Custom Designs & Storage Cabinets

Arts and Crafts kitchens are identified by simple lines, rugged construction, and very little excess ornamentation. The Arts and Crafts movement began in England around 1890 in response to the overly ornate, assembly line furniture of the time. The movement focused on aesthetic simplicity, talented craftsmanship, and impeccable quality.

Arts and Crafts kitchen design relies on straight lines and heavy proportion. It bears some resemblance to Gothic, Shaker, and Oriental designs. The style often features Mission or Shaker door styles, iron or brass hardware, and Quarter sawn Oak cabinets. Other appropriate woods include Ash, Birch, Cherry, Hickory, and Maple. Arts and Crafts cabinets, built properly, feature dovetailed drawer boxes, mortise and tenon joinery, and rugged hand-made construction. The ultimate goal is functional, well-built, and enduring cabinetry, built like an heirloom piece of Stickley furniture.

Today with the glut of inexpensive and poorly made imported cabinetry, the Arts and Crafts style kitchen is making a strong resurgence with homeowners who recognize true quality of custom cabinets made by artisans of the trade. The Arts and Crafts Movement is more than 120 years old, but its appeal has stood the test of time. Originally a protest of mass-produced items, its call to heed a simpler aesthetic and fine craftsmanship still resonates with homeowners today.