A couple of old house festival news items to start off with. I happened upon a festival that is scheduled for this weekend, March 21st, in San Diego. It is fairly timely for those with an interest in the Arts and Crafts Movement I mentioned in my last blog post. The Save Our Heritage Foundation is having their annual home tour, which will highlight some homes designed by prominent Arts ...

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A friend in the publishing industry sent me a review copy of a new memoir she thought might interest me and my fellow old-home-enthusiasts: The House at Royal Oak: Starting Over, Renovating a Rickety Victorian, and Rebuilding a Life One Room at a Time. The majority of B&Bs, after all, are housed in buildings over 75 years old. In the spring of 2001, Rizzoli and her husband Hugo—an editor and a former ...

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I wrote about lovers of Victorian Era houses in a blog the other week. Could they possibly be surpassed in their passion for restoring their old houses? I think I've found another group of enthusiasts who might give them a run for their money. They champion a style which ironically became popular in opposition to Victorian Era architectural frills--American Arts and Crafts. The American Arts and Crafts Movement I grew ...

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