Posted on 09/13/2014 12:07:27 AM PDT by lowbridge
Rehabbed from top to bottom, this house will always be remembered as the home of Ozzie and Harriet, America’s first real television family between 1952 and 1966. It also served as Ari Gold’s home on “Entourage.”
When it last changed hands in 2013 for $3.025 million,the home still had the same kitchen layout as it did on television, and Ozzie’s wood-paneled “pub room” stood frozen in time, complete with Ozzie’s model train. As Yahoo! reported, previous owners said the train would sometimes start on its own. And other owners since Ozzie’s death said they would sometimes find a kitchen drawer open beside the sink, presumably because his ghost wanted a bowl of ice cream in the middle of the night.
(Excerpt) Read more at zillow.com ...
http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-ozzie-and-harriet-20140908-story.html
http://homes.yahoo.com/news/ozzie-harriet-house-modernized-back-market-225519159.html
Historical vandalism.
All that harsh white eventually ends up feeling oppressive to me.
Ha ha!
(Just a little room diversity wouldn’t hurt...)
The new kitchen has way too much marble everyplace to suit me. Something was lost by removing the 1950’s style kitchen cabinets, though I understand, people want to put their own mark on their own property. Whoever redid the Den has made it clear they do not like earth tones. Maybe they thought it looked to ‘masculine’, or like a ‘man cave’ with all the paneling. The new Den was well done, but it is so pale and chalky, as to have the look of a sterile environment. It looks like some kind of clinic or classroom. If Ozzy’s ghost disapproves too much, he will make the new owners just a little uncomfortable. One of his son’s Ricky Nelson, who was one of the first truly big rock and roll stars, might serenade them with ‘Poor Little Fools’.
What they did to the house destroyed it’s “homey” appeal. It’s a sterile, boring house now.
I agree. The pre-rehab version had a much warmer appeal. The über-white walls and overall antiseptic appearance are not an improvement. I like the original color scheme much better.
No matter what’s said, its pretty nice.
Who’s that designed for, the guy in “Creepshow” who lives in the completely white apartment?
Well it was cheap to paint. “Give me 200 gallons of white off the shelf. Nothing else. White. Plain white. And a couple of sticks of dynamite.”
This designer and his fancy friends don’t know that real people really prefer a separate, closed kitchen, even if their “staff” is doing the cooking and cleaning, as things need to be cleaned up and put away immediately lest the guests see pans in the sink all the way from the other end of the living room.
This guy measures his accomplishment by how much he changed it, despite his mumbo jumbo about keeping the original character (the outside walls and the foundation?). If you aren’t taking out a wall, you aren’t doing your job as a designer, I guess.
Did the show ever say what Ozzie’s occupation was? I believe Ward Cleaver was in “insurance”.
I loved that show!
I was just a little girl, named “Mary-Lou. I had a huge crush on Ricky.
Imagine my rapture when he used to close the program with “Well, well Hello, Mary-Lou..Goodbye heart!”
((((((((sigh))))))))
Not perfection certainly....but better than what this nation has today.
The boys used to walk over to the malt shop near “the college.” Does anyone know which college we are talking about? Or the malt shop we are talking about?
“It’s a sterile, boring house now.”
It’s a show house now. Fit for magazines but not for living.
He was an attorney. But a good one. Not an ambulance chaser. LOL
Great show but “hard working”? What the heck did Ozzie do all day? I don’t remember if he even had a job. He always was roaming around in his sweater vest. I liked the show but I was more of a Leave it to Beaver fan.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.