Victorian Architecture

Details of Victorian Architecture

The Queen Anne, a favorite of American house styles, features exterior ornament and complex color schemes.

Details of Victorian Architecture

All things victorian era houses

An 1899 Queen Anne house in Portland, Oregon, is restored after a fire.

With help from Workstead, a historic mansion in upstate New York steps boldly into the 21st century

Details of Victorian Architecture

The Victorian kitchen was anything but a modern kitchen. Its basic organizing principle was entirely different, which is why it really is not possible to recreate a Victorian kitchen just by adding some Victorian-looking cabinet doors and a few accessories. It takes an entirely new, or rather very old, approach to kitchen design. The orientation of Victorian kitchens was just the opposite of today's kitchen. The primary work surface was in the center of the kitchen — usually a large, heavy…

Over a 40-year period, the Arts & Crafts kit­chen evolved far beyond its spare, utilitarian, beginnings in the Victorian Age. By the end of the era, it had become an efficient meal preparation and cleanup center with cold and dry storage, distinct preparation areas, running water, electricity, and even sanitary waste disposal. General Electric had already invented and was selling the kit­chen sink disposer that was later to become a market leader as the Dispos-all. Still not quite the modern…

Enjoy all the aspects of Madison, Georgia, living from this Classic country home built turn of the century, 1900s, with ornate bric a brac and wrap around front porch. Completely restored in a true preservation manner.