Curved Ornamental Wooden Siding On Victorian Houses

Notice the clean lines and no nonsense decoration.

Curved ornamental wooden siding on victorian houses.

We have largest selection of cedar brackets and cedar brace made in usa. It boasts wooden siding and l shaped footprint. Victorian architects managed to use common cedar shingles to wildly decorative effect. Although used in many locations one of the most popular areas of use for these shingles was in the gable.

Family home canandaigua ny 1901. 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. 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.

These angular blocks are used to join two different pieces of trim together or simply placed at the conjunction of two roof. The use of fancy cut decorative shingles exploded with queen anne victorian architecture. This is an excellent example of the folk victorian style. Nov 18 2016 explore susan caffrey s board decorative fascia boards on pinterest.

Victorian homes are laced with carved corbels columns gingerbread trim for the gables and. Call pro wood market today 1 800 915 6285. See more ideas about house exterior victorian porch fascia board. Aug 21 2020 victorian porches are one of a kind aren t they.

Beautiful painted or not full of trim or plain we bet they ll steal your heart. It is now a family home. 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. Depending on the wood species commonly pine or fir you may choose to stain and seal or prime and paint your ceiling or finish it with orange shellac a wonderful look on.

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