Anonymous wrote:The Victorians were fine with painting trim and they didn’t always use wood nice enough to stain anyway. It’s one thing to paint really beautiful wood trim in a historic home but it’s not like it’s wrong for the period for it to be painted.

Every person who paints old woodwork a trendy color ruins and dates the house.

If you must paint it, keep the colors classic.

Anonymous wrote:Woodwork is definitely painted in the houses in the UK. Colour saturation could be an option for you.

But please don't paint the woodwork trendy modern primer gray or black.

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Anonymous wrote:Brown wood is just coming in. If you’re lucky enough to have original unpainted wood, leave it. The most important thing is to get modern art. It elevates everything. Look for originals of you can.

Has always been in among upper class and those in the know. Only trogs painted.

Not in the UK. Just dowdy americans who have bad taste. Painted wood is generally always preferred.

More in the UK than the US. You must not spend much time in either place.

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Anonymous wrote:Brown wood is just coming in. If you’re lucky enough to have original unpainted wood, leave it. The most important thing is to get modern art. It elevates everything. Look for originals of you can.

Has always been in among upper class and those in the know. Only trogs painted.

Not in the UK. Just dowdy americans who have bad taste. Painted wood is generally always preferred.

The Victorians were fine with painting trim and they didn’t always use wood nice enough to stain anyway. It’s one thing to paint really beautiful wood trim in a historic home but it’s not like it’s wrong for the period for it to be painted.

Anonymous wrote:Brown wood is just coming in. If you’re lucky enough to have original unpainted wood, leave it. The most important thing is to get modern art. It elevates everything. Look for originals of you can.

Has always been in among upper class and those in the know. Only trogs painted.

Brown wood is just coming in. If you’re lucky enough to have original unpainted wood, leave it. The most important thing is to get modern art. It elevates everything. Look for originals of you can.

The brits do this much better than the US. Every time i'm on houzz and I see an amazing super old rowhouse where they popped out the back with a fantastic wall of glass and modern kitchen... inevitably it's in the UK. Americans are terrible at this, and just end up putting crappy shaker cabinets in every house.

House & garden

Please don’t paint the woodwork. Leave wallpaper alone.

What specifically are you working on, OP?

The Victorians had a lot of stuff going on. Thonet chairs came out in 1859 but imo a lot of them still look very modern.

I think you can bring all kinds of different elements into a house as long as you’re being thoughtful and intentional. You don’t have to stick to the period, you just have to START with the period and be sensitive about it.

What looks bad is when you just drop a 2020 design into an old house without thinking about it, like in a bathroom or kitchen.

Woodwork is definitely painted in the houses in the UK. Colour saturation could be an option for you.

I think the main thing is that you should leave the woodwork and details, paint the walls any color you'd like, and use any furniture and window coverings you'd like.

Please don't paint all your woodwork primer gray.

We bought a Victorian house (which I love) but I also have a more transitional style. For example, we have been in a lot of homes in London in which the houses were “modernized” but still were able to keep the Victorian charm.

Any insta or webpages for inspiration for this?