Joanne G
The ceilings are ok. I just have walls, wooden doors and skirting to do. What colour and kind of paint can I buy. I am on a very low budget. Help PLEASE !!!!!
Answer
The best way to paint is with either white or cream or magnolia paint for all the walls. Sand back the wooden doors and skirting boards to natural and revarnish with a warm colour like mahogany. The contrast of whites and warm tones is very appealing. Just rub back with sandpaper and a lot of elbow grease. Ceilings are best left pure white. The walls should be a few shades deeper and preferably warmer,
Depending on what look you want to achieve, you can use soft furnishings and scatter cushions in colours you like to brighten the place up or remain totally neutral and very chic by adding colours like charcoal, cool beige and stone. Add a splash of colour on the wall with a print in vibrant orange red and a floor vase in stone colour with some bright fake long stemmed flowers and those long bunches of decorating sticks and pussy willows. Very minimal but very smart.
Make your bedroom your own personal space and really let your personality shine. Depending on what furniture you have, if it is decent and wood then work along the same lines as the living room but add more colour in a throw rug and cushions and some luxurious european pillows to form a bedhead if you dont already have one. Depending if you have the room, add a chair in the corner. Shabby Chic looks great in an older style apartment and very feminine. You can paint old furniture yourself - buy at garage sales - Queen Anne style or French Provincial and rub it back then white wash and add some pretty new handles in crystal or metal drops to dress it up. You can even stencil some pretty flowers on them. Looks beautiful and team with a floral doona in soft colours like mint green, carnation pink, soft rose, dusky rose, white with french blue (very smart).
Go on the internet to deals direct.com.au in australia or shopping.com and buy your soft furnishings really cheap.
Everytime you see something you like in a shop display, make a note and take a photo then try to recreate it in your home. But keep to the one style throughout.
Another cute thing is to mix old with new - antique furniture or homes with modern furniture and furnishings. Just remember, less is more! Just keep adding unusual pieces of ornaments etc as you can afford and like them.
The best way to paint is with either white or cream or magnolia paint for all the walls. Sand back the wooden doors and skirting boards to natural and revarnish with a warm colour like mahogany. The contrast of whites and warm tones is very appealing. Just rub back with sandpaper and a lot of elbow grease. Ceilings are best left pure white. The walls should be a few shades deeper and preferably warmer,
Depending on what look you want to achieve, you can use soft furnishings and scatter cushions in colours you like to brighten the place up or remain totally neutral and very chic by adding colours like charcoal, cool beige and stone. Add a splash of colour on the wall with a print in vibrant orange red and a floor vase in stone colour with some bright fake long stemmed flowers and those long bunches of decorating sticks and pussy willows. Very minimal but very smart.
Make your bedroom your own personal space and really let your personality shine. Depending on what furniture you have, if it is decent and wood then work along the same lines as the living room but add more colour in a throw rug and cushions and some luxurious european pillows to form a bedhead if you dont already have one. Depending if you have the room, add a chair in the corner. Shabby Chic looks great in an older style apartment and very feminine. You can paint old furniture yourself - buy at garage sales - Queen Anne style or French Provincial and rub it back then white wash and add some pretty new handles in crystal or metal drops to dress it up. You can even stencil some pretty flowers on them. Looks beautiful and team with a floral doona in soft colours like mint green, carnation pink, soft rose, dusky rose, white with french blue (very smart).
Go on the internet to deals direct.com.au in australia or shopping.com and buy your soft furnishings really cheap.
Everytime you see something you like in a shop display, make a note and take a photo then try to recreate it in your home. But keep to the one style throughout.
Another cute thing is to mix old with new - antique furniture or homes with modern furniture and furnishings. Just remember, less is more! Just keep adding unusual pieces of ornaments etc as you can afford and like them.
What were houses made out of in the early 1700's in London?
Jennifer
Wood, stone, brick, etc. And the roofs?
Thanks
Also what kind of furniture would these houses have in them? I'm talking like a middle-class merchant's house or something. Not super wealthy, but not poor either.
Sorry to add more but also what were the kitchens like? As far as appliances, I know they wouldn't have any, so how did they cook? Was there a fireplace, or a bunch of counter space, or islands? And what about storage for the food?
