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In the Eaton Fire burn zone, fireplaces adorned with Arts and Crafts tiles are among the sole surviving relics of the town’s architectural heritage, and volunteers are on a mission to salvage them.
Today, many of those tiles are collector’s items, and mantels and fireplace surrounds bearing Batchelder tiles lend historical prestige to otherwise unremarkable prewar homes.
A day with the Save the Tiles volunteers as they work against time to preserve over 200 fireplaces in Altadena.
On a palm tree-lined street in South Pasadena, this 1911 Craftsman treasure welcomes visitors with its wide front porch. The five-bedroom house features an "Arts and Crafts style" tiled fireplace ...
The living room has quarter-sawn oak wainscoting and a wood-burning fireplace with a hand-crafted Motawi Tileworks tile surround.
Thankfully, the main house was already swimming in charm and well maintained thanks to its sturdy, all-concrete bones. And Bradshaw’s clients—restoration buffs who appreciate historic buildings and ...