to the house. 'Two years before, I lived in an Arts and Crafts bungalow in
Royal Oak that I refinished," he says.
The Arts and Crafts movement sought the goals of simplicity, total de-
sign and an American way, and railed against the excesses of the Industri-
al Revolution, especially the "evils of the machine" and the "morally" dishonest
ornamentation it produced when used to imitate handcraft. The Craftsman
movement featured decorative arts — furniture, glass and art pottery — pro-
duced in a new handcraft idiom: sturdy, straightforward, simple style of fur-
nishings, objects and ornamentation, all with a dedication to quality of design
and craftsmanship.
Among the most prominent Craftsmen designers was Gustair Stickley,
who designed and produced hefty, foursquare oak furniture. Popularly
known as Mission style, it was the popular version of the prototype of fur-
niture that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his Prairie houses.
Daniels' fondness for the period is evident throughout the first floor. The
library, to the left of the foyer, mixes Mission with contemporary. Terra-cot-
ta walls with cream trim accent the two adjacent sofas in inviting terra-cot-
ta chenille. A Southwestern-style wrought iron, glass-topped cocktail table
anchors the grouping.
In the bay window, with their two-inch cream Plantation shutters, sit two
club chairs in a Southwestern fabric. A terra-cotta leather ottoman and
calfskin throw pillows on the couch create "a nice mixture of textures," says
Daniels. 'The room is all tone-on-tone in warm colors."
Along one wall are built-ins in a cream-colored wood, built by Daiek Wood-
works, housing a TV, stereo system and shelves. More built-in shelves sur-
The stairs exhibit
the Arts and
Crafts movement
with strong newel
posts inter-
spersed with a
thick-thin-thick
pattern of spin-
dles. The library
mixes Mission
with contempo-
rary. Terra-cotta
walls with cream
trim accent the
two adjacent so-
fas, club chairs
with Southwest-
em fabric and a
Southwestern-
style wrought
iron cocktail table.
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