Arts and Crafts and Steampunk Design: Craftsman Wood Screens

Why this blog?

My husband and I are just starting the house buying process which will mean that we can FINALLY, after years of rentals, decorate as we wish. In that spirit, I've begun collecting ideas and inspirations for my own use and thought that, maybe, there might be someone out there who likes the same thing.

I love the eccentricities and the analogue mechanics of the steampunk world but I just don't like standard victorian decor. So it was a wonderful moment when I realized that my beloved Arts and Crafts style actually got it's start back during the victorian era and would have been quite familiar to Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. So with that I've taken to try and marry the two styles, creating my own mix of Arts and Crafts and Steampunk design.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Craftsman Wood Screens

I want these hanging in my dining room. You know, once we HAVE a dining room. Or even a permanent place to live. One day. But back on the screens, I love their clean, simple optimism as a background for the slightly more complex steampunk element of the room. A juxtaposition of the victorian-influenced science of the day and the new thoughts that were just emerging.