A masterful remodel on Pershing

At home with Sharon and Larry Wasserman

By Tom Shess

Larry Wasserman came to California from Vancouver, Canada as a teenager. He attended UCLA, from which he has a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Fine Arts. During that time, the revival of the Arts & Crafts movement was prevalent and greatly influenced Larry’s work.  He taught ceramics at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa and UC Irvine, retiring after 33 years. A few years ago, at the behest of his wife, he took some cabinet-making and furniture design classes, preparing to involve himself in home remodeling projects.
Sharon Wasserman was born in Oregon and graduated from UC  Berkeley, but has spent most of her life in Southern California. She is a marriage and family therapist with practices in Orange County and San Diego. With no formal background in fine arts, she has been, nevertheless, in charge of the interior design details of their homes. The craftsman style of architecture has always been aesthetically pleasing to both of them, so when the opportunity to remodel a North Park property arose, they relished the challenge.

Q. Right off we’d like to say the recent remodel of your Pershing Avenue Craftsman bungalow is one of the finest we’ve seen anywhere. Why did you insist on such rigorous standards for yourselves?  What motivated you to stay so true to the architectural heritage of your home?
A. We both like attention to detail and appreciate the historical integrity of the homes we’ve lived in or remodeled. Also, our architect, Bob Bollus, was a stickler for the fine details of craftsman design.

Q. What  is the history of your home? Master builder? Are you finished with the remodel?
A. We don’t know much, but the house was originally designed and built in 1923 by builder J.A. Robinson for homeowner Roy S. G. Horton. A Google search says he was in the military. We are finished with the remodel, except for minor adjustments here and there.

Q. What’s the square footage?  Before? After? What did you add?  Subtract?
A. Before the remodel the square footage was 1,200, after 1,856 plus garage and work rooms of 819 for a total of 2,665 square feet. We kept the front portion of the house, including the living room, dining room and old master bedroom, which we opened to the living room and converted into a den/TV room.  The rest was razed and replaced with new guest bedroom and bath, laundry room, kitchen and master suite. The garage and driveway were removed and replaced with a patio and covered outdoor entertainment area.

Q. San Diego is lucky to have so many terrific bungalow neighborhoods. What attracted you to North Park?
A. Larry wanted to work on a Craftsman and this was the best of those available at the time.

Q. What hidden treasures did you discover in prepping the home for the remodel?
A. The beautiful gumwood that appeared in all its splendor after lots of sanding and oiling by Larry.

Q. Describe the major “redo’s” to the home.
A. The fireplace, which was not so great, had to be completely rebuilt.  Larry, being a ceramic artist, was a natural for hand-making all the beautiful tiles appropriate for a Craftsman home.

Q. Larry, with your experience in working with wood, name some of the craftsman, who assisted you? How much did you do yourself?
A. For the most part, I did all the work based on our research and preferences. I did all the interior work, from the tiles for the fireplace to all the cabinetry. The remodel was done by an architect and builder and the floors and patio by local companies.

Q. What are your favorite accomplishments in the  remodel inside the home and out?
A. The see-through built-in buffet from the dining room to the kitchen, which originally backed up to a wall, the fireplace and the display case/room divider in the kitchen for our collection of pre-Columbian art. Also, we enjoy the large kitchen, which, although contemporary, stays in tune with the Craftsman theme.

Q. Who did the interior décor?
A. Sharon.

Q. Where did you obtain most of your furnishings and accessories (favorite pieces)?
A. Just things we have accumulated over the years. The Victorian pieces, including the bed in the master bedroom, are heirlooms from Sharon’s family. The bed was reconfigured from a full to king by Steve at Steve’s Wood Working in National City. One of our favorite finds was an original claw-footed bathtub, in horrible shape, covered in decals from the ‘70s, but salvageable.  It’s in our master bathroom.

Q. As a couple, what do you find enjoyable about North Park?
A. Its diversity, not only in population, but also as individualism shows up in each of the homes that has managed to exist for the last 80-90 years.
Pershing Avenue is also special because of the First Friday potluck dinners hosted at various homes on our street. Walking to many new restaurants and galleries and the park are wonderful too.

Q. What are your favorite restaurants?
A. The Mission, Alexander’s, Urban Solace, the Japanese restaurant at 30th and Upas.

Q. What was your last book read?  Movie watched?
A. Sharon: “The Lacuna” by Barbara Kingsolver.  Larry:  Construction manual for a hand-made kayak, a Christmas gift from their kids.
Last night we watched “Lolita” (the original, with James Mason, Peter Sellers and Shelly Winters) from Netflix.

Q. What would you like to see happen in North Park?
A. With an improving economy, we’d like to see our area become designated as a historical area, as well as continued homeowner property improvement. We’re excited every time we see new landscaping or construction with these old homes, with fingers crossed that the work will enhance the original designs. We’d also like to see a more active neighborhood watch, not just the helicopters overhead.

The virtual village where Arts & Crafts lovers dwell got a little cozier at the dawn of this decade, and you’re invited to be part of it. That’s because Bruce Johnson – Arts & Crafts expert, author, craftsman and founder of the nation’s largest Arts & Crafts gathering — has launched a vibrant, user-friendly Website (artsandcraftscollector.com). It was born on Jan. 1.
“It was an exciting New Year’s Eve,” the energetic Johnson said happily during a recent phone interview. As he spoke, he was preparing for the annual Arts & Crafts Conference (arts-craftsconference.com) and antiques show, which he directs, to be held Feb. 19-21 at the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C.
The New York Times has called the conference “the most important weekend of the year for Arts & Crafts collectors.” Educational presentations on furniture maker Leopold Stickley (emerging from his brother Gustav’s shadow), potter George Ohr, secrets of art pottery glazes and portraits of the Arts & Crafts home and garden are among this year’s scheduled highlights.
Johnson, a recipient of the “Als ik kan” award from the Gustav Stickley Craftsman Farms Foundation in 1999, expects 2,000 to 3,000 people to attend this year’s conference and show.
When he founded the Arts & Crafts Conference in 1988, Johnson writes, he had “just one person in mind: “the typical Arts & Crafts collector.” Now, 22 years later, he’s extended his target into cyberspace, with a Website and directory named accordingly. The handsomely designed site is free, an open forum and your 24/7 stop for all things Arts & Crafts.
In addition to components you might expect (events calendar, directory of dealers, craftspeople and services), the site is anchored by news articles and columns such as “Collectors’ Guide” and “Around the House,” which kicked off with tips on keeping a finish on your front door .
“Everything for Your Arts and Crafts Life” is the site’s subtitle, a telling reflection of the founder’s devotion to the movement as a philosophy, not a style.
Initial response to artsandcraftscollector.com has been positive among collectors, businesses and institutions, Johnson said, although the site was so new at the time of this interview that he hadn’t checked how many hits it had gotten. “In the first week, we went from being national to international,” he noted, citing a listing for Titus Omega from London dealer John Featherstone-Harvey.
San Diego’s Save Our Heritage Organisation preservation group offered up the first historic museum listing, which advertises the 1905 Marston House & Gardens in Balboa Park.
“This Website is just the thing for Arts & Crafts aficionados. Bruce Johnson has pulled together many facets of collecting and myriad resources, as per his usual style genius,” said Alana Coons, SOHO’s events and education director. “While it is brand new, you can see its massive potential.”
Johnson’s “genius” partly lies in anticipating and fulfilling the public’s hunger for expert knowledge and practical information on collections and the homes that hold them. Skilled in woodworking and antiques restoration, Johnson has written numerous books on collecting, furniture and refinishing, the latest being “Grove Park Inn Arts and Crafts Furniture” (2009, $35). A former high school teacher, he has toured the country giving lectures and appeared on PBS, HGTV, the Discovery Channel and the DIY cable network, where he has hosted such shows as “Do It Yourself Woodworking.”
This respected and charismatic expert lives with his family outside of Asheville in what he calls “a 1973 Arts & Crafts ranch house.” It’s remodeled with Arts & Crafts interiors, suitable for his vintage collections, but remains a ranch (complete with horses) on the exterior. And Johnson’s shingle is still out for his Knock on Wood Antique Repair and Restoration business.
Several Websites for Arts & Crafts magazines, societies and dealers already exist for information sharing and promotion, so why did Johnson think there is need for one more?
“What I felt each was lacking is up-to-the-minute news,” Johnson said. He highly regards magazines such as Style 1900 and American Bungalow, and has contributed to both (he answers readers’ questions in Style 1900’s “Collectors’ Counsel” column), but they lag behind the news by three to four months, he said. Timely reports on auction results, exhibitions, books and collections — “that’s what’s going to keep me interested,” he said. “There’s no shortage of news.”
“I also wanted to create an independent news source,” Johnson added, drawing on his journalism background. “What I didn’t want to create is a shallow attempt to lure in advertising.”
While the Arts & Crafts Collector site is dependent on advertising to a degree, Johnson and his team purposely kept the rates low, at least for an introductory period. A collector wanting to sell a piece of furniture or art pottery can run a classified ad for 30 days for a sliding fee of $10 to $25, depending on the price of the item. Display ads that appear for a month cost $98.
The more time you spend on the site, the more topics and helpful guides you discover. “Tips for Smart Buying” appears when you click on “Wanted to Buy.” A reference “library” and encyclopedic directory of shopmarks by furniture makers, potteries and others are being compiled, with the help of readers. And there’s advice on setting a price if you want to sell an object. Once the site has more entries, Johnson said they’ll add a “search” function, which will make it even faster and easier to use.
Johnson spent five months studying Websites to come up with this format, which relies on handsome color photographs, ads and graphics to catch the eye. Blue Ridge Solutions designed and implemented the site.
The goal is to build the Website so it becomes indispensible to anyone interested in the Arts & Crafts movement.
“I grew up in a small town in Illinois that lost its weekly newspaper,” Johnson said. “A town without a newspaper quickly deteriorates. My hope is that this site functions as a community newspaper, with news, features, classifieds.”
And there’s another essential ingredient.
“The only way artsandcraftscollector.com will succeed,” Johnson added, “is if we have a lot of  (online) activity, so let’s get everybody involved.”
Ann Jarmusch writes about art, design and historic preservation for local and national publications. She can be reached at ajarmusch@gmail.com

(Reprinted with permission from Our Heritage magazine, published by Save Our Heritage Organisation, Volume 40, Issue 1/2)

By Curtis Drake, LEED AP

The green movement encourages us to use less (which is easier said than done) or to turn to technology to increase the efficiency of our cars, appliances, and homes. Some of these technological changes are fairly simple.
A new energy-efficient refrigerator provides real energy savings. Yet when it comes to our historic homes, we feel compelled to leave them as they are because we recognize they were built in another time, under a very different set of rules. Many of us understand the intrinsic value in the charm and antiquity of the older house and wonder if we can have our green cake and eat it too.
In answer to this question, a great starting place is simply recognizing that with your historic homes you already have a big head start. 

The materials it took and labor to assemble your home years ago continue to serve essential needs for shelter, materials like solid, old-growth wood, copper, lead, and brass. These materials are not only durable and beautiful, but they are increasingly rare and costly in today’s marketplace. 

Such an idea is referred to as embodied energy: the energy required to grow, harvest, and manufacture the materials used to build the shelters we call home. Based on this calculation, we are actually ahead of the energy game.
We must keep in mind that calculating the worth of these older homes is not simply limited to its wealth of embodied energy. We must also consider that most of our older homes are located in residential urban areas built at a time when two miles from downtown was considered a long way out.
Even a mid-century home can often claim a modest commute of less than 20 miles. These homes are often adjacent to public transit, which can save a lot of unnecessary miles on the car. Finally, most of our older homes are more modest in size and pack more quality space in a smaller footprint than today’s average-size bloated home.
Faced with these facts, we cannot simply accept the increasingly popular illusion that the state-of-the art new “green homes are the only or best way to live sustainably. Our historic homes are not only more durable, they also offer many opportunities to incorporate energy saving features of the most advanced homes today.
Technological advances are becoming more affordable and more accessible to the homeowner than ever before. 

