The Recardo's country home would be just as in fashion today as it was 60 yrs. ago ... a true testament to this timeless style. It will always be my personal favorite.
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When I was growing up, my mother told me that her grandmother (my great grandmother) designed the country house for the I Love Lucy show. My great grandfather worked for the studios building movie sets. They were originally from Texas and came to Los Angeles in approximately 1920. California became a state in 1850 so it was a fairly new state when they got here. Somehow, this video popped into my feed. I never met my great grandmother, and it was really cool to see this little piece of her marked in history. I watched the shows in black-and-white as a child but seeing it in color brings it to life. I sent it to my mother and she said it made her homesick. We talked about seeing the same pieces of furniture in either her house or my grandmother's house! 😊 I believe my mother said that my great grandmother decorated the set for free. This was right after the depression and my grandmother told me that they paid the doctor with eggs lol. Maybe she got a few chickens lol. By the way, my grandmother told me that during the depression her mom would take down the curtains and make three beautiful dresses for her and her sisters. As she put it, they had the most beautiful dresses in the neighborhood. Now I can see what they kind of looked like because she made those curtains too! Thanks for the amazing video!😊
Keith's perspective on Lucy's desire for home and family I believe is correct. Her father died when she was very small and they lived with their grandfather. Then tragedy struck when the gun incident injured a neighbor child and the family lost their home. Clearly it was a trauma for all that defined Lucy's life.
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@catherinerapisaldo1671 I have made many other homes, including two of Lucy's - her NYC apartment and their Hollywood suite. You can see that and all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I have always imagined this place with snow on the ground fire in the fireplace and a Christmas tree. Even though the show was before my time, it gives such a homey feeling and brings back the feeling of childhood.
I loved that home. I was 10 when that show aired, 1958, before their divorce. 10 years later I married. Our first home out on Long Island was very similar to that home on TV. I chose furnishings very similar to the shows. It was lovely. Lucille inspired many things in my life.
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This is the one I have been waiting for! I loved this home and every minute of your presentation. I have lived in CT all my life and can really relate to this home. Although my home growing up was much smaller and not as grand as this home, my parents bought it in 1965 brand new when I was 7 years old. We had the hardwood floors, bay windows and braided rugs. My mom decorated it in the same style as this home at the time called "colonial style". I kept their maple end tables and coffee table in my living room to this day. I have always been fascinated with homes and decorating, even as a child. This country home was a "dream home" for me. PS--I loved all the escaped chicks in the den, LOL!! ❤
Debby Pochy: I, too, always loved this country home 🏡 (I live in Michigan). But I've always pictured a 'country' home 🏡 like this. At 1️⃣ point in my life I bought a lot Up North and had a house 🏡 built intending to live there upon my retirement. Remembering the Ricardos country house 🏡 I had a stone fireplace installed. I loved it.
Born in 1952, this has always been my absolute favorite show. Such a treat to see their country home, and watch Keith’s interview. Having been a child actress in the 50’s and 60’s, I regrettably never had the opportunity to work Lucy, but worked at Desilu Studios often. Thank you for a wonderful tour. Brought tears to my eyes!
It truly was. Loved every minute of it, but in the early 70’s, as a young teen, the business and the roles had changed. I quit while I still had my sweet memories of it.
I love Keith Thibideau, he and his wife have a beautiful ballet company that honours Jesus Christ and brings the good news through this artful platform.
I'm one of the many who feel "I Love Lucy" is not just the name of a favorite tv show, but a statement of fact! Lucy was from Celeron, N.Y. She grew up in Jamestown, N.Y. 😍💚
I've done their New York apartment too. You can see that and all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I sure was disoriented in how I was originally thinking of how the house was laid out. Wow. This was great and so fun! What a boon to get Keith for an interview!
You might want to check out the tour I made on this channel of the apartment from The Bob Newhart Show. There's a surprise at the end that I think you might like.
Of course the Stratford is a real building; I don't know if it's currently (or ever was) an inn, but I believe I read that the inside doesn't look much like the one on the show. I think Bob Newhart was great, and for my .02 I think his Vermont inn Newhart show was much better than the earlier Bob Newhart show.
Your work and insights mean a lot to us. You put us back in a safe time, in a safe place, with safe people, and bringing back those memories is pure magic.
That house had at least 6 doors bad people could come through to kill you. That doesn’t seem safe to me! Safe until you had to start locking your doors and stop leaving keys in your car!
Hi Marina, I have a funny story for you, while redecorating my 18 year old daughter's bedroom I became obsessed with decorating her room with the painting "Prima Ballerina" by Edgar Degas but I didn't understand why. I found a beautiful gilded frame, oil copy of "Prima Ballerina" for her room along with another one. Then one day I saw your episode of the NY apartment and low and behold bingo there was the oil painting of "Prima Ballerina" a painting I must have seen in Lucy's apartment my whole childhood (I was always obsessed with it, the painting) , it all clicked during that episode and now again of the country house! I love that Lucy took this masterpiece along with her to her country home, that I too always felt was my dream home some day . Anyway, I am so relieved I figured that out thanks to your channel pointing that out to me. See it just goes to show how things can leave an impression on you as a child and you don't know why - too funny! Another wonderful vlog please research King of Queens. They have a great house but the show is far from vintage...
