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How-To Tips - Exterior & garden
Read our articles about the outdoors. These cover gardens and leisure time spent in the great outdoors for people who appreciate old buildings.
Our guide on creating an elegant Victorian garden pathway
We look into choosing the right tiles to achieve that sought after and elegant Victorian garden path using Victorian style path tiles.
The Victorian Path - why have a nice Victorian garden pathway?
Victorian front garden paths leading from the road to the house are a really important feature of Victorian and Edwardian houses, especially town centre terraces, as the path conveys that really important first impression of the house acting as an indication of the good taste and prosperity of it’s inhabitants, such an important element of the Victorian way of life. A scruffy concrete path with cracked edges and weeds gives a very…
How To Restore And Clean Wrought Iron Fencing
Wrought iron fencing can really add an authentic look to your Victorian or historic home. Some simple restoration tactics and periodic maintenance can keep your wrought iron fencing looking pristine year after year.
How To Restore And Clean Wrought Iron Fencing
Wrought iron fencing can really add an authentic look to your Victorian or historic home. Though this type of fencing is extremely durable, over time the aesthetic appeal of wrought iron can degrade. Constant exposure to the outdoor elements, overgrown vegetation, and chemicals can cause wrought iron to rust and corrode. But don’t lose hope, some simple restoration tactics and periodic maintenance can help you to restore and clean…
How to use glazed bricks
Glazed bricks have been used widely in both historical and contemporary building projects and can add a certain uniqueness when incorporated into a period restoration. Here are some examples of how glazed bricks have been used in public areas of old buildings.
How to use glazed bricks
Glazed bricks have been used widely in both historical and contemporary building projects and can add a certain uniqueness when incorporated into a period restoration. There are many places where it would be inappropriate to use glazed bricks but here is a short guide about how glazed bricks could be used to enhance the interior or exterior of your home along with some accompanying images.
Repairing Wooden Decorative Mouldings
Wooden decorative mouldings were used widely in Victorian house and room designs. Your house may still have many of these intact and in good condition. However many period properties have suffered damage to decorative wooden mouldings and these may need…
Repairing Wooden Decorative Mouldings
Decorative wooden mouldings were used widely in a Victorian house and room designs. Your house may still have many of these intact and in good condition. However many period properties have suffered damage to decorative wooden mouldings and these may need replacing or repairing. The main threat to the longevity of wooden mouldings is water damage hence the majority of wooden mouldings that will need replacing in the period property…
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.
