Archive for June, 2007
The mystery of the leather revealed
One of the great things about being involved with TOH is their reach to a large network of experts. We have seen many.
For an analysis of our “leather”-covered room, TOH brought in our first expert, Richard Nylander, Senior Curator of Historic New England and historic-wall-coverings expert. We ha…
Cart it away and start building already!
photo by Russell Kaye
It seemed like demo was by in a flash. By my count, three 30-yard dumpsters filled up by two weeks, accounting for kitchen, library, laundry/bath room, bedroom, porch, and basement demo. Next up was a filming day on a Monday.
First, we had three trees taken out for vario…
The no-sweat warm weather landscape
With July nearly here and the dog days just ahead, there’s a temptation to stay inside with the air-conditioning rather than go outside and sizzle in the sunshine. But your plants are like needy kids, wanting you to supply them with food and water while protecting them from those weed bullies. Let…
The kitchen yields some treasures—but not that kind
The heavy lifting started in earnest during the first two weeks. The first areas to completely get gutted were the kitchen and library. The whole place opened up divinely, and we’ll have the envious challenge of deciding whether to bring the cabinets up to the ceiling or leave space above.
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Hey, where’s the stand-in crew?
photo by Russell Kaye
It was eye-opening to see how much could be accomplished in 8 hours—including filming!
For our first day of demo, I was expecting an army of contractors to descend upon my home, while Tom and the guys provided direction, perhaps coming out of Tom’s trailer periodically …
Script? What script?
All the preparation in the world for the show would have been useless, so it’s a good thing we just showed up for the first day of filming for existing conditions. In a word, the day was fun!
Our first assignment was to walk through the home with David Vos (director), Kevin O’Connor (host) …
TOH in da house!
Three days after we signed our purchase and sale, we got the following mail from a friend:
“This Old House is eagerly looking for a homeowner, in Boston or the surrounding suburbs, who is about to embark on a major renovation of a house ready to start work in the next few months. The hou…
