![Photo Essay: The Eclectic Bungalows of Boise, Idaho Photo Essay: The Eclectic Bungalows of Boise, Idaho](https://www.thecraftsmanbungalow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_3624a-290x290.jpg)
Photo Essay: The Eclectic Bungalows of Boise, Idaho
Boise, Idaho is tucked away in plain sight in America’s Inland Northwest, and although it’s often overlooked due to its relative isolation, Boise is a lovely town with a rich history of pioneers, agriculture, and of course, bungalows. Boise’s bungalows run the gamut of all shapes, sizes, colors and styles, and were built from the...
![Tor House: The Handcrafted Stone Cottage of Poet Robinson Jeffers Tor House: The Handcrafted Stone Cottage of Poet Robinson Jeffers](https://www.thecraftsmanbungalow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_1030-Blend-2-290x290.jpg)
Tor House: The Handcrafted Stone Cottage of Poet Robinson Jeffers
Some time ago, we took a trip down the California Coast during which we explored some of the countless arts & crafts cottages in and around the oceanside artist community of Carmel. The highlight of our time there was getting to take a tour of Tor House – the handcrafted stone cottage of poet Robinson...
![Frank Lloyd Wright Designed One Home In Oregon: The Gordon House Frank Lloyd Wright Designed One Home In Oregon: The Gordon House](https://www.thecraftsmanbungalow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_1285-290x290.jpg)
Frank Lloyd Wright Designed One Home In Oregon: The Gordon House
Frank Lloyd Wright designed well over 1,000 homes and buildings throughout his illustrious career, but only one of those structures was built in the State of Oregon: The Gordon House. Commissioned by Conrad and Evelyn Gordon, the 88-year-old Wright designed the home in his Usonian style in 1957 for the couple’s sprawling farmland acreage that...
![The Arts & Crafts Cottages of Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula The Arts & Crafts Cottages of Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula](https://www.thecraftsmanbungalow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_0992a-290x290.jpg)
The Arts & Crafts Cottages of Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula
A couple weeks ago my wife and I traveled down to attend a friend’s wedding in Cayucos, California – a quaint little beach town about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. When we started looking at flights a few months back, we realized that in order to get to Cayucos from Portland, we’d have...
![An Architectural Epiphany in Portland, Oregon: The Story Behind The Craftsman Bungalow Blog An Architectural Epiphany in Portland, Oregon: The Story Behind The Craftsman Bungalow Blog](https://www.thecraftsmanbungalow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/04-Portland-House-1-290x290.jpg)
An Architectural Epiphany in Portland, Oregon: The Story Behind The Craftsman Bungalow Blog
When I packed up my car and headed West to Portland, Oregon in November of 2000, I had no idea how that decision would impact the rest of my life. Like our pioneering forefathers who took a similar leap of faith – I didn’t know what I’d encounter, who I’d meet, or if I’d ever...