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Summary: Victorian style houses require a lot of work, but if you're up to the challenge, here are a few tips on restoration from an expert in this free video.
Betty Ingham and her husband Ben, retired from education in 2001. They purchased and have fully remodeled and restored a 100 year old Victorian home from top to bottom. They also own a...read more
"Hi I'm Betty Ingham and I'm speaking on behalf of Expert Village and it just kind of exploded I started painting the whole banisters I'm mean the whole post just went color and then I just got carried away and decided that to be totally victorian you needed all colors. We replaced the shutters, replaced the roof which was a major major ordeal we even took the torrent ball down and took it and got it rewelded and spray painted that cause you really couldn't paint it with the other colors. We just luckily found a spray paint of enamel that matched the red on the finials and in the railing. All of the stained glass is original except for a few windows on the first floor had been knocked out we went to San Antonio matched the glass and my husband replace the stained glass."
eHow Article: Remodeling & Restoring a Victorian Style House