So what will allow us to retain the historic fabric of the home while making some changes to substantially reduce our carbon footprint? 

First, take stock of the features around your house that are already contributing to energy efficiency. Perhaps you have recently updated kitchen appliances and light bulbs with Energy-Star rated equipment. If you have installed a new heating system or water heater recently, you know these systems are significantly more efficient than either were even as few as 10 years ago.
Or perhaps your home has passive design features such as broad roof eaves or awnings that shade the windows from direct sun during the hot months of the year. 

Second, most homeowners can seek low-cost, quick pay-back measures to reduce energy use to offset the increasing electricity and gas costs. Start with your utility. SDG&E offers a reduced energy fee if you allow them to regulate your water heater and air conditioning.
Or consider installing a programmable thermostat allowing the air conditioning or heat to idle when you are away at work, turning on again just before you get home. 

If you live in a cold area of San Diego County, you may want to consider adding a layer of attic insulation of R-19 (about 6 inches) or R-30 level (about 10 inches) which can result in a huge increase in efficiency if the house has little or no insulation. Unfortunately, walls are another story and cost more to insulate. Keep in mind the heat loss through walls is considerably less than through roofs.
If you’ve already made a few of the simple changes, you may now be ready to spend a few dollars. Before you ponder replacing the windows, remember that few things negatively impact the historic fabric of your home as much as window replacement. The windows in a historic home are primary to the historic appearance and, replacements are never as graceful as the originals, especially since dual glazing normally enlarges the size of the wood pieces between the glass panes and can look heavy.
Further, that wavy glass and those leaded glass transoms are irreplaceable. Only 10-25 percent of the home’s energy is lost through the windows.
Consider the following list of options that can actively reduce your energy costs and not harm the appearance of your home:

• Solar Hot Water – Usually on the back of the house.
• Solar attic fan – Wall or rooftop units are small and reversible.
• Interior storm windows – Invisible from the outside.
• Water heater – Blanket and pipe insulation.
• Wood stove or fireplace
• Wind Generation – In a discreet or rural location.
• Window weather-stripping – New or upgraded

These are but a few modifications available that are discreet or are reversible in the sense that they can be removed and the original character of the house is still intact. Most high efficiency homes incorporate no more than these types of equipment. In the last five years many residential-scaled items on this list have been developed and are more affordable than ever before.

Once historic homeowners take a moment to consider the many options for improving energy efficiency, we realize we can make significant changes without harming the historic fabric of our historic homes. The key is to methodically assess and to improve low cost areas before moving up to the more costly improvements, always keeping the integrity of your home in mind.

Finally, recycle as much construction debris as possible. Local landfills provide a list of materials eligible for recycling. 

In the end, we can feel empowered again and have some control over our energy costs. Just remember, take it slow and think twice about any changes when working with historic features. We chose our homes because of their historic features. It is our responsibility to save those features even as we try to save energy.

Curtis Drake is a principle with Heritage Architecture, one of the leading preservation architecture firms in the western United States. Curt is currently serving as President of SOHO. Illustration courtesy the author.

By Alexander D. Bevil

Among the first and relatively simple undertakings a property owner can do to save energy costs is to find and reverse areas of involuntary energy transference, known as Passive Measures.
Did you know that an inspection of a historic building’s landscape may reveal Passive Measures or that the restoration of missing historic landscape features and/or the rehabilitation of a historic setting may improve a historic building’s energy efficiency?
The character of the physical environment in which a building was situated, its historic setting, is its spatial relationship to its surroundings during the building’s period of historic significance. A historic setting normally includes nearby introduced or native landscape features, such as foundation plantings, shrubs, trees, flower and vegetable gardens. The historic setting could also include similar landscape features within a historic district, or open natural open space or semi-natural landscaped parkland.
Usually, landscape rehabilitation or restoration is the last phase of a historic property owner’s preservation plan. However, while usually given short shrift, they are important preservation treatments. Besides increasing energy efficiency by lowering fuel and water use, landscape rehabilitation or restoration helps to beautify the property, which in turn increases its property value. A successful landscape rehabilitation or restoration may stimulate neighboring property owners to improve their landscapes, historic or not, thereby increasing surrounding property values.
The first step in a historic landscape evaluation is an inventory of existing plant material and hardscape features, and their arrangement throughout the property.
Using a generic early 20th century San Diego bungalow as an example, does the surrounding landscape still reflect its original plant pallet and layout? Or is it a mish-mash of overgrown trees and shrubs that successive owners bought on sale at Handyman and planted some thirty years ago? It may be necessary to hire a local historic landscape or garden consultant to assist in identifying historic and non-historic plant material and hardscape features.
A comprehensive landscape rehabilitation/restoration plan should include identifying historic plant materials that perform passive solar energy functions. These might include mature trees and/or shrubs, evergreen as well as deciduous, as well as pergolas, patio covers, lath houses, or other landscape features used for sun shading and wind breaks. Historic photographs and interviews with past owners or neighbors are excellent ways of learning about a property’s historic landscape.
The preservation and rehabilitation of existing trees and shrubs through thinning, pruning, fertilizing, and watering, as well as the introduction of missing landscape material should be included in a historic property’s landscape maintenance plan.
The planting of period-appropriate deciduous trees and shrubs, like liquidambar (American Sweetgum) or pomegranate for example, can be an effective way to cool southern and southwestern exposures during the hot months, while allowing sunlight to warm them during the cooler winter months.
Not only do mature trees and shrubs perform passive energy conservation, they lessen the effects of wind, rain, and ultraviolet rays that could accelerate a historic building’s physical deterioration. 

Now, don’t make the mistake as some local homeowners do of ripping out mature non-California native or non-period-appropriate plant species from their gardens. How long do you think it would take for a newly planted shade tree to reach the height of the 80 to 100 year-old-original? Certainly this will not happen in your lifetime.
Likewise, don’t think you have to convert your gardens into a desert landscape in order to save water. San Diego’s Mediterranean climate can support such drought-tolerant species as acacia, eucalyptus, strawberry tree, fremontia, pine, bottlebrush, manzanita, and rosemary.
By now, some of you are probably wondering, 
What do I do with my small patch
of lawn in front or in the backyard of my 1958-built California Modern Ranch style
house in Clairemont?”
There are several appropriate restoration alternatives that can be done. First, remove the existing lawn, which probably is a mixture of grass and forbs by now, and about 6-8 inches of soil. Be sure to recycle it instead of dumping it into a landfill. Then, apply and roto-till organic fertilizer and amendments, such as blood and bone meal, gypsum and iron chelate, with imported topsoil. Now is the best time to install a water-efficient irrigation system with a programmable electric valve timer system. A renovated lawn bed will facilitate deep watering, at lesser intervals, which, in turn, will facilitate deeper grass roots, and better drought-tolerance.
Several excellent water-thrifty turf species are available from seed, plugs, or sod, including Hybrid Bermuda, Buffalo, Blue Grama, Seashore Paspalum, or Zoyzia grass. However, most are warm-season grasses that brown out during winter. They can also be very aggressive and overrun adjacent garden beds
Fortunately, lawn alternatives, such as a groundcover of low-growing thyme, chamomile, Scotch moss, Japanese spurge, or hierba dulce can be used. Most will tolerate light foot traffic, but the use of natural stepping stones, brick or concrete footpaths can prevent unwanted paths.
Not only do these lawn alternatives require less water, they are less labor intensive to maintain, and often require fewer applications of fertilizers and dangerous chemicals to keep them weed or pest-free. Indeed, a lawn substitute will reduce a building’s carbon footprint by eliminating the need for a gas or electric-powered mower. However, a set of shrub-shears can be used for cutting off spring flowers to reduce swarming bees.
Other water conservation techniques include grouping plants with similar water needs so that plants that require little irrigation aren’t mixed with those that do. Apply several inches of organic or non-organic mulch, such as ground-up tree bark, straw, gravel, river rock, or small pebbles to plantings. Stone mulch should not include non-period-appropriate colored gravel. Consider replacing a rear lawn with period-appropriate landscape improvements: a wooden deck; shade trellis; brick patio, gravel play area; built-in barbecue, etc. Install soaker hoses or a drip-irrigation system. Mulch can be used to hide them from view for more authentic-looking gardens.
The application of Active Measures stated above to preserve, rehabilitate, and restore the historic setting associated with a historic property’s landscape, will result in Passive Measures that will increase a historic property’s energy and water efficiency, while lowering its carbon footprint, all without impacting its historic character. Besides saving money through the reduction of energy and water use, these measures will increase its aesthetic value, and hopefully stimulate like activities in the surrounding neighborhood.

The 22nd annual Arts & Crafts Conference, organized by conference director Bruce Johnson, will include seminar speakers, hands-on workshops, daily discussion groups, walking tours and house tours, demonstrations, educational exhibits and booths containing some of the leading Arts & Crafts antiques dealers, artists and artisans. “Every aspect of this three-day event is designed with you in mind,” says Johnson. “From each of the eight major seminars to the daily Small Group Discussions to the 125 exhibitors, every activity and each event for these three days have been selected with you, your Arts & Crafts education, your home, and your enjoyment in mind.”
The Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference includes the country’s largest and most important Arts & Crafts antiques show of the year. Dealers are from across the United States and England, bringing a wide variety of furniture, art pottery, metalware, textiles, books and art. Visitors can view rare examples of Stickley, Roycroft and Limbert furniture, Rookwood, Grueby and Van Briggle pottery and Dirk van Erp, Karl Kipp and Liberty metalware — as well as their more common (and more affordable) counterparts:  Lifetime, Stickley Brothers and J.M. Young furniture, Roseville, Weller and Wheatley pottery and Old Mission Kopper Kraft, Roycroft and Heinrichs metalware.
For questions pertaining to the conference events, phone Johnson at (828) 628-1915. For conference registration, call Sarah Urquhart at the same number.
SOHO LECTURE: THE NEW
ADOBE HOME
FEB. 25, 6-7:30 p.m.
Adobe Chapel Museum, 3963 Conde St., Old Town, San Diego.
Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) will present a lecture on the new book “The New Adobe Home,” followed by a book signing and light refreshments.
Join authors Michael Byrne and Dottie Larson as they present the use of adobe through a variety of exceptionally elegant homes in California, New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico. These homes comprise a combination of history, furnishings, art, and interior and exterior spaces with adobe construction, adobe style, or detailing. Adobe is a material suitable for the humblest of dwellings to the grandest. Easily shaped into dramatic architectural features such as archways, niches, and fireplaces, with its natural or whitewashed color and texture, it serves as a dramatic backdrop for all styles of furnishings and art.
About the book
This beautiful volume features examples of luxurious adobe or adobe-style homes, including a centuries-old renovated hacienda, once the home of a past president of Mexico; a mid-century Clifford May masterpiece; a luxurious estate that pairs Southwestern style with Asian influences; a contemporary dwelling that sits like a sculpture in the Sonoran Desert; and many others. San Diego is featured with several exceptional adobes both historic and contemporary as well as other Southern California homes. Stunning photographs of each home by photographer Amy Haskell are accompanied by an exploration of what makes the home special and unique.
About the authors
With a love of adobe buildings and design in general, Michael Byrne designed an adobe home for partner Dottie Larson and himself, creating a wonderful backdrop for her art as well as for other artists. Byrne graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in architecture, and from the University of Arizona with a master’s in city planning. He is a principal with the WLB Group Inc., a Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Las Vegas, Nevada, firm offering planning, landscape architecture, and engineering services. Dottie Larson earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, University of Dayton, and completed an art major at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Her love of interior spaces and art has driven her to launch a new career in interior design with her own consulting business after almost thirty years as graphic design and graphic standards director at the University of Arizona, along with interior design, Larson is an artist and paints non-objective art, acrylic on canvas, large format.
Book & Lecture $38.06 (Includes tax).
Lecture only $15 (Free with purchase of the book).
For more, call (619) 297-9327.

