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Victorian Home & Backyard Ideas

Victorian home & backyard ideas draw on the era's love of decoration — cast and wrought iron, gingerbread trim, patterned tile and brick, conservatories, gazebos and glasshouses — set in gardens of roses, ferns, hydrangeas and clipped evergreens. The palette is deeper and richer than most modern schemes.

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Victorian Rectangular Pool with Patterned Tile

Covered Outdoor Kitchen Beside Victorian Home

Victorian Covered Patio with Patterned Tile

Victorian Rectangular Pool with Patterned Tile Victorian pool

Covered Outdoor Kitchen Beside Victorian Home Victorian outdoor kitchen

Victorian Covered Patio with Patterned Tile Victorian patio

Wooden Pergola over Brick Dining Patio Victorian pergola

Victorian Home Deck with Timber Stairs Victorian deck

Victorian Terrace with Fire Pit Seating Victorian fire pit

Patterned Tile Walkway to Victorian Porch Victorian garden

Victorian Backyard with Fire Pit and Patio Victorian backyard

Raised Plunge Pool Clad in Patterned Tile Victorian pool

Victorian Courtyard Kitchen with Patterned Tile Victorian outdoor kitchen

Patterned Tile Patio Beside Victorian Home Victorian patio

Freestanding Pergola on Patterned Tile Patio Victorian pergola

Multi-Level Victorian Deck with Dining Porch Victorian deck

Victorian Pavilion with Brick Outdoor Fireplace Victorian fire pit

Patterned Tile Path to Victorian Home Victorian garden

Victorian Backyard with Fire Pit and Bench Victorian backyard

Victorian Lap Pool with Patterned Tile Victorian pool

Victorian Outdoor Kitchen with Stone Fireplace Victorian outdoor kitchen

Brick Patio with Curved Seating Wall Victorian patio

Vine-Covered Timber Pergola Beside Pool Victorian pergola

Victorian Deck with Covered Outdoor Kitchen Victorian deck

Patterned Tile Patio with Central Fire Table Victorian fire pit

Victorian Terraces with Patterned Tile Steps Victorian garden

Victorian Garden with Pool and Patterned Tile Victorian backyard

Freeform Pool with Beach Entry Victorian pool

Poolside Victorian Kitchen with Wooden Pergola Victorian outdoor kitchen

Victorian Courtyard with Patterned Tile Inset Victorian patio

Timber Pergola Draped in Blooming Wisteria Victorian pergola

Victorian Pool Deck with White Balustrades Victorian deck

Victorian Brick Patio with Fire Bowl Victorian fire pit

Cascading Water Feature and Victorian Fountain Victorian garden

Sunken Fire Pit with Curved Wooden Seating Victorian backyard

Swimming Pool Beside an Ornate Victorian Pavilion Victorian pool

Victorian Patio with Kamado Grill Island Victorian outdoor kitchen

Patterned Tile Patio Beside Victorian Home Victorian patio

Outdoor Kitchen Pergola in Victorian Courtyard Victorian pergola

Victorian Garden Beside Patterned Tile Porch Victorian garden

Painted Deck Featuring Lattice Privacy Screen Victorian deck

Sunken Fire Pit with Built-In Benches Victorian fire pit

Wisteria-Covered Pergola Over Victorian Dining Patio Victorian backyard

Rectangular Pool with Copper Fire Bowls Victorian pool

Stone Grill Island Beneath Pendant Lights Victorian outdoor kitchen

Victorian Patio with Inset Patterned Tile Victorian patio

Timber Dining Pergola with Hanging Lanterns Victorian pergola

Brick Walkway Inlaid with Patterned Tile Victorian garden

Timber Deck with Central Fire Table Victorian deck

Gas Fire Pit on Patterned Tile Patio Victorian fire pit

Patterned Tile Patio and Fire Pit Victorian backyard

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Victorian Home & Backyard Ideas, explained.

Notice how the strongest home & backyard designs pick two or three ornamental moves and keep the rest calm. Save the ones whose ironwork, tile and planting match the age and colour of your house.

Victorian design is layered and ornamental. Look for wrought and cast iron in railings, gates and gazebos, patterned brick and encaustic tile, urns and fountains as focal points, and rich planting of roses, ferns, hydrangeas, hostas and clipped evergreens. Porches with gingerbread trim and painted colour schemes set the palette; the best gardens choose two or three ornaments and let the planting carry the rest.