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The restoration of a Victorian living room
Here is a story of a miserable Victorian living room invigorated through traditional décor and restoration of period features. A customer of ours, Mrs E Page, Linslade Beds tells the story of her restored Victorian dining room.
The Story of a Victorian Living Room given a new lease of life
A delightful Victorian Living Room is worth the endeavour. A great dining room may not only encourage you to eat more slowly as you enjoy your surroundings and aid digestion, but it can also be said that a refined environment could make your food taste better. Any improvements will, of course, add value to your house and in true Victorian fashion, impress your guests.
What’s the future of Victorian Schools?
At a Major Development Planning Committee meeting, councillors voted in favour of the demolition of Marlborough Primary School and associated planning applications for the site by John Lewis.
What’s the future of Victorian Schools?
A current case (November 2013) has highlighted the issues facing us with regard to preserving beautiful buildings for future generations. A Victorian school in prosperous South Kensington has been earmarked for demolition because John Lewis wish to develop the site. They will be relocating the school to a temporary building close by for 4 years while a permanent school along with commercial office buildings, private apartments, town…
Stay in an amazing Victorian era renovation from the Landmark Trust
Our properties are restored using age-old techniques, modern building methods and meticulous interior design, sticking as closely as possible to the original vision when recreating their interiors and exteriors. The property feels like a journey back into…
Stay in an amazing Victorian era renovation from the Landmark Trust
As a charity, we at the Landmark Trust have an aim to rescue historic buildings and carefully and sensitively restore them to become extraordinary places for self-catering holidays. Once restored, their income pays for their upkeep, securing their future, whilst also funding the restorations of further properties. Today we look after nearly 200 buildings in Britain and several in Italy and France including many dating from the Victorian era.
Room decorating ideas for your Victorian home
Buying a historical property is a responsibility. If your property is Victorian or Edwardian it has been standing for well over 100 years and possibly closer to 200 years.
Room decorating ideas for your Victorian home
We are overwhelmed with magazines and television programmes full of decorating ideas for houses. How can you find decorating ideas that are appropriate for your particular house if you do not have the budget for an interior designer? This article should give you some pointers about where to find room decorating ideas for a Victorian property.
Origins of Victorian houses
Victorian architecture is really varied in style – from the West London white terraces to the red brick inner city back to backs with alleys illustrated by the likes Coronation Street.
Identifying the origins of your Victorian house
Let’s have a look at the different types of Victorian house – this will help you to understand how life was lived in your house and the best way to make any renovation faithful to it’s history. For ease of reference we can segment Victorian houses by the types of inhabitants:
Your essential guide to buying and refurbishing a Victorian home
Worry more about freshly redecorated properties that are otherwise in poor condition, rather than obviously neglected properties that have decades old decoration and avocado bath tubs.
Your essential guide to buying and refurbishing a Victorian home
When considering purchasing any property that requires work to be done, especially a period or Victorian property, to make it comfortable and habitable, you need to make the decision to purchase based on realistic facts or assumptions about: a) The state of the property now and whether the selling price reflects that b) The cost of the works you need to do to bring the property up to habitable condition c) The value of that property…
Victorian House Renovation Ideas
Victorian house renovation ideas are an interesting subject for discussion. There are two main schools of thought which following these two basic premises: The Modernisers and The Sympathetic Renovators
Victorian House Renovation Ideas
Victorian house renovation ideas are an interesting subject for discussion. There are two main schools of thought which following these two basic premises:
William de Morgan
De Morgan adopted an Eastern colour palette of deep vibrant colours and created stunning designs of almost mythical creatures mixed with geometric designs within lustruously glazed tiles.
William de Morgan
William Morris is possibly the most distinguished of the Victorian Designers – he was prolific for many years designing wallpapers, fabrics, tiles, furniture as well as his own house. However, there were many designers of the period. A less famous but equally impressive designer was William de Morgan. William de Morgan was a lifelong friend of William Morris, creating designs in ceramics, glass and furniture for Morris and Co, William…
Restoring Victorian Houses
There is nothing wrong with making your Victorian home more suitable for modern living, such as adding an air conditioning system, removing lead paint but don’t go overboard. You still want to keep the Victorian essence of your home.
Restoring Victorian Houses
There is nothing wrong with making your Victorian home more suitable for modern living, such as adding an air conditioning system, removing lead paint but don’t go overboard. You still want to keep the Victorian essence of your home. Victorian homes are known for their beauty, intricate details, and elegant architecture. They were built to stand out and be admired for their features. If you own a Victorian house and are interested in…
A project manager for your Victorian home refurbishment
Once your project is underway, a project manager can supervise all the people in your home, making sure that the workmen are doing their jobs. Hiring a project manager can help minimise the impact and leave you free to get on with your day to day life.
Why you need a project manager for your Victorian home refurbishment project
If you’re planning to embark on renovating a house, you might think that it’s a job you can easily manage yourself. After all, who knows your requirements better than you do? Surely there can’t be too much involved in organising some contractors to carry out the work?
