Many of us carry a vision of what our dream home would look like. For some, it’s all about soft pastel colors and calming vibes, while others dream of bold, vibrant interiors that really pop. Whatever your style, it’s always fascinating to look at homes that already exist—homes that showcase creativity in ways we might not have even thought of.
And Instagram pages like Lovely Old Homes do just that—they share some homes that ooze character, history, and charm in every corner. So, whether you’re in the middle of a renovation or just love to daydream about your future home, keep scrolling and dive into our curated collection of their most breathtaking homes. Don’t miss our interview with a seasoned interior designer who specializes in bringing the timeless charm of old homes back to life.
#1 Happy Tudor Tuesday Circa 1936
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#2 Circa 1908, Two Story Brick Beauty Victorian Eclectic Cottage
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#3 Salt Lake City – The Henry Dinwoodey House, Circa 1890, Is A Late Victorian House That Was Designed By My Favorite Utah Architect Richard Kletting
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#4 1890 Turret Beauty With Wonderful Stone Details, The Long Windows On The Turret Are My Favorite
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#5 Bungalow Brick Beauty Circa 1905, With A Gold Eagle On Top 🦅 Near The U Of U Currently For Sale
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#6 Andrew Warner Home Circa 1890, Features A Beautiful Onion Domed Tower And Is One Of Ogden, Utah’s Most Reconizable Homes
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#7 Circa 1886, The Dominating Feature Of This Queen Anne Victorian Style House Is Its Three Story Turret
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#8 This Blue Beauty Is A One And A Half Story Gable Roof Victorian Eclectic Circa 1895, With Fish Scale Wood Shingle Siding In The Gables
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#9 The Simon Bamberger Home, Also Known As Gardner Manor, Was Built In The 1880s. Its Architectural Style Has Been Described As A Transitional “Pre-Victorian, Neo-Greek Revival” Type
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#10 1934 Ivy 🌱 Covered Cape Cod Cutie
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#11 One Of My Favorites Victorian Cottage Cutie Circa 1901
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#12 Story Book Cottage Cutie Circa 1927
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#13 The Knight-Allen House Built In 1899, Victorian Eclectic Beauty
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#14 1889 Victorian With A Beautiful Bay And Pretty Gingerbread Details
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#15 1892 Two Story Victorian Red Brick Beauty With Wonderful Woodwork Details Especially In The Gables
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#16 Circa 1890, This Victorian Cottage Was Originally Built As A Chapel And Parsonage For A Small Danish Lutheran Congregation
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#17 His Victorian Eclectic Style Home With Queen Anne And Eastlake Features Was Built In 1890, For Charles Baldwin,
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#18 Throwback Thursday To Last Summer – Circa 1936 Brick Tudor Beauty With Pretty Details
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#19 Charles Denton/Edmund Bock House Circa 1902 Is A One- And One-Half Story Victorian Cottage On A Corner Lot With A Beautiful Corner Entry Is From A Pattern Book Design
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#20 Circa 1891, This Two Story Victorian Eclectic Home Has A Front Bay With Unique Rounded Corner Windows
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#21 The Swamp Cooler On The Front Has Been Removed! (See 2nd Pic From 2021). This Home Is One Of My Favorites, It Is Gorgeous
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#22 Love This 1898 One And One Half Story Victorian Cottage Cutie With The Original Front Door And Nice Details
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#23 An Adorable Grey Victorian Cottage Cutie Circa 1904
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#24 1912 Victorian Eclectic Cottage Cutie
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#25 1924 Storybook Style Home In The Westmoreland Place Historic District In Salt Lake City
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#26 Circa 1908, Which Has Elements Of Craftsman And Neoclassical Styles
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#27 Victorian Cottage One And One Half Story, Circa 1901
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#28 Blue Beauty Two Story Victorian Eclectic Circa 1900
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#29 Circa 1900 One And One Half Story Victorian Eclectic Cottage With A Beautiful Original Unpainted Front Door
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#30 1906 Two Story Victorian Eclectic Has So Much Potential
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#31 Eautiful 1921 Story Book Tudor
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#32 1910 Victorian Cottage Cutie With Original Brick And Beautiful Fish Scale Shingles
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#33 Circa 1905, Victorian Cottage Cutie With Beautiful Gables
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#34 Christmas Victorian Cottage Circa 1888
