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Which 80's sitcom house would you want to live in?

11 years ago

For those that watched ridiculous amounts of television in the 80's (like me), was there one house featured in a show that stands out to you as the best? Which one?

Let's hear your favorites and we'll turn the most popular choices into a poll for everyone. :)


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*This is the house from "Growing Pains."

Comments (49)

  • 11 years ago
    Love the one from "Growing Pains," plus (more as a fantasy house) the perhaps long-forgotten house from Silver Spoons.

    You might want to let folks add sitcom houses from the 70's, or even earlier years, to their list of all-time faves! People who came of age in the 70's may not have been as aware of the kid-oriented shows during the 80's. We were all probably too busy drooling over the majestic abodes of Dynasty and other rom-dramas, lol.
  • 11 years ago

    Oh yes...Silver Spoons! I loved that one.

    I actually started [another one for the 70's[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/which-70s-tv-house-would-you-want-to-live-in-dsvw-vd~2940821), so we can get both decades. :D

  • 11 years ago
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    full house, it was more 90s i guess but i loved their kitchen and the overall house layout

  • 11 years ago

    Mork and Mindy house. As a tween I yearned to have a cool apartment like that! The jeep as well.

  • 11 years ago

    Definitely love, love Julia's house. Full of fun and love.

    Pat

  • 11 years ago
    What about the Huxtable townhouse:
  • 11 years ago

    LOVE the Addams Family house. But liked the Munsters family members better.


  • 11 years ago

    Full House, for sure!


  • 11 years ago

    Love "The OC" house.

  • 11 years ago

    Family Ties was a nice Craftsman, as I remember it!

  • 11 years ago

    Wrong era, I am sure, but June Cleaver sure had a nice house to take care of!

  • 11 years ago

    and she got to wear heels and pearls all day.

  • 11 years ago

    I remember the candle sconce in the kitchen of Family Ties, and thought it was quirky and cool.

  • 11 years ago
    I'd go for the Cosby brownstone.
  • 11 years ago

    Helen's Nantucket cottage from "Wings". I was always trying to see the set around the actors when they were at Helen's - which wasn't very often. If I remember right, the house Helen and Joe bought was also a cute Nantucket beach cottage.

  • 11 years ago
    I was always fond of the Jessica Fletcher's charming Victorian home in Cabot Cove, Maine. Murder, She Wrote.
  • PRO
    11 years ago
    I guess it's not a sitcom, but I would like Robin Masters estate on Magnum PI. Not that it's especially architecturally pleasing but the location is pretty spot on :-)
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    The most memorable one for me is from Taxi, when a wrecking ball comes through Jim Ignatowski's living room while he's sitting there eating breakfast. Later, when everyone at work asks him if the landlord warned him, he replied, "You have to put up with a few inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."

  • 11 years ago
    Growing Pains house for sure
  • 11 years ago
    ah...Murder she Wrote takes my vote right after, LOL, Roarke's Fantasy Island.. if I've got the eras right.
  • 11 years ago

    Dallas, Falcon Crest, Tales of the Gold Monkey Bar, Kc's Room from China Beach

  • 11 years ago

    Definitely the Cosby Show or Full House. Love those Victorian row houses!

  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Absolutely Cosby Show for the 80's. Full House and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for the 90's!!

  • 11 years ago

    The Jetson's!!

  • 11 years ago
    It wasn't a sitcom, but Mike and Hope's house from "Thirtysomething". It was craftsman and sometimes a little dark inside. But as a young teen, I was always fascinated by all the intimate interior spaces where little groups could temporarily hide during parties, apart from the rest yet not entirely so, and gossip, brood or make out. It's a different sensibility from open-concept plans where everyone is seen and together (unless you're outside on the deck or patio with another entirely seen group). I live in a modern, open-concept home, but I had it designed with alcoves, nooks, and long, dark hallways with art niches that tempt people to stray, linger, and breakaway from the crowd for a while. I guess I'm still inspired by the "Thirtysomething" house!
  • 11 years ago
    Thirty Something house outside Philly
  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Full House


  • 11 years ago

    I don't know about the 80's but I think Dick Van Dyke's mid century modern was cool as was The Brady Bunch modern classic, the crazy old Victorian house in Please Don't Eat the Daisies, the spaceship on Lost In Space and the Starship Enterprise (I like me a good holodeck in my living space).


  • 11 years ago

    What about my three son's and petti coat junction? Then there were the extreme house comedies like the Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres! I just adore a penthouse view!

  • 11 years ago

    I completely forgot about Green Acres! I love that show, especially the episode where Mr. Haney sold the Ziffles the washing machine with the outboard motor as the agitator! It was a hoot!

  • 11 years ago
    The Blair's house for sure!
  • 11 years ago

    Cabot Cove for me

  • 11 years ago

    The 70s Brady Bunch house was in my dreams a lot as a kid. I wanted to live there with them, especially with Alice keeping it clean and the food always ready!!

  • 11 years ago

    Again this is the wrong era but lode The Dick Van Dyke Show. Rob and laura were so cool. Not a fan of Rusty though. Lol.

  • 11 years ago

    I do have to say though, that it always bothered me that most of the interiors of these houses could not have had the exteriors that were pictured. Even as a child I was able to figure out that certain window, doors and rooms did not coordinated. Drove me nuts and it still does as this set design error still exists in today's movies and T.V. shows!

  • 11 years ago

    Same her lake1114! Just the other day I was watching something and noticed the exterior front door had 3 separate clear glass panes at the top. The interior showed an entirely different door with one large piece of stained glass. I guess they figure we won't notice.

  • 11 years ago

    guess they figured wrong! lol. I notice all of those discrepancies. I know they have people to check those things but they really don't do a great job.

  • 11 years ago
    The house in NY where Nanny Fran and Mr. Sheffield lived!
  • 11 years ago
    Sorry...that was 90's!
  • 11 years ago

    Who's the Boss ...

  • 11 years ago

    sunshynandroses-forgot about that one. The interior and exterior were both typical Connecticut charm. But like numerous others, there was no way the interior design would be possible with that exterior. I loved it anyway-the fireplace was beautiful. Thanks for reminding me.

  • 11 years ago

    Magnum PI's house - why would you want to live anywhere else and drive something other than a red Ferrari?

  • PRO
    11 years ago

    The Cosby Show...fell in love with the brownstone, swinging door to the kitchen and because I grew up in a bungalow, I loved the staircase and was fascinated that there was a back staircase to the kitchen!!

  • 11 years ago

    Definitely that Boulder Mork and Mindy house!


  • 11 years ago

    I know it's not the 80's but I would love a house like the one on the TV show Charmed! It was a spectacular Victorian.

  • PRO
    11 years ago
    Okay, this isn't even a TV show, but the house in the movie Practical Magic was cool. My understanding is that it was pretty much just a shell and built for the movie but I like it just the same, that and the floating house in Sleepless in Seattle - I've kayaked around that house - I'd live there :-)
  • 6 years ago

    The Vermont Inn shown in Newhart.

  • 6 years ago

    LOVED LOVED LOVED the "Hart to Hart" house, esp the living room with the bar, all the beautiful wood & stone, the fireplace in the kitchen...

    Just stick me in a time machine with lots of $$$ LOL!