MARCH
SOHO ANNUAL HISTORIC
HOME TOUR
MARCH 21
Save Our Heritage Organisation’s annual Historic Home Tour begins at the SOHO Museum Shop at the Marston House at 3525 Seventh Ave. in the 1905 Carriage House. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A Show & Sale 
will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of the Marston House. 
Antiques and new furnishings from invited vendors who cater to collectors and historic homeowners.
A Silent Auction 
will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the Marston House. 
Proceeds from the one-day Tour, Sale and Auction will benefit SOHO’s advocacy and preservation work.
About the Tour
This is a rare opportunity to tour five private historic homes on San Diego’s Seventh Avenue. The fabled homes, designed and built for prominent citizens between 1904 and 1913, form one of Southern California’s architecturally significant enclaves. Bordering on Balboa Park, the houses are the work of four of San Diego’s most acclaimed architects: Irving J. Gill, William Hebbard, Frank Mead and Richard Requa. Representative of the Arts and Crafts movement, these homes are the result of Gill’s experimental early modernism and Mead’s fascination with the indigenous architecture of the American Southwest and North Africa.
Advance tickets are $25 for SOHO members, $30 for nonmembers. Call (619) 297-9327 or (619) 297-7511.
Hebbard and Gill, San Diego’s most prestigious architecture firm in the early 20th century, designed several of the residences that will be open to tour, beginning with the 1905 Arts and Crafts-style mansion for George White Marston, a visionary civic leader, philanthropist and early conservationist and historic preservationist. 

During a drawn-out construction period due to Gill’s work on the East Coast, the architect persuaded the Marstons to eliminate non-structural half-timbering from the exterior. This change from a design rooted in the English Arts and Crafts tradition thrust the house into modernity, as did interior design innovations.
Also in 1905, Alice Lee, a socially prominent developer, hired Hebbard and Gill to design three homes arranged around a common central garden. She and her companion, Katherine Teats, shared the center house, which will be open for the tour, where they entertained President and Mrs. Teddy Roosevelt and Mrs. Grover Cleveland. They rented out the side cottages, which were joined to the main house by a U-shaped pergola. Architectural historian Thomas S. Hines has written that these horizontal, hip-roofed structures represent “the best of Gill’s California improvisations on (Frank Lloyd) Wright’s Prairie themes.” 

Marston sold land directly north of the Marston House to his sister and brother-in-law, Lilla and Frederick Burnham, another civic leader who was a harbor commissioner in 1906. They also hired Hebbard and Gill, with Gill as the lead designer, to design a large, boxy red brick house that broke with the English Arts and Crafts cottage style in favor of the more modern streamlined style of its neighbor, the Marston house. 

Mead and Requa designed a stripped-down, geometric home inspired by Pueblo architecture for Lorenze and Miriam Barney in 1913. It stands next to the house Lorenze’s parents had commissioned two years earlier from Pacific Building Company, a San Diego design and construction firm staffed by Gill’s former draftsmen.

CORONADO MUSEUM OF HISTORY
AND ART
“Hotel del Coronado Tour”: The Coronado Museum of History and Art offers a one-hour, docent-led tour of the Hotel del Coroado and its history. It is the only tour to go inside the hotel. Make reservations through the Coronado Visitors Center by calling (619) 437-8788. The fee is $15. Tours run Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

“Promenade Through the Past”: Departs from the lobby of the Museum of History and Art, 1100 Orange Ave, Wednesdays at 2 p.m. Learn about some of Coronado’s famous buildings and architectural sites, including Tent City resort. Tour fee includes “Promenade through the Past – A Walking Tour Guidebook of Coronado” and covers admission into the Museum of History and Art. $10. (619) 437-8788. Reservations Required.

GAMBLE HOUSE
ONGOING, PASADENA
The David B. Gamble House, constructed in 1908, is an internationally recognized masterpiece of the turn-of-the-century Arts & Crafts movement in America. It is the most complete and original example of the work of architects Charles and Henry Greene and a National Historic Landmark. One-hour guided tours Thursday-Sunday noon to 3 p.m. Closed national holidays. General admission: $8; Students/65+: $5; Children under 12 with an adult, free. Group tours available by reservation. For information call (626) 793-3334.

MUSEUM OF ART
ONGOING, LONG BEACH
The museum home includes a splendid, imposing example of the Craftsman bungalow. Built in 1912 as the summer home of heiress Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, it has the natural materials and rugged texture of wood shingles and clinker brick. The prominent gables and projecting rafter beams, like the rest of the main house and carriage house, retain their original integrity. The style is echoed by similar homes in the nearby Bluff Park Historic District. 2300 E. Ocean Blvd. (562) 439-2119.

STANLEY RANCH MUSEUM
ONGOING, GARDEN GROVE
A California bungalow built in 1916 is one focal point of this two-acre property, home to some of Garden Grove’s oldest homes and business buildings. Phone the Garden Grove Historical Society at (714) 530-8871.

LUMMIS HOME MUSEUM
ONGOING, HIGHLAND PARK
The arroyo-stone home built by Charles Fletcher Lummis, founder of the Southwest Museum, is a state historic monument listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 200 E. Ave. 43. Friday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free; donations accepted. For information, call (323) 222-0546.

LANTERMAN HOUSE TOUR
ONGOING, LA CANADA
The Craftsman-style house, built in 1914 by Arthur Haley, was the region’s first concrete residence. Located at 4420 Encinas Dr., it is open Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the first and third Sundays of the month, from 1-4 p.m. Adults, $3; students, $1; under 12, free. For more information, call (818) 790-1421.

HOMESTEAD MUSEUM
ONGOING, CITY OF INDUSTRY
Documenting a century of Southern California history, the six-acre museum features the Workman House, La Casa Nueva and El Campo Santo cemetery; 15415 E. Don Julian Road. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. (626) 968-8492.

L.A. ART DECO TOURS
ONGOING, LOS ANGELES
Tours of downtown Los Angeles are led on Saturdays; $5 admission. For reservations, call (213) 623-CITY.

JUDSON STUDIOS
ONGOING, LOS ANGELES
The Judson Studios served as the turn-of-the-century core of the Arroyo Craftsman movement, located at 200 S. Ave. 66. For more information, call (800) 445-8376 or click on judsonstudios.com.

HERITAGE VILLAGE TOUR
ONGOING, CLAREMONT
The first Saturday of each month. The 1 3/4 hour walk begins at 10 a.m. in front of the Historic Claremont Metrolink Depot, 200 W. First St. (Walk is canceled if it’s raining at 8 a.m.) Call (909) 621-8871.

RIORDAN MANSION PARK
ONGOING, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.
One of Arizona’s best examples of Craftsman architecture, the mansion was designed by Charles Whittlesey and built as a duplex. Original furnishings, including pieces by Ellis, Stickley and Tiffany Studios, are found at the house museum. Guided, handicapped-accessible tours are held daily. The house is located at 409 Riordan Road. Further details are available at (520) 779-4395.

BOETTCHER MANSION
OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
ONGOING, GOLDEN, COLO.
Tour a 1917 Arts & Crafts mansion, a 10,000-square-foot summer home built by Charles Boettcher, famous Colorado entrepreneur. Dramatic cathedral ceilings with carved beams, massive stone walk-in fireplace, some original hardware and lighting. See permanent exhibit of early mansion photos and original blueprints, including an ink-on-linen drawing. Open all year, generally Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday varies. On 110 forested acres with views of the Continental Divide and the Colorado plains. Twenty minutes from Denver. Free for touring. Call (303) 526-0855.

MOSS MANSION
ONGOING, BILLINGS, MONT.
Nearly unchanged since 1903, Moss Mansion, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, can be found on the National Register of Historical Places. Visitors will find original furniture, Oriental carpets, handmade light fixtures, and a variety of design styles inside the mansion. Contact (406) 256-5100.

KELL HOUSE
ONGOING, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
Frank Kell built one of the most architecturally significant buildings in Wichita Falls, the red-brick neoclassic Kell House in 1909. It features distinctive architecture, original family furnishings, textiles, decorative arts and early-20th-century costumes. Exhibitions change in April and September. Ask for directions to the Southland and Floral Heights bungalow neighborhoods when you visit. The Kell House is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from 2-4 p.m. Adults, $3; children 12 and under, $1. For information, call (940) 723-2712.

VAN BRIGGLE POTTERY
ONGOING, COLORADO SPRINGS
With its works showcased in world-renowned museums such as the Louvre and Metropolitan Museum of Art, complimentary tours of the Van Briggle studio were established in 1899. Call (719) 633-7729 for further information.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOME AND STUDIO
ONGOING, OAK PARK, ILL.
These 45-minute guided tours of the restored Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio are offered year-round at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 951 Chicago, Oak Park, IL 60302, (708) 848-1976.

UNITY TEMPLE
ONGOING, OAK PARK, ILL.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the temple is open weekdays, 1-4 p.m., with weekend guided tours. Call (708) 383-8873. More Craftsman gems are evident throughout Chicagoland neighborhoods.

JOHNSON WAX CO. BUILDING
ONGOING, RACINE, WIS.
Reservations are required for tours, held Fridays only, of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building. Call (262) 260-2000 for information.

BRYN ATHYN CATHEDRAL
ONGOING, BRYN ATHYN, PENN.
Guided tours of the center of the Swedenborgian community. Specialty tours by request. The cathedral was built between 1919-1927 using a purist idea of the Arts & Crafts Artisan Guild System. Some of the original guild shops are still in use and continue to house craftsmen. This building and its environment are unique among Arts & Crafts communities in that the religious beliefs of the Swedenborgian community were blended with the Arts & Crafts ideology. Tours for individuals are free. Tours for large groups $2 per person. Contact the cathedral between the hours of 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at (215) 947-0266.

GUSTAV STICKLEY EXHIBIT
ONGOING, SYRACUSE, N.Y.
A small ongoing exhibit of Gustav Stickley and the Arts & Crafts era. Showing period examples of his work along with his peers. At the Everson Museum, corner of Harrison and State streets. Call (315) 447-6064.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
ONGOING, NEW YORK
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call (212) 423-3500 for more.

Old Pasadena Walking Tour

Tours of Pasadena’s historic Old Pasadena are offered quarterly by Pasadena Heritage on the first Saturday of the month. The dates for 2010 are Feb. 6, May 1, Aug. 7 and Nov. 6.
Old Pasadena, with its fascinating array of historic buildings, is a National Register Historic District and is one of the best examples of downtown revitalization in the country.
Tours are between 9 and 11:15 a.m. and tickets are $10 per person. Reservations are required. To reserve, call (626) 441-6333 or visit pasadenaheritage.org.

