I’m trying to find a pattern for the decorative woodwork that is on the outside of houses. You see it up in the eaves of the roof around the windows, porch etc. My husband calls it gingerbread. Does anyone have any idea of what i’m talking about?
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Go to your local library and look in the books dedicated to victorian architecture. They usually have schematic drawings of details like this.
mimi
If you do a google search on "gingerbread trim" you'll find a number of websites with examples. Also, do a search on vergeboard or bargeboard, I'm guessing this is the kind of thing you're looking for:
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Edited 7/9/2005 4:28 pm ET by Stuart