Mary Magdalene (c. 1859) by Frederick Sandys has a background of fashionable emerald green Victorian wallpaper, which very likely would have contained arsenic. Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary ...

The Tribune suggested that old wallpaper be removed before new paper was hung, especially in warm rooms. It was thought that cold rooms did not spread bad air. A 1900 article advised readers on how to ...

When I bought my 1895 Queen Anne Victorian, I knew it had a basement apartment, but I hadn't seen it. In theory, 650-square-feet of livable space sat down there, but the agreement for the open ...

127-year-old Victorian in Port Townsend The historic home still has the original wallpaper By Kirsten O’Brien , SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Updated Aug 4, 2016 5:19 p.m.

After months of painting, wallpapering, refinishing and decorating, Ken and Jackie Barduca were finally ready this fall to open the doors of their old Victorian house in historic Darlington to over… ...

It features $400,000 in wallpaper. ... Built in 1896 out of 125-year-old redwood, the Victorian retains its original floors of quarter-sawn oak.