...our house might.

We are still in the earliest stages of renovating our new home, but we follow the Facebook pages of various town organizations to get a feel for our new community.

One of those organizations is the church across the street, which is the setting for about a minute of an episode of the new season of The Gilded Age. The first episode aired last night, so the photos the church took during filming are no longer embargoed and they posted them this morning.

The interior of the church appears in the season trailer, but the church's photos show that some of the filming was outdoors, because you can see horses and carriages and such. Our house shows up in couple of the photos. Judging by the position of all the equipment, our house will be just out of frame, but we won't know until we see the episode.

I have a meeting tonight, but it should be over early enough that we can watch the premiere and see if we recognize any of the settings.

Our house is the red-trimmed beige one with traffic cones in front.


That's our red chimney in back.


For geolocation purposes, our house is four houses to the left of the one you can see through the church doors.

Looking at those photos more closely, I'm thinking it's unlikely that they'll show much of our side of the street.

They can't shoot anything above about the first floors of those houses, because of the power lines.

Also, air conditioners.

Fun!! (I am reminded just how cool your house is!!!)

P.S.

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Also, air conditioners.

Ugh, modernity!

I agree, aesthetically, but air conditioners are my favorite part of modernity.

Setting aside, I suppose, indoor plumbing and the right to vote.

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Originally posted by Mary Anna:
I agree, aesthetically, but air conditioners are my favorite part of modernity.

Setting aside, I suppose, indoor plumbing and the right to vote.

Agreement all around!!!

Especially at this age, I could not live without AC. Unfortunately!

Beautiful neighborhood!

Fun!

So how is the renovation coming?

That is so cool!

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Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
Fun!

So how is the renovation coming?

Slowly. We have plans, and we're waiting for the contractor to come back with preliminary pricing.

The basement is also pretty damp, and it was apparently the practice at the time to build a brick foundation on top of rubble, so that's what we expect is there. It's been around for 140 years so it's probably not going anywhere, but we are going to try to both waterproof and reinforce the foundation at the same time. They're digging a test hole today to see what's down there and to come up with a plan.

It was apparently also the fashion to put brick in between the studs of the exterior walls as insulation. We have to cut a test hole to check on that, too.

We're planning to have a large chunk of both families, plus some animals, there after Christmas. It should be interesting, with maybe a dozen people and two bathrooms. (And we had to ask the contractor not to demolish one of them until January so that we weren't down to one.)

Cool! Good luck on your renovations, and catching a glimpse of your house!

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Originally posted by QuirtEvans:

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Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
Fun!

So how is the renovation coming?

Slowly. We have plans, and we're waiting for the contractor to come back with preliminary pricing.

The basement is also pretty damp, and it was apparently the practice at the time to build a brick foundation on top of rubble, so that's what we expect is there. It's been around for 140 years so it's probably not going anywhere, but we are going to try to both waterproof and reinforce the foundation at the same time. They're digging a test hole today to see what's down there and to come up with a plan.

It was apparently also the fashion to put brick in between the studs of the exterior walls as insulation. We have to cut a test hole to check on that, too.

We're planning to have a large chunk of both families, plus some animals, there after Christmas. It should be interesting, with maybe a dozen people and two bathrooms. (And we had to ask the contractor not to demolish one of them until January so that we weren't down to one.)

I salute your bravery at living in 140-year-old house while renovating. I'm sure it will be a showplace when it's completed. Pictures along the way will be appreciated.

We wanted to finish our foundation project by refinishing the basement, but our beloved contractor got caught between his camper and his truck and broke his leg several places.

I finished it in 2003, but then we developed foundation issues on one wall and had to tear much of it out again. That hurt.

Oh, we're still living in Oklahoma. We'll visit in late December (after the new HVAC goes in!). But we are hoping most or all of the work will be done before we move in.

Or, at least the demolition and framing.

Still, an ambitious undertaking. Did you settle on keeping the piano downstairs finally?

The cones are a nice modernizing touch.
Hope the renovation goes well.