They might remind you of a dollhouse you played with when you were growing up or, depending on your perspective, a creepy haunted house. But what is a Victorian-style house, exactly? Whether you’re ...
Lily Barfield, the prolific antiquer behind @LilysVintageFinds and proprietor of the Marlene Inn coming soon to historic Avondale, slinked around her own dollhouse in an on-brand vintage gown she ...
Instead, this festive type of Victorian house is characterized by asymmetrical façades, wraparound porches, corner towers, pitched roofs with cross gables, colorful shingles, and gingerbread trim.
The sweets were replaced by small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian period, and remain in this form as an essential part of a modern Christmas. Decorating the home at Christmas also ...
For every “gyatt” today (originally a variation of “god damn”, now referring to a curvy woman) there was a “dog my cats” or “od’s fish” in the Victorian era (both also meant ...
They found a 21-foot-wide Victorian town house, complete with a backyard, on a street with a park. Not only was it the perfect place to raise a growing family in the city — they now have three ...
Barons of Broadway #19 In this episode of Barons of Broadway, we explore Glenholme at 501 North Broadway, one of Nyack’s most iconic Victorian buildings, and the setting for several movies, including ...
New figures reveal that hundreds of people across Yorkshire have been hospitalised due to a rare skin condition. The NHS data indicates a rise in diagnoses of scabies, a rash triggered by tiny ...
"I realised afterwards that I had no flood insurance … only fire insurance." Several Victorian rivers rose amid heavy rainfall during October 2022, inundating thousands of homes and businesses ...