Looking at their structures and furnitures, it only has a basic shape, basic materials (wood, bricks). It doesn't really wear an attractive look. Although it's a bit of organic and floral, romantic and medieval. Arts & Crafts was also, basically anti-industrial. They hated the use of machineriesThe most basic common characteristic that I notice is the use of triangular roof, the use of wood and bricks, circular and arched windows, chimneys.
They properly observed the idea of "truth to material". They wanted to emphasize the clarity and how the materials were used. They were very simple and straight in short words. In todays term, I remember furnitures like those as "antiques". They were the conservative type of art movement that time. It's very old looking and not very pleasing to stay with. (Just my personal opinion :-D)
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HSTARC2 Blog update:
I am fortunate enough to live in a home that was built in 1888, a shingle-style home that the subsequent owners had the good sense not to paint the mahogany woodwork. My foyer is very similar to what is pictured here: it's not Victorian, yet it's not quite A&C, either. I think of it as an Aesthetic piece, and I would call what you have depicted here the same, but it's only six degrees of separation.
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