This is my favorite movie of all time – because of the house. It is lovely — just like you! The Christmas classic was filmed all over Manhattan. Also, there are many discrepancies with the upstairs and this is where it becomes obvious that it is only a set (which is true, read above^). What a cool blog post! But, we now know that is not the only location that has been verified, as we got confirmation that the film will be shooting in the town of Hudson as well. ... DaBaby – Practice Filming Locations. It is a beautiful house as are a lot of the houses in Winnetka. Filming Locations of Chicago and Los Angeles Home Alone 3 There is another website totally dedicated to all of the John Hughes Movies. Oh, what a lovely photos I always love this movie and it’s so great that i have opportunity to see real interior of the house . Where was filmed movie Home Alone, cast Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard. I think that is my favorite movie house…the 2nd is the father of the bride house! My Aunt and Uncle actually lived a couple streets behind this house and I’m pretty sure walking around Winnetka at Thanksgiving is what started my love affair with houses. I have a suggestion for another movie house I’d love to learn more about: the house from Beetlejuice. Macaulay Culkin says that he remembers being given some Crayons to color some of it in and make it look “authentic.”. I watched this movie with my family in Germany in a small one screen theater on the military base. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) and his family are taking a vacation to Florida. Thank you for sharing the interior photos. Drake – Laugh Now Cry Later ft. Lil Durk Filming Location. I never really payed much attention to it before, but wow! I think it should come back to the theater! .-= The Stylish House´s last blog ..Christmas Mantle Swag Tutorial =-. Where was filmed movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, cast Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara. It was Steve Martin’s house. Barcelona houses one of the most gorgeous locations used in season 3, especially if you’re Villanelle. =-. One Christmas location that I had been absolutely obsessed with finding for years was the supposed Miami, Florida-area motel where the McCallister family – minus Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), of course – stayed in the 1992 flick Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. 23 December 2019. Locations: 4747 Dempster Street, Skokie, IL, United States (Karen Pruitt’s Workplace) Google Maps Co-ordinates: 42.040241, -87.746559 3025 Normandy Place, Evanston, IL, United States (Mrs Hes… I dreamed of moving to North America since I was a kid and this house made me want to move here even more. Posted November 16th, 2020. He initially shows some confusion when he can't find his family in the airport, but it doesn't really click until he looks out the western windows and sees the Manhattan skyline. And I always *loved* the house. =-. I love your site and loved this post about the Home Alone house! I wonder if I’d feel like a giant in that house. I assume when you get up the main staircase the bathroom door is straight ahead. Seeing the floor plans really shows you just how big this house is, and it is beautiful! They then filled it back in when they were done. .-= Maaike Quinn´s last blog ..Day 8 – Get a 3 ring binder and put paper in it =-. October 9, 2020. Almost all of whatever you point out is astonishingly precise and it makes me wonder the reason why I had not looked at this with this light before. I would have been about 11 at the time. I have always loved the “Home Alone” house…thanks for the really informative trip through it (and the sets they used for the interior scenes). I loved this movie when I was younger. Happy holidays. .-= Kate@Florida country clubs´s last blog ..An Oceanfront Gem on the Florida Atlantic Coast =-. .-= boysmum2´s last blog ..New Meaning =-. I’ve looked at soo many plans now, they’re all staring to look alike to me. The house of Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is to the north of Chicago, at 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka (rail: Winnetka, Metra Commuter line from Ogilvie Transportation Center). I have already watched Home Alone this year!! I featured Funny Farm last year–one of my favorites. I do love this house; think it’s one of my all time favorites! The bathroom is off Jeff and Kevin’s room (bedroom with the bunk beds). I love the wall paper in the entry and stair well. Filmed in Winnetka, Illinois, the neighborhood surrounding the home became a character itself in the movie. Nearby is the green where Kevin visits Santa Claus, Station Park, in front of Winnetka Village Hall, Green Bay Road. We slept in! I would assume the room we never get to see upstairs is the 5th bedroom in the real house which possibly might have a bath in it like the parents room does. I’ve always loved that house! I followed a link over from Nester and I am LOVING this post. I’m sure I don’t have to remind you that this is a private home and not to disturb the residents. I was just wondering if there is a house plan out there somewhere on this house, so far I haven’t seen one that is close to it yet. It was perfect, they would fall asleep and I could wonder down the brick roads, looking at all the beautiful homes. A reader named Sarah whose aunt and uncle owned the house at the time of filming explained that the filmmakers dug a fake entrance to the back of the house for the movie that you can see above. The bathroom also has a door to the hallway. July 7, 2016. The line to get in went around the block and it was packed inside. .