What a special treat to have Keith take part in this! I am always tickled by most of the kitchens in these homes and how impractical they were. Like Lucy really cooked on a wood stove! lol
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane no...it wasn't Betty Ramsey that did those domestic arts...she was the socialite in the neighborhood. The character of Grace Munson was who provided the jelly and butter... As mentioned in the show "Lucy wants to move to the country"
This is a real treat to see this home! This house in Connecticut and the farm in the original "Christmas in Connecticut" are my favorites! My real dream homes. I've lived in Connecticut since '65 and I worked in Westport, CT as well. I can't tell you how often I drove around trying to search for any home that looked like the Ricardo's country home. It's truly very beautiful. This is one home I WISH I could have created for me. Thank you for bringing it to life💕
Did you ever watched a Joan Crawford film called, When Ladies Meet with Greer Garson? The film shows a beautiful country house with pond and waterwheel, it has always been a dream home of mine.
I live in an old colonial style home built in 1850. It’s more of a “This Old House” house, always in need of repairs. I love the Early American architecture and would love to have it look some day as special as Lucy’ country home.
I plan on doing Hazel someday. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Pretty cool, right? I always catch something new when I make these tours, even if I knew every episode by heart. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I’m now 73, and during Lucy’s show I, too, fell in love with the country home. When I got married, my husband and I had a business where we went into people’s homes. One day we had a job in a home that looked very much like this, right down to the split, Dutch doors, paneled walls, stone fireplace and bookcases. The woman’s husband in this home had just died, unfortunately. She wanted to go back to her old hometown and asked if we knew anyone who was looking to buy a home. Because we were just starting out and didn’t have much money, we laughed and said we would and somehow we came up with the money. My Ethan Allen furniture looked like this. My kitchen range, though, looked like Samantha’s in Bewitched, and…my dishes were almost the same. The company was Franciscan Earthenware; it had two patterns, Ivy, like Lucy’s, and Apple, which I had. The shapes were identical, only the hand-painted pattern differed; green Ivy vines, or bright, red apples. I guess I watched too much TV as a child. We lived in that home for more than 20 years and still miss it. No other home felt right. Thanks for the memories!
Marina, you granted my wish! We’ll, one of them, anyway! I’ve always wanted to see this in color! Now, if you’ll just do “Collinwood” from “Dark Shadows,” I could die happy! 😊 Thank you!
Back to back sofas were once a popular idea in larger living rooms that had multiple focal points and sometimes still see it done today. Frequently a sofa table would separate the two so that lamps could be placed.
I love the country episodes and rewatch them often! Marina, how great that Keith’s memories were included- he was a huge part of the country episodes. Talking to the moon from his intercom and telling Bruce Ramsey about it…
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Thank you so much for creating this wonderful tour! Your videos are extremely well done and your eloquent narration really pulls it all together. So much great detail I feel I am right there in the rooms you show.
I wasn't a huge Lucy fan but I must have seen these episodes at some point in my life because decades later, it's still my visual reference when people say "country house." What a dream!
That's cool that even a non-Lucy fan can appreciate the great set design. It reaffirms to me that we don't just love these homes because we loved them shows, but because the set designers were brilliant!
I have been an I Love Lucy fan 4ever. I have all her seasons & watch them often. The house is beautiful. Luv country & rustic decorations. Thx 4 video. Very good.
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. Getting an interview with Keith was what made this one extra special. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
See, their New York apartment from the earlier seasons was always the more popular and recognizable home in the show- respectably so, but I always loved their Country styled house. Considering this, I very much appreciate that you’ve explored the home in this virtual way!
@@just_swiftly_shake_it_off_1989 I've made tours of their NYC apartment and their Hollywood Suite, too. You can see those and all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I only barely remember when Lucy and Ricky moved to the country home but this home is so lovely. That den was to die for. I loved seeing this. Thanks again for another great tour.
@@kpace985 I plan on doing Who's the Boss someday. I'll show the similarities when I do. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Marina! Thanks once again for an amazing tour of one of the world's most beloved TV series. Watching the show as youngster, I was especially envious of the lazy Susans at the Ricardos cottage home. I believe that one of those lazy Susan's actually made its way to the "My Three Sons" kitchen set. Thanks, also, for including the extensive interview with Keith Thibodeaux.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I was going to mention that William Frawley made his way to the "My Three Sons" set, along with one of those "lousy susans," given that the two series were produced at the Desilu studios.
I'm so excited! I was hoping you would do this home! Thanks so much! Happy memories, lots of laughter, in these rooms with the Ricardos and the Mertzes!
I adore this house, and the guest house is adorable! Another stellar tour, Marina! Thank you for all your hard work. I’m still waiting patiently for Family.🏡❤️👍👍👍👍
Glad you liked it. I love that guest house so much. I wish I could walk around both houses in real life. I haven't forgotten "Family." I have the rest of this year mapped out for houses, but...hang in there.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I as well. An intriguing country home. I especially liked that second curved staircase which descended into the kitchen. This staircase would have been used by the housekeeper and family, while the more formal living room staircase for guests and company. A country home in Connecticut. Wonderful.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I adore these videos, Marina! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity and talents and putting these together. I am a huge I Love Lucy fan as well. I really loved seeing their country house that was in Bridgeport, Connecticut in the show. They were my parent's generation, so seeing the Ethan Allen Early American furniture brings back so many memories from my childhood. It is so hard to pick a favorite that you have done, but this one, Mary Tyler Moore's apt and the home on Bewitched are the top three of my favorites!❤❤❤ P.S. Maybe you could do the house from The Waltons?
