Curved Ornamental Wooden Siding On Victorian Houses

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Curved ornamental wooden siding on victorian houses.

It s not uncommon for a victorian home to feature not only traditional wood look siding but also all kinds of gingerbread trim including octagon and hexagon shaped shakes some vertical or board and batten siding paneling beneath and around windows and numerous colors over the whole exterior. It is now a family home. Family home canandaigua ny 1901. This is an excellent example of the folk victorian style.

These architects took simple pieces of wood albeit ones handsomely cut across their butt ends and placed them in rows to form distinctive patterns that managed to draw the eyes of observers as effectively as a wolf whistle turns heads on a crowded street. Aug 21 2020 victorian porches are one of a kind aren t they. The decorative trim perhaps the most recognizable facet of the victorian home is the decorative trim. Frontporchdesigns victorianporch victorianstylehouses porchdecoratting exteriorhousetrim gingerbreadtrim.

Beadboard aka tongue and groove or car siding was made from scraps of lumber milled with a thin ridge or tongue on one edge and a corresponding groove on the opposite. These angular blocks are used to join two different pieces of trim together or simply placed at the conjunction of two roof. Nov 18 2016 explore susan caffrey s board decorative fascia boards on pinterest. It boasts wooden siding and l shaped footprint.

Victorian homes are laced with carved corbels columns gingerbread trim for the gables and. Notice the clean lines and no nonsense decoration. We have largest selection of cedar brackets and cedar brace made in usa. One overlooked feature of victorian trim includes the use of keystones.

The use of fancy cut decorative shingles exploded with queen anne victorian architecture. Victorian architects managed to use common cedar shingles to wildly decorative effect. See more ideas about victorian porch victorian homes house trim. Beautiful painted or not full of trim or plain we bet they ll steal your heart.

We offer wooden cedar architectural brackets wooden cedar corbels and gingerbreads for front porch posts gable sofits and front stoop.