Bathroom Remodel Ideas

Let’s remodel this old bathroom! Bath remodeling projects, online bath design, bathroom decorating tips, bathroom fixtures, bathroom tile, bathroom themes, inspiration pictures – everything needed for bathroom remodeling.

House Plans

Have an old house or Victorian home? Browse our free house plans for designs of country homes, farm houses, Victorian cottages, and French Gothic style homes for inspiration.

Mold & Water Restoration

Residential restoration is a major project -- find tips and ideas for home improvement of your old house. Planning on removing a water damage mold problem by yourself, then odds are you are wondering how to go about doing this safely.

Tin Ceilings & Tin Panels

Every tin ceiling can create the "Wow Factor." The tin ceiling, tin ceiling panels, or tin ceilings were popular from the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century as an affordable alternative to expensive, artistic plaster.

Home Décor, Wallpaper, Furniture

Inspirational rooms and decorating ideas for your old home. Featuring unique home decor ideas in furniture, rugs, lighting, William Morris wallpaper designs and much more. Create beautiful window treatments with elegant designs from the turn of the century and fill your linen closet with vintage lace and table linens.

Pictures of Houses

Explore hundreds of photos of interior rooms and exteriors of old houses, cottages and period homes for inspiration for your next remodeling and restoration project. See country cottage homes, farmhouse homes, French Gothic style homes, and Victorian house for unique home decor ideas!.

Windows

Window treatments and window decor for the home. Need wood blinds for your old home? Find pictures of styles of indoor and outdoor wood blinds for the Victorian home. Create beautiful window treatments with designs from the turn-of-the-century.

Gardening

Landscape design and gardening ideas for your home and garden. Restoring the garden at your old home? Explore photos of gardens for inspiration for your new garden. Decorate with garden seats and wrought iron fencing and even a greenhouse. Discover a broad variety of edible plants and learn how to grow your own edible food gardens.

Landscape Lighting Ideas

Create an outdoor living area with stylish landscape lighting using sconces, lamp posts, outdoor chandeliers and outdoor lighting. It is easy to purchase a design to match any house motif or style.

Mantles and Fireplaces

19th Century Fireplace
Stone fireplace in Victorian home.

Victorian Fireplace
Oak fireplace in Victorian home.

Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood Floors
Hardwood flooring in Oak, maple, cherry, ash, birch, Brazilian cherry, and walnut  hardwoods was popular for remodeling.

Playhouses

Victorian Playhouse 
1893 outdoor playhouse and plan.

Playhouse Plans, 1890  
Architectural drawings for a Victorian playhouse found on "Millionaire's Row."

Outdoor Playhouses 1850-1930  
Photographs of real outdoor playhouses made for children.

More Resources

Architectural Design & Restoration
Societies and Organizations to help with your Victorian house restoration.

Google Maps Help w/ Remodeling?  
Stroll through the streets of San Francisco to examine the famous "painted ladies" for inspiration for your restoration project.

Victorian Architectural Ornament
Gothom Inc., a manufacturer of custom Victorian style architectural ornament, is profiled.

Asbestos Use in 1879
Renovating your old home?  Victorians raved about asbestos and used it often in construction and decorating. Asbestos is a known carcinogen.

Canadian Asbestos Industry
History of the asbestos mining industry in the 1800s.