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Interior Victorian Paint Colors: Selecting Authentic Historical Paints for Your Home

Victorian houses, whether contemporary or authentically historic replicas, look best when painted in traditionally appropriate colors. Picking hues that blend with the architecture of your home will produce a pleasing combination in your house's interior.

Victorian Architecture

If your house was constructed between the years of about 1850 and 1920, mostly during the reign of Queen Victoria, chances are it is Victorian in look. There are different types of Victorian architecture, such as Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Stick-Eastlake, and Italianate.

Colors From Nature

Typically, when choosing interior Victorian house colors for the interior of your home, stick to shades found in nature. Deep shades of green, brown, rust, ochre, red, and tan are always great options for interior spaces in a Victorian house.

Test It

2 paint business, Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore, have exceptional collections of historic paint colors, and each business provides brochures about Victorian periods in specific, even noting various Victorian architectural designs. If you have one of these retailers located near you, it would help to acquire these products, as well as some paint samples.
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my latest blog post Paint a couple of examples of colors you are considering onto your wall to identify its shade upon drying and choose if you like it for the area you are willing to be painting.
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