With the development around 1840 of chromolithography, the process of printing in colors, the ephemera of everyday Victorian life took on a vibrant new appeal. Calling cards, valentines, advertising ...

Bob Buckter has contributed to the city’s colorful architectural backdrop for decades, and continues to draw people to the ...

The term “painted ladies” might seem to mean something disreputable at first glance, but it is definitely not off-color when it refers to Victorian housing. Painted Ladies is the title of a 1978 book ...

What could be more romantic than a Victorian cottage garden, picturesque with poppies, cornflowers, wild roses and drifts of bluebells? For scores of late 19th Century English watercolorists, the ...

Brittney Hejda played it safe for 10 years. She stuck to mostly neutrals and mainstream decor as she and her husband, Josef, moved around the country for his military career. Then she realized how ...

When a 2011 storm destroyed their black shingle roof, Carol and Ray Knoff of Vinton, Iowa, opted to replace it with a roof in vintage Victorian colors: a clay-like red and gray. Victorian homes ...

There’s a feast for the eyes when you take a walk through nearly any older neighborhood in the Lehigh Valley and look – really look – at the homes lining the streets. The veritable rainbow of color ...

An Uptown Victorian gem that features 3,800 square feet of space and an abundance of floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows is ...

Tucked beneath the newfound roofline, the primary bedroom is nestled into the eaves of the loft area. The angled ceilings and an enveloping canopy bed—draped in Volga Linen bedding—offer a charming, ...