Publications
How-To Tips - Décor
How to create a gilded decorative curtain pelmet
Here is a short guide about how to create a gilded curtain pelmet. This can be done in shades of gold, bronze or silver according to other décor and tastes.
How to create a gilded decorative curtain pelmet
A fabulous curtain pelmet will really enhance the luxurious feel of any period room. Although a grand curtain pelmet can be costly, it negates the need for a decorative curtain pole because curtains can be hung on an inexpensive plastic track which the pelmet will hide. The finished effect can be much more impressive than even a highly decorative curtain pole in the right kind of room.
Painting the perfect Victorian front door
Redecorating your front door is an easy job you can do yourself - the hard part is choosing the right paint colour for your Victorian front door, but this is where we hope to help.
How to choose the right paint to create the perfect Victorian front door
Creating the right first impression is really important if you are wishing to improve your Victorian house. Choosing the right Victorian paint colour for your front door is essential for creating the perfect entrance to your pride and joy. Repainting your front door is an easy job you can do yourself - the hard part is choosing the right paint colour for your Victorian front door, but this is where we hope to help.
A Victorian Dining Room fit for a Christmas Feast
Your Victorian dining room will play a central role on Christmas Day for creating a cosy and elegant atmosphere for your guests. Here are some tips on how to create a Victorian Dining Room fit for a Christmas Feast.
How to create a Victorian Dining Room fit for a Christmas Feast
If you’re thinking about Christmas you’re probably thinking about who will be visiting you and how to make Christmas a memorable one. This feat will be a lot easier if you conduct your celebrations in a welcoming, warm and comfortable interior. If you have a Victorian or period house, you can go one step further by recreating that most Victorian of rooms, the dining room, a room designed for spectacular indulgences that would impress…
Victorian visits to inspire
We give you ideas about what genuine Victorian interior design looks like, and help you decide what is right and what will enhance your project.
Victorian visits to inspire
The team at the Victorian Emporium love a good day or night out. Here is a list of our favourite historic properties from the Victorian era, or those that were refurbished during the Victorian era; these are well worth a visit for inspiration. You may not be able to transfer the information you find here accurately into a domestic property. But, hopefully, they will give you ideas about what genuine Victorian interior design looks like,…
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 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.
