Boston Victorians
Boston Victorians
Victorian/European styled bedrooms?May 18, 2010 by admin
I am moving upstairs and this gives me the opportunity to redecorate the room in elegant and sophisticated decor. The colors I plan to have in the room are purple and a turquoise or an aquamarine. I looked through Google for ideas, but all I found were modern and simple. And, that is just not what I am looking for. If you could, please give me websites of ideas that could inspire me(:
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This room-by-room guide brims with delightful description and discussion of the Victorians and their domestic environments... Flanders is unflinching on the realities of dirt, childbirth, women's bodies and serious illness. Her intelligent, and unromanticized scrutiny of Victorian domestic custom, etiquette and style will greatly enhance readers' understanding of the period's social history, its literature, and visual and decorative arts. Aware of the power of family life to determine attitudes toward gender, childhood, education and health... 24 pages of color illus. and b&w illus. throughout.