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#35 Victorian Cottage Cutie, Circa 1892
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#36 Charming 1904 Victorian Cottage
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#37 Smyth Mansion Circa 1889, Designed By S.t. Whitaker, The Mansion Is A Good Example Of Victorian Eclectic Style
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#38 Architecturally And Historically Significant This 2 ½ Story Victorian Eclectic Was Built In 1898, Designed By Prominent Utah Architect Walter E Ware
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#39 Circa 1896, This Blond Brick Beauty Victorian Cottage Has A Hip Roof With A Gabled Front Porch
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#40 Carl M. Neuhausen House Circa 1901, Is Designed In Chateauesque Style By Architect And Owner Carl M. Neuhausen. The Home Was Listed On The National Register Of Historic Places In 1980
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#41 Once A Single Family Home Circa 1918, Now A Multi Unit Commercial Property. Surrounded By Large Apartment Buildings On Either Side, It Has Survived
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#42 Pretty Pink Cottage Cutie Circa 1929
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#43 Circa 1931
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#44 Pretty Pink Victorian Circa 1891
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#45 1894 Blue Beauty The Neighbor To The Apartment Posted Yesterday. Both Architectural Styles Are So Different And Beautiful
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#46 The Pumpkin House Located On 300 S & 800 East In Salt Lake City
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#47 Tiny House Tuesday 973 Sq Ft Yellow Brick Victorian Cottage Cutie Circa 1912
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#48 Revisited This Adorable 1902 Victorian Cottage Cutie
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#49 This Small Cottage Circa 1880, Has An L Shaped Floor Plan With Extensions Across The Rear Of The Home
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#50 1901 One Story Pink Victorian Cottage Cutie
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#51 Lizzie Sutton House, Is An Example Of Victorian Eclectic Architecture, Built In 1903, This House Was Owned By Lizzie Sutton Until 1934
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#52 1895 Victorian Brick Beauty
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#53 1891 Victorian Brick Beauty With Beautiful Details
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#54 Circa 1890, This One Story Victorian Electic Cottage Was Red Brick, But Has Been Painted
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#55 Circa 1900, Formerly An Lds Church, Was A Recording Studio, Now The New Home Of The Utah Arts Alliance
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#56 This Victorian Cottage, Circa 1905, Was Most Likely Taken From A Pattern Book. The Front Of The Home Is Covered By A Wide Front Porch With Doric Columns
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#57 Circa 1893, A New Roof For This Beautiful Lady
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#58 Arnett-Fullen House Also Known As The Gingerbread House. Construction Started In 1877 And Was Completed By 1882
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#59 Circa 1891, This Victorian Eclectic Has A Main Hip Roof And Projecting Front And North Gabled Bays
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#60 Circa 1896, This Home Is Known As ‘The Purple Lady’ Or The Sampson House. The Home Has Been Owned By The Same Family Since The 1940’s
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#61 Workers Cottage Wednesday 1901 One And One Half Story Cottage Cutie
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#62 Circa 1939, Yellow Cottage Cutie Which Is 984 Square Feet
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#63 Circa 1899, This Queen Anne Victorian Two Story Has Beautiful Woodwork With A Large Main Gable, With Projecting Front And Side Gabled Bays
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#64 1928 American Bungalow With Beautiful Brickwork, Low Sloping Gable Roof & Leaded Glass Windows
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#65 1905 Two Story Victorian Red Brick Beauty
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#66 Circa 1901, This Beautiful Victorian Cottage Was Moved From A Few Lots Over And Incorporated Into The New Development To The Right
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#67 Doll House Cottage Cutie Circa 1927
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#68 The Wymer Apartment Building, Circa 1937 Is One Of Salt Lake City’s Best Examples Of Art Moderne Architecture
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#69 Tiny House Tuesday 767 Sq Feet Red Brick Cottage Cutie Circa 1906
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#70 Circa 1905, This Victorian Eclectic Cottage Has Unpainted Brick, The Original Front Door And Iron Fence, Along With A Curved Front Window
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#71 Happy Mansard Monday Circa 1891
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#72 Originally Built In 1900, This Fire Station Was Remodeled In 1940 Into Art Moderne Style
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#73 Lovelyoldhomes Edited • 217w Circa 1905, Victorian Eclectic Cottage With A Gabled Front Dormer, The Front Porch Has Doric Columns
