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MEET MARCIA NIHIL

VICTORIAN DECORATING

Written by June Grayson

You can have a Victorian home even if you don't have a  

Victorian house to put it in. 

Many Victorian elements can blend well into traditional and contempary homes today. Today we are incorporating Victorian touches into our modern homes. more and more today

in building and architectural elements we find 9-10 footceilings, hardwood floors, wainscoting, accent painting of walls in emerald green and deep red, ivory woodwork, sponge ainting

bathrooms seeing return of pedastal sink and clawfoot bathtub.

in facbrics and decorating acerssories, the use of chintz, moire,

acdfessorieske

, and lace, along with oriental rugs, chinese import porcelain, l

like my chinese vases

black and slik lampshades,

lacque

boatinical prints

wicker

trimmings on upholstery and draperies

and of course, the key tassels.

key tassels, that I had hannging from my scertary

the victorians used the key tassels

to lock up things

they loicked everything up

theris ecretaries and their sideboards.

the color of the tassels indentified the colors of the key

which key went to what piece of furnitures

seeing a lot of those now

j7ust for decoration

why coming back

for the coiness, warmthvictorian people

they feathered their nest

they enjoyed their homes

we are going back to that

window treztment, too, see the popularity of swags, jabots

rosettes, fabric draped curtain rods

tlaking about color

also going to see a lot f yel&ow and red

besides rose and blue

also lots of gold threads, like in wlal paper fabrics, or clothmetallic threads.

jewel tones coming back

swing to that

even with a contemporary

ssome poepole like to mix contemporary and antiques

they blend well

maybe put one large antique piece in a contemporary room and it becomes a focal point

big armoire

huge secretary or bookcase

absolutely stunning in a contempoary home

good way in a cont house,

one large piece scaled

then use an oriental rug

shirred pole with fabric puddled on the floor for a cont hous

victorian whimsies

also use all the columns symbols

ferns up on stands

architectural pillars you cna buy out of plaster

for statues

really interesting