Honest wood, handmade joinery, quiet warmth.
Craftsman
Craftsman style, from the Arts and Crafts movement, values honest materials and visible workmanship: oak with the grain showing, built-in shelves and benches, square-cut details and warm earthy colors. It is sturdy and calm. It suits houses with woodwork worth keeping and anyone tired of flat-pack.
Free to try, no card needed.
What makes it Craftsman
The five things to get right. Everything else is taste.
Craftsman color palettes- Palette Warm earth tones, olive, rust, mustard, brown and cream.
- Materials Quarter-sawn oak, leather, hammered copper, art tile, stained glass in simple geometric patterns.
- Furniture Mission-style pieces with straight lines and visible joints, a slatted bench, a leather armchair.
- Textiles Wool, leather, stylized nature prints in muted colors, a Morris-style pattern used sparingly.
- Lighting Mica or amber glass shades, hammered metal, warm bulbs.
Ordinary rooms, in Craftsman
Drag the handle. Every after keeps the before's walls, windows, doors and camera, which is what Room AI does to your photo too.
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Craftsman ideas, room by room
Pictures to save and borrow from. Pick a room to see all of its Craftsman ideas.
Try first
Cheapest first. Each is something you could do this weekend, or say to Room AI now.
- 1 Strip or stain woodwork rather than painting it; the grain is the style.
- 2 Add one built-in look, a window seat or a bookcase that fills a wall, even if it is freestanding.
- 3 Choose earthy paint colors with some grey in them, olive and clay rather than bright green and orange.
- 4 Swap shiny handles for dark bronze or copper.
What spoils it
The three things that turn Craftsman into something else.
- White-painted trim and glossy finishes.
- Curvy or spindly furniture.
- Bright, clean colors; Craftsman tones are muddy on purpose.
Say it to Room AI
Each of these starts a design in the app with that as the first message. Change any word.
“Make this living room Craftsman: oak built-ins either side of the fireplace, a leather armchair, olive walls.”
Try this“Keep the kitchen layout; give it quarter-sawn oak cabinets, a copper tap and a stained-glass panel over the sink.”
Try this“Replace the headboard with a slatted oak one and add a mica-shade lamp.”
Try thisIf you like Craftsman
The styles next door, which share most of the ingredients and change one or two.
See your own room in Craftsman.
A phone photo is enough. Free to try, no card needed.