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6 Plants for Inside the House It was a long search that took me more than ten years. But finally I found it – the indoor house plant that will brighten up the end of a corridor 5 meters from my front door. The Aspidistra, commonly known as the Cast Iron plant, has graced the drawing rooms of many an otherwise drab Victorian English manor, and now graces my suburban Sydney brick home. Many gardening experts describe the Aspidistra as one of the toughest and most adaptable house plants. Its long blades of slender dark green or variegated dark green and white leaves shoot straight out from the soil but in clumps and up to 75 cm in height and 15 cm wide. It is such a low maintenance plant much like an even-tempered woman who does not need any fussing over but still maintains its sweet nature.... 

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My bedroom is not very big, but I have enough room to design a bit. I was wondering what type of paint for the walls, possible art, posters, etc. may go well with a red rug. I cannot change the rug because we are renting the house, but I want to re-do my room. I’m 21, I love vintage film, and I was thinking simplicity but a “wow” effect. Please help.  Read More →

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Imagine a little Victorian house with all the cute wooden details on the outside. Then, on the inside, modern furniture and decor. Could this house look good, or will the “eras” clash?  Read More →

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ISBN13: 9780393052091 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description“Almost criminal in its housebreaking, burglarizing, second-story genius.”—James Kincaid, University of Southern California The Victorian age is much closer to us in time than we might believe. Yet at that time, in the most technologically advanced nation in the world, people buried meat in fresh earth to prevent mold forming and wrung sheets out in boiling water with their bare hands. Such household drudgery was routinely performed by the grandparents of people still living, but the knowledge of it has passed as if it had never been. Judith Flanders’s book is laid out like a Victorian house, taking you through the story of daily life from room to room. In... 

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