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Where would you use wooden architrave mouldings in your home?
We look at how how architrave is used on doorways and windows which can otherwise look unfinished without architrave
Where would you use wooden architrave mouldings in your home?
Architrave is one of the most widely used wooden mouldings. It is used in almost all buildings, period or less old, residential or commercial. Architrave is used to surround an opening in a wall, most commonly a doorway or window but it can be used to surround other areas too.
How can wooden picture rails add a decorative element to any
Picture rail mouldings are not present in every period house and every room. Old houses with low ceilings would not have originally had picture rails as a picture rail requires a ceiling to be tall. The function of picture rail is to divide up and give a…
How can wooden picture rails add a decorative element to any home?
Picture rail mouldings are not present in every period house and every room. Old houses with low ceilings would not have originally had picture rails as a picture rail requires a ceiling to be tall. The function of picture rail is to divide up and give a structure to plain walls; it also allows the hanging of paintings on these walls without the need for damage to be made to plastered wall surfaces in the form of nails or screws. In the…
Choosing the right style of Victorian architrave mouldings
When selecting which wooden mouldings, such as Victorian architraves, to use in your home there are a series of questions to ask in order to make the correct choice for your renovation. If you have existing architrave in the house you will probably wish to…
Choosing the right style of Victorian architrave mouldings for my home
When selecting which wooden mouldings, such as Victorian architraves, to use in your home there are a series of questions to ask in order to make the correct choice for your renovation. If you have existing architrave in the house you will probably wish to match this as closely as possible but sometimes it can be difficult to find a good match because the information you have when trying to find the match is not easily available. From…
How to install a roll top bath
The bath really is the stand out feature of most bathrooms and a roll top bath is the perfect choice for a period bathroom. There are a lot of different shapes to a roll top bath. For example there is the slipper bath with one high end, the oval bath with both…
How to install a roll top bath
The bath really is the stand out feature of most bathrooms and a roll top bath is the perfect choice for a period bathroom. There are a lot of different shapes to a roll top bath. For example there is the slipper bath with one high end, the oval bath with both ends at equal heights, the bath that is flat at one end or on one side and therefore supposed to be positioned against one wall. Are roll top baths comfortable? This is a really…
Bedroom using a Victorian colour scheme
Choosing a Victorian colour scheme to decorate your home can be tricky, but with a bit of background information, you should be able to narrow down to what is right and wrong for your house. We provide you with ideas on how to pay homage to the historic…
Top Tips for Choosing the Perfect Victorian Colour Scheme
Choosing a Victorian colour scheme to decorate your home can be tricky, but with a bit of background information, you should be able to narrow down what is right and wrong for your house. Here, we provide you with ideas on how to pay homage to the historic period.
Is a Victorian roll top bath right for you and your home?
If you live in a Victorian house with a spacious bathroom, you may feel overwhelmed by the choice of different styles, sizes, shapes and depths of baths available as well as the different materials these baths are made from. Depending on your space, a Victorian…
Is A Victorian Roll Top Bath Right For You And Your Home?
If you live in a Victorian house with a spacious bathroom, there are many different bath options for you and you may feel overwhelmed by the choice of different styles, sizes, shapes and depths of baths available as well as the different materials these baths are made from. Depending on your space, a Victorian roll top bath could be a great option.
How to choose a Reproduction Fireplace for your house
If your house was “modernised” in the 1970s or 1980s, you may have the unenviable task of having to replace all of the period features that have been ripped out of your house to give it back some authentic personality. This can seem like a daunting task but it…
How to choose a Reproduction Fireplace for your house
If your house was “modernised” in the 1970s or 1980s, you may have the unenviable task of having to replace all of the period features that have been ripped out of your house to give it back some authentic personality. This can seem like a daunting task but it is easily achievable and there are loads of authentic period-style products on the market. These may end up costing you quite a large sum of money but a house with beautiful and…
Creating your Victorian style living room to enjoy
The very term living room itself would imply different usages for the room in different eras. In the Victorian period, a living room would have been a room dedicated to receiving guests and in smaller houses this would be known as the front room. In larger…
Creating your Victorian style living room to enjoy
The very term living room itself would imply different usages for the room in different eras. In a Victorian house, the living room would have been a room dedicated to receiving guests and in smaller houses this would be known as the front room. In larger houses the living room might be an informal private area where the family relaxed. If we define the term living room as a general space where one can relax and socialise, it should…
Shower curtain rails
Traditionally shower curtain rails with shower curtains provide a cheap way of keeping water within a shower area and are typically used for showers over a bath but they can also be used with simple shower trays or in wet rooms. This is a much cheaper way of…
Choosing A Victorian Shower Curtain Rail
Traditionally a Victorian shower curtain rail with shower curtain provides a cheap way of keeping water within a shower area and are typically used for showers over a bath but they can also be used with simple shower trays or in wet rooms. This is a much cheaper way of containing the flow of shower water within a bathroom when compared with building a shower enclosure with solid walls or using a glass shower enclosure on tracks. Also the…
How to make reproduction wood panelling
We are often asked if we sell solid oak panelling such as that in the images shown. Genuine old wood panelling is made out of a number of separate solid wood elements and cannot be sold as one individual off the shelf item. Usually this is fabricated on site as…
How to make reproduction wooden panelling
We are often asked if we sell solid oak panelling such as that in the images shown. Genuine old wood panelling is made out of a number of separate solid wood elements and cannot be sold as one individual off the shelf item. Usually this is fabricated on site as panelling needs to be designed and built around the dimensions of the space/wall it is being used to clad. Most of the elements you need to create panelling are relatively cheap…
