I guess the house is in Haworth, New Jersey (I grew up near there).

http://anateisenberg.com/files/400519/haworth.html

But I will have to take your word for the loveliness of the house :) I’m WAY too impressionable to handle Hide & Seek!

I totally know what you are talking about… I went to see a movie a few weeks ago and the trailer for Hide and Seek was one. During the whole thing I didn’t pay one bit of attention to the people or anything, just the house. I leaned over to my wife and said “Did you see that! The door casings and window casings were almost exactly the same profile as in our house!” A few second later she leaned over and said “That bathroom is the what I want the guest bathroom to look… did you see it… can we do that?”

Mindy,

Ha ha, glad to hear someone else has vanquished the Jane/Cosmo set… I had a mid-mid-life crisis in the checkout aisle several months ago when I reached for Better Homes and Gardens instead of Lucky. :-)

Now I reach with pride.

Have you heard of Budget Living? It’s another really good one.

Phew – glad to know I’m not the only crazy in the audience!

Jeannie – It’s not actually as freaky as I thought it’d be, if that helps at all. Do not see the Grudge, however, or you won’t be able to open your closet doors for weeks and will be running in terror from small asian boys.

Alex – I was DYING because Teague wasn’t with me so I had no one to lean over and share my enthusiasm with! I called him as soon as the movie let out to tell him how cool the house was. Poor Deniro, upstaged by great molding.

Jess – Budget Living is great, I used to get that one delivered but have “scaled back” my magazine habit in the past year or so. I was becoming an addict.

Mindy-
I know about the magazines…I have piles of This Old House, Old House Journal, Old House Interiors, Victorian Homes, Country Living, Restoration Hardware, Van Dyke’s, Rejuvenation, etc. etc. all piled up around my bed. I think it’s getting to Rob, cuz he’ll bring home a Cosmo, but I end up throwing in on the floor on his side of the bed. Poor Rob….:)

I’m with you on the magazine addiction and on the examining houses in movies and TV. Did you see Meet the Fockers? They’re house was pretty cool. I was inspired by their kitchen.

I’m glad to hear Hide and Seek isn’t too freaky. I am beginning to realize I should NEVER see freaky movies. The Grudge *shudder* – it was totally stupid and plotless, but the images still enter my mind sometimes and I have to concentrate on something happy to get them out.

I too am completely guilty of watching the sets rather than the movies…particularly in old movies…we watched Bell Book and Candle at christmas and I was just absorbed by the gorgeous mid-century modern apartment of Kim Novack…

oh and we got a BHG subscription from my mom for xmas (note my hip abbreviation)

I was also drooling over the house. I wondered how they got it furnished so quickly – even the girl’s dolls were set up. Behind the scenes magic, I guess!

Just a note to tell you what a great blog you have created! Keep up the good work!

These days, if we’re sitting on the couch we’re probably watching HGTV. We know half the shows by heart and will even sit through reruns to see a particular tile color or paint finish we really liked. Our coffee table is stacked with magazines… the days of Jane and Cosmo are over. They’ve been replaced by Architectural Digest and This Old House. So it should be no surprise that when I went to see a movie this past weekend, I paid far more attention to the set than the stars.

The movie was Hide and Seek – the creepy thriller with Dakota Fanning and Robert Deniro. Very talented actors, and the story was decent. But the house that the father and daugther live in…… a large place up in the woods of upstate New York… was so beautiful! And so central to the movie that it was a character as well, which pleased me to no end because that meant plenty of interior shots. Including a beautiful ocean-blue living room with a tile-surround fireplace, a quaint girls’ bedroom with quilted blankets and iron beds, and a bathtub that’s literally to die for.

Unfortunately, I scoured the internet and can’t find any good photos of the house… the official movie site uses nice flash animations but doesn’t offer up much about the house. I’ll keep searching, but if you’re into old homes, it’s worth the ticket price for a look at the dreamy decor ;)