A tour of the astonishing and stunning newly painted Victorian homes now beautifying all of the United States as ancestors of the original Painted Ladies of San Francisco! 172 full-color photographs.

This book spans more than 50,000 miles and three hundred cities in every part of the country to present a photographic celebration of Victorian architecture and interiors.

An illustrated guide to the colorful painted Victorian homes of San Francisco.

Now, eleven years after the original Painted Ladies these authors feel it is the perfect time to take their thousands of readers back to San Francisco and give them a house tour of another marvelous collection of proud Victorians--inside and out. Illustrated.

How to paint and decorate elaborately.