By Ann Jarmusch

Even in San Diego, where winter is a whisper of its true self, we long to sit by the fire with a good book or with family and friends gathered ’round. Many Craftsman bungalows and Spanish Revival beauties come equipped with decoratively tiled fireplaces, which offer psychological or actual warmth to living rooms, dining rooms and libraries.
Gustav Stickley, the early 20th century American Arts and Crafts movement leader and designer, published dozens of building plans for Craftsman homes and we’re hard-pressed to find one without a fireplace.
“The big, hospitable fireplace is almost a necessity, for the hearthstone is always the center of true home life, and the very spirit of home seems…(embodied in) a crackling, leaping fire of logs,” Stickley wrote in an essay called “The Craftsman Idea.”
The fireplaces of San Diego’s bungalows typically were clad in tiles handmade by Batchelder Tile Company of Pasadena or Claycraft Pottery of Los Angeles. These companies specialized in romantic pictorial tiles inspired by Southern California’s missions and mountains, land and sea creatures, succulents and trees. Batchelder also created rustic, Medieval-themed tiles, in tribute to a pre-industrial age when artisans and their guilds commanded respect.
These fireplace tiles, which can be identified through each company’s vintage catalogs, made striking centerpieces and symmetrical accents surrounding thousands of fireboxes in Southern California and beyond.  Both companies also made field tiles in mottled, earth tones, which typically fill in the area around the accent tiles. (The Batchelder name is better known today, and Claycraft Pottery fireplace tiles are often assumed to be Batchelder.)
Ernest Batchelder (1875-1957) started his tile company in 1909 and won a gold medal for design at the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. Claycraft Pottery opened in 1921 and survived the Great Depression, while Batchelder’s company did not. Still, Ernest Batchelder continued a smaller scale operation at home until the 1950s.
Today, the two chief tile artists keeping the flame alive in San Diego’s historic fireplaces are Laird Plumleigh, whose studios are in Leucadia, and Stephani Stevenson of Revival Tileworks, also in Leucadia. Both launched their businesses by restoring and reproducing Batchelder and Claycraft tiles for homes in North Park, Mission Hills and elsewhere. Both also ship their tiles across the country to homes they never get to see.
“I learned all about California tile,” said Stevenson, who moved here 11 years ago after earning a master of fine arts degree in ceramics from the University of Oregon, Eugene, and working in Montana. “I’m always grateful to Batchelder and Claycraft because they helped me get started.”
With her move to San Diego, Stevenson shifted from working as a ceramic sculptor to the craft of making relief and field tiles and architectural ceramics. She worked for Plumleigh, who established his studio in 1976, for a year or so before launching Revival Tileworks in 2000.
Stevenson reproduces or adapts historic tiles in the manner and palette of Batchelder and Claycraft. In addition and increasingly by commission, she creates original pictorial reliefs glazed in bright colors and sometimes dashed with humor. Her Website (revivaltileworks.com) is a virtual gallery of tile art and a primer on glazing techniques. It’s also the best way to contact her, since Stevenson may be moving to Arizona sometime next year.
Stevenson’s current “showroom” is in the front section of a huge former greenhouse. Sample tiles depict a romantic Claycraft-like rancho scene, a rabbit amid stylized vines, perky ravens and classic pine cones. Nearby, long tables hold projects in progress, such as a Craftsman fireplace, its tiles laid out in rows and destined for Seattle.
One of her more unusual requests came from a North Park homeowner who brought her a vintage Mexican blanket so she could adapt its hues and stripes for a kitchen counter. The wool blanket is neatly folded with bits of colored tile sprinkled on top.
Peter Jackson, director of the “Lord of the Rings” films, must have Googled “Batchelder tile reproductions” and found Stevenson because he contacted her out of the blue for some custom work for his home in New Zealand. Before he became a success, “he slept on a lot of couches in L.A. and stared at a lot of Batchelder tile,” she explained.
A few miles away, Plumleigh is in the process of reproducing a Batchelder fireplace for a client, but that’s rare anymore, because he’s known for his own aesthetic and designs. Over the years, he and his assistants have created glazes far richer in color and applied them in many more layers than was typical of Batchelder or Claycraft Pottery.
The Los Angeles native is in tune with Arts and Crafts values, such as simplicity, honesty of materials, a respect for craftsmanship and, he added, “an almost religious respect for nature.”
For years, Plumleigh sold many tiles depicting oak trees. Then, about three years ago, he created a towering, vertical Torrey Pine motif that resonates with San Diegans the way the Monterey cypress speaks to people in Northern California. Plumleigh’s valentine to the rare native tree caught fire with many customers, local and otherwise.
Another regional favorite, a narrow horizontal tile of Torrey Pines atop a bluff overlooking La Jolla Cove, is based on a photograph Plumleigh took while hiking in Torrey Pines State Reserve. Both designs are available in a variety of colors and glazing techniques, which homeowners, architects and designers can see and touch for themselves at his studio or explore online at www.lairdplumleigh.com.
Having started out as a painter, Plumleigh distinguishes his tiles through a painterly approach to applying color and glazes.  For impressionistic effects, he sprays on glaze as a fine mist.
With more than 35,000 decorative and field tiles and ceramic moldings at his studio compound, Plumleigh is ahead of the game. He will design a fireplace surround or customers are welcome to bring their fireplace measurements (his Website offers a guide) and design their own.
Customers make their way to the studio through succulent gardens studded with Plumleigh’s other creations: tall fountains, garden urns and massive Arts and Crafts-style lanterns. They pass through a room with sample compositions of fireplace tiles before undertaking their own projects.
The fun starts with selecting tiles from rows and rows of earthy or colorful inventory, and laying them out on a huge slanted board. Long shelves along two long walls display a dizzying range of possibilities in the Craftsman, Medieval and Hispano-Moresque styles. (Plumleigh created the latter for fountains in Balboa Park and restored damaged tile in Alcazar Garden.)
Sometimes he’ll offer the client a suggestion or two, other times he’ll leave the studio for a while to give someone who’s shy or uncertain some breathing room. “Even if they’re initially overwhelmed, they have an innate sense of what fits in their home and lifestyle,” said Plumleigh, a former college and high school art instructor. “They’re forced to make creative decisions, which is good.”
Upon finishing a fireplace design, one man told him, “This is one of the best things my wife and I have ever done together.”
The nesting instinct remains strong despite the recession, Plumleigh observed, noting that fireplaces make up 80 percent of his commissions.  “People seek a secure area in a time of turmoil – economically and in the whole world. I think there is a need for people to make their house a refuge.”

By Ann Jarmusch

Warm the hearts and hearths of those you love this holiday season with gifts that belong in a bungalow. Several area shops specialize in Arts and Crafts books, artwork, furniture and handmade decorative objects, such as art pottery and tiles.
You can find everything from Craftsman-style letter-press cards and calendars at The Grove in South Park to a roomful of Mission-style oak furniture complete with rugs and plein-air paintings at Craftsman Revival in Solana Beach.
The newest shop to join the club is Save Our Heritage Organisation’s charming outlet in the carriage house of the historic George W. Marston House and Gardens on Seventh Avenue in Balboa Park. In fact, SOHO members have nicknamed the cozy shop “The Arts and Crafts Club” because they enjoying stopping by and hanging out in its comfy chairs while browsing architecture and design books and publications on regional history.
The 1905 carriage house’s rustic Douglas fir walls make a handsome backdrop for an imaginative array of gifts for home and garden, such as art pottery vases ($150-$175) and jardinières ($325) by Door Pottery. Fragrant baskets ($30-$85) made of white willow, pine needles and other natural materials woven by native Kumiai families of Baja California are here, along with a variety of Motawi art tiles – pictorial or with mottos – artistically framed in oak by North Park Craftsman ($150). Woodblock landscape prints by Leon Loughridge of Dry Creek Art Press are a steal at $60: he’s raised his prices, but SOHO hasn’t.
Watch for exclusive SOHO items now in the works, such as baskets woven from the Marston House Canary Island Pine needles and products bearing carvings of eucalyptus leaves that architect William Templeton Johnson created for the Marstons’ formal garden.
On the other side of Balboa Park, at The Grove in South Park, there’s a Celtic saying about gathering knowledge stenciled prominently on the wall. Co-owner Anne Mery carries Arts and Crafts books and merchandise as a reflection of the historic neighborhood as well as her own interests. Since opening this collective boutique six years ago, she has moved her home from North County into a South Park bungalow.
You’ll find visual treats here: lovely note cards and journals in the Arts and Crafts style, books on Craftsman and “green” architecture and home decor, and 2010 wall calendars splashed with florid William Morris textile designs or vintage bungalow portraits ($13-$35). In addition, The Grove carries tiles and plaques by Laird Plumleigh, one of San Diego County’s best known Arts and Crafts tile artists. “I hand pick the tiles that I like,” said Mery, “and hope that others will, too.”
Craftsman Revival, the area’s largest store for contemporary Arts and Crafts furnishings,  carries pieces by well-known makers of furniture (Warren Hile Studio, Anthony Lauren) pottery (Ephraim Faience, Door Pottery) and limited edition prints (Anita Munman, Kathleen West).  Janet Ontko’s popular glazed ceramic animals ($75-$115) can live indoors or out.
Owner Tom Gerardy suggested another kind of handmade gift that speaks to the holidays and the warm art of entertaining: handcrafted, carved candles ($42-$72) by Moon Alley. These pillar-style candles are imaginative little jewels, depicting colorful birds, flowers and landscapes, including one called “California.” The interior of the candle burns, not the artistic outer layer.
If your bungalow cries out for Monterey or Spanish Revival furnishings, check out the treasures large and small in The Bungalow Store in Little Italy. Rare early Monterey furniture on hand during a recent visit included a magnificent massive rancho club chair ($5,850) that came out of a historic Cuyamaca cabin that later burned in the wildfires and twin beds ($2,200 for the pair). The beds, which are adorned with red and blue flowers as brilliant as the day they were painted, could be converted to a king-size bed, said co-owner Catherine Chester.
Her husband, Peter Chester, who also restores antiques at the back of the shop, has started a line of locally made iron furniture and lighting called La Casa California. These designs blend beautifully with the originals he said are increasingly hard to find. He fashions vintage tiles into table tops with iron bases ($485 and up) or marries Bauer or Catalina pottery vessels to lighting fixtures ($65-$295).  And if you’re looking for faithfully copied Spanish Revival curtain rods holders or wrought iron shelves, look to La Casa California.
“Purveyors of the Unusual” reads The Bungalow Store’s window and once inside you won’t be disappointed. Colorful Mexican folk art pigs fill a glass jar. Small artworks line the walls, depicting old California, old Mexico and desert scenes at affordable prices. And if you’ve always wanted a California State Bear to guard your garden, The Bungalow Store has chalkware reproductions in brown or black ($65).
Guardians of a different sort inhabit Vintage Religion, where peace on Earth actually exists under one roof. Inspired by the major religions of the world, this North Park shop features objects of devotion that are well suited to the home and garden, whether or not you have an altar or sacred space. Art and artifacts from around the world for Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews and Muslims fill this eclectic store to overflowing at holiday time. Devotees of Frida Kahlo and the Virgin of Guadalupe also feel at home here.
A handsome holy water font from Italy ($42) caught our eye as it hung on a wall of crucifixes, milagros and sacred hearts. It’s a small ceramic plaque with the image of the Virgin and Child hand-painted in blue on a white background.  Owner Philip Shirk also stocks holy water in small vials or a communal dispenser, courtesy of a local parish priest.
Saints and devils, Buddha and Ganesh coexist here, appearing on refrigerator magnets,  jewelry and t-shirts as well as paintings and statuary. “There’s something for the devout, something for the irreverent and something in between,” said Shirk, whose company car is a white hearse, usually parked out front.

GUIDE TO SHOPS
The Bungalow Store, 2317 India St., San Diego. (619) 234-7383. Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment. thebungalowstore.com
Craftsman Revival, 985-A Lomas Santa Fe Drive (Lomas Santa Fe Plaza and Gardens), Solana Beach. (858) 259-5811. Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 10a.m. -5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m-4 p.m., closed Monday.
The Grove, 3010 Juniper St., San Diego. (619) 284-7684. Tues.-Saturday 11 a.m.- 6 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m., closed Monday. thegrovesandiego.com
SOHO Museum Shop at the Marston House (carriage house), 3525 Seventh Ave., San Diego. (619) 298-3142. Friday-Sunday 10 a.m. -5 p.m. sohosandiego.org
Vintage Religion, 3821 32nd St., San Diego. (619) 280-8408. Open daily 10 a.m.-7 p.m. http://VintageReligion.com

Abraxas Studio
3885 Gaines St.
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 297-1221

Antique Refinishers
3815 Utah St.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 298-0864
By appointment only

Antique Restoration & Sales
4704 San Jacinto Terrace
Fallbrook, CA 92028
(760) 731-2403
Randy and Paula Brower specialize in antique American Oak. By appointment only.

