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Victorian Trading Co.

Even though my own style is a mix of modern and traditional, I still enjoy and appreciate the more old fashioned styles. The Victorian Trading Co. has me imagining life in a Charles Dickens novel....

Look! A Victorian Home Grows in Brooklyn

For a while now the trend in Brooklyn is to level an existing lot and erect a cold, glass tower. So we have to give kudos when someone goes against the grain and restores an existing building with h...

Minna's English Countryside in the City
House Tour

Name: Minna Hepburn Location: Camberwell, London Type: Georgian / Victorian house Size: 2,100 square feet (approximate) Years lived in: 1.5 years Minna is originally from Finland but when she move...

New York State's Executive Mansion
The New York Times 12.11.08

Last year, The New York Times published a story of how Silda Wall Spitzer was giving the New York State Executive Mansion a green makeover. Now, after her husband's resignation, the state home in Al...

Flatbush Best Place to Buy an Old House

The editors of This Old House have selected Flatbush, Brooklyn as one of the twelve Best Places to Buy an Old House. We check in over there every once in a while to see if they've selected a house i...

LILLESAND Tall Bed Frame from IKEA

Only one more day to go! IKEA Brooklyn opens tomorrow morning and those first thrity-five people in line will collect their free EKTORP sofa. On our recent preveiw-visit to the store, the Apartment ...

Victorian Bathroom Illustrations from Vintage Plumbing

We found these Victorian bathroom illustrations and photos on the Vintage Plumbing website. They say the bathroom was very rarely photographed at the turn of the century, so these bathroom illustrat...

NYT: Victorian Country Estate
House & Home Roundup: 12.13.07

Most of us are used to dealing with small spaces but what would you do if you unexpectedly inherited a massive estate? When Caroline Magnus and her brother inherited Stokesay Court's 90 rooms and 1...