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Ahh this is a good one.😃 I loved this home from 'I Love Lucy'. It was so warm, and comforting. I love this era of 50-60's interior design. It feels confident, and relaxing. The colors, and textures are so right. Soft green, and wood and stone. Definitely one you'd dream of living in. Thanks.
This house is even more beautiful in color and being able to really look at it. I remember wondering many times, though, as a child watching it in reruns, how they were able to afford such a place, coming from a small apartment.
Thank you for putting this tour together. I grew up watching I Love Lucy from the NY Apartment to the Country house. I noticed there weren’t any kitchen cabinets for dishes other than over the refrigerator and above the doorway. It was a great house.
Lovely. I was always fascinated by the Dutch doors from that set, and I've always longed to have one in my house, too. Hasn't happened but I still think about it! A set I'd like to see: the house from Family Matters. That seemed like such a home-like and welcoming place. Also I'm pretty sure I saw parts of that set re-used on other shows.
I loved them too. They were able to have whole new storyline out there. I'm glad you liked the tour. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
The way you recreate these homes, I always feel like I could live there. It looks so much better than it did on screen. I love the choices you made and I wouldn't change anything. TY for the recreation and sharing it with us.
@DebbiePochy - as a son of the beautiful Nutmeg State, I couldn't agree with you more. I LOVE those Connecticut episodes - Most folks don't care for the Ricardos' move to Connecticut - but it is interesting to note that the show had its longest laugh in "Lucy Does the Tango" - SIX MINUTES - so long that CBS had to edit the audience's laughter. I also read that Lucille Ball personally oversaw the set decoration. It's beautiful in black and white - better still in color - thank you, Ms. Coates, for your spectacular work.
I believe that as far as the den area it’s a replica of their real life home. I’ve been a lifelong fan of I love Lucy. I wad born in 1960 how could I not be, and as well as a leave it to Beaver fan!❤
@@keepitforreally4501 Yes! And Mayberry. Have you seen the video I made about creating a tv home theme park? Where we get to walk the streets as if it's a small town, but each block has homes from TV and movie homes that we get to walk through, restaurants from shows too.
As always, a stellar presentation. This truly was a place anyone would love to live in. Thanks for the research you have put in to truly show these sets as additional characters in these long gone shows.
I have been watching Lucy forever and a day 2022. I still watch her I really loved this show. I Love Lucy.. and The Lucy Show ..I watch them everyday... I love all the shows.. but the most one I really loved was when Bob Hope was on.. I really loved him so.. as of this I can say Thanks for the Memories .... from the words of Bob Hope... from Lucy and Bob Hope🙏❤
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane yes they surely was but I'm really thankful that we have reruns so we can see them well you have a great day and God bless thank you.. and it really was good to see the one who played Little Ricky I wonder how Lucy's daughter and I'm not sure if her son is still with us do you know
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane that's great I wish they'd make appearance on TV but I know you know they're older now like myself anyway thank you so much I enjoyed the video and hopefully more to come God bless🙏
I love so much i love Lucy and Lucy show 🤗 with a little preference for i love Lucy, i have been watching it so much time for years and years…… even now, almost every day, it’s a kind of drug for me, my cure against nowadays stupidities. Thank you for this home tour 👍
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Hello Marina, Thank you,so much I loved this show so much. This is like a nice warm hug. I appreciate all of your hard work. It turned out perfect. You did an amazing job. The 4th wall awesome! 😊💕
🎯tv homes are timeless. I try to keep my house timeless. Earth tones with solids and minimal patterns. Gray everywhere with barn doors and farm sinks are trends to date your house.
Oh I’m so excited! I asked you about this home not long ago! I was just literally on my way out the door, but now I’m going to delay my departure so I can watch this!!! 🎉 thank you Marina!
@@joanngreen7059 Yes. Very similar. I have created a tour of the Ponderosa, too. You can see that and all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Grew up loving this country house SO much. I'd love to see Mary Tyler Moore's apartment. (Mary Richards) I just loved that tiny cute place and love to think of all her great clothes in that closet and the fun life she had.
You're in luck. I already did Mary's apartment and Rhoda's too. You can see that and all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I will I saw the beaver home to. My hubby even watch the reruns till this day. A matter of fact the beaver show starts in about 10 minutes on Me TV.
I had wished there was more episodes at this house! It did draw you in and make you feel at home! A Christmas episode there would of been the icing on the cake! Thanks for sharing…
Glad you liked it. If I have time I'm going to make a Christmas tour of it in December, like I have some of my other. TV homes. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Another fabulous tour! This home really made you feel like you were in the country. Thanks for showing us around. It was great to hear from Keith, too.
Yes - so beautiful. I wish I could walk around inside of a real-life version. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Marina, you have some of the most instructive, insightful, entertaining, and informative videos online. I would love to see The Partridge Family and The Golden Girls houses, if these haven’t been done. Thanks for all your great work!
Thank you for this… As an avid I Love Lucy lover since the very beginning of my childhood… I often forget about their house in Connecticut… You did a great job thank you again
I'm glad you enjoyed the tour. I wish we could have seen more of this home. It's a beauty. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
One thing I was always fascinated with has to do with how both set and story depict the economy of the home. On television, it seems like the characters are sitting on mountains of cash. Notice how even though Ricky palled at Lucy’s lavish expenditure, he didn’t make her take any of it back. I know I’ve said it before, but I so appreciate the careful research you do in order to complete these sets. This home definitely has “early 1900’s east coast vibes.” I think set designers are so clever how they create these homes to make the viewer really believe these shows are actually being shot in their context. For Ricky & Lucy, it was Connecticut. For 3’s Company, it was Santa Monica/LA. For Frasier it was Seattle. I love how set designers fool us.
