OldHouses.com - 1900 Victorian - Victorian Travis Heights in Austin, Texas

Victorians aren't just Victorians. Most think of a Queen Anne as a Victorian. What's the difference between a Queen Anne and a Folk Victorian?

Color placement is most important. I rarely like white trim but combined with some good colors it all works well together.

This c.1874 Texas Folk Victorian home for sale is dripping with gingerbread. The six bedroom, three bath home has high ceilings, transoms, stunning

Fretwork and fireplace mantels define this fabulous Georgia Folk Victorian home for sale for $115,000. The three-bedroom, 1.5-bath sweetie has a delightful wrap-around porch, decorative gables, hardwood floors, central hall, and beaucoup bead board.

Look at the beautiful decorative work on the wrap-around porch of this Alabama Victorian home for sale for $165,000. The two bedroom, one bath home is a Southern delight with central hall, gleaming hardwood floors, wainscoting, multiple fireplaces, high ceilings and pocket doors. Love the vintage lighting fixtures, too.

Get inspired by these modern Victorian house exterior updates and fall in love with your old home all over again.

Time capsule! Surrounded by lilac and other flowering bushes, and concrete walks leading to twin front porches, this Missouri Folk Victorian on a third of an acre corner lot is waiting for the right buyer who enjoys working on fixer-uppers, and/or bringing older homes back to life.

Welcome to this four bedroom, two bath North Carolina Folk Victorian handyman special.

A house goes from ghostly to gorgeous with the help of three earth- and sky-toned paint palettes