#old-homes — Public Fediverse posts

I could spend many many hours at this place. heck, I'm gonna spend a lot of time just digging through the website. #OldHomes #Art #Antiques

Doc's Architectural Salvage & Reclamation Services:
https://docsarchitecturalsalvage.com/

Dawn, in the Freedom Avenue Colonial House I owned for thirty years. 1995. #oldhome #oldhouse #oldhouses #oldhomes #colonialhome #colonialhomes #colonialhouses #colonialhomes #1990s #interiordesign #interiordesigns #interiordecor #interiordecoration #interiordeocrator #countrylife #countryliving #hardwoodfloor #hardwoodfloors

A flow of seconds minutes hours and a breath of wind in pale branches, reflections on old roofs, a dim light in a distant window and an empty glass to conclude the day. Late evening in between the hills, a distant yet close city, pondering virtual concepts in the real world: Contexts, environments, variables. Sounds of dialup connections, remote systems, slow lines, pixel aesthetics. And always that scent of the open fields, up there on the outer road. Mental images. Until thoughts retreat into an early state of dreams. Sleep tight everyone wherever you are.

#outerworld #the village and the hills #where we are we are #old homes #56k dialup aesthetics

Much later again. A change of place a change of worlds, and still waiting for the soul to catch up. Calm skies invisible above sleepy trees, the sounds of meadows and creek and innumerable hidden lifeforms and a distant celebration welcoming the end of this week. Taking a deep sip, from the glass, from the night, from the mood to fill that very moment. Still restless, but at least motionless. Sleep tight everyone wherever you are.

#outerworld #the village and the hills #old homes #half awake half asleep

Unregelmäßigkeiten, Nachmittagsglut und Blechschlangen. Hinter der Leitplanke wuchern Disteln und Fingerhut aus karger Wiese. Neil Young singt von nordamerikanischen Autos. Sonnenbrillenstunde. Im Nirgendwo alter Heimaten.

#outerworld #old homes #in between

We started this project in March 2021. So needless to say, it has been a journey!! #diy #home #oldHomes #pandemicBath

the hardest thing to find was a curtain rod that fit the tub and space and didn't have four ceiling mounts!! (we just wanted it to open on one end at the taps. So we could pull it away from either the window or door side. Thank goodness we found this one!

We finally found it on Wayfair and it wasn't stupidly expensive and looks nice and is well made (excellent instructions!) #diy #home #oldHomes

#pandemicBath

14/n After two months of work (so far), it's looking like a house! Shingles are up to the roof on all sides of the house. Gutters are up around the porch, and along the south side of the house.

Monday should be warm, and dry, enough for some painting to get done. I'm looking forward to seeing the windows yellow instead of white.

https://flic.kr/p/2pBeQv6

#ResidentialArchitecture #Architecture #OldHouse #Restoration #OldHomes #ColorStudy #OldHouses #ColorPalette

13/n Some of the downspouts will descend alongside the enclosed brick porch. Those will be a bricky red, to avoid the clash of the blue against brick.

https://flic.kr/p/2pBfpu9

#ResidentialArchitecture #Architecture #OldHouse #Restoration #OldHomes #ColorStudy #OldHouses #ColorPalette

12/n The new gutter color, "Pacific Blue", started going up on Monday. So it's the final choice. And it's the best of the three.

https://flic.kr/p/2pB8ukH

#ResidentialArchitecture #Architecture #OldHouse #Restoration #OldHomes #ColorStudy #OldHouses #ColorPalette

11/n Last week, we learned that the 2nd gutter color choice, "Ivy Green", had been discontinued by the manufacturer. The gutters themselves are seamless, extruded on-site from large rolls of finished sheet metal. Pre-fab parts, such as corner miters, are not, and critical parts were no longer stocked.

So, last Friday I chose yet a third gutter color ...

#ResidentialArchitecture #Architecture #OldHouse #Restoration #OldHomes #ColorStudy #OldHouses #ColorPalette

10/n It's been a month, and lots of changes in that time.

3 weeks ago, I selected the color for the window casings, and possibly other trim: Benjamin Moore's "Hathaway Gold".

https://flic.kr/p/2pxE9A1

#ResidentialArchitecture
#Architecture
#OldHouse
#Restoration
#OldHomes
#ColorStudy
#OldHouses
#ColorPalette

9/n Every time I'm going through looking at color chips, as referenced earlier [https://ecoevo.social/@xris/111562787894537071], this scene plays through my mind.

https://yt.drgnz.club/embed/us52N76XA28

#ResidentialArchitecture #Architecture #OldHouse #Restoration #OldHomes #ColorStudy #ColorPalette

8/n I've been trying to select a color for the window casings, the "frame" around the outsides of the windows, and other trim. However, NYC had no sun for 11 days! So I've only been able to sort and sample for overcast and clouds.

Today it's finally sunny! So my task this afternoon is to select the 4th, hopefully final, color. Sticking with natural palette, going for "goldenrod"-esque.

#ResidentialArchitecture #Architecture #OldHouse #Restoration #OldHomes #ColorStudy #ColorPalette

7/n After visualizing burgundy downspouts against sage green shingles [shudder!], I changed my mind about the gutter color. The manufacturer calls it "Ivy Green", but it reads as blue-green. It took me another week or two to select a white, for soffits, trim and a porch ceiling.

https://flic.kr/p/2pw3SD7

#ResidentialArchitecture #Architecture #OldHouse #Restoration #OldHomes #ColorStudy #ColorPalette

6/n Progress on *my* house has been dependent on the weather. We've lucked out over the past month with unseasonably warm and unprecipitous weather.

Siding started going up on the south side of the house 2 weeks ago. They've already wrapped around to the other side, working on multiple sections as they work their way up.

https://flic.kr/p/2psqFwW

#ResidentialArchitecture #Architecture #OldHouse #Restoration #OldHomes