The Victorian architectural style dates back to the19th century. Ornate architectural styles endow the buildings of this era. Over the past decade, more people are adopting the elegant style and details of the Victorian era. If you wish to design a neo-Victorian home, here are some tips you can consider.
Endorse Victorian Accessories
The adornment on Victorian homes features layers of ornamental accessories. When shopping for accessories, go for those that elaborate the Victorian style. They include decorative pieces made of dense wood, metal, wrought iron, and stone. Think of pottery bowls, wrought iron lamps, and carved wooden sconces. The items have an excellent appeal when you place them on your shelves and tables. There is a lot you can think when it of here: Stone statues for your garden or indoors, heavy area rugs and huge wrought iron chandeliers to mention a few.
Incorporate the boss architecture
Boss is a timber or stone protrusion curved to conceal mitered joints. You will find them in ceilings, the junction of intersecting ribs and keystone vaulting. The boss can carve decorative features like faces, animals, birds, and heraldic devices. If you are into carving, you can consider using saws for precise cuts to create the designs you like. You can include this boss carves in your neo-Victorian home design in many ways. You can have a stone or wooden curve of anything you want on your shelf. You can also erect a pair of huge wooden or stone statues on either side of your door or gate.
Lancet windows designs
A lancet window resembles the tip of a lance hence the name. The window is tall, narrow, and has an acute arch on the upper side. Heavy moldings surround the window, and stained glass makes the windowpanes. The lancet window forms part of the gothic architectural design of churches and houses of the thirteenth century. If you are building your home then it is easy to incorporate these windows. However, if your current residence lacks the design, you may find it a challenge to make them. The good news is you can still add the lancet window design in your interior wall by using stained mirrors. Alternatively, you can attain the same when you hung reclaimed glass windows as artwork. The aim is to use the glass to come up with a Trompe-l’oeil lancet window.
Get luxurious neo-Victorian furniture
Luxurious furniture creates a great ambiance in your home. The neo-Victorian furniture will spoil you for choice with an array of contemporary flourishes that blend the traditional Victorian style. The merge of the traditional and modern styles in furniture design creates a bold impression of your interior design.
- Consider modern materials that resemble the Victorian building materials
The traditional slate roofs can last beyond a hundred years under proper maintenance. The natural slate (from natural stone) has a great texture and gives your home that old rusty traditional appeal. Natural slate is expensive, but you should not worry. In the past, builders had limited options for construction materials. Today, roof experts produce engineered roofing materials that closely mimic natural slate. Aside from roofing material, many building products closely resemble traditional building materials. For example, there are synthetic products that resemble natural wood, stone veneers that look natural granite or limestone blocks and floor products that resemble wood and natural stone hewn by hand.
- Lighting is important
Candles entailed the interior lighting of homes. Therefore, LED bulbs will not bring out the elegance in a neo-Victorian home. Consider large candlestick carved from wood or made of wrought iron. Candles will definitely bring out the desired lighting. However, you can find still other modern means of illumination. Buy bulbs that mimic a flickering candle flame. Have such bulbs on a huge wrought iron chandelier or decoratively carved stand lamps.
- Molding the Victorian designs
Decorations characterize every Victorian gothic structure – moldings decorate the entire house both inside and outside. You will see thick molding lines along the entire edge of the ceiling while square panel moldings adorn the walls. You will also find a wainscot panel of dark wood made of dark work in the traditional home libraries and chair rails along the hallways. You can easily add these trims to your current home. All you need it to find a design of your preference and have a professional add the moldings to your home. The appeal of the finished work will amaze you and your guests.