I wanted to live in their country home when I was a kid watching that show, and I definitely would want to live in it now. You did a marvelous job. Thanks for posting!
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The Recardo's country home would be just as in fashion today as it was 60 yrs. ago ... a true testament to this timeless style. It will always be my personal favorite.
I loooove this home! You're right, it would be a hit today too.
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When I was growing up, my mother told me that her grandmother (my great grandmother) designed the country house for the I Love Lucy show. My great grandfather worked for the studios building movie sets. They were originally from Texas and came to Los Angeles in approximately 1920. California became a state in 1850 so it was a fairly new state when they got here. Somehow, this video popped into my feed. I never met my great grandmother, and it was really cool to see this little piece of her marked in history. I watched the shows in black-and-white as a child but seeing it in color brings it to life. I sent it to my mother and she said it made her homesick. We talked about seeing the same pieces of furniture in either her house or my grandmother's house! 😊 I believe my mother said that my great grandmother decorated the set for free. This was right after the depression and my grandmother told me that they paid the doctor with eggs lol. Maybe she got a few chickens lol. By the way, my grandmother told me that during the depression her mom would take down the curtains and make three beautiful dresses for her and her sisters. As she put it, they had the most beautiful dresses in the neighborhood. Now I can see what they kind of looked like because she made those curtains too! Thanks for the amazing video!😊
@@missyb.377 Oh, wow! Thank you so much for sharing this story ❤️
Keith's perspective on Lucy's desire for home and family I believe is correct. Her father died when she was very small and they lived with their grandfather. Then tragedy struck when the gun incident injured a neighbor child and the family lost their home. Clearly it was a trauma for all that defined Lucy's life.
I always loved the country home episodes. The house was a dream and still is.
I agree!
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There was nothing that Lucille Ball could not do. She was amazing. ❤😊
@@catherinerapisaldo1671 I agree wholeheartedly.
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I recall an interview she had in which she stated that she could not act, dance or sing; therefore, she had to be a star!
@jzwalz51robin45 Love it! Haha.
Can she create people? Can she walk on water? Can she make mountains? Just kidding lol
I absolutely loved your video. Lucy's Connecticut home is my favorite. I would love to live in a home like this
I'm glad you liked the tour.
I have always imagined this place with snow on the ground fire in the fireplace and a Christmas tree. Even though the show was before my time, it gives such a homey feeling and brings back the feeling of childhood.
If I have time, I'm going to make a tour of the main floor decorated for Christmas 🎄
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane that would be wonderful!
Did you do that? I'd love to see it.@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane
@feylis0731 I did, but I can't find it on here. Hmm. I'll have to figure out what happened. I'll post a link back here when I do.
@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane Thank you!
I loved that home. I was 10 when that show aired, 1958, before their divorce. 10 years later I married. Our first home out on Long Island was very similar to that home on TV. I chose furnishings very similar to the shows. It was lovely. Lucille inspired many things in my life.
Aw! Love it. 😊
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This is the one I have been waiting for! I loved this home and every minute of your presentation. I have lived in CT all my life and can really relate to this home. Although my home growing up was much smaller and not as grand as this home, my parents bought it in 1965 brand new when I was 7 years old. We had the hardwood floors, bay windows and braided rugs. My mom decorated it in the same style as this home at the time called "colonial style". I kept their maple end tables and coffee table in my living room to this day. I have always been fascinated with homes and decorating, even as a child. This country home was a "dream home" for me. PS--I loved all the escaped chicks in the den, LOL!! ❤
Glad you noticed the 🐥 🐤
Sounds like you grew up in a "comfort food" home. 😊
I too have always been interested in house decor and design. I'm much older and retired and wonder if a decorating course will be in my future.
@@cmoore6895 Go for it! I went back to school after my children were grown and got a degree in architecture. One of the best decisions I've made.
Nice 😀
Debby Pochy: I, too, always loved this country home 🏡 (I live in Michigan). But I've always pictured a 'country' home 🏡 like this. At 1️⃣ point in my life I bought a lot Up North and had a house 🏡 built intending to live there upon my retirement. Remembering the Ricardos country house 🏡 I had a stone fireplace installed. I loved it.
The Connecticut episodes were my absolute favorite of the series, I just wish there were more of them....
I loved that home. 😍
Born in 1952, this has always been my absolute favorite show. Such a treat to see their country home, and watch Keith’s interview. Having been a child actress in the 50’s and 60’s, I regrettably never had the opportunity to work Lucy, but worked at Desilu Studios often. Thank you for a wonderful tour. Brought tears to my eyes!
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How fun that you got to experience that!
It truly was. Loved every minute of it, but in the early 70’s, as a young teen, the business and the roles had changed. I quit while I still had my sweet memories of it.
@@debbiem6406 Good for you! I bet you have some great stories.
I love Keith Thibideau, he and his wife have a beautiful ballet company that honours Jesus Christ and brings the good news through this artful platform.
I'm one of the many who feel "I Love Lucy" is not just the name of a favorite tv show, but a statement of fact! Lucy was from Celeron, N.Y. She grew up in Jamestown, N.Y. 😍💚
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I've done their New York apartment too.
