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DECORATING CONCEPTS STRAIGHT FROM THE MOVIES

Oznell — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:26:21 GMT

Marina Coates, the designer who gives us the "Bewitched" house tour, also has a whole series of videos on using ideas from films in our own homes, at her site, "Mockingbird Lane".

She repeatedly pulls from actual, beloved movie sets as examples, like the "Parent Trap" house:

Or the fabulous country inn interior from "White Christmas":

Oh, my goodness, it is fun. But so instructive too. She has a degree in architecture, and is able to translate for us the best work in brilliantly visual films, and how it can work in real-life houses.

I couldn't choose just one of these videos to link! So here's one on the use of color. She even shows how a scene she loves from "To Catch a Thief", the one where Cary Grant is walking into a French restaurant, is translated by her into design inspiration for a kitchen! It's magic.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n34UmZTn3cA

And this one below reveals one of the movies' biggest secrets to designing interior sets that audiences love-- the bold use of 'scale'. It's a total eye opener. I love the detailed analysis she does of the living room in "Magnificent Obsession" :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1LGqsEvX_o

Re: DECORATING CONCEPTS STRAIGHT FROM THE MOVIES

nomar — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:42:41 GMT

I am going to have to watch this. One of my favorite home scenes and home I would love to have is Christmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwick..

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jeanlake — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:47:15 GMT

Thank you - that was fun.

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nomar — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:57:21 GMT

Now I know why I liked the home in Christmas in Connecticut. The large windows and scale of everything. Thanks for turning me on to this decorating diva.

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godi — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 19:36:52 GMT

Will watch later. Thanks sounds so interesting. Your the best @Oznell

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Peaches McPhee — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 19:56:55 GMT

I love her channel on YouTube, have always been fascinated with TV architecture. I've spent time trying to figure out how one room flows into another and how it sometimes makes no sense logically.

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Oznell — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 21:02:27 GMT

Exactly, @nomar . She repeatedly analyzes that fabulous "Christmas in Connecticut" house (one of my all-time favorites too) in several videos. She even shows the design plans for a guy's master bedroom suite in Pennsylvania, based on all the architectural elements and beautiful touches she picked up from the "Christmas in Connecticut" house! Her videos are a real treasure trove.

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Oznell — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 21:09:03 GMT

That's really interesting, @Peaches McPhee -- can you give an example of maybe a TV interior that does that? I'm trying to think of some now, but am drawing a blank, but I know there are plenty that don't seem to make sense...

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Peaches McPhee — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:18:12 GMT

@Oznell what I meant was that I try to draw it on a sheet of paper.

For example on i love lucy, have you noticed the angle of the hallway outside their front door? It makes no sense. The front door is in the corner of a really skinny hallway.

Also in the living room of bewitched - have you noticed the wide open space as you would turn right as you enter the front door? The living room is enormous, and they don't have any furniture there.

When I was little I would design floor plans on graft paper.

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Oznell — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:34:25 GMT

That's nifty, @Peaches McPhee , that you have the sort of mind that pictures these things so graphically and tries to work them out on paper! Marina Coates does show an aerial floor plan of the "Bewitched" house first floor in her "Bewitched house" video-- I wonder if you'll get any good info from that?

Interestingly, she also gives a tour of the "I Love Lucy" apartment on her channel, through another computer re-creation. For some reason, it seemed to differ a bit from my recollection of the apt. floor plan...

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DREAMON — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:27:27 GMT

Very Interesting.

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Spurt — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:12:23 GMT

Loved that house from Christmas in Connecticut!

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Oznell — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:45:28 GMT

Oh, isn't it a dream, @Spurt . That giant stone fireplace, and that huge, dramatic paned window that tilts outward.... I bet a lot of people, over time, have lifted ideas from that fabulous set for their own houses!

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Spurt — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 01:37:28 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
Oh, isn't it a dream, @Spurt . That giant stone fireplace, and that huge, dramatic paned window that tilts outward.... I bet a lot of people, over time, have lifted ideas from that fabulous set for their own houses!

@Oznell

It's just wonderful!!!

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stargazergal — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:03:21 GMT

I have always loved home decor especiall in old movies. The grandeur , the charm , .stately, and the furniture. Such quality. I would sometimes pay more attention to the home decor than I would the movie. I don't watch soap opera's . But I have

looked at their sets for idea's as well.

Thank you for sending this.

@Oznell wrote:
Marina Coates, the designer who gives us the "Bewitched" house tour, also has a whole series of videos on using ideas from films in our own homes, at her site, "Mockingbird Lane".

She repeatedly pulls from actual, beloved movie sets as examples, like the "Parent Trap" house:

Or the fabulous country inn interior from "White Christmas":

Oh, my goodness, it is fun. But so instructive too. She has a degree in architecture, and is able to translate for us the best work in brilliantly visual films, and how it can work in real-life houses.

I couldn't choose just one of these videos to link! So here's one on the use of color. She even shows how a scene she loves from "To Catch a Thief", the one where Cary Grant is walking into a French restaurant, is translated by her into design inspiration for a kitchen! It's magic.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n34UmZTn3cA

And this one below reveals one of the movies' biggest secrets to designing interior sets that audiences love-- the bold use of 'scale'. It's a total eye opener. I love the detailed analysis she does of the living room in "Magnificent Obsession" :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1LGqsEvX_o

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Oznell — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:39:32 GMT

@stargazergal, I totally forgot soap operas as a source, but you are right-- sometimes they had/have fabulous sets. When most of them used to be based in New York, they had access to such a huge range of interesting design options, too.

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beautybee — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:17:00 GMT

Looking forward to watching the videos. I have always loved looking at the tv/movie sets. Particurlary if they are set in the Victoria era through the fifties.

Thank you, @Oznell

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Oznell — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:30:09 GMT

Since you love movie/TV sets, @beautybee , when you finish these you might want to check out her site-- if you google either Marina Coates or Mockingbird Lane you will find it...