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General Advice on Victorian living
Welcome to the General Advice area of The Victorian Emporium. Here you can view and read all of our advice articles on their various subjects.
Decorating your baby’s nursery in Victorian style
Classic Victorian-style nursery furniture is elegant and long-lasting – so select quality pieces of furniture that are an investment for the future and can be passed down through the generations. If you want your nursery furniture to last, then buy flexible…
Decorating your baby’s nursery in Victorian style
When you are refurbishing your Victorian home, you’ll want to make sure that every room is decorated in keeping with the stylish and classic theme. A Victorian-style nursery can be both handsome and practical with the right furniture and décor to complement your beautiful home.
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?
Organising a Victorian-Themed Fancy Dress Party
One of the highlights of themed parties is in the dressing-up and the costumes. For a truly authentic Victorian-themed party, encourage your guests to dress in Victorian attire.
Organising a Victorian-Themed Fancy Dress Party
The Victorian era was a highly influential period of romance, elegance, grandeur and chivalry. For those of us lucky enough to live in a Victorian period home, restoring the property back to its original glory is a rewarding and enjoyable task. As well as making the very most of your home's best features, this is also an excellent way to add value to your house. And one very popular way to show off your fully restored, elegant and grand…
How To Make Victorian Sugarplums
How to make Victorian Sugar Plums, the dried, sugared fruits often hung from Christmas trees as treats to be given to out to children and as gifts.
How To Make Victorian Sugarplums
The Victorians hung sweets and dried, sugared fruits from their Christmas trees as treats to be given to out to children and as gifts. They would make pretty coloured boxes or cones of paper to hang them in.