Antique Village Mall
983 Grand Ave.
San Marcos, CA 92078
(760) 744-8718

Antique Warehouse
212 S. Cedros Ave.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 755-5156

Dard Hunter Studios
P.O. Box 771
Chillicothe, OH 45601
(740) 774-1236

Ethan Allen
7341 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 560-4404

Evergreen Studios
6543 Alpine Dr., SW
Olympia, WA 98512
(360) 352-0694

Hazard Decorative Arts
HazArts.com
(619) 794-2781
We offer Early 20th century style furniture, textiles,  pottery, plein air paintings, prints, books and more!

India Street Antiques
2361 India St.
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 231-3004

Newport Antique Center
4864 Newport Ave.
San Diego, CA 92107
(619) 222-8686

Newport Avenue Antiques
4836 Newport Ave.
San Diego, CA 92107
(619) 224-1994

Ocean Beach Antique Mall
4847 Newport Ave.
San Diego CA 92107
(619) 223-6170
Home to a wide selection of fine restored furniture by San Diego’s own American Oak Co. Only shop featuring the restored work of Bill and Sonia Nash.

Paradise Antiques
145 W. Washington St.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 298-9909

Planet Rooth Studios
3811 Ray St.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 297-9663
High-end woodwork including furniture, mantles and railings.

Skolout & Tilghman
7728 Fay Ave.
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 454-0508

Thiesfeld Antique Pottery
525 Kristin Court
Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 943-9336
Featuring antique American art pottery from 1880 to the 1950s by Roseville, Weller, Fulper, Teco and others.

Trimbelle River Studio and Design
P.O. Box 568
Ellsworth, WI 54011
(715) 273-4844
www.trimbelleriver.com

United Crafts
127 W. Putnam Ave. #123
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 869-4898

Voorhees Craftsman
1415 N. Lake
Pasadena, CA 91104
(888) 982-6377
More than 10 years as one of the largest dealers of fine Arts & Crafts furniture and related items. Catalog, $12.

BOOKS

“American Bungalow Style”
Robert Winter & Alexander Vertikoff, $25. Hardcover.

“Arts & Crafts” (Architecture and Design Library)
Kitty Turegon & Robert Rust, $7.97. Hardcover.

“Arts & Crafts Design in America: A State-by-State Guide”
James Massey & Shirley Maxwell, $22.95. Softcover.

“The Arts & Crafts Home”
Kitty Turgeon & Robert Rust, $50. Hardcover.

“The Beautiful Necessity: Decorating with Arts & Crafts”
Bruce Smith & Yoshiko Yamamoto, $29.95. Hardcover.

“Bungalow: American Restoration Style”
Jan Cigliano & Walter Smalling Jr. $31.98. Softcover.

“The Bungalow: America’s Arts & Crafts Home”
Paul Duchscherer & Douglas Keister, $14.99. Hardcover.

“A Field Guide to American Houses”
Virginia & Lee McAlester, $29.70. Softcover.

“Greene & Greene Masterworks”
Bruce Smith & Alexander Vertikoff, $65. Hardcover.

“Inside the Bungalow: America’s Arts & Crafts Interior”
Paul Duchscherer & Douglas Keister, $21.45. Hardcover.

BOOKSTORES

Bungalow Bookstore
123 S. Baldwin Ave.
P.O. Box 756
Sierra Madre, CA 91025
Mail order bookstore of American Bungalow Magazine
(800) 350-3363
www.ambungalow.com

The Gamble House Bookstore
4 Westmoreland Place
Pasadena, CA 91103
Hours: 10 am to 5 pm
Tues. through Sat.
Sun. 11:30 am to 5pm
(626) 449-4178

The Marston House Bookstore
3525 Seventh Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
Hours: 10:00 am to 5 pm Fri, Sat & Sun. only
(619) 298-3142

The Museum of San Diego History Shop & Bookstore
Casa de Balboa, El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
Hours: 10 am to 5 pm
Tues. through Sun.
(619) 232-6203

Save Our Heritage
Organisation
Museum Store
2476 San Diego Ave.
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 297-9327 or
(619) 297-7511
www.sohosandiego.com
Hours: Sun. through Tues.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Wed.
Thurs. through Sat.
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Come by for a unique experience in shopping, wander through another century, relive childhood memories and share them with others during the holiday season. Save the past when you buy a present at the SOHO Museum Shop.

SoLo
309 S. Cedros Ave.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
solocedros.com
(858) 794-9016

CONSTRUCTION &
CRAFTSPERSONS

A New Kitchen
www.anewkitchen.com
2971 Beech Street
San Diego, CA 92102
(619)239-2750
Specializing in the design and installations of beautiful new kitchens and bathrooms with unparalleled personal service. Voted “Kitchen of the Year 2003” San Diego Magazine.

Abatron, Inc.
5501-9 Fifth Ave.,
Kenosha, WI 53144
(262) 653-2000

ABC Lock, Key and Lawnmower Shop
4131 30th St.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 284-4377
Can repair old door locks and related hardware inexpensively.

Abbey Glass Works
6944 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92115
(619) 698-4591

AD Stratton Construction
4570 Hartley St.
San Diego, CA 92102
(619) 469-8346

Affordable Design &
Drafting & Permits
5694 Mission Center Road, #620
San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 442-1288

A Green Thumb Plant &
Landscape Consulting
Old yard need a facelift? Diseased plants? Vintage or rare plants? Houseplants? Condo patio/HOA restrictions? Call us for a consultation. (619) 269-9501
www.agreenthumb.net

Ampolos Design
10601 Tierrasanta Blvd, Ste K
Tierrasanta Town Center
(858) 576-9009
www.ampolosconstruction.com
Kitchens and bathrooms for the 21st century bungalow. Experienced designers, full-service remodeling and construction, Kraftmaid and Canyon Creek cabinetry, period aesthetic with modern convenience, quality craftsmanship and guaranteed for the next century.

Antique Refinishers
W. Patrick Edwards
3815 Utah St.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 298-0864
Ebeniste@juno.com
Museum quality restoration of pre-industrial furniture and authentic handmade copies at the bench. W. Patrick Edwards is celebrating 31 years in North Park’s bungalow heaven.

Armstrong Construction
755 Turquoise
Pacific Beach, CA 92109
(858) 488-3465

Atlas Footing Repair
1136 Greenfield Drive
El Cajon, CA 92021
(619) 442-7900
www.atlasfootingrepair.com
Foundation replacement specialists and woman-owned; free estimates.

Austin Doors
1351 Distribution Way, Ste. 1
Vista, CA 92081
(760) 591-0201

Authentic Fireplaces
Jim Crawford
(858) 274-6134
Full-service general contractor in San Diego specializing in building and designing all types of fireplaces and chimneys. Flair for Arts & Crafts restoration and repair.

Banning & Sons
Bruce Banning
1611 30th St., Ste. 5
San Diego, CA 92102
(619) 544-1975

Borden & Erickson
8706 Production Ave.
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 566-1366
Cabinetry.

Mike Borrelli Craftsman
4421 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 692-0734
Local cabinetry & design pro who knows his trade, contemporary to Craftsman.  Specializes in Craftsman kitchens and baths.

Greg Botz
4019 Goldfinch #153
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 280-3038
Custom fences, gates and landscape.

The Bungalow Store
2317 India St.
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 234-7383
thebungalowstore@msn.com
The Bungalow Store is your source in San Diego for vintage furnishings for your bungalow home. We specialize in Arts & Crafts, Monterey, Spanish Revival and other California -style furniture, lighting and art. Come by for a visit and experience old California as it used to be.

Burgio Plastering
8400 Magnolia Ave.
Santee, CA 92071
(619) 697-5057

Carrier Johnson
1301 Third Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 239-2353

Casablanca Fan Co.
761 Corporate Center Dr.
Pomona, CA 91768
(909) 629-1477
www.casablancafanco.com

Certain Teed
P.O. Box 860
Valley Forge, PA 19482
(800) 235-6839

Central Construction
4394 30th St.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 232-2232
Experienced remodelers of older homes provide full-service construction projects.

C & R Smithey Construction
347 Codorniz Ln.
El Cajon, CA 92021
(619) 588-1319

Central Plumbing & Heating
6152 Mission Gorge Rd. #H
San Diego, CA 92120
(619) 283-5531

Citywide Services
5710 Kearny Villa Road
San Diego, CA 92123
(800) 797-8677

Column One
401 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 299-9074

Fan Diego
8050 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92111
fandiego.com
(858) 292-9244

Craftsman Foundation Repair Service
Larry Teves
3524 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 295-1230
Local craftsman; provides excellent service.

Craftsman Wood Refinishing
Michael Good
(619) 291-3575
It’s wood that makes the bungalow. Craftsman Wood Refinishing makes your woodwork beautiful. We strip, stain and refinish all types of wood. Not sure what you have? Call for a free consultation.

Crownpoint Cabinetry
462 River Road
Claremont, NH 03743
(800) 999-4994

Dave Kaplan Kabinets
1161-B Cushman Ave.
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 543-9306

Dixieline Lumber
7292 Miramar Road
San Diego, CA 92110
(858) 566-2677, Ext. 4411

Doors Etc.
1227 Morena Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92109
(619) 275-6151
Door and window specialist

Drain Medic
619-778-7935
Drain Medic/Rx Plumbing is your complete full service plumbing contractor. Customer service and satisfaction is priority one!

Dutch Boy Irrigation
2936 Lincoln Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 546-6090
dbirrigation@aol.com

EHM Architecture
3966 Falcon St.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 299-5453

Father’s Painting & Decor
Chris Kim
(858) 385-9306
Understands Craftsman
colors.

The Fischer & Jirouch Co.
4821 Superior Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44103
(216) 361-3840

Fleet Systems
6302 Federal Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92114
(619) 266-4004

Gail Charco Construction
7065 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92115-1888
(619) 286-1633

G.D. Garwood Construction
(619) 405-1907
gdgcompany@yahoo.com
A full-range building
service from initial design to finished construction. We do remodeling, home additions and new buildings.

Geneva Flooring
9360 Activity Road, Ste. D
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 547-8069

Grand Entrances
8228 Miramar Rd.
San Diego, CA 92126
sdgrandentrances.com
(858) 586.7585

Greyhound General
(800) 781-1015
greyhound-general.com
new construction without compromising your Craftsman Home’s historical charm. As a general contractor we have a true fascination and love for the Craftsman era homes. We take great pride in paying attention to all the fine details so that our new construction blends perfectly with your Craftsman home’s original construction. Featuring: room addition, kitchen remodels, bath remodels and foundation repair. We provide free computer generated kitchen and bath designs. We are a licensed general contractor, license number is B-839091.

KNG Construction
1072 Hayes Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
619-315-4652
kng-construction@sbcglobal.net
Kirk Nagel is an owner and master craftsman with 27 years experience.

Marrokal Construction, Remodeling and Design
9474 Kearny Villa Rd., Ste. 205
San Diego,CA 92126
Marrokal.com
(858) 549-9000

Midtown Renovators
619-454-2311
Mid-TownRenovators.com
Fine restoration of classic homes.

Mission Hills Nursery
1525 Ft. Stockton Dr.
San Diego, CA 92103
missionhillsnursery.com
(619) 295-2808

RAD Construction
3479 Citrus St.
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
(619) 698-4621

San Diego Decks
3089 Clairemont Dr., #391
San Diego, CA 92117
(858) 530-3065
Build decks.

