, i wonder if the previous owners incorporated the arts and crafts. anyway, i've learned a lot and i'd mention this next time i see him.
Thanks! Let me know what you find out.
my house craftsman bungalow was built in 1936 HAS HAD NEW WINDOWS & NEW KITCHEN
I hope they are good ones and help the house.
We have old 6 over one rope and weight windows. Everyone wants us to replace them. No appreciation for reworking something that just needs attention. Salem Massachusetts
Don't let them talk you into it. Nothing will last longer then your historic ones. If you watch my video on why not to replace them, you will learn more. Thanks for your comment.
Not tied to the video but Brent, could you do a video on the proper way to insulate an older home?
Sure, I actually just did one, it should be loaded up here very soon. Stay tuned.
I'm not a big fan of art n crafts, but I was curious what you had to say about it.
Cool, I'm a big fan. Thanks for watching.
Arts and Craft was a philosophy of craftsmanship and not an actual specific style. There are specific styles within that philosophy and there is bound be one that you actually like I would find it had to believe that you would dislike it.
They were against big industry yet many of these homes were built by industry giants Sears and Montgomery Ward.
It’s expensive to hire craftsmen, then and now. Don’t forget James Gamble of Procter and Gamble.
Mike Macheese, The arts and crafts movement started as a rejection of the industrial age and as a celebration of hand crafted materials. Sears and Montgomery Ward developed kit homes that then had to be assembled on site, but that’s not how most homes were built; but I see your point.
Interesting point. Thanks.
I’ve got a very serious complaint to make. I would suggest that you should be held criminally liable for the result.
How can you only show us 6 minutes of this wonderful house? 6 hours would be more fitting. 6 minutes is just……painful
LOL, sorry, sad to say most people don't watch the whole thing. I appreciate your enthusiasm.
No comment on the cheap wood, with the rough rustic finish? I’ve never seen anything like it. On the Coast most homes used a good oak, or, in Calif, a cheap wood (redwood) painted to look like something nicer
I'm not sure what you are describing. Sound like fake wood popular after WWII.
@@BrentHull It was a craftsman house from 1901 or so. Yet the stained wood appeared to be a wide grain like pine, and not smooth sanded but rough, as if the grain had been picked out. Funny you should know so much about these houses yet miss the wood you’re touching. Go back and look at the woodwork in the video.
@@BrentHull I’m guessing the house was remodeled mid century and the woodwork you showed was a low budget if dedicated DIY “restoration”. The butterfly hinges would suggest as much
Nice to see a home that hasn't had its millwork and walls painted all white with the annoying "Inspirational Slogans" in cursive everywhere.
Haha. True. Thx.
This is contradictory. He talks about the rejection of over ornimentation and at 2:53 he points out the false timbering. LOL. nice house though.
It’s not the intricate detail of the Victorians, though, but more simple.
Good point. Yes, it is a little bit of a contradiction. I suspect you understand the ideals of the movement were not always realized on a simple working man's house like this. Thanks for catching it.
There is ornamentation and then excessive ornamentation. The key is to use judgement. Some designs do have every detailed and high levels of ornamentation but if it is part of the original design then it would have more truth to it.
Yes, it's lovely. How safe is it in a fire? Can an elderly person get around in it all right? Is a toddler safe in the place? I just noticed that the front porch has no hand rails. That's barbaric. If you consider yourself an expert, respect the past but put modern knowledge to use.
Thanks for sharing.
Wow - can you be any more negative?
Arts and crafts houses are my favorite! Too bad they are super expensive. I live in a colonial house. It’s but I rather have an arts and crafts house.
Ok. THx.