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Bewitched really shows the ‘60s aesthetic

2 months ago

I’d heard about it, seen a couple of black and white episodes on YouTube, but I’d not seen Bewitched in color before. Hulu streams it not, and i just watched the first few episodes from 1964. It captures the 1960s aesthetic so well - the show is beautiful. Now I understand the avocado linoleum I’ve got in the kitchen, the size of my kitchen, the brown woods… I actually see the color combinations coming back every time someone recommends green backsplash tile here. Fireclay Tile even has a new glaze variation called Golden Hour that captures this pretty well too.

My house was built in 1963. I love the Bewitched house, but I don’t aspire to that kitchen. I just want all of my elements and finished to harmonize and look as if they might have been original, had the builder known how to design a kitchen 😂 Am I nuts, or do you love the two-toned cabinetry, light counter tops, and colorful appliances?


If you have any visual reference materials for me that might help me find a balance between 1960s style and 2025 functionality, I’d love to see it. Thanks!

Comments (10)

  • 2 months ago

    I loved the show as a child, and I just googled the house -- wow, that's one ugly exterior, but the interior rooms are lovely. I think many of us would like to live in that house today.

    eam44 thanked Mrs Pete
  • 2 months ago

    The flow of that house really worked! And it looked pretty cool to me. No formal living room, and in the earlier shows the kitchen wasn’t a fully separate room from the dining room (perhaps they just didn’t bother building all the way to the ceiling in those shows). But there are a lot of similarities with my house. My fireplace isn’t brick, it’s sandstone, but it occupies an entire wall in the family room, just like their brick fireplace did. The kitchen has some sort of grill over a brick oven - not sure what that’s about. I also love the wardrobe!

  • 2 months ago

    I loved the house, the outside and the inside, the flow. I think there was more than one kitchen over the years. I visited a house for an estate sale and the kitchen hadn’t been touched probably since it was built in the mid-50s. I know because I had lived across the street, and it was my cousins’ house. Seriously, the black dial wall-mounted phone and all. AND it had the Flair range. I’d never seen on IRL and swooned.

    eam44 thanked bpath
  • 2 months ago
    last modified: 2 months ago

    For those of you who loved the house in Bewitched, below are links for part 1 and 2 of a tour of the house on YouTube:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dy55c-r9xQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTUR-4OXhs

    It shows the house through a CG tour + adds a lot of footage/shots to show how things changed between seasons (and even some changes during the same season).

    It looks like the YouTube channel has tours of homes from quite a few TV shows and movies.

    eam44 thanked dani_m08
  • 2 months ago
    last modified: 2 months ago

    Oh, bp, the Flair! I’d love to know how they worked. Dani, thanks for those links. If only they’d posted the layouts here on houzz 😂

    I have to say, the show itself is not great. There’s one trope in slightly different flavors, and you can’t really watch more than one episode at a time. It belonged in an era that precedes streaming and binge watching. Good thing there’s a great house to ogle!

  • 2 months ago

    My parents' house was built in the middle 60's and had the Flair range. It was there until they were both gone and we renovated for sale in 2014. A guy bought the Flair and drove 7 hours to come and get it. The only thing that didn't work was the clock.

    eam44 thanked aok27502
  • 2 months ago

    Everything old is new again 😂 I have a bathroom with avocado green tile. I think I’ll stick with stainless steel.

    I’m glad to know the Flair was actually a good appliance. In many ways it’s better than a range - the ovens are at waist height and the cooktop is retractable. What’s not to love?

  • 2 months ago

    The original furniture was great, but after there was a fire on the set, the furniture was less sophisticated in later seasons. The kitchen actually seemed to change slightly each season.

    eam44 thanked palimpsest
  • 2 months ago

    I love the original furniture. I haven’t gotten to the later seasons yet, but look at this sofa!!! (from the colorized version of the black and white years, I think)


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