The Sliding Door Company
2210 4th Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 692-1294

Interior/Exterior, Commercial/Residential

Harmony-N-Me
Mary Jones
(619) 262-2038
Enhance your home with professional quality stenciling and faux finishing. Call Mary for all of you painting needs big or small.

Hellenic Construction Co.
Dino Gougoulas, president
7670 Opportunity Rd., #206
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 560-9345
Specializing in foundation repairs, Hellenic Construction Co. has given peace of mind to hundreds of homeowners for more than 25 years.

Home Restoration and Remodeling of San Diego
Owen Sutton
P.O. Box 86811
San Diego, CA 92138
(619) 222-2303
www.wil-sandiego.com
Services include: electrical and plumbing upgrades, restoring old cabinets and floors, molding fabrication, window rejuvenation, textured and smooth plaster, painting, historical research. We maintain the history and match the original decorum as closely as possible while striving for the preservation of archaeological and historical architecture.

International Door & Latch
1455 Westec Dr.
Eugene, Ore. 97402
(888) 686-3667
www.internationaldoor.com
Classic Craftsman and bungalow style doors shipped anywhere.

Jain Malkin Inc.
5070 Santa Fe St. Ste. C
San Diego, CA 92109
(858) 454-3377

James Hardie Building Products
26300 La Alameda, Ste. 400
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
(800) 942-7343

J.L. Powell & Co. Inc.
101 East Main St.
Whiteville, NC 28472
(800) 227-2007
www.plankfloors.com

The Kennebec Co.
One Front St.
Bath, ME 04530
(207) 443-2131
www.kennebeccompany.com

Kitchen Expo
7458 La Jolla Blvd.
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 456-0050

The Lamprides Group
Michael Lamprides
3712 Louisiana St., San Diego, CA 92104
619-347-0181
e-mail: lampridesgroup@gmail.com
www.thelampridesgroup.com
All landscape construction services (Lic. 663543). HOA design plans, architectural concrete, retainer walls/patios, sprinkler systems, bobcat grading & demolition, trees/plants, landscape lighting, fences, fireplaces/BBQ, firepits/outdoor kitchens.

Lars Construction
4703 Spring St.
La Mesa, CA 91941
(619) 463-6300

Living Craftsman
619-414-4950
www.livingcraftsman.com Bringing back your old home without losing its historical charm. A full service general contractor specializing in cabinets, built-ins, kitchens, bathrooms, room additions, electrical & plumbing. Lic. 890023

Mac The Inspector
1010 University Ave. #162
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 838-8741
www.mactheinspector.com
Southern California native with expertise in local architecture and historic structures. California licensed general contractor with more than 25 years’ experience in construction, rehabilitation and remodeling.

Mauzy Mechanical Heat/Air Conditioning
1551 N. Cuyamaca St.
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 583-9545
Service and detail oriented. Works well in preserving older lath and plaster ceilings when installing heat and air.

McBride Electric
6480 Weathers Place, Ste. 340
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 450-1414
Long-time San Diego firm.

Mooch Exterior Designs
2345 Bancroft St.
San Diego, CA 92104
619-200-3611
e-mail: paulh@moochdesigns.com
moochdesigns@yahoo.com We do all things outdoors. Enhancing existing landscapes, lighting, spring/summer color, custom water features, plant selection, collaboration, privacy solutions, home sale staging, terraces/ balconies, outdoor rooms, culinary beds, irrigation, soil solutions, nursery trips, maintenance, party presentation.

Michael DeLuca and Associates
11355 Canyon Park Drive
Santee, CA 92071
(619) 596-0052
Kitchen, master suite design, interior space planning and lighting design.

Murray Lampert Construction
3545 Camino Del Rio S., Ste. C
San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 285-9222

Parkco Mfg. Interiors Upholstering
Nick George
3934 30th St.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 296-1867
Any type of furniture manufactured, modernized, reproduced, upholstered and repaired. In the heart of North Park’s bungalow neighborhood.

Parra Building Consultants
3127 Kalmia St.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 232-1100

Peek Brothers Painting
7924 Ronson Rd.
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 505-1361
peekbrotherspainting.com

Plans for Plants
Stacy Moser
1224 10th Street, Ste. 201
Coronado, CA 92118
(619) 807-1055
www.plansforplants.com info@plansforplants.com Plans for Plants specializes in creating custom landscape and garden designs inspired by your unique needs. We provide solutions to your gardening problems. Contact us for a quote.

Plantations Landscape Maintenance
Eric Hopkins, Kevin Franklin, Sr.
2115 Boundary St.
San Diego, CA 92104
619-282-4945
ambrosia_ca@cox.net
All work completed by owners in their 12th year in business. Home and garden: Care, Design, Irrigation, General

Pykles Remodeling
6127 Lake Murray Blvd.
La Mesa, CA 91942
(619) 463-1600

Jim Pyer Plastering
P.O. Box 1172
San Marcos, CA 92079
(760) 471-6147

Mathis Custom Remodeling
9535 Grossmont Blvd.
La Mesa, CA 91941
(619) 697-0040

Raymond Shaw
Landscape Design
(619) 696-9179
Specializing in landscape design for Craftsman homes with an
artistic flair.

RCP Block and Brick
8240 Broadway
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
rcpblock.com
(619) 460-9101
(619) 460-7250

Reggio Registers
31 Jytek Road
Leominster, MA 01453
(978) 772-3493

RMR Company
619-231-2808
rmrcompany@cox.net
Vintage stove sales, service and parts. Always keeping those old stoves happy.

San Diego Woodworking
P.O. Box 16662
San Diego, CA 92176
(619) 998-3607
cell (619) 300-6494
markus@sandiegowoodworking.com
San Diego Woodworking is dedicated to providing the highest quality woodwork for homeowners, business owners and contractors in the greater San Diego area. If your project involves custom cabinetry or furniture, finish carpentry or restoration, interior or exterior, San Diego Woodworking is at your service.

Shoreline General Contractors
3828 Herman Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 283-2024

Helen Slevin Interior Design
5133 A Renaissance Ave., Ste. A
San Diego, CA 92122
(858) 457-3332

Peter Smith Electrical Contractor
P.O. Box 82126
San Diego, CA 92138
(619) 298-6115 or
(619) 253-5453
fax: (619) 269-4209
petersmithelectric@cox.net

So Cal Home Inspections
(619) 884-8973
www.petetheinspector.com
Home inspections from condominiums to vintage homes. Your safety is my main concern.

Stones Unlimited
6080 Miramar Rd., Ste. 100
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 622-0014

Sully Jones Roofing Co.
1528 Pioneer Way
El Cajon, CA 92020
(800) 611-3110
www.sully-jones.com
Specialize in commercial and industrial re-roofing.

Sun Valley Bronze Inc.
P.O. Box 3475
Hailey, ID 83333
(208) 788-3631

The Problem Solver
619-276-5439 or
(619) 857-5439
www.aproblemsolver.com A family run business specializing in mouldings/trim, painting, carpentry, wall repairs and tilework. Unsurpassed craftsmanship since 1976.

Tool Time Construction Inc.
7546 Trade St.
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 695-1705

Transcal Construction
Jim Schraefel
(619) 823-9246
transcal@cox.net
Transcal is a design-build company providing new custom home design and construction, residential remodeling and commercial tenant improvement.

Unico System, Inc.
(800) 527-0896
www.unicosystem.com
High-performance air comfort systems in your old house without disturbing aesthetics or architectural integrity.

VanBerg Construction
2521 B St., No. 102
San Diego, CA 92102
(619) 237-5527
VanBerg Construction has been providing residential remodeling services in the core communities of San Diego for 20 years. VanBerg Construction’s systematic approach to home remodeling ensures a delighted client, a comfortable remodeling experience as well as a beautiful project.

Von Kurt/Lipsman Inc.
3668 Villa Terrace
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 297-8952 or
(800) 789-6779
e-mail: vklips@cox.net
www.vklips.com
Specialty finishes: Wallcovering install & removal; decorative & faux painting; Venetian & colored plaster. Color consultations. Plaster/drywall repairs and interior painting.

Weststar Chimneys
342 Brightwood Ave.
Chula Vista, CA 91910
(619) 338-8116

William Jones
General Contractor
(619) 692-3375
Historic restoration of kitchens and bath.

Willow Glen Kitchen & Bath
351 Willow St.
San Jose, CA 95110
(408) 293-2284
www.lightingatwillowglen.com

Young & Co.
4010 Goldfinch St.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 294-9600

Woodchuck Flooring Inc.
7166 Convoy Court
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 279-4677

FABRICS & LINENS

Dianne Ayres Arts & Crafts Period Textiles
5427 Telegraph Ave., #W2
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 654-1645
Fine table linens, pillows and curtains in stencil, applique and embroidery in a variety of traditional Arts & Crafts motifs. Kits available.

Discount Fabrics
3325 Adams Ave.
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 280-1791 & 282-6920
The 3325 location (the old Adams Theatre) offers plenty of fabrics for curtains and home decorating. The 3580 location has laces, trim, buttons and bows.

Charles Rupert Designs
107-401 Garbally Road
Victoria, BC
V8T 5M3 Canada
(250) 592-4916
www.charlesrupert.com
William Morris and Arts & Crafts printed fabrics in cotton and linen union, made in England, available by mail order. Full sample cutting service available.

We-R-Fabrics
963 Lomas Santa Fe Dr.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 755-1175

FLOORING

Pete Bent Hardwood Floors
858-775-2799
Restoration, installation, detail repairs. Over 20 years experience.

FRAME MAKERS

Holton Studio Framemakers
5515 Doyle St., #2
Emeryville, CA 94608
(800) 250-5277
E-mail Holton@lmi.net
Craftsman-style picture frames and mirrors in beautiful hardwoods, including quartersawn white oak.

Dard Hunter Studios
P.O. Box 771
Chillicothe, OH 45601
(740) 774-1236
Original prints, books, paper, Craftsman home accessories, and Dard Hunter pottery and jewelry.

FURNITURE

A Bedder Buy
5058 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92115
(619) 287-2337

Al Davis Furniture
1601 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 296-1221
davisworld.com
Since 1960, Al Davis Furniture has offered furniture from manufacturer’s catalogs at discount prices. Solid woods like cherry, maple, oak and pine are available in Mission, Shaker, Rustic, Country and Contemporary styles.

A & H Wayside
1086 Freeway Dr.
Reidsville, NC  27320
(336) 342-0717

Casual Dining & Bar Stools
9020 Activity Road, Ste. C
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 578-5880, Ext. 104

Cassidy Interiors
112 S. Cedros Ave.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 755-2728

Chester’s Furniture
2911 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 291-8551

Circa AD
5355 Grant St.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 293-3328
www.circaad.com
Import furniture.

Copenhagen Interiors
8990 Miramar Road
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 549-2090

The Corner Store
102 E. Main St.
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 312-2690
e-mail: info@shopthecornerstore.com

Country Thyme
15619 Ogram Ave.
Gardena, CA 90249-4445
(310) 675-2745
e-mail: info@country-thyme.com
www.country-thyme.com

The Craftsman Home
3048 Claremont Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 655-6503
Selling fine Craftsman and Arts & Crafts home
furnishings

Craftsman Revival
985-A Lomas Santa Fe Dr.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 259-5811
San Diego dealer of Arts & Crafts carpet, clocks, furniture, lamps, art, pottery, tiles, pillows, curtains, mirrors, frames and more.

Creative Futons
and Furniture Inc.
3134 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 528-8443
www.creativefutons.com
Specializing in Arts & Crafts, and Mission-style futons, furniture, and
accessories, since 1987.

