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Victorian is not exactly our preferred style.  It, like every other style, is beautiful in its own way, but it’s not our favorite.  We never looked for any particular style of house when shopping, just one that we both loved and saw great potential in.  And in spite of Victorian not being our favorite, we both fell in love with this house right away.  It didn’t make sense to me at the time, because at the time, I didn’t realize that there were many types of Victorian homes.

Once I learned what type ours was, it made perfect sense.  What I always pictured as a “Victorian” was actually the Queen Anne type of Victorian.  The beautiful, highly detailed, ornate, rich-looking homes.  Like Nicole’s at Making it Lovely, or this:

Queen Anne
San Juan Capistrano Kitchen & Bath Designers The Kitchen Lady

I’ve mentioned it before, but ours is a Folk Victorian.

Our Folk Victorian
Old picture–the porch and flower bed are too messy for a new one right now.

The difference, in a nutshell, between a Queen Anne Victorian and a Folk Victorian is that the Queen Annes were built by the upper class and the Folks were built by the middle class.  Hence, the smaller size, less ornate details and lack of towers in the Folks.  This suits The Hubs and I much better (except for the tower–I’d really, REALLY love a tower).

Queen Annes were often designed by actual architects, but since the middle-class had a smaller income, they generally hired a local carpenter to mimick the look of a Queen Anne in a simplified and affordable way.  This is why our house had things like 4 inch floorboards, whereas a Queen Anne often has boards between 2 and 3 inches, and simpler, more Craftsman style moulding, verses fluted moulding and rosette corners.

Folk Victorians are also sometimes called Victorian Farmhouses.  And in the area we are in, ours was likely a farmette house.  But the more and more we uncover of the original architecture of our home, the more it feels like a farmhouse.  And that, we love.

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  1. [email protected]

    June 22, 2014 at 11:51 pm

    That was very interesting as I knew nothing about the difference! I think I like Victorian famrhouses better.

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    • Christina

      June 25, 2014 at 5:15 pm

      Me too, but your house is closer to my dream house.

  2. Sue Silva

    September 26, 2014 at 7:20 am

    It’s so pretty. Will you be replacing the front door?

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    • Christina

      September 26, 2014 at 4:48 pm

      Thank you, Sue! Ahh, the front door… I have to write a post on it someday. We still had the original (and amazing) front door when we moved in, but it was so warped that it wouldn’t close. Literally. So we had to replace it with this builder grade door. We really, really wanted to replace it with something pretty and simple like the original, but the doorway is only 32″ across, and they just don’t make front doors that small anymore. I may or may not have cried when we put the original on the curb.

      So, very sad to say that the new builder-grade door must stay. 🙁

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Finished! (ish) let's just pretend the new mantle Finished! (ish) let's just pretend the new mantle is painted a warm gray. It will be soon. 
It was $94 for the whole thing. 
Swipe for the before. See everything at littlevictorian.com
#100roomchallenge
So we were making great (though last- minute) prog So we were making great (though last- minute) progress. Then we're putting the picture hanger on the DIY art I made for the room when the 80-pound dog comes in and steps STRAIGHT THROUGH THE ARTWORK. 😵 
Hubs is trying to fix it as usual. But seriously...I don't know if any more obstacles could be thrown at us during this challenge. 😂 
3 hours to go. 
#100roomchallenge
Ugly photo time! We're doing the $100 Room Challen Ugly photo time! We're doing the $100 Room Challenge on our dining room (that you guys haven't even seen the "before" of yet). It's a super fun challenge to stay within $100 and makeover a room in a month. We're behind schedule, but there has actually been progress. I'll try to remember to share here, but there's more on the blog! LittleVictorian.com
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