Little bricks from Stacey’s Miniature Masonry come with all kinds of instructions, pattern suggestions and paper guides for spacing. They can also be full, dimensional bricks for stand-alone models like a fireplace or stand-alone wall, or…

When my husband, Gary, and I came to Vashon Island in 1988, we were looking for an older house on some acreage. We had done a lot of looking in the greater Seattle area with no luck. What we found that day on Vashon was a remarkably preserved 1909 Craftsman on 14 acres which we knew we wanted just driving up the driveway for the first time. I had long loved the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods but knew little about the Arts & Crafts era in between them at the beginning of the 20th century. Both of us were new to the Craftsman movement’s place in history, its architecture, furniture, design, and philosophies of its founders.