Furniture and Treasures
1251 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 294-4228
furnitureandtreasures.com

Ghenghis Khan
1136 Morena Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92110
gkfurniture.com
(619) 275-1185

Hold It Contemporary
1570 Camino De La Reina, #A
San Diego, CA 92108
holdithome.com
(619) 295-6660

House . Boi
1435 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 298-5200
houseboisandiego.com
House . Boi is a unique North Park-based boutique specializing in contemporary furniture, home accents, gift items, interior design services and hip men’s clothing. We also feature high-end artwork and handmade jewelry from national and local artists. Owners Ari Clare and Alex Wheeler feature a combination of product lines not typically found in local stores coupled with finds from their travels to Europe and Shanghai. House . Boi plans to promote its diverse and unique mix through gallery evenings, jewelry and clothing trunk shows as well as other in-store charity events.

Lawrance Contemporary Home
633 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 291-1911
Despite the contemporary moniker, it carries some Arts & Crafts furniture reproductions.

L. & J.G. Stickley
One Stickley Drive
P.O. Box 480
Manilius, NY 13104-0480
(315) 682-5500
www.stickley.com
Since the turn of the century, the Stickley name has meant meticulous craftsmanship, practical design and superb quality. Available locally at  Treasures Furniture on Miramar Road between I-805 and I-15.

Nativa
1003 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 299-4664
Excellent source of creative/original designed furniture for Spanish Revival style homes.  Some pieces fit nicely in Craftsman bungalows.

Saddleback
7371 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92111
saddlebackofsandiego.com
(858) 292-7385

The Village Consignment
2020 N. Cedros Ave.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 847-0345

HARDWARE

Ace Hardware
1007 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 291-5988

Architectural Salvage
San Diego
2401 Kettner Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 696-1313
New location.  Reclaimed parts and fixtures from old homes. Old hardware, windows, sills, frames, doors, vintage knobs, locks for home restoration.

Crown City Hardware Co.
1047 N. Allen Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91104-3298
(626) 794-1188
www.restoration.com
Since 1916 the mother lode of Arts & Crafts hardware and accessories.

Hall Agency/Hardware Plus
3625 N. Hall St.
Dallas, Texas 75219
(214) 559-4255

North Park Hardware
3090 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 295-2125
The hometown firm.

San Diego Hardware
5710 Kearny Villa Road
San Diego, CA 92123
(619) 232-7123
Most reliable local source for antique hinges and fixtures.

INTERIOR DESIGN

Blind Speed/ Sparkle Blinds
6636 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92115
(800) 640-6077

Craftsman Revival
985-A Lomas Santa Fe Dr.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 259-5811
San Diego dealer of Arts & Crafts carpet, clocks, furniture, lamps, art, pottery, tiles, pillows, curtains, mirrors, frames and more.

G.D. Garwood Construction
(619) 405-1907
gdgcompany@yahoo.com
Provides design services, headed by Celia E. Dole. For remodels and additions, we can provide creative color ideas and re-design
using existing spaces or starting anew.

Interiors By Design
4034 Lago Di Grata Circle
San Diego, CA 92130
(858) 259-9511

Nettle Creek Interiors
8905 Towne Centre Dr.
San Diego, CA 92122
(858) 452-0991
Classic La Jolla area interior designers who understand arts & crafts decor

Paul Duchscherer
Interior Designer & Historian
303-A Roosevelt Way
San Francisco, CA 91433
(415) 861-6256

Studio Veneto
7427 Girard Ave.
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 551-2782

Susan Raffee Designs
P.O. Box 80547
San Diego, CA 92138
(619) 222-7729

VanBerg Construction
2521 B St., No. 102
San Diego, CA 92102
(619) 237-5527
VanBerg Construction has been providing residential remodeling services in the core communities of San Diego for 20 years. VanBerg Construction’s systematic approach to home remodeling ensures a delighted client, a comfortable remodeling experience as well as a beautiful project.

LIGHTING

Aamsco Lighting
100 Lamp Light Circle
Summerville, S.C. 29483
(800) 221-9092

Arroyo Craftsman
4509 LittleJohn St.
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
(626) 960-9411

Case Lighting Resources – The Art of Lighting
441 San Antonio Ave.
San Diego, CA 92106
(619) 234-5700

Craftsman Revival
985-A Lomas Santa Fe Dr.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 259-5811
San Diego dealer of Arts & Crafts carpet, clocks, furniture, lamps, art, pottery, tiles, pillows, curtains, mirrors, frames and more.

Elite Lighting
4390 Morena Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92117
(858) 273-2400

Empowered Electric
Tom Burke
(619) 293-0770
Featuring competent and reliable electrical service that meets the needs of the structures in our neighborhood. Let me help you keep your home and business safe and functional.

Evergreen Studios
6543 Alpine Drive SW
Olympia, WA 98512
(360) 352-0694

Gibson & Gibson Antique Lighting
180 Mace St. # C9
Chula Vista, CA 91911
(619) 422-2447
gibsonandgibsonantiquelighting.com
By appointment only, but worth a visit. Their design experts have the widest selection of authentic lighting in the area, rewired and restored to meet your needs.

Historic Lighting
114 East Lemon Ave.
Monrovia, CA 91016
(626) 303-4899
www.historiclighting.com
Lighting and interior design services, coupled with quality home furnishings and accessories. Beautiful showroom in Old Town Monrovia.

Light Gallery
157 E. Grand Ave.
Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 480-1777

Restoration Hardware
Fashion Valley Shopping Ctr.
7007 Friars Road
San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 543-9102
Large selection of Arts & Crafts era reproduction lamps, outdoor lighting and ceiling fixtures.

TapLighting
3690 Sixth Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 692-0065

The Lamp Post
2335 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 297-3854
Since the 1940s, right at Texas Street.

The Lamprides Group
Michael Lamprides
3712 Louisiana St.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 347-0181
www.thelampridesgroup.com
All landscape construction services (Lic. 663543). HOA design plans, architectural concrete, retainer walls/patios, sprinkler systems, bobcat grading & demolition, trees/plants, landscape lighting, fences, fireplaces/BBQ, firepits/outdoor kitchens.

The Original Cast Lighting
6120 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63112
(314) 863-1895

MAIL ORDER

Dard Hunter Studios
P.O. Box 771
Chillicothe, OH 45601
(740) 774-1236
Original prints, books, paper, Craftsman home accessories, and Dard Hunter pottery and jewelry.

Country Thyme
15619 Ogram Ave.
Gardena, CA 90249
(310) 675-2745
e-mail: info@country-thyme.com
www.country-thyme.com
Diane and Wayne Bonner have put together a catalogue of simple gifts and accessories made with the best of Arts & Crafts designs. A wide sselection of notecards, personalized labels and other stationery items. Catalogue, $3.

The Craftsman Homes Connection
2525 E. 29th, Ste. 10B-343
Spokane, WA 99223
(509) 535-5098
www.crafthome.com
The Sears catalog of Arts & Crafts lifestyle.

Fair Oaks Workshops
P.O. Box 5578
River Forest, IL 60305
(800) 341-0597
www.fairoak.com
The single sourcebook for the Arts & Crafts style. Write for a catalogue featuring linens, lamps and other home accessories.

Heat Registers
(509) 535-5098
www.heatregisters.com

United Crafts
127 West Putnam Ave. #123
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 869-4898
www.ucrafts.com
Traditional handcrafted collection of textiles, stoneware and bronze candlesticks. $10 for price list and color portfolio.

The Victorian Connection
2525 E. 29th, Ste. 10B-343
Spokane, WA 99223
(509) 535-5098
www.victorianconnection.com

ORGANIZATIONS

Pasadena Heritage
651 S. St. John Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105-2913
(626) 441-6333
Leading Arts & Crafts organization on the West Coast. Organizes Pasadena Heritage Craftsman Weekend each fall for Arts & Crafts trade and aficionados. Public welcome. Craftsman weekend highlights include a tour of Craftsman-style homes, a furnishings sale and show, period-art exhibit, lectures and workshops.

San Diego Historical Society/ Museum of San Diego History
1649 El Prado, Ste. 3
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 232-6203
Excellent lectures on Arts & Crafts. Provides archives and research for all San Diego history. Fine bookstore at Museum of San Diego History in Balboa Park and Marston House. The Marston House is rich in Arts & Crafts era architectural style and heritage.

Save Our Heritage Organization
2476 San Diego Ave.
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 297-9327
Offers tours and lectures to support its cause to preserve San Diego’s architectural heritage. Many bungalow aficionados are members — a great way to network and learn about historical preservation issues.

PERIODICALS

American Bungalow Magazine
P.O. Box 756
Sierra Madre, CA 91025
(800) 350-3363
Beautifully done quarterly publication covering bungalow communities from coast-to-coast.

North Park News
3990 Old Town Ave., Ste. A-201
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 906-4104
Only monthly publication on the West Coast covering the Arts & Crafts
movement, as well as news from San Diego’s premier bungalow communities. Special West Coast Craftsman section features products and services.

San Diego Home Garden Lifestyles
4577 Viewridge Avenue
San Diego CA 92123
(858) 571-1818
www.sdhg.net
30 year old local magazine covers its share of Craftsman & Spanish Revival homes and gardens

Small Home Gazette
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 724-5816
www.bungalowclub.org
A newsletter of activities of the Twin Cities Bungalow Club. Fun and inspirational stories from the Midwest bungalow crowd.

Style 1900
199 George Street
Lambertville, NJ 08530
(609) 397-4104
www.style1900.com
Focuses on the Arts & Crafts movement at the turn of the century, featuring the artistry and philosophy of that period.

POTTERY &
CERAMICS

Canyon Pottery
8575 Aero Dr.
San Diego, CA 92123
canyonpottery.com
(858) 279-2600

The Roycroft Pottery
2860 Eldridge Rd.
East Aurora, NY 14052
(716) 652-7422
roycraftpottery.com
Dedicated to the Arts & Crafts movement, Roycroft craftsmanship is recognized worldwide.

Thiesfeld Antique Pottery
525 Kristin Court
Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 943-9336
Featuring antique American art pottery from 1880 to the 1950s by Roseville, Weller, Fulper, Teco and others.

TILE

Charles Rupert Designs
107-401 Garbally Road
Victoria, BC
V8T 5M3 Canada
(250) 592-4916
www.charlesrupert.com
Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts and Victorian printed, molded and tube-lined tiles, available by mail order. Extensive online catalog.

Designs in Tile
P.O. Box 358, Dept. NPN
Mount Shasta, CA 96067
(530) 926-2629
www.designsintile.com
info@designsintile.com
Specialists in Victorian, English and American Arts & Crafts tile. Historic tiles and murals. Subway tiles and mosaic flooring. Color catalog $3.

Encinitas Tile Supply
597 Westlake St.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 436-4630

Laird Plumleigh
By appointment only.
1550 Grascony Rd.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 942-6051
e-mail: info@laidplumleigh.com
www.laidplumleigh.com
Tile maker with a creative flair for Arts & Crafts style. Beautiful fireplaces and fountains a specialty.

Monier Life Tile
7575 Irvine Center Dr, #100
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 756-1605

Tile Restoration Center
927 S. Homer St.
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 633-4866
www.tilerestorationcenter.com

TILE/CARPET
INSTALLATION

America’s Best Carpet
1022 W. Morena Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 275-2229

Bell Tile Co.
3677 Voltaire St.
Ocean Beach, CA 92106
(619) 222-1315
Excellent work on bathroom restorations.

Family Carpet & Draperies
7111 University Ave.
La Mesa, CA 91942
(619) 697-5969

K. Blatchfords San Diego Rug Cleaning Co.
7848 Silverton Ave Ste G
San Diego, CA  92126
(858)566-3833
www.blatchfords.com
Specializes in hand washing, repair and restoration of hand made rugs and textiles.

