They say styles come and go, and some come back again. But, why isn't that true of the victorian style? I admit its a bit over the top, extravagant and elaborate yet breath taking in the same token. After stepping into several victorian homes and viewing victorian antiques. I cannot look at a modern home the same. Contemporary style is so boring and square. When the victorian style was coming to an end "art deco" sprung up because folks wanted something less ornate and different. Lastly, it is sad that a limited few know what tiger oak and burl is.
I think it is high tide this victorian style makes a come back. How about you? From a practicality standpoint I suppose one could say that the style died when the American dream died; along with many barrons of the time. However a thrifty individual could make it happen regardless of their budget. I mean ask yourself this, was Rome built in a day? The answer is no, it was not. If we as Americans wanted Olde Victorian again we could make it happen. I personally want to have many nice pieces like ones pictured above once my kids are a little older and have learned to take care of things better. The biggest issue I have with this style being a thing of the past is that, we have lost this knowledge and understanding of our ancestors. I personally will admit that I had no idea what the term Victorian implied until I meet a few individuals who showed me the light. This lost style is really a lost art, those in the past whom made these hand carved pieces of furniture and hand painted lamps, are far and few between these days due to machines doing everything. In addition, styles trending to efficiency and not detail. Now please forgive me if your taste differs and if it does please explain in the comments below; what about the contemporary style you like. Most of you that read this probably wont even have enough of a brain bank to be able to compare today vs victorian style. As a carpenter I see styles trending towards what I would call a futuristic space age design. This is definitely true in some modern building architecture. Many of these structures and designs appear seamless which makes one think, or start thinking how in the heck did they build it? I feel a lot of this arises from the science in adhesives and nano sciences at the moment that allow products to be 100x stronger and not need as many fasteners. I predict a distant future where fasteners/anchors are not needed due to these adhesives and nano sciences, buildings basically made of poured rubber, and polymers that can withstand earthquakes and mother nature indefinitely. Just yesterday I started updating a sconce from the 60's that had a metal face plate with a modern plastic one. The plastic one I found feels as tough as the old steel one. More pictures on the way folks, just wanted to share my brain waves on the victorian style and modern style, and to let you know that I repair old victorian lamps and modern lamps, so before you give up on that old beauty give me a call and let me Fix-it. Mr. Ken
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jane allyson
11/15/2017 05:50:07 am
i would like to have a Victorian style, bench storage piece for my office. are you making these?
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