-= MissCaron´s last blog ..HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I love it. Easily one of the standard Christmas classics, 'Home Alone' has been a holiday tradition for families worldwide since its release in 1990. Thank you. Well he must of gotten really lost. .-= the BLAH BLAH BLAHger´s last blog ..Thanksgiving Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You =-. I remember wishing for a home like that during the holidays. The third floor staircase blocks any hall access to the “mystery room” on the far upper end of the house. What does it say about me that I absolutely love red and green, and the Christmas decorations make me innately happy…yet I’m Jewish? .-= Bonnie´s last blog ..More Flowers =-. I watched this movie over the weekend and remembered you previous Home Alone house post, so I was surprised to see another post today. .-= Jacki´s last blog ..Garage Sale Treasure and Tagged =-. dr nikhil…that is my attempted floor plan. Edit. I must have missed this post the first time around. Showing all 19 items Jump to: Filming Locations (18) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations. MTL Blog has already confirmed that the cast and crew were filming in both Longueuil and Beaconsfield. Notice the changes they made, like how there are fewer family photos on the wall going up the stairs? .-= Stephanie´s last blog ..The Christmas Card That Wasn’t =-. His cheeky charm saw him become one of the world's most sought-after child actors and turned Home Alone into the second biggest-grossing film of the decade. WOW, what fun! I am looking for gold angel candles just like the ones on the dining room table. P.S. He says the owners were kind enough to allow him to take these in 2004. It’s so funny that you put this up! gerat post & the new header is awesome!!! Hoever, Duncan's Toy Chest was filmed at The Rookery Building which is no where near New York. Let’s take a look at the entry first. I would like to know where to purchase those candles as well, I have admired them for a long time. Too bad, really!! Can You Name These 10 Christmas-Movie Houses? The house that Kevin McCallister so expertly defends from the Wet Bandits in John Hughes’ popular Christmas film “Home Alone” is located in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka. October 9, 2020. At the airport Kevin loses his family and accidentally gets on a plane to New York City. : ) Cathy "Home Alone 2" was released in 1992, and while many scenes look similar to real locations, some locations closed or never existed in the first place. I loved the film and i’d like to build this house for my sims. So cool! Beautiful house, looks so pretty in the different seasons outside Thank you, I was looking for this house plan since a long time. In 2012, the house at 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois sold for $1.585 million, almost one million less compared to its original listing price of $2.4 million. We never get to see Megan and Lenny’s room which is to the right before you get to the attic stairway door. Well, wouldn't you know it, that’s O’Hare too. I love your page. Where have you been? The other Home Alone movies aren’t that great. rue .-= Carla ´s last blog ..Were Home Alone & Sledding Down Our Staircase! Home Alone 2 was “a child’s idea of New York,” says Devin Ratray, an actor and almost-native New Yorker who played Kevin’s older brother Buzz in the first two Home Alone films. Thanks for sharing! First of all, I LOVE your new look!!! Your absolutely right about all your points. The Home Alone reboot starring Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, and Archie Yates has officially made its way to Montreal. Maybe they put it up again for the next movie? I grew up just about 4 blocks from there. These are the best Home Alone movies ever made. Home Alone (1990) Filming & Production. Music Video Locations. The houses from ‘The Pacifier’ and ‘Rumor Has It’ are also fantastic houses. Don't recognise it? You just made my day. It feels like a house for everyone of the family and even after all of these years it’s simply delightful! Yes No. I never saw it on the big screen! Julia, I love your blog re-design. I am still not too far from there but more than the 4 blocks from where I grew up. Great post, Julia! Loved this post! The walls match in the first movie where we see Jeff and Kevin standing near the sink and then in the second movie Kevin walks through his room to get his tie and Uncle Frank is in the shower. document.write("This page was last updated on " +document.lastModified+ ""), Home Alone location: Kevin’s house: 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, Home Alone location: the church interior: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois, Home Alone location: the church exterior: Trinity United Methodist Church, 1024 West Lake Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois, Home Alone location: Chicago O’Hare – and Paris, too: O'Hare Airport, Chicago, rail: Winnetka, Metra Commuter line from Ogilvie Transportation Center, Trinity United Methodist Church, 1024 West Lake Avenue. And the ‘Paris’ airport at which they land? Thanks for sharing! Home Alone 2 and Kevin gets "Lost in New York". Well, Siskel and Ebert were wrong, huh? It was so perfect. Thanks for the walk down memory lane Thanks! Strangely I love the movie interior better even with all the wallpaper. This is one of my families favorite movies. I watched this movie so much…love the house! I would love to live in a house like that. P.S. In fact, for such a beautiful house (exterior), it was interesting to see plain white walls. i love how they used red & green decor to give the right vibe for a Christmas movie. My parents still live not too far and my sister is now moving into a house that was built on the property that my parents house was located. , hello julia, -- Home Alone Filming Locations 30 years later!Home Alone is THE Christmas movie of a generation. .