I love living in my 1920's bungalow, but an annoying drawback is lack of closet space. My house has four bedrooms, two down and two up. All the bedrooms are small (the largest is 11 x 11; the smallest is 10 x 10). A previous owner removed a closet from the smallest bedroom to enlarge the bathroom that's adjacent. The closets in all the other bedrooms are very small. In addition, the closets in the upstairs bedrooms are tucked under the roofline, and you have to stoop if you step in more than a few feet to avoid hitting your head on the sloped ceiling. And don't even try to find something in there after dark -- there are no lights. More...

The California Plein Air movement occurred at the end of the 19th century, at the same time the Arts and Crafts Movement in the U.S. was in high gear. Several American artists who had studied formally in Europe embraced the new Impressionist style of painting. When they came home, some of them migrated to Southern California and began painting the California landscape, attempting to capture the wonderful lighting and color they observed there. More...

Bay City, Michigan, is a community of about 35,000, situated on the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron, near the base of the Thumb. Once a lumber and ship-building town, through the efforts and vision of two brothers, it became a center of the catalog housing industry, supporting three firms, Aladdin, Sterling and Lewis/Liberty. More...

Where can you go to see about 50 works of art from the Arts and Crafts Movement, not only from around the country but also from Europe and the UK? The Detroit Institute of Arts! The DIA has a marvelous collection of Arts and Crafts objects, recently re- installed in the American Wing and promoted during the Arts and Crafts Symposium which took place in March. More...