You can see that and all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I sure was disoriented in how I was originally thinking of how the house was laid out. Wow. This was great and so fun! What a boon to get Keith for an interview!
No matter how well I know a show and think I know the home, I always find surprises when I start researching it.
The Vermont Inn on Newhart would be wonderful to see. Also the house from one of my favorite movies, Clue. 🥰
You might want to check out the tour I made on this channel of the apartment from The Bob Newhart Show. There's a surprise at the end that I think you might like.
Of course the Stratford is a real building; I don't know if it's currently (or ever was) an inn, but I believe I read that the inside doesn't look much like the one on the show. I think Bob Newhart was great, and for my .02 I think his Vermont inn Newhart show was much better than the earlier Bob Newhart show.
Your work and insights mean a lot to us. You put us back in a safe time, in a safe place, with safe people, and bringing back those memories is pure magic.
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I agree. I was crying 😢 for the good ol' days when Marina was talking of simpler times.
I agree the good days I miss them we were safe had good people around
That house had at least 6 doors bad people could come through to kill you. That doesn’t seem safe to me!
Safe until you had to start locking your doors and stop leaving keys in your car!
I loved their country home and I loved the way you designed it. Thank you. Love the interview with "Little Ricky".
I'm glad you liked it. It sure was a fun one to do.
I always LOVED this home and Fred and Ethel's adorable guest home too.
Me too!
Hi Marina, I have a funny story for you, while redecorating my 18 year old daughter's bedroom I became obsessed with decorating her room with the painting "Prima Ballerina" by Edgar Degas but I didn't understand why. I found a beautiful gilded frame, oil copy of "Prima Ballerina" for her room along with another one. Then one day I saw your episode of the NY apartment and low and behold bingo there was the oil painting of "Prima Ballerina" a painting I must have seen in Lucy's apartment my whole childhood (I was always obsessed with it, the painting) , it all clicked during that episode and now again of the country house! I love that Lucy took this masterpiece along with her to her country home, that I too always felt was my dream home some day . Anyway, I am so relieved I figured that out thanks to your channel pointing that out to me. See it just goes to show how things can leave an impression on you as a child and you don't know why - too funny! Another wonderful vlog please research King of Queens. They have a great house but the show is far from vintage...
Love it. Thanks for sharing that story. 😊
I will be doing Doug and Carrie's home someday for sure.
What a special treat to have Keith take part in this! I am always tickled by most of the kitchens in these homes and how impractical they were. Like Lucy really cooked on a wood stove! lol
Good point. I remember her being impressed that Betty Ramsey made her own butter and jam. Maybe she gave the wood stove a good try? 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane no...it wasn't Betty Ramsey that did those domestic arts...she was the socialite in the neighborhood.
The character of Grace Munson was who provided the jelly and butter...
As mentioned in the show "Lucy wants to move to the country"
@@thomasmcnerney9745 Thank you!
The wood stove wasn't for cooking. It was for heating the kitchen in Winter. We had one in a house we rented many years ago.
@@NostalgiaTelevision, My cousin Flossie had a wood stove in the living room and a wood cook stove in the kitchen. In the 1980s.
This is a real treat to see this home! This house in Connecticut and the farm in the original "Christmas in Connecticut" are my favorites! My real dream homes. I've lived in Connecticut since '65 and I worked in Westport, CT as well. I can't tell you how often I drove around trying to search for any home that looked like the Ricardo's country home. It's truly very beautiful. This is one home I WISH I could have created for me. Thank you for bringing it to life💕
I'm glad you liked this tour, especially since you're from Connecticut. It's an amazing home.
Did you ever watched a Joan Crawford film called, When Ladies Meet with Greer Garson? The film shows a beautiful country house with pond and waterwheel, it has always been a dream home of mine.
@@hectormanuel9793 Oh, yes! I love that one. 😍
I live in an old colonial style home built in 1850. It’s more of a “This Old House” house, always in need of repairs. I love the Early American architecture and would love to have it look some day as special as Lucy’ country home.
I loved this house one of my favorites❤❤
Me too!
Feels wonderful. Like they are still there. Thank you ❤
Glad you enjoyed it.
I love this tour.I am 69 and grew up watching I love Lucy .I still watch it almost everyday. I love shows like Hazel and Love that Bob. Thanks so much
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I never knew it had back to back sofas! I never seen them sit on it. Loved that home 🏘️
Pretty cool, right? I always catch something new when I make these tours, even if I knew every episode by heart.
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So wonderful ... this and the other programs in this series ... floating through the sets of these cherished television and motion picture homes!
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I’m now 73, and during Lucy’s show I, too, fell in love with the country home. When I got married, my husband and I had a business where we went into people’s homes. One day we had a job in a home that looked very much like this, right down to the split, Dutch doors, paneled walls, stone fireplace and bookcases. The woman’s husband in this home had just died, unfortunately. She wanted to go back to her old hometown and asked if we knew anyone who was looking to buy a home. Because we were just starting out and didn’t have much money, we laughed and said we would and somehow we came up with the money.
My Ethan Allen furniture looked like this. My kitchen range, though, looked like Samantha’s in Bewitched, and…my dishes were almost the same. The company was Franciscan Earthenware; it had two patterns, Ivy, like Lucy’s, and Apple, which I had. The shapes were identical, only the hand-painted pattern differed; green Ivy vines, or bright, red apples. I guess I watched too much TV as a child.
We lived in that home for more than 20 years and still miss it. No other home felt right.
Thanks for the memories!
