Period Styles

Are you planning to Decorate, Restore or Renovate your Period Home? Read this first!

Tips for Period Homeowners

How to Maintain the Character of your Period House

Before restoring original features in a period house, it is essential to understand what was in place originally.

As timber was the most popular building material for houses, Tudor houses often featured exposed timber framing filled with wattle and daub.

It's no secret that I love books, especially those about period homes and design. Here is a list of books I'd recommend...

If you're lucky enough to inherit an original Georgian mantelpiece, it definitely deserves careful restoration and preservation.

Read how the Edwardians needed individuality, flexibility and informality from their homes and they aimed to create a cosy homeliness.

Image source Allyson McDermott Chinoiserie was a style entirely invented by Europeans.

Looking at how interiors changed during the Regency

As with the Georgian Interior Style, Victorian style didn't consist of only one interior style.

Early Georgian wooden floors were mostly made of oak, but many households had to use inferior woods as oak was expensive.

Looking at different styles during the Georgian period The Georgian and Regency periods in England span the reign of four consecutive...

The Rococo style is sometimes referred to as Late Baroque and is famous for being exuberant, feminine and light with a gilded elegance.

"Inspired by Nature" Morris & Co. Exhibition If you're a William Morris fan, Standen House in West Sussex should be on your list of...

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