The pictures in this post are all screen captures from the movie Practical Magic. I was watching it on Saturday night and realized that my dream house is the house from the movie. I must have subconsciously stored it all away.
I’m not so enamored with the actual style of the house (Victorian) (although I wouldn’t turn it down, if someone wanted to give it to me) but I do love the interiors and especially the garden. A few posts back I was talking about my fantasy rose garden that would have been swept away in the great flood of 2005 if it had been a reality ~ this is exactly how I envisioned it.
Just about that size with white picket fence. I just had some archways going on over the gate in my little fantasy garden.
Oh there is it.
There are certain movies that I can watch over and over again just for the sets. Stepmom is another good one (Susan Sarandon’s house). So is that movie with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton – Somethings Gotta Give – I love the beach house in that movie. Or the apartment in Green Card with Andie McDowell’s rooftop garden.
When I watch a movie with a good house set I keep trying to peer around the actors so I can see the details of the house.
You there! Aidan ~ get out of the way!
Hmm – my next house might need a conservatory.
I used to tear out pictures in magazines of decorating styles I liked. Particularly kitchens. One of the pictures I ripped out was from a scene in a movie with Barbara Hershey in it because I loved the leaded glass in the kitchen cupboards. Now I can just watch movies on my laptop and do screen captures instead. My new decorating wishlist file.
Oh. I guess I need the ocean just a couple hundred feet off of my front porch. I could live with that.
As it turns out this movie was filmed near the San Juan Islands in Washington and they actually built the house just for the film and then TORE IT DOWN. Can you even imagine.
I’m the same way when it comes to the Father of the Bride house with Steve Martin. I own both movies, I and II, and when I start feeling overwhelmed about working on my house (it’s a 1918 foursquare that hasn’t been loved in YEARS) I watch the movies and get motivated. However, sometimes I get obsessed when I try to find something that looks just like the movie.
Denise
ps – Daddy Day Care has a really nice house too.
OMG…I have the exact same collection of movies, including Father of the Bride, that I watch over and over just for the sets. There was an article on the Practical Magic set in Victoria magazine way back when it was out, but I didn’t realize that they tore the house down. How sad.
What a lovely blog to find! I also loved the rooms in Practical Magic! Have you seen the movie My House In Cumbria? The sets they use in that movie are incredibly beautiful.
Your house is lovely too!
tea
xo
I am the same way, I rate moview based on scenery, background and overall beauty and beautiful homes. Most of the blogs I read are what I call my “beauty bloggers” and thank goodness there are so many to delight the eye and yours is one! I put in a lot of white wood around my garden but boy is it a mess to clean all the time (we have lots of heat and humidity here in SE, NC on the coast. but I still love the way it looks.
one of my favorite movies of all time! Can you believe they tore the house down? 🙁 Your kitchen is beautiful…..did you paint your cabinets yourself? I am thinking of painting mine, but wasn’t sure it would hold up…
This was a great post!! I do the same thing. Practical Magic, Somethings Gotta Give and Father of the Bride (both 1&2) are my favorite movies. I own all those movies and have seen them more times than I would like to admit. I love all the homes in those movies. I suddenly feel *normal* after reading that other people think like I do. I also watch “To Gillian on her 37th birthday” a lot because it was filmed on Martha’s Vineyard, my favorite place on earth.
Love thoses houses…especially Stepmom….I am the same way….I would rather see the house than the actors. How about Michelle Pfeiffer’s house in What Lies Beneath….something like that….great Vermont house!
Thanks for sharing, I do the same with movies:), another good one is “Must Love Dogs” and the “Fairy King of Or”
I think pretty much all you girls have sum up my exact feelings! And I thought all along that I was weird to watch movies and take in the period decor…Wow, that’s how I studied interior decor really. Thanks for the lovely pics. I enjoyed that movie and the rest of them.
Annabelle ~^..^~ xo