Mitchells Floor Covering
532 Stevens Ave.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 755-8880

North Park Rug
& Carpet Co.
2894 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 296-3155
Family owned and operated since 1950. Quality carpet at low prices.

Tarentino Tile & Marble
4160 Moraga Ave.
San Diego, CA 92117
(858) 272-1411

John Weaver
(619) 252-9222
Tile and Stone Contractor
High quality installation and repair. Design of fine tile and stone since 1981. Traditional kitchen and bath tile.

WALLPAPERS

Bradbury & Bradbury
Art Wallpapers
P.O. Box 155
Benicia, CA 94510
(707) 746-1900
Beautifully hand-crafted wall coverings in the Arts & Crafts style sold through mail order only. Warm and personal attention, design services available.

Charles Rupert Designs
107-401 Garbally Road
Victoria, BC
V8T 5M3 Canada
(250) 592-4916
www.charlesrupert.com
William Morris and Arts & Crafts wallpapers and fabrics, made in England, available by mail order. Full sample cutting service available.

J.R. Burrows & Co.
P.O. Box 522
Rockland, MA 02370
(800) 347-1795
www.burrows.com
Large selection of English Arts & Crafts wallpapers, including Voysey. Plus, a fine selection of lace curtains from Scotland.

WINDOW REPAIR/
STAINED GLASS

Original Windows
Brian Hunt
(619) 269-7506
Window service specializing in the care, repair and restoration of existing windows in older homes for improved function, appearance and extended life of the window.

San Diego Sash
6161 El Cajon Blvd, Ste 458
San Diego, CA 92115
(619) 546-4912
Shawn Woolery, Aaron Lopez
shawn@sandiegosashcompany.com
Soria Services offers repair, restoration and replacement for all types of windows. Provides custom sash replacement or thermal upgrades for existing wood sash. Soria Services prides itself on preserving the original architecture and style of Craftsman and Spanish windows. We are passionate about providing our unique service!

The Window Factory
9323 Activity Road
San Diego, CA 92126
(888) VINYL-YES

Window Doctor
Chris Guelich
P.O. Box 40084
San Diego, CA 92164
(619) 307-1896
windowdoctor@att.net
Repair and replacement
of wood windows & woodwork.

Experience San Diego Modernism as reflected in the region’s art, architecture and design in this home tour sponsored by the Mingei International Museum. Visit homes, from Mt. Helix to the beach, designed by stellar local architects including Lloyd Ruocco, Loch Crane and John Mock, as well as the only local project by legendary L.A. designer Craig Ellwood. The four featured homes, painstakingly restored, offer authentic indoor and outdoor experiences, carefully selected furniture and numerous works by local artists, including John Dirks, Toza Radakovich, James Hubbell and many more. The cost is $65 for museum members, $85 for nonmembers. The price includes transportation, boxed lunch, wine and appetizers at one of the homes. Pickup location is Balboa Park. For information, call (619) 239-0003, Ext. 116.

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PASADENA HERITAGE
CITY HIGHLIGHTS TOUR
DEC. 30

Enjoy a two-hour bus tour led by expert guides from Pasadena Heritage. You will see how Pasadena developed from a simple Indiana farm colony to the wealthiest resort community in the United States during the 1920s. Visit the Arroyo Seco, where it all started — home of the Rose Bowl. See Old Pasadena, the city’s original downtown and a model for revitalization. Visit architecturally distinguished neighborhoods filled with Victorian, Craftsman and Mediterranean-inspired homes.
The tour departs at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Cost is $40.

San Diego’s newest shopping destination for lovers of historic architecture, gardens and preservation is the Save Our Heritage Organisation Museum Shop at the Marston House & Gardens in Balboa Park. Located in a charming, 1905 carriage house, the shop offers visitors a distinctive mix of attractive gift items, Arts and Crafts furnishings and books that support the Museum’s educational mission while enhancing the Museum experience for tourists and San Diegans alike. Admission to the shop is free.

Visitors will find signature products created especially for SOHO that celebrate the estates history and the interests and legacy of the Marston family. An avid gardener, George W. Marston is best known as a visionary civic leader and philanthropist who is also considered San Diego’s first preservationist.

The 750-square-foot Craftsman-style carriage house, which has never been open to the public before, is paneled in warm redwood and features an original horse stall and handsome windows. It is cozily furnished with chairs from the Marston family to encourage visitors to sit and browse through the shop’s wide array of hard-to-find books and publications on regional architecture, home décor, gardening, nature and history.

“We also carry unique gift items that reflect SOHO’s dedication to education and advocacy in honor of our region’s historic resources,” said Alana Coons, the nonprofit group’s events and education director. “We’re very excited to be introducing items of lasting value that complement the property’s garden and decorative arts history.”

CORONADO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART
“Hotel del Coronado Tour”: The Coronado Museum of History and Art offers a one-hour, docent-led tour of the Hotel del Coroado and its history. It is the only tour to go inside the hotel. Make reservations through the Coronado Visitors Center by calling (619) 437-8788. The fee is $15. Tours run Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

“Promenade Through the Past”: Departs from the lobby of the Museum of History and Art, 1100 Orange Ave, Wednesdays at 2 p.m. Learn about some of Coronado’s famous buildings and architectural sites, including Tent City resort. Tour fee includes “Promenade through the Past – A Walking Tour Guidebook of Coronado” and covers admission into the Museum of History and Art. $10. (619) 437-8788. Reservations Required.

GAMBLE HOUSE
ONGOING, PASADENA
The David B. Gamble House, constructed in 1908, is an internationally recognized masterpiece of the turn-of-the-century Arts & Crafts movement in America. It is the most complete and original example of the work of architects Charles and Henry Greene and a National Historic Landmark. One-hour guided tours Thursday-Sunday noon to 3 p.m. Closed national holidays. General admission: $8; Students/65+: $5; Children under 12 with an adult, free. Group tours available by reservation. For information call (626) 793-3334.

MUSEUM OF ART
ONGOING, LONG BEACH
The museum home includes a splendid, imposing example of the Craftsman bungalow. Built in 1912 as the summer home of heiress Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, it has the natural materials and rugged texture of wood shingles and clinker brick. The prominent gables and projecting rafter beams, like the rest of the main house and carriage house, retain their original integrity. The style is echoed by similar homes in the nearby Bluff Park Historic District. 2300 E. Ocean Blvd. (562) 439-2119.

STANLEY RANCH MUSEUM
ONGOING, GARDEN GROVE
A California bungalow built in 1916 is one focal point of this two-acre property, home to some of Garden Grove’s oldest homes and business buildings. Phone the Garden Grove Historical Society at (714) 530-8871.

LUMMIS HOME MUSEUM
ONGOING, HIGHLAND PARK
The arroyo-stone home built by Charles Fletcher Lummis, founder of the Southwest Museum, is a state historic monument listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 200 E. Ave. 43. Friday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free; donations accepted. For information, call (323) 222-0546.

LANTERMAN HOUSE TOUR
ONGOING, LA CANADA
The Craftsman-style house, built in 1914 by Arthur Haley, was the region’s first concrete residence. Located at 4420 Encinas Dr., it is open Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the first and third Sundays of the month, from 1-4 p.m. Adults, $3; students, $1; under 12, free. For more information, call (818) 790-1421.

HOMESTEAD MUSEUM
ONGOING, CITY OF INDUSTRY
Documenting a century of Southern California history, the six-acre museum features the Workman House, La Casa Nueva and El Campo Santo cemetery; 15415 E. Don Julian Road. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. (626) 968-8492.

L.A. ART DECO TOURS
ONGOING, LOS ANGELES
Tours of downtown Los Angeles are led on Saturdays; $5 admission. For reservations, call (213) 623-CITY.

JUDSON STUDIOS
ONGOING, LOS ANGELES
The Judson Studios served as the turn-of-the-century core of the Arroyo Craftsman movement, located at 200 S. Ave. 66. For more information, call (800) 445-8376 or click on judsonstudios.com.

HERITAGE VILLAGE TOUR
ONGOING, CLAREMONT
The first Saturday of each month. The 1 3/4 hour walk begins at 10 a.m. in front of the Historic Claremont Metrolink Depot, 200 W. First St. (Walk is canceled if it’s raining at 8 a.m.) Call (909) 621-8871.

RIORDAN MANSION PARK
ONGOING, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.
One of Arizona’s best examples of Craftsman architecture, the mansion was designed by Charles Whittlesey and built as a duplex. Original furnishings, including pieces by Ellis, Stickley and Tiffany Studios, are found at the house museum. Guided, handicapped-accessible tours are held daily. The house is located at 409 Riordan Road. Further details are available at (520) 779-4395.

BOETTCHER MANSION
OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
ONGOING, GOLDEN, COLO.
Tour a 1917 Arts & Crafts mansion, a 10,000-square-foot summer home built by Charles Boettcher, famous Colorado entrepreneur. Dramatic cathedral ceilings with carved beams, massive stone walk-in fireplace, some original hardware and lighting. See permanent exhibit of early mansion photos and original blueprints, including an ink-on-linen drawing. Open all year, generally Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday varies. On 110 forested acres with views of the Continental Divide and the Colorado plains. Twenty minutes from Denver. Free for touring. Call (303) 526-0855.

MOSS MANSION
ONGOING, BILLINGS, MONT.
Nearly unchanged since 1903, Moss Mansion, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, can be found on the National Register of Historical Places. Visitors will find original furniture, Oriental carpets, handmade light fixtures, and a variety of design styles inside the mansion. Contact (406) 256-5100.

KELL HOUSE
ONGOING, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
Frank Kell built one of the most architecturally significant buildings in Wichita Falls, the red-brick neoclassic Kell House in 1909. It features distinctive architecture, original family furnishings, textiles, decorative arts and early-20th-century costumes. Exhibitions change in April and September. Ask for directions to the Southland and Floral Heights bungalow neighborhoods when you visit. The Kell House is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from 2-4 p.m. Adults, $3; children 12 and under, $1. For information, call (940) 723-2712.

VAN BRIGGLE POTTERY
ONGOING, COLORADO SPRINGS
With its works showcased in world-renowned museums such as the Louvre and Metropolitan Museum of Art, complimentary tours of the Van Briggle studio were established in 1899. Call (719) 633-7729 for further information.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOME AND STUDIO
ONGOING, OAK PARK, ILL.
These 45-minute guided tours of the restored Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio are offered year-round at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 951 Chicago, Oak Park, IL 60302, (708) 848-1976.

UNITY TEMPLE
ONGOING, OAK PARK, ILL.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the temple is open weekdays, 1-4 p.m., with weekend guided tours. Call (708) 383-8873. More Craftsman gems are evident throughout Chicagoland neighborhoods.

JOHNSON WAX CO. BUILDING
ONGOING, RACINE, WIS.
Reservations are required for tours, held Fridays only, of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building. Call (262) 260-2000 for information.

BRYN ATHYN CATHEDRAL
ONGOING, BRYN ATHYN, PENN.
Guided tours of the center of the Swedenborgian community. Specialty tours by request. The cathedral was built between 1919-1927 using a purist idea of the Arts & Crafts Artisan Guild System. Some of the original guild shops are still in use and continue to house craftsmen. This building and its environment are unique among Arts & Crafts communities in that the religious beliefs of the Swedenborgian community were blended with the Arts & Crafts ideology. Tours for individuals are free. Tours for large groups $2 per person. Contact the cathedral between the hours of 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at (215) 947-0266.

GUSTAV STICKLEY EXHIBIT
ONGOING, SYRACUSE, N.Y.
A small ongoing exhibit of Gustav Stickley and the Arts & Crafts era. Showing period examples of his work along with his peers. At the Everson Museum, corner of Harrison and State streets. Call (315) 447-6064.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
ONGOING, NEW YORK
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call (212) 423-3500 for more.