Victorian Kitchens & Baths [Hardcover]

Franklin Schmidt (Author), Esther Schmidt (Author)

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Product Details

Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Gibbs Smith (July 21 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1586853023
ISBN-13: 978-1586853020
Product Dimensions: 26 x 25.6 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #350,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #63 in Books > Home & Garden > Home Design > Remodeling & Renovation > Kitchens

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Romance is in and Victorian design and architecture are as popular now as they were when Victorian was the contemporary style more than a hundred years ago. Often, people who buy a Victorian home have expertise in antiques of the era and can furnish a period living room or bedroom, but they are stymied when it comes to the kitchen and the bathroom. Victorian Kitchens and Baths solves this common dilemma by looking at the individual design, decor and architectural elements that make a room Victorian, offering a myriad of purist as well as interpretive ideas that can be used and adapted to fit many homes and tastes.

About the Author

Franklin and Esther Schmidt are a photography, styling, and writing team who have photographed and written about hundreds of homes. Their articles and features have appeared in a variety of magazines including Architectural Digest, Old House Interiors, Antiques & Fine Art, Country Home and Country Living. As field editors for Victorian Homes, Washington, DC, correspondents for Art & Antiques, and antiques columnists for Country Accents, they have focused their work on interior design as itrelates to architecture and lifestyle. Franklin and Esther are also the authors and photographers of Cabin Kitchens & Baths. They live in Virginia. Franklin and Esther Schmidt are a photography, styling, and writing team who have photographed and written about hundreds of homes. Their articles and features have appeared in a variety of magazines including Architectural Digest, Old House Interiors, Antiques & Fine Art, Country Home and Country Living. As field editors for Victorian Homes, Washington, DC, correspondents for Art & Antiques, and antiques columnists for Country Accents, they have focused their work on interior design as itrelates to architecture and lifestyle. Franklin and Esther are also the authors and photographers of Cabin Kitchens & Baths. They live in Virginia.

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Romance is in-again-which is probably why Victorian design and architecture are as popular now as they were from the middle of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century when Victorian was the contemporary style. Read the first page

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Victorian dream, April 18 2006

By BRYAN LACOUR "BP LaCour" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Victorian Kitchens & Baths (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book for anyone dreaming of restoring a Victorian home. Lots of pictures but also well researched and interesting text. Helpful for those of us who do not want to model "mimic" our rooms after a specific photo spread in a book, but would like to understand, incorporate, and enjoy the historic details of our beautiful homes.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars aims high, falls short, Mar 5 2008

By Mari Morgan - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Victorian Kitchens & Baths (Hardcover)

Plenty of eye candy to drool over and a nice variety of photos from over-the-top high-end rooms to simple log cabins, especially for those who are more interested in "period inspired" than "period accurate". (For that, get Jane Powell's book "Bungalow Bathrooms".) However, it suffers in the editing department. The book is a conglomeration of short articles by a bunch of different authors rather than a single author's work. Typos and misused homonyms disrupted the flow of reading. Some factual errors were particularly irritating: for instance, "It marks a period of 'balloon construction', which implies that moldings and other architectural elements would no longer be molded into place individually or carved one by one. Rather they would come in strips and be shipped from factories in bulk." I'd like some of what that contributor was smoking, because it was apparently pretty good stuff - balloon construction referred to a specific style of FRAMING a house, it has nothing to do with the moldings. If you want information on the history of household sanitation and on residential construction of the Victorian era, read something else, this one's primarily for the pictures.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Resource, Feb 2 2010

By A. Michel-Cox - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Victorian Kitchens & Baths (Hardcover)

This is the exact book I've been looking for. I recently bought a victorian house and want to bring it back to its original period, and this book has helped more than any other I've purchased. Many books tell the reader to "be creative", but I don't want to "be creative". I want to be accurate. I needed a detailed synopsis of what is really period and how the Victorians lived and used their kitchen/bathrooms. This book explained what furniture, accessories, finishes, and styles the Victorians actually used and why. And they talked about what Victorians DID NOT use and why. Very helpful.

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