Answer
This is quite difficult to answer. Until 1714, we call the period Queen Anne, which is very different from the American or Victorian Queen Anne style. The houses (we're talking about London, so they're townhouses) would generally be terraced, built of stone, and very simple and gracious. There would be some steps leading up to the front door, and outside the front would be steps going down to the servants' quarters, kitchen, etc.
The ground floor would probably have a library/study, reception room. The first floor would have the dining room, drawing room, etc. Above that would be the family's bedroom, and on top would be the servants' bedrooms.
As in Georgian architecture ("Georgian" spans from 1714 to 1820, incorporating "Regency", which was from 1811-1820), the windows would be sash windows, and there would often be a fan-light above the front door. They were elegant; the larger houses would probably also comprise a ballroom and garden, the smaller ones would probably only have a yard at the back and fewer rooms.
It's hard to find Queen Anne style furnishings on the internet as they all seem to come back to the popular later styles, but if you can find it it's very elegant, with curved chair legs, etc.
I'm not completely sure about the kitchens, but they would have had some kind of range for cooking, fired probably by wood or coal. There would be a sturdy table or work surfaces for chopping, rolling out pastry, etc. There would be a pantry to store food and a scullery, but obviously no fridge!
http://contursi.freeyellow.com/queenanne/content.html
http://bushwood.co.uk/furniture/furniture-story.html
This is good - page 200 onwards:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2664tGWET-MC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=georgian+interior+design+-+uk+history&source=bl&ots=gwqpdbGIwh&sig=MfAoZyHL_S4h0UsNYzP-SkwqBB0&hl=en&ei=dPHoSo7HLOagjAfh6pimDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CB0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
http://www.britainexpress.com/architecture/georgian.htm
http://www.freepedia.co.uk/DIRHomesGeorgian.php
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/houses/georgian.htm
There's something on kitchens here:
http://www.erasofelegance.com/history/georgianlife.html
http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/ThisMorning/Food/ATasteofHistoryTheGeorgianera/default.html
http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/34-344-georgians-regency-Food-facts.html
This is quite difficult to answer. Until 1714, we call the period Queen Anne, which is very different from the American or Victorian Queen Anne style. The houses (we're talking about London, so they're townhouses) would generally be terraced, built of stone, and very simple and gracious. There would be some steps leading up to the front door, and outside the front would be steps going down to the servants' quarters, kitchen, etc.
The ground floor would probably have a library/study, reception room. The first floor would have the dining room, drawing room, etc. Above that would be the family's bedroom, and on top would be the servants' bedrooms.
As in Georgian architecture ("Georgian" spans from 1714 to 1820, incorporating "Regency", which was from 1811-1820), the windows would be sash windows, and there would often be a fan-light above the front door. They were elegant; the larger houses would probably also comprise a ballroom and garden, the smaller ones would probably only have a yard at the back and fewer rooms.
It's hard to find Queen Anne style furnishings on the internet as they all seem to come back to the popular later styles, but if you can find it it's very elegant, with curved chair legs, etc.
I'm not completely sure about the kitchens, but they would have had some kind of range for cooking, fired probably by wood or coal. There would be a sturdy table or work surfaces for chopping, rolling out pastry, etc. There would be a pantry to store food and a scullery, but obviously no fridge!
http://contursi.freeyellow.com/queenanne/content.html
http://bushwood.co.uk/furniture/furniture-story.html
This is good - page 200 onwards:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2664tGWET-MC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=georgian+interior+design+-+uk+history&source=bl&ots=gwqpdbGIwh&sig=MfAoZyHL_S4h0UsNYzP-SkwqBB0&hl=en&ei=dPHoSo7HLOagjAfh6pimDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CB0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
http://www.britainexpress.com/architecture/georgian.htm
http://www.freepedia.co.uk/DIRHomesGeorgian.php
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/houses/georgian.htm
There's something on kitchens here:
http://www.erasofelegance.com/history/georgianlife.html
http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/ThisMorning/Food/ATasteofHistoryTheGeorgianera/default.html
http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/34-344-georgians-regency-Food-facts.html
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