Oh wow! You lived the dream. Thanks for sharing.
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I always have loved their country home and the beautiful view.
Yes! Even the views outside were great.
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Love seeing little Ritchie! He looks well. What a bonus treat!
I was so happy he agreed to the interview!
Marina, you granted my wish! We’ll, one of them, anyway! I’ve always wanted to see this in color! Now, if you’ll just do “Collinwood” from “Dark Shadows,” I could die happy! 😊 Thank you!
Oh, I will definitely be doing Collinwood. Someday.
I second, third, and fourth this!
Back to back sofas were once a popular idea in larger living rooms that had multiple focal points and sometimes still see it done today. Frequently a sofa table would separate the two so that lamps could be placed.
Today a sofa table with a large lamp would have worked well between the 2 large sofas, back in the 1950s no sofa tables were used.
I love the country episodes and rewatch them often! Marina, how great that Keith’s memories were included- he was a huge part of the country episodes. Talking to the moon from his intercom and telling Bruce Ramsey about it…
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YES! I love the country episodes best - didn't those burgers look good that were cooked on that wonky BBQ grill.
Boy, these takes me right back to growing up. That furniture!
Yes. A trip down memory lane. 😍
My favorite show of all time is "I Love Lucy". What a show. And my absolute dream house is the Connecticut country house. Thank you for this video!
Glad you liked it. It's one of my favorite homes too!
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Thank you so much for creating this wonderful tour! Your videos are extremely well done and your eloquent narration really pulls it all together. So much great detail I feel I am right there in the rooms you show.
Thank you so much!
I wasn't a huge Lucy fan but I must have seen these episodes at some point in my life because decades later, it's still my visual reference when people say "country house." What a dream!
That's cool that even a non-Lucy fan can appreciate the great set design. It reaffirms to me that we don't just love these homes because we loved them shows, but because the set designers were brilliant!
I think everbody that even knows who Lucy was and watched the show, loved their country house.🙂 This is fun, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed the tour.
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I saw this and I went over the 🌝 moon. Thank you Marina love your videos and I Love Lucy❤
Yay!
I have been an I Love Lucy fan 4ever. I have all her seasons & watch them often. The house is beautiful. Luv country & rustic decorations. Thx 4 video. Very good.
So glad you liked it.
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Little Ricky!!! Forever a treasure. Great video. ❤️
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. Getting an interview with Keith was what made this one extra special.
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See, their New York apartment from the earlier seasons was always the more popular and recognizable home in the show- respectably so, but I always loved their Country styled house. Considering this, I very much appreciate that you’ve explored the home in this virtual way!
@@just_swiftly_shake_it_off_1989 I've made tours of their NYC apartment and their Hollywood Suite, too.
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I only barely remember when Lucy and Ricky moved to the country home but this home is so lovely. That den was to die for. I loved seeing this. Thanks again for another great tour.
Glad you liked it.
I always felt Lucy's country home was the inspiration for the house on "Who's The Boss." They have a similar layout and feel.
I've had others say that too.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane ooh, have you ever done that one??
I've always thought that too!
@@kristinazubic9669 I haven't yet. But when I do I'll show the similarities.
@@kpace985 I plan on doing Who's the Boss someday. I'll show the similarities when I do.
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Loved this tour. The house is so much larger than I thought it was on TV. Excellent job! Fun listening to "Little Ricky".
That's how I feel about almost every TV home I've done - they are so much larger than they appear on screen.
I always loved Ricky and Lucy’s country home. I wanted to live there.
Yes! I would love to walk through a real life version of the home.
Marina! Thanks once again for an amazing tour of one of the world's most beloved TV series. Watching the show as youngster, I was especially envious of the lazy Susans at the Ricardos cottage home. I believe that one of those lazy Susan's actually made its way to the "My Three Sons" kitchen set. Thanks, also, for including the extensive interview with Keith Thibodeaux.
Thanks for that tip on the "lousy susans," as Ricky would say.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I was going to mention that William Frawley made his way to the "My Three Sons" set, along with one of those "lousy susans," given that the two series were produced at the Desilu studios.
I'm so excited! I was hoping you would do this home! Thanks so much! Happy memories, lots of laughter, in these rooms with the Ricardos and the Mertzes!
I couldn't agree more. I have loved this home since I can remember. It was so fun to get to do it.
My favorite 😍❤️❤️❤️ show 👍🏽
An amazing show! The writing, the cast and of course the set design!
Mine too.😊
I ❤Lucy.
New subscriber ❤️ Out of all the famous Tv homes, this is my favorite ☺️
It's a beauty!
I adore this house, and the guest house is adorable! Another stellar tour, Marina! Thank you for all your hard work. I’m still waiting patiently for Family.🏡❤️👍👍👍👍
Glad you liked it. I love that guest house so much. I wish I could walk around both houses in real life. I haven't forgotten "Family." I have the rest of this year mapped out for houses, but...hang in there.
I'd be so happy in this home. This is a home I'd want to be snowbound in!
Yes!
OMG thank you! I’m a huge Lucy fan and I’ve been waiting for this!
I've been wanting to do this home for so long. 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I as well. An intriguing country home. I especially liked that second curved staircase which descended into the kitchen. This staircase would have been used by the housekeeper and family, while the more formal living room staircase for guests and company. A country home in Connecticut. Wonderful.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I adore these videos, Marina! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity and talents and putting these together. I am a huge I Love Lucy fan as well. I really loved seeing their country house that was in Bridgeport, Connecticut in the show. They were my parent's generation, so seeing the Ethan Allen Early American furniture brings back so many memories from my childhood. It is so hard to pick a favorite that you have done, but this one, Mary Tyler Moore's apt and the home on Bewitched are the top three of my favorites!❤❤❤
P.S. Maybe you could do the house from The Waltons?
