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Post by Easton on Aug 13, 2019 7:47:06 GMT -5
From the outside, the Walton house is a rectangle with a small edition for Grandma and Grandpa's bedroom. But the rest of the house doesn't add up. I'm sure it was for ease of filming, but the upstairs is all angles (except for the bathroom which is the only square room with 4 walls. Did you ever notice that John-Boy's room has at least 6 walls?
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 13, 2019 10:42:53 GMT -5
I don't think there was ever an actual interior -- individual rooms/sets were located on a soundstage and not really connected much at all....
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Post by Easton on Aug 13, 2019 11:48:00 GMT -5
I know the actual outside house was just a shell and the rooms were sets, but it would have been more practical to make the sets fit the house. I just found it odd when I started noticing the odd-shaped rooms which didn't fit the house.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 13, 2019 12:20:03 GMT -5
A couple of things that always bugged me .... there seems to be no real way to get up to the attic, nor the basement (except from the outside). And, don't understand how John-Boy's closet fit in..... The bathroom doesn't make much sense either.... I wish the producers cared more about such things !!
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Post by Easton on Aug 13, 2019 12:47:06 GMT -5
The basement doesn't bother me so much. It wasn't really a basement. Back then, it would have been a root cellar for storing food. It would be cooler down there and were invariably reached from the outside. The attic I agree with. I haven't figured out how to get to it unless it's too the left at the end of the hall.
I know John-Boy's room is the left-hand gable at the top of the stairs. The girls are in the middle and John and Olivia are on the right. That would mean that the bathroom is across the hall from the bedrooms and the boys must be at the back of the house. I think their door is at the left of the top of the stairs. I'll have to watch more carefully.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 13, 2019 13:14:54 GMT -5
The basement doesn't bother me so much. It wasn't really a basement. Back then, it would have been a root cellar for storing food. It would be cooler down there and were invariably reached from the outside. My grandmother's farmhouse was the same vintage, and she had both the outdoor cellar stairs and an interior staircase...The attic I agree with. I haven't figured out how to get to it unless it's too the left at the end of the hall.
I know John-Boy's room is the left-hand gable at the top of the stairs. Yes, but his closet couldn't be as depicted... The girls are in the middle and John and Olivia are on the right. That would mean that the bathroom is across the hall from the bedrooms and the boys must be at the back of the house. The bathroom should be at the rear, with its pipes over the kitchen..., I think their door is at the left of the top of the stairs. I'll have to watch more carefully. I'm betting there are no real answers...
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Post by Easton on Aug 13, 2019 13:22:34 GMT -5
^ As I said, the sets have to be practical for filming and not so much logical for fit.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 13, 2019 13:53:05 GMT -5
^ As I said, the sets have to be practical for filming and not so much logical for fit. And, as I said, there are no real answers !! -- I was simply fleshing out my ideas a bit.... |
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 13, 2019 21:35:53 GMT -5
Several years ago, I found a website which included several amateur-submitted renditions of Walton floorplans -- I'll see if I can find it again....
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Post by sambda on Aug 14, 2019 14:51:05 GMT -5
Here's the floor plan of the upstairs. (You may want to do: right-click --> Open image in new tab, and then CTRL+ to zoom in.) Notes: The boys' room ended up having more flattage (i.e. walls) to it than shown in this diagram (which must be very early). Note that the girls' room also doubled as the room for John and Olivia, but not in the way shown (they didn't bother with that backdrop idea, which would have shown the upstairs hallway from a different angle - they just shot it with the same aspect/angle as the girls' room). There is also a door off the hall (between John-Boy's room and the attic stairs). My knowledge is not good enough to remember if that was shown? If so, it was presumably where the parents' room was supposed to be? That is supported by the backdrop idea, which would show the hall from the right angle. Some episodes also added the attic on, but I am unsure if this was a permanent set which slotted into the arrangement shown in the diagram, or a guest set which stood alone and was only erected when needed. Probably the latter, at a guess. (Next time I watch the series, I will redraw a proper plan (together with the downstairs) as shown on the actual show.)  |
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Post by Easton on Aug 14, 2019 15:22:11 GMT -5
^ I just did a Google search and found the same floor plan on Pinterest, but it was copyrighted. I was going to post a link to it, but you did it for me. Thanks.
I did, however, find an image of the first floor right here in this forum. It's the 4th post down and you can click the image there to enlarge it:
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 14, 2019 16:31:21 GMT -5
There are a bunch of floor plans to be found on the internet -- some crazier than the next !!
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