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DÉCOR IDEAS

How to Cut Clutter in Gilded…


Want to find fresh ways to display your Victorian antiques and reproductions without cluttering your rooms? Learn how with Impressions … Continue reading


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COLLECTIBLES

Hot Collectibles: Victorian…


One spring ritual for the Victorians was to hang a decorative flue cover in front of a room’s chimney opening … Continue reading


Photo: Nancy Finn, etsy.com/shop/scootershop.









RESTORATION

Home Restoration: DIY Wooden…


Your home’s first line of defense against the elements is its roof’s gutter system. Ask any builder or architect: No … Continue reading


This Victorian home's hung gutters catch water as it rushes over the eave (Photo: Jaimee Itagaki).

EXTERIOR & GARDEN

Create a Victorian Garden Parlor


When Patty Bigelow landscaped her Long Island property, she wanted to stay true to the style of the main house, … Continue reading


An arbor covered with flowering vines and an ornamental sundial creates a bold focal point for the back-porch view.









ENTERTAINING

Throw a Victorian-style Easter…


This spring, throw a Victorian-style Easter party for your family. Read on to discover how.     Table decorations Daffodils-fresh … Continue reading


(Photo: Barbara Johnson, Ph.D.)









TRAVEL

Exploring Victorian Neighborhoods:…


For the Creole architecture and Victorian neighborhoods of Louisiana’s River Road, the Civil War was the beginning of the end. … Continue reading


In spite of the Union's scorched-earth tactics, these 1800s slave cabins at Evergreen Plantation have survived more or less in-tact. (Photo: Richard Sexton)