@@user-xe5cz3dw8m You're in luck. I've already done that home! I'll go find the link
@@user-xe5cz3dw8m Here you go. The Waltons tour: ua-cam.com/video/H3O46PKhBoc/v-deo.html
This set design is great. I wish it was a real house. It’s really wonderful. 😊😊😊
I wish it was too!
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Ahh this is a good one.😃
I loved this home from 'I Love Lucy'. It was so warm, and comforting.
I love this era of 50-60's interior design. It feels confident, and relaxing.
The colors, and textures are so right. Soft green, and wood and stone.
Definitely one you'd dream of living in. Thanks.
I'm glad you liked the tour. I agree, the combo is yummy.
This house is even more beautiful in color and being able to really look at it. I remember wondering many times, though, as a child watching it in reruns, how they were able to afford such a place, coming from a small apartment.
I wondered that too.
You are an amazing talent for brining these homes to life for us. This home is beautiful and you didn’t disappoint. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you for putting this tour together. I grew up watching I Love Lucy from the NY Apartment to the Country house. I noticed there weren’t any kitchen cabinets for dishes other than over the refrigerator and above the doorway. It was a great house.
Hmm. Good catch.
Lovely. I was always fascinated by the Dutch doors from that set, and I've always longed to have one in my house, too. Hasn't happened but I still think about it! A set I'd like to see: the house from Family Matters. That seemed like such a home-like and welcoming place. Also I'm pretty sure I saw parts of that set re-used on other shows.
I love the kitchen on that show, nice and roomy.
Yes that one and Family Ties if doing more recent shows.
Thank you, I remember this house so well.
It's such an amazing home.
Love the tour of Lucy's country home and Fred and Ethel's guest cottage. Thank you!
Glad you liked it.
I loved this. Thank you! The country house episodes were the best in my opinion.
I loved them too. They were able to have whole new storyline out there. I'm glad you liked the tour.
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@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane thank you so much. ❤️
I Love Lucy is my all-time favorite TV show. This was such a treat!!
I'm glad you liked the tour!
These are most excellent . For those of us whoever watched TV in the golden days and pondered things like this. It’s comfort viewing,
That's so good to hear. 😊
The way you recreate these homes, I always feel like I could live there. It looks so much better than it did on screen. I love the choices you made and I wouldn't change anything. TY for the recreation and sharing it with us.
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@DebbiePochy - as a son of the beautiful Nutmeg State, I couldn't agree with you more. I LOVE those Connecticut episodes - Most folks don't care for the Ricardos' move to Connecticut - but it is interesting to note that the show had its longest laugh in "Lucy Does the Tango" - SIX MINUTES - so long that CBS had to edit the audience's laughter. I also read that Lucille Ball personally oversaw the set decoration. It's beautiful in black and white - better still in color - thank you, Ms. Coates, for your spectacular work.
Thank you. I didn't know Lucy was involved in the set decoration, but that makes sense with what Keith Thibodeaux said in the interview.
Love anything having to do with "I Love Lucy."💗 Great tour! Would love to see the house from "Hazel" in the initial seasons.
I will definitely be doing that home at some point. I have had a LOT of requests for it.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane that one’s interesting because Dorothy was a designer!
I believe that as far as the den area it’s a replica of their real life home. I’ve been a lifelong fan of I love Lucy. I wad born in 1960 how could I not be, and as well as a leave it to Beaver fan!❤
I guess I need to look up the den in their real life home. 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane and keep those videos coming they are so soothing and entertaining…🌹😎
I was thinking I’ve always thought it would be neat to walk through the leave it to beaver …neighborhood
@@keepitforreally4501 Thank you.
@@keepitforreally4501 Yes! And Mayberry. Have you seen the video I made about creating a tv home theme park? Where we get to walk the streets as if it's a small town, but each block has homes from TV and movie homes that we get to walk through, restaurants from shows too.
I loved this!! Thank you for taking the time to make it! You seem genuinely kind and you make an excellent tour guide!! God bless you.
Thank you!
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I loved those episodes and that house!
Me too!
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As always, a stellar presentation. This truly was a place anyone would love to live in. Thanks for the research you have put in to truly show these sets as additional characters in these long gone shows.
Thank you!
I have been watching Lucy forever and a day 2022. I still watch her I really loved this show. I Love Lucy.. and The Lucy Show ..I watch them everyday... I love all the shows.. but the most one I really loved was when Bob Hope was on.. I really loved him so.. as of this I can say Thanks for the Memories .... from the words of Bob Hope... from Lucy and Bob Hope🙏❤
Lucy and Bob were always great whenever they appeared together. 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane yes they surely was but I'm really thankful that we have reruns so we can see them well you have a great day and God bless thank you.. and it really was good to see the one who played Little Ricky I wonder how Lucy's daughter and I'm not sure if her son is still with us do you know
@@earlenem5745 Yes, Desi Jr. is still with us. 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane that's great I wish they'd make appearance on TV but I know you know they're older now like myself anyway thank you so much I enjoyed the video and hopefully more to come God bless🙏
Fascinating! I was very influenced by TV homes like Donna Reed and Leave it to Beaver. This Lucy country home was wonderful too!
