Why the American Craftsman Is Still Relevant
Why the American Craftsman Is Still Relevant The Craftsman-style design for homes is still as popular today as it was nearly 100+ years when it was first "a thing." This is by no accident. Before the Craftsman, the Victorian-style houses were the popular choice, showing off the manufacturing and technology capabilities of the time, so more detail was put into place which sometimes came across as "over the top" or "showing off." Shortly after that, enter the Craftsman movement, where there was a return to hand-made architectural pieces and assembly, rather the mass-produced approach of Victorian homes at the time due to technological advances, such as the first use of 2x4s, rather only the use of beams, wire coil nails versus hand wrought nails, and metal to help rapidly produce moldings rather completely fabricating molding by hand. Americans always have taken pride in American-made products, due to the more labor intensive approach. Nothing out perfo...