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Welcome to the How-To Tips area of The Victorian Emporium. Here you can view and read all of our advice articles on their various subjects.
How To Install Lincrusta And Anaglypta Paintable Wallpaper
Lincrusta and Anaglypta Relief Wall Coverings, Borders and Dados are embossed, durable coverings that enhance the décor of your Victorian or period house but have the added advantage of helping to hide old or uneven walls and ceilings that may otherwise need…
How To Install Lincrusta And Anaglypta Paintable Wallpaper
Lincrusta and Anaglypta Relief Wall Coverings, Borders and Dados are embossed, durable coverings that enhance the décor of your Victorian or period house but have the added advantage of helping to hide old or uneven walls and ceilings that may otherwise need replastering. They are both hard wearing but Lincrusta is extremely hard wearing - as hard wearing as linoleum being made from very durable materials. Anaglypta is closer to the…
How To Install Stair Runner Carpets On Staircases with Turns
With a few tips, you will be able to ascertain what is possible and not possible and whether you can purchase the patterned carpet you would like, and get the pattern to match up for your staircase which does not run in a single straight line.
How To Install Stair Runner Carpets On Staircases with Turns
If you have ever wondered how to install stair runner carpet around a corner, hopefully you will find some answers here.
How to save original Victorian ceiling coving
Cornice is used to provide a join between the walls and the ceiling of a house. They are usually used as primarily a decorative feature but as a vestige of the Greek classical order make the room look somehow complete and in proportion.
How to save original Victorian ceiling coving
Cornice is used to provide a join between the walls and the ceiling of a house and is common in all downstairs rooms but often not upstairs. They are usually used as primarily a decorative feature but as a vestige of the Greek classical order make the room look somehow complete and in proportion. Interior Cornice or plaster coving, which are really the same thing, is a really important element of a period house.
How To Fit Stair Rods: Reproduction and Antique
Stair rods are available in brass, chrome, nickel, pewter and black finishes, and as plain, reeded or spiral rods. They can be used on runner carpet or fully fitted stair carpet.
How To Fit Stair Rods: Reproduction and Antique
Stair rods are traditionally used with stair runner carpet to give the appearance of securing the carpet to the staircase. However although originally stair rods were used as the primary means of fixing a carpet to a staircase, they are not actually safe to use in this way as has been demonstrated by many people falling down the stairs having tripped on loose carpet. Therefore nowadays stair rods are purely decorative and embellish the…
How to use bathroom shelves
Bathroom shelves can be used for toothbrushes, soap and the like and be situated above bathroom sinks and below bathroom mirrors. It’s important that the shelf matches and style and colours of the sink and taps.
How to use bathroom shelves
Bathroom shelves are available in a variety of sizes and styles to suit different usages. Chrome is the obvious choice in bathrooms to match other fixtures and fittings, and if it’s of a good quality it won’t rust. Many have rails on them to prevent the contents sliding off the shelf. Hotel bathrooms provide a good source of inspiration about how to be space efficient in a bathroom and where to locate shelfs for convenience.
How to use a BTU Calculator
The BTU requirements of a room are determined by a number of variables. This will vary from room type to room type.
How to use a BTU Calculator
A BTU (British Thermal Unit) Calculator or Heat Output Calculator is a really useful tool when choosing a traditional radiator for your period property. A BTU Calculator helps calculates how many BTUs are required to heat a given space or location and therefore helps determine the right sized radiator for that location. A Heat Output Calculator is exactly the same thing measuring the Heat Output required to heat your rooms.
How to create an impressive Victorian hallway
Victorian hallways usually had an intricate multi coloured mosaic floor, in a variety of different patterns, which often followed through from the garden path (in a town house) and porch.
How to create an impressive Victorian hallway
Hallways were important to the Victorians. They were the area where guests first entered the house and were welcomed. As such the Victorians felt that this was a great opportunity to show off their wealth and good taste. This manifested itself in a number of areas.
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