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Where to buy period lighting
Choosing the right period lighting for your renovation project can make or break a interior design scheme. Without using period style accessories including lighting in your Victorian home renovation, the whole renovation can end up looking cheap and badly done.…
Where to buy period lighting
Without using period style accessories including period lighting in your Victorian home renovation, the whole renovation can end up looking cheap and badly done. The finishing touches are those that make the most impact on the viewer. So period light switches and a period chandelier will make more of an impression than your choice of floor stain. Many Victorian features that you are wishing to restore or replace can be ornate and…
What type of vintage fabric is suitable for upholstery?
Vintage fabrics are popular nowadays for the feeling of authenticity they give a home. However old fabrics have often suffered wear and tear and have faded or discoloured therefore modern copies of the original are usually a better option to choose.
What type of vintage fabric is suitable for upholstery?
Vintage fabrics are popular nowadays for the feeling of authenticity they give a home. However old fabrics have often suffered wear and tear and have faded or discoloured therefore modern copies of the original are usually a better option to choose. To buy vintage fabrics is also a matter of rummaging around specialist shops and only small pieces may be available. Which means that if you are wishing to source many metres of fabric for…
Period property restoration
There is a subtle but misunderstood distinction between simply doing up a period property and period property restoration. This article provides a few useful tips about restoration of period properties which is not as overwhelming as it may sound, with some…
Period property restoration
There is a subtle but misunderstood distinction between simply doing up a period property and period property restoration. Simple giving a property a makeover means a renewal without any reference to history or preservation. Restoration, the act or process of returning something to its earlier good condition or position implies a return to the heyday of the property with period features revered and repaired, research carried out and a…
Why buy reproduction victorian lighting
Victorian reproduction lighting is very popular for those people wishing to restore a period property. Some amazing examples of Victorian antique lighting exist. But it is better to buy antique Victorian lighting or reproductions?
Why buy reproduction victorian lighting rather than antique lighting?
Victorian reproduction lighting is very popular for those people wishing to restore a period property. The Victorian era was the first era where electric lighting existed, and the Victorians certainly made the most of it with a wealth of brass, crystal and glass lighting designed and made. Some amazing examples of Victorian antique lighting exist. But it is better to buy antique Victorian lighting or reproductions?
How To Use Victorian Lamps And Shades
There are a wide variety of attractive Victorian lamps and shades available that complement a Victorian interior, which can be perfect tools for paper work in studies and offices, for reading in an armchair and for lighting up specific areas in your home.
How To Use Victorian Lamps And Shades
Victorian lamps and shades were widely used, and usually Victorian lamps were placed on a small side table by the side of each chair in the parlour where people might read, knit, or sew. This gave a bright pool of light in the important spot where it was required for close up work. Lamps continue to be used in this way. We tend to use a large overhead light to provide general illumination in the room with specific pools of light provided…
Use Victorian Style Wall Tiles In Your Home
Decorative wall tiles were used by the Victorians in many different areas of their houses. There is no reason why with a little bit of research into what is fitting for your particular property you cannot restore tiled areas to their former glory.
Use Victorian Style Wall Tiles In Your Home
Decorative wall tiles were used by the Victorians in many different areas of their houses. There are some areas of your house where you may already have decorative tiles or they may have been removed in an overzealous property “modernisation” in the 1960s and 1970s. There is no reason why with a little bit of research into what is fitting for your particular property you cannot restore tiled areas to their former glory using Victorian…
Wooden or Brass Curtain Pole Brackets?
Curtain pole brackets are there to hold up curtain poles which are there to hold up your curtains. Curtain pole brackets are of two types and can be static or extendable, with long poles or heavy curtains requiring more than 2 brackets.
Wooden or Brass Curtain Pole Brackets?
Curtain pole brackets are one of those essential items that is often overlooked when thinking about and planning your curtains. Cheaper curtain pole sets will likely consist of a curtain pole, finials, curtain rings and curtain pole brackets all in a matching finish. However curtain pole sets tend to be offered in a smaller selection of finishes, widths and lengths than individually purchased curtain poles and accessories. Top quality…
How To Use Victorian Wrought Iron Railings
The main function for the Victorians of railings and gates at the boundary of their property was to mark where one property began and another ended and separate the homes from the public highway and provide a level of security from unwanted intruders.
How To Use Victorian Wrought Iron Railings
The use of iron to create decorative Victorian wrought iron railings increased during the 19th Century. This is because the middle class Victorians used the interior and exterior décor of their homes as a means to impress visitors with their prosperity and good taste. As the first impression of the home would be made by the exterior elements, with the railings at the boundary of the land, these were given much importance as a means to…
How to choose Driveway Gates
Most people choose to have cast iron driveway gates painted in black and many impressive and ornate examples can be seen in Stately homes and historic houses throughout the world.
How to choose Driveway Gates
Driveway gates are both practical and can form part of a beautiful and impressive entrance to your home. Driveway gates can be wooden or metal. For a Victorian or period property, black cast iron driveway gates are the obvious choice for many reasons, although if you are restricted on budget, wooden gates can also look attractive.
Choosing Victorian Door Furniture
The most relevant finishes to choose for a period house are black iron or brass which can be smooth or rough cast brass in finish. Here is a brief guide to the main elements of Victorian door furniture.
Choosing Victorian Door Furniture
There is a wide variety of different items that can be purchased to enhance the aesthetics of your Victorian door. This applies to both the front door of your Victorian house and the internal doors. Victorian door furniture are both functional and can also be extremely decorative. The most relevant finishes to choose for a period house are black iron or brass which can be smooth or rough cast brass in finish. Here is a brief guide to the…