tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post114184464068420408..comments2024-01-19T02:23:51.665-06:00Comments on Journal Wunelle: I'm Just The Chaperonewstachourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-1141879266915342742006-03-08T22:41:00.000-06:002006-03-08T22:41:00.000-06:00Our house in Georgetown was over 200 years old, bu...Our house in Georgetown was over 200 years old, but the most exciting thing that ever happened to us was when we finally took out the ceiling upstairs that had blocked access to the cupola, a petrified, as in dead not scared, pigeon fell out. Like a rock.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-1141859744900981762006-03-08T17:15:00.000-06:002006-03-08T17:15:00.000-06:00Yes, definitely let us know when it will air! I t...Yes, definitely let us know when it will air! I think I'm a little too excited to know that I may see a fellow blogger on tv.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02041912846006740052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-1141851199927043442006-03-08T14:53:00.000-06:002006-03-08T14:53:00.000-06:00Heather--we're lucky in that the previous owners g...Heather--we're lucky in that the previous owners gutted this place to the bare walls, so the things that might normally need maintenance are pretty new--heat / plumbing / electrical, etc. So that takes care of some of the headache. The downside is that their renovation is now about 15 years ago, and stuff is starting to need work. But that helped it be relatively affordable. Now it's our turn to sink some money into it.<BR/><BR/>Joshua--Secret rooms = way cool. Alas, no secret passages here. Or they're so secret I can't find them! The house isn't actually very big, but the basement / bottom floor has a certain Buffalo-Bill / house-goes-on-forever kinda feeling. It has twice as many rooms as the top two floors together.<BR/><BR/>Not sure when it will air, but I imagine the crew will have some idea. I'll have to let you know.<BR/><BR/>(I wonder if they have some kind of filter to protect their equipment from the kleig lights reflecting off my dome?)wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-1141850083283256632006-03-08T14:34:00.000-06:002006-03-08T14:34:00.000-06:00In Kansas we bought a house (and by we, I mean my ...In Kansas we bought a house (and by we, I mean my mother, I was but 12 years old) that was once a plantation house. It had since been swallowed by the city proper, but it still had the "secret" passageways for the "help" to get from teh third story rooms to the kitchen (where, presumably, they worked).<BR/><BR/>The best part, though, for a boy of 12, was the library. In the rear of the first floor, behind sliding french doors (I think that's what they were called) was a full library, with big cedar floor to ceiling shelving. Behind one of the free standing ones was a bathroom. The previous owners had thought it cool to hinge the shelf, making it a "secret" bathroom. I always thought that was the coolest thing.<BR/><BR/>When does your house go on HGTV? My fiancee and I watch that ALL THE TIME, and it would be neat to see your shining face (and shiny head) on TV.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01675519557526291088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-1141845413431646322006-03-08T13:16:00.000-06:002006-03-08T13:16:00.000-06:00When I was little, a lot of my friends lived in th...When I was little, a lot of my friends lived in these really old houses around my area with secret passages and silos. I would've given anything to live in an old house. Of course, it was lost on me that old houses require much maintenance. I'm still enamored by them though.Heather B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07931351971982028473noreply@blogger.com