-= Amanda @ Serenity Now´s last blog ..Tennessee Playhouse Cottage =-. The Griswold House in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, https://hookedonhouses.net/houses-onscreen/, https://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/06/home-alone-house-for-sale-for-2-4-million/?hpt=Sbin. Do you know if it is still sold? LOL!! .-= Lauren Liess´s last blog ..Forcing Paperwhites/ Narcissus Bulbs =-. I think I need a break from looking at the plans. Thank you. But the house is cute, and it really is a Christmas story because of the scenes at Christmas that finishes the movie. The Capone mansion used to shoot the movie is a stately home located at 18447 3 Rivers Rd, in the outskirts of Covington.The stunning 18 acre Mediterranean riverfront estate was built in 2004 and has a market value of $7,5 million. Take a look! The Home Alone movie house has always been one of my favorites, so I was excited when a reader named Eric shared photos he took inside the real home in Winnetka, Illinois, with me. It came out when I was a kid, and I remember just loving the house. The Home Alone movie house has always been one of my favorites, so I was excited when a reader named Eric shared photos he took inside the real home in Winnetka, Illinois, with me. .-= Beth at Aunties´s last blog ..My Simple Day Book Post =-. Macaulay Culkin points out in the DVD commentary that in real life he would have crashed into the wall if he really attempted to sled down the stairs and out the front door. How much do you know about the McCallister's home and the neighborhood filming locations? love this house!! I got an early start! Thanks a lot!!! They showed the foyer in the final scene & it was totally different from the Home Alone decor. loved reading all these behind-the-scenes secrets! I thought I’d seen it here. Love that house! You can check it out Here i am a very big fan of home alone house.its so cosy n loving. Julia, I really wish they kept the original cast and stuff throughout all of the movies. What a great memory to have! I absolutely love the film and this house. Even with all these changes, Home Alone fans will remember it as the house of the McCallisters, filled with red and green furnishings, charm, character, and over-the-top Christmas decorations. I had read your post about suggesting some holiday movie homes, and this one came to mind! Love your blog. This is an american house at it’s best. My favorite Christmas movie ever, and yes, it has lots to do with the house!! Home Alone comes out every Christmas to get me in the festive spirit and for the last three years I’ve ended up pouring over bits of paper trying to draw out the house plan. .-= Emily B´s last blog ..new goals =-. I’ve always loved that movie house! He says the owners were kind enough to allow him to take these in 2004. I LOVE the home alone house! Director Christopher Columbus talks in the DVD commentary about recreating the second-floor interiors on a sound stage in a high school gymnasium, and a source tells me that they used the nearby New Trier High School, which was vacant at the time. It’s a lovely home, but it looks like the ceilings are super low! That house is beautiful! In fact, if I could snap my fingers and make it my own, I’d take the house decorated exactly like it was in the movie! I don’t think Elvis is alive. Sorry if my english isn’t perfect, i’m french. Global Film Locations. I love this movie and the house. Funny how I notice now just how much wallpaper was used in the house/set. The “Home Alone” Movie House. Home Alone, and it’s sequel, Home Alone 2, have become modern day Christmas classics. It closed its doors in 2015. It isn't until Kevin lands in LaGuardia that he realizes he made a major oopsie. 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, USA (McCallister home) 50 of 51 found this interesting Interesting? Love your site, keep up the great work! Movie was filmed in 1992, countries of filming locations are United States. The audience got so involved; booing and hissing at the bad guys and clapping and celebrating when Kevin got the upper hand. It has more in depth info on the locations plus a lot more stuff on each of the movies. I don’t think that guy looks like Elvis though, not at all. And yes, I dont understand where the bathroom from the sequel comes in. Have you done the Christmas Vacation house yet? New York film locations from the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York starring Macaulay Culkin. I wish I could decorate like that! I don’t like the rest after number 2! Not only were the houses amazing, the yards were beautiful also. I read that they paid the people something like $100K to use the house, and then they came in and did all the wallpaper we see in the movie because the owners didn’t have wallpaper. I bet they could get a lot of business if they opened it up for events, though! Let’s take a look at the entry first. i love that house.the interior decorating is awesome . The movies have endured since they were released in the early 90s, regularly airing on TV during the holiday season. I always came home with so many ideas. The real house has 3.5 baths according to this site. 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