The abandoned mill used by Petofi in 1897, pretty nice digs, I've always been interested in living in a house that wasn't traditionally a house. Love the era, and the coolest people were always just dropping by.
So I'm not sure if Flora's home was Rose Cottage, but I think these were two different places. I remember something about "the old Magruder place," whence I developed the theory that Flora Collins was born Flora Magruder. I loved the interiors of that home (didn't Desmond live there, too) but can't remember if we ever saw the exterior. Does anyone remember seeing the exterior?
i like old disused fire houses.
i like old disused fire houses.
So I'm not sure if Flora's home was Rose Cottage, but I think these were two different places. I remember something about "the old Magruder place," whence I developed the theory that Flora Collins was born Flora Magruder. I loved the interiors of that home (didn't Desmond live there, too) but can't remember if we ever saw the exterior. Does anyone remember seeing the exterior?
It was Rose Cottage and yes, Desmond lived there as well. ;) They would show the exterior quite often.
Nevertheless, I do find it curious that Flora Collins is regarded by DS fandom to have been a blood Collins. Not too likely, since Desmond's last name is Collins. Unless she bore him out of wedlock.
I could not accept the exterior shots of the house as truly being Angelique and Sky's home, which the exterior shots showed as a shabby wood shack.
I can't speak for all Shadowphiles, but I've always considered Flora to be an in-law by the mere fact she had a son. And he was a cousin of Quentins...wonder who her husband was....we never hear about another brother for Quentin and Gabrial. And the fact that Daniel only had a sister (Millicent) means her husband couldn't have been a cousin to them/nephew to Daniel. Interesting...
One thing I wonder about her name though is, was she named after Jonathan's mother Flora Frid as a sort of 'tongue-in-cheek' thing by DCP?! ;)
If this is an example of a shabby wood shack
The abandoned mill used by Petofi in 1897, pretty nice digs, I've always been interested in living in a house that wasn't traditionally a house. Love the era, and the coolest people were always just dropping by.
Not to drive this into the ground, but that picture MB posted looks very similar to Rose Cottage.
So true, Arashi - and with a interior decorator like Aristede, the place always looked fashionably gothic!
Someone at DS definitely had a love of Greek Revival because the Old House, Rose Cottage and Rumson House are all in that style.
Not to drive this into the ground, but that picture MB posted looks very similar to Rose Cottage.
Doesn't it though. Someone at DS definitely had a love of Greek Revival because the Old House, Rose Cottage and Rumson House are all in that style. However, the establishing shots used for the Old House and Rumson House were actual houses - the establishing shots for Rose Cottage were supposedly just the dollhouse disguised to look as if it was an actual house out in the woods. :D
This really doesn't apply to the Old House because that house was discovered by Dan Curtis when they were up at Lyndhurst
Is this Rose Cottage? Sure looks like a doll house to me.
Petofi, that's a fabulous picture of the Petofi Mill set! Thanks for sharing it!
I have always had a fascination for the sets of DS and the irreplaceable ambiance that they always provided to the show. Kudos to Sy Tomashoff and the fantastic set decorators and lighting folk that made it all possible.
This really doesn't apply to the Old House because that house was discovered by Dan Curtis when they were up at Lyndhurst
Why would you say it really doesn't apply? DC loved the style of Spratt House (so much so that he was determined to find a use for it on the show) - and he was definitely someone at DS. [wink2]
Where he hides out after being found out as a vampire in 1897 is a different story. The cave is clearly big pieces of dark crumpled-up paper stuck onto the walls. Yet, even this cheapest of all sets works if you don't stop to think about it.
Where he hides out after being found out as a vampire in 1897 is a different story. The cave is clearly big pieces of dark crumpled-up paper stuck onto the walls. Yet, even this cheapest of all sets works if you don't stop to think about it.
I never figured out that those cave walls were paper. That must have been the same as the walls in the abandoned mill, too. Another nagging question solved!
I believe that where Barnabas hid out earlier in the storyline was referred to as a rectory, which is the same as a parsonage, vicarage, or manse - I guess it depends on the denomination, but a rectory seems to usually refer to the Anglican Church in England, so possibly this was an Episcopal Church (the equivalent of the Anglican Church in North America) in Collinsport. I wonder if that was the denomination of the Collins family back in 1795?
Part of me tried to disbelieve that it was construction paper until petofi confirmed it just now. But as vlad just said, it certainly works, doesn't it? They'd have been crazy to pass on such a cheap, ideal solution. The lair, it never did occur to me. That was better lit, so maybe not.
Someone refresh my memory please: was there ever a mention of a light house on DS?
The lair is cool most certainly, but I'm going to fantasize about being Master of Collinwood, thank you very much. Just look at my avatar. No, forget it, my inferiority thing won't permit it. Just put me in the fishing shack.