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#74 This Home Was Built In 1906, Purchased By John & Elizabeth Eardley. Originally A Single Family Home, The Home Was Changed To Become A Duplex
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#75 Circa 2005, Newer Home In An Older Salt Lake City Neighborhood It Fits In Well
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#76 Bright Brick Beauty Circa 1930
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#77 Historic Sarah White House Registered With Both National And Local Historic Districts. Beautiful Arts & Crafts Architecture Built In 1914
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#78 Beautiful 1906 Two-Story With Unpainted Brick. The Circular Detail Around The Front Window Is So Unique Along With Brick Trim
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#79 Simple Grey Beauty With A Large Bay And A Pretty Yellow Door Circa 1891
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#80 This Beautiful Mansion Was Built For Bishop Iverson And His Wife In 1899. Iverson Was The 1st Bishop Of The 2nd Ward In Salt Lake City
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#81 Adorable Red Brick Victorian Cottage Circa 1914, With A Few Views Of The Keyhole Window
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#82 1917 Bungalow Beauty. Love The 🍊 Front Door 🧡
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#83 There’s Beauty In Simplicity. Cozy Cottage Circa 1937
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#84 1899 Shingle Style Two Story Victorian With A Sandstone Foundation Pretty Curved Details On The Left Side And Square Details On The Right Side, Also Another Nice Feature Is The Upper Story Porch
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#85 Red Brick Beauty Circa 1901, Sister To The Home Previously Posted A Few Days Ago, Just Perfect
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#86 Blue Bay Beauty Circa 1914
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#87 Victorian Cottage Cutie Circa 1906, 1,500 Sq Ft
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#88 One And One Half Story Victorian Eclectic Cottage Circa 1894, Is Beautiful With Its Elaborate Woodwork
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#89 This Home Is An Important Example Of Carpenter Gothic Style, Built About 1884, By Thomas Quale
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#90 1901 Victorian Home In Salt Lake City That He Restored. I Finally Took Some Photos Of His Home
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#91 Brick Beauty With Many Pretty Details Circa 1929
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#92 1888 Victorian Cottage Cutie
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#93 900 Sq Ft, Unpainted Victorian Brick Beauty Circa 1896
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#94 1895 Victorian Cottage Cutie With A Jerkinhead Roof. The Front Porch Has Beautiful Woodwork Details
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#95 1896 Shingle Style Victorian
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#96 Circa 1937 Tudor Duplex
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#97 Cottage Cutie Circa 1937
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#98 1906 Red Brick Beauty Victorian Cottage Enjoy The Shingle Details In The Gable
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#99 Salt Lake City – Central City Area
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#100 Bungalow Beauty Circa 1911, With A Low Sloping Roof And Interesting Roof Lines, A Shed Dormer And Exposed Rafter Tails
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#101 Eclectic Two-Story Homes Circa 1904,with Turret Front Porches, The Front Gables Have Fish Scale Wood Shingle Siding
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#102 1896 Victorian Cottage Cutie
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#103 Circa 1876, Two Story Beauty With Oolitic Limestone
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#104 Red Brick Beauty Bungalow Duplex Circa 1915
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#105 Black And White Worker’s Cottage Cutie Circa 1901
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#106 Victorian Eclectic Cottage Circa 1906
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#107 Circa 1906, This One And One Half Story Victorian Eclectic Home Is From A Pattern Book Design
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#108 Circa 1919 With Pretty Copper Details
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#109 This Victorian Cottage Sits High Atop A Stone Foundation. It Has A Hipped Roof And A Projecting Front Bay. Typical For Victorians The Dormers Have Wood Fish Scale Shingles
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#110 Victorian Cottage Cutie Circa 1909
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#111 John Sandberg Home- Circa 1905, This Brick Cottage Is Most Likely Taken From A Pattern Design Book
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#112 Which Do You Prefer? No Paint Or Paint?
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#113 Happy July 4th 🇺🇸 Victorian Cottage Cutie Circa 1907
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#114 1896 Victorian Cottage Cutie With Pretty Details
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#115 Georgian Revival Circa 1874, Five Bays Wide With Double Hung Windows And Traditional Shutter Details
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