CT couple featured on home renovation TV show ‘In With the Old’
WESTON — A pair lately showed off their renovated residence and Weston in normal with the season 3 premiere of “In With the Old,” a home renovation clearly show on Magnolia Community.
On Jan. 11, the community aired its period a few premiere, that includes the Philpott family’s residence renovation, termed “Tiny Weston Cabin.” The show also streams on Discovery+ and HBO Max.
“We are happy to put our very little town of Weston, Connecticut, on the map so anyone is aware of it truly is a attractive spot to live,” Megan Philpott said.
Megan Philpott grew up in Westport, but moved to Colorado the place she lived until eventually she was 25. Right after coming back again to Connecticut and finding a occupation, she achieved Brian Philpott, a California indigenous. The pair obtained married following about five yrs, settling in their Weston property about 13 many years in the past. Now, the Philpotts have two daughters, Kate, 11 and Hannah, 8.
Acquiring on Television all commenced in 2021. His family members and close friends were interviewing for other HGTV-design exhibits when they had been asked if they realized of anybody renovating a historic house and his brother explained to them about the Philpotts’ strategies to renovate their log cabin dwelling, Brian Philpott mentioned.
The producers known as them, they interviewed and secured a place on the display, he claimed. Filming started in May 2021 and wrapped up in September 2022.
Brian Philpott is a building manager for the O’Dell Group in Westport that specializes in household building. Contrary to other demonstrates, the Philpotts did the renovations on their own for “In With the Previous,” while the O’Dell Group also assisted them.
“It is really not the sort of demonstrate the place they occur and do it for you,” Brian Philpott mentioned.
Far too increase to the Westport relationship, Megan Philpott’s childhood greatest close friend, Sarah Howell, was the architect for the renovated house.
The house is however underneath renovation, the couple stated, but they have carried out significantly so far. It commenced off as a two-bedroom, just one-rest room, 750-sq.-foot dwelling, and has transformed to have three bedrooms and two-and-a-fifty percent bogs at 1,800 square ft.
It was initially constructed in the 1970s and sits on the remaining aspect of an authentic house from the 1600s, which was offered off area by segment to build their community.
Brian Philpott explained the final descendent from the authentic spouse and children, Charlie Squire, requested a log cabin be built there, which he lived in for about 20 many years until eventually his loss of life.
“The Squire title and the family members and the town were linked,” Brian Philpott reported.
A good deal of the house’s functions use reclaimed goods, such as the wooden burning stove, the trim, home furniture and the counter tops made out of an outdated staircase.
They even additional a entrance porch to in good shape the aesthetic of a log cabin, and repainted it to be just about black as a substitute of a muted brown.
Brian Philpott mentioned a single of the best sections about this show was that users from the Weston and Westport community came jointly to do the job on the property.
Megan Philpott reported after the generation crew confirmed up to film, it was overwhelming, but exciting.
“It was absolutely extremely awkward, in the starting, as much as feeling at ease while the digital camera was in your experience,” Megan Philpott reported.
Also not like other residence renovation displays, this a person won’t have a host and is more documentary-style. She stated the producers would prompt them with a concern and they would answer on their own.
Megan Philpott mentioned they did not know what the episode was going to glimpse like before it aired, as they did not get a preview of it beforehand.
“Watching it, I think they did an excellent position,” she reported. “It truly came out beautifully.”
kayla.mutchler@hearstmediact.com