Uncovered - Beautiful Water Birds Victorian Wallpaper - Harringay online2024-03-29T07:49:24Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/uncovered-beautiful-water-birds-victorian-wallpaper?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1009248&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThat's lovely wallpaper, i'm…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-10-01:844301:Comment:10221342017-10-01T13:39:46.178ZRobin2https://harringayonline.com/profile/Robin2
<p>That's lovely wallpaper, i'm glad you're preserving some of it.</p>
<p>the one on the right's a kingfisher obviously, the one on the left's a bit more tricky, it's some kind of wader, perhaps a sandpiper</p>
<p>The most we've done is reopen the old fireplace in the front room, it was just brickwork, but they're nice old bricks at least, and when we put in some new ones at the sides we used the dust from the base of the fireplace to make them look more like the old ones!</p>
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<p>That's lovely wallpaper, i'm glad you're preserving some of it.</p>
<p>the one on the right's a kingfisher obviously, the one on the left's a bit more tricky, it's some kind of wader, perhaps a sandpiper</p>
<p>The most we've done is reopen the old fireplace in the front room, it was just brickwork, but they're nice old bricks at least, and when we put in some new ones at the sides we used the dust from the base of the fireplace to make them look more like the old ones!</p>
<p></p> Nice mix of eras there by the…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-29:844301:Comment:10217402017-09-29T12:17:48.086ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>Nice mix of eras there by the looks of it, Tris.</p>
<p>Nice mix of eras there by the looks of it, Tris.</p> My word, we had the exact sam…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-29:844301:Comment:10216342017-09-29T10:33:00.162ZNick G-Thttps://harringayonline.com/profile/NicholasGriffinTorrington
My word, we had the exact same wallpaper in our hall! It was als a nightmare to remove - used the same method Hugh described.
My word, we had the exact same wallpaper in our hall! It was als a nightmare to remove - used the same method Hugh described. Maybe someone else will refid…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-29:844301:Comment:10217002017-09-29T08:44:16.226ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
Maybe someone else will refidover it in years to come.<br />
For anyone else who encounters varnished wallpaper, I found that using a wallpaper scoring tool along with a steam machine did the trick. Not a fast operation still, but you get there.
Maybe someone else will refidover it in years to come.<br />
For anyone else who encounters varnished wallpaper, I found that using a wallpaper scoring tool along with a steam machine did the trick. Not a fast operation still, but you get there. Unfortunate not. I'm not quit…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-29:844301:Comment:10217462017-09-29T07:20:45.603ZLexhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Lex50
Unfortunate not. I'm not quite sure what was put over it but it could only be chipped off and we were getting the hallway replastered so had to chip it off bit by bit
Unfortunate not. I'm not quite sure what was put over it but it could only be chipped off and we were getting the hallway replastered so had to chip it off bit by bit If you want to see a house de…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-29:844301:Comment:10215082017-09-29T06:28:34.715ZMichael Andersonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/17bathgate
If you want to see a house decorated in the high Victorian style I would recommend visiting 18 Stafford Terrace. It's fanscinating if overwhelming. The houses on The Ladder wouldn't have had the same amount of money spent on them but it was the type of decoration and furnishing our forebears would have aspired to.<br />
<a href="https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace/aboutus.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace/aboutus.aspx</a>
If you want to see a house decorated in the high Victorian style I would recommend visiting 18 Stafford Terrace. It's fanscinating if overwhelming. The houses on The Ladder wouldn't have had the same amount of money spent on them but it was the type of decoration and furnishing our forebears would have aspired to.<br />
<a href="https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace/aboutus.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace/aboutus.aspx</a> Beautiful. Did you keep any?tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-29:844301:Comment:10216102017-09-29T06:11:26.358ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
Beautiful. Did you keep any?
Beautiful. Did you keep any? We also discovered Victorian…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-29:844301:Comment:10216022017-09-29T06:07:46.088ZLexhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Lex50
We also discovered Victorian wallpaper. Not in quite as good nick as yours mind. . It was a nightmare to get off as well!
We also discovered Victorian wallpaper. Not in quite as good nick as yours mind. . It was a nightmare to get off as well! We found some newspapers from…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-04:844301:Comment:10104312017-08-04T16:40:53.882ZMshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/MS
<p>We found some newspapers from the 2nd WW in our attic, and under the floorboards on the top floor a crown - 5 shilling piece - dated 1887, which if it was dropped by one of the original builders in c 1894 would have been about a quarter of a week's wages so a grievous loss!</p>
<p>We found some newspapers from the 2nd WW in our attic, and under the floorboards on the top floor a crown - 5 shilling piece - dated 1887, which if it was dropped by one of the original builders in c 1894 would have been about a quarter of a week's wages so a grievous loss!</p> Fantastic - being an architec…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-04:844301:Comment:10102342017-08-04T09:05:09.673ZPenny Ahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Penny_Henry
<p>Fantastic - being an architect who works on listed buildings little discoveries like this warm the cockles</p>
<p>Fantastic - being an architect who works on listed buildings little discoveries like this warm the cockles</p>