Beautiful Victorian but someone ruined just about ALL the woodwork on the first floor by PAINTING it. The woodwork on the first floor of a Victorian was never painted so the owner could show off all of the EXPENSIVE and DIFFERENT types of wood that they could afford. Now the second floor and above was a different matter. That woodwork was not the high-dollar wood. It was usually cheaper wood - something like pine - that didn't cost nearly as much as the wood on the first floor. The first floor's many different types of expensive wood was to "wow" and "impress" the visitors and guests. Only family and staff were on the second floor and above so that woodwork wasn't meant to impress anybody.
Beautiful Victorian but someone ruined just about ALL the woodwork on the first floor by PAINTING it. The woodwork on the first floor of a Victorian was never painted so the owner could show off all of the EXPENSIVE and DIFFERENT types of wood that they could afford. Now the second floor and above was a different matter. That woodwork was not the high-dollar wood. It was usually cheaper wood - something like pine - that didn't cost nearly as much as the wood on the first floor. The first floor's many different types of expensive wood was to "wow" and "impress" the visitors and guests. Only family and staff were on the second floor and above so that woodwork wasn't meant to impress anybody.