It was so charming and warm. 😍
The home on The Donna Reed Show was boring
Thank you. This was just lovely, as all of your videos are. The interview with Keith Thibodeaux was delightful!
I was very happy when he agreed to the interview. He had some great first hand stories. 😊
I love so much i love Lucy and Lucy show 🤗 with a little preference for i love Lucy, i have been watching it so much time for years and years…… even now, almost every day, it’s a kind of drug for me, my cure against nowadays stupidities. Thank you for this home tour 👍
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Hello Marina, Thank you,so much I loved this show so much. This is like a nice warm hug. I appreciate all of your hard work. It turned out perfect. You did an amazing job. The 4th wall awesome! 😊💕
Thank you! I love this home so much. It's nice to know others do too.
What ever happen to the real set, was it broken up, and parts used on other shows.
@@walterbosch9198 They usually are, but I don't know about this one in particular.
🎯tv homes are timeless. I try to keep my house timeless. Earth tones with solids and minimal patterns. Gray everywhere with barn doors and farm sinks are trends to date your house.
Oh I’m so excited! I asked you about this home not long ago! I was just literally on my way out the door, but now I’m going to delay my departure so I can watch this!!! 🎉 thank you Marina!
😊It includes an interview with Keith Thibodeaux who played little Ricky.
The stone fire place looks like the one in Bonanza. ❤the early modern furniture.
@@joanngreen7059 Yes. Very similar. I have created a tour of the Ponderosa, too. You can see that and all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: ua-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Thank you very much for this ! Impeccable detail as usual .. right down to the baby chicks in the den ! ❤
Thank you. I was hoping someone would notice the 🐥 🐥
Grew up loving this country house SO much. I'd love to see Mary Tyler Moore's apartment. (Mary Richards) I just loved that tiny cute place and love to think of all her great clothes in that closet and the fun life she had.
You're in luck. I already did Mary's apartment and Rhoda's too.
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I love these episodes in the country home. I wish they made more of them.
Me too! What a home. 😍
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@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I will I saw the beaver home to. My hubby even watch the reruns till this day. A matter of fact the beaver show starts in about 10 minutes on Me TV.
I had wished there was more episodes at this house! It did draw you in and make you feel at home! A Christmas episode there would of been the icing on the cake! Thanks for sharing…
Glad you liked it. If I have time I'm going to make a Christmas tour of it in December, like I have some of my other. TV homes.
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Thank you for the tour ! I love the Lucy house even more now !!😊
Yay! I love when it does that. 😊
when ever i feel a bit down i watch ILL and my mood is immediately fixed lucy and desi were so talented
Yes! It's amazing how one of the first sitcoms ended up being one of the best.
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Another fabulous tour! This home really made you feel like you were in the country. Thanks for showing us around. It was great to hear from Keith, too.
Thank you. The interview made this one special. I'm glad he had so many memories from the show.
Getting a "White Christmas" or "Christmas in Connecticut" vibe from this set!
Yes. I can see that.
Such a beautiful house!
Yes - so beautiful. I wish I could walk around inside of a real-life version.
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Thank you! I love to see the inside of these houses. I used to always imagine what the entire house looked like.
I'm glad you're enjoying these tours.
Marina, you have some of the most instructive, insightful, entertaining, and informative videos online. I would love to see The Partridge Family and The Golden Girls houses, if these haven’t been done. Thanks for all your great work!
Thank you. The Partridge Family is on my list. 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane Lovely! Thanks for the reply!
The Golden Girls home would be GREAT!
Thank you for this… As an avid I Love Lucy lover since the very beginning of my childhood… I often forget about their house in Connecticut… You did a great job thank you again
I'm glad you enjoyed the tour. I wish we could have seen more of this home. It's a beauty.
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This is a new show, but I was always fascinated by the Last Man Standing house. It looks so big and comfy at the same time.
Thanks. I'll have to check it out. I am only vaguely familiar with it.
Thank you so much...I watch I Love Lucy all the time 🙂
I like all of the Connecticut episodes..I live in Connecticut 🙂
I'm glad you liked the tour.
Thank you! ❤ This was amazing❤️
I ❤ Lucy! We so enjoy these home tours! Love your beautiful narrating and guest appearances!❤
Thank you. I'm working on Happy Days right now.
One thing I was always fascinated with has to do with how both set and story depict the economy of the home. On television, it seems like the characters are sitting on mountains of cash. Notice how even though Ricky palled at Lucy’s lavish expenditure, he didn’t make her take any of it back.
I know I’ve said it before, but I so appreciate the careful research you do in order to complete these sets. This home definitely has “early 1900’s east coast vibes.” I think set designers are so clever how they create these homes to make the viewer really believe these shows are actually being shot in their context. For Ricky & Lucy, it was Connecticut. For 3’s Company, it was Santa Monica/LA. For Frasier it was Seattle. I love how set designers fool us.
I love what set designers do too! 😍
I wanted to live in their country home when I was a kid watching that show, and I definitely would want to live in it now. You did a marvelous job. Thanks for posting!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Loved Lucy and Ricky’s country house! Donna Reed’s house next please?
Someday.
This was great! Not sure why I missed it two years ago, but I'm glad I found it!
@@Dodger2204 I'm glad you did, too.
I really like it. I hope you do the house from "Here's Lucy". That was the one with Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. on it. That would be fun too.
I might. 😊