Comments on: The “Home Alone” House for Sale in Winnetka, Illinois

By: Top 5 Holiday Movie Houses (and 1 Honorable Mentions) | MarkatthBlog

Top 5 Holiday Movie Houses (and 1 Honorable Mentions) | MarkatthBlog — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:01:44 +0000

[...] Home Alone The beautiful Dutch Colonial’s decorating may be a little dated 20-plus years later, but all that red and green wallpaper still looks like Christmas to most of us. The real Home Alone house in Winnetka, IL, went on the market for $2.4 million in May. (I compared the real rooms to how they looked in the movie here.) [...]

By: chris w

chris w — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:38:43 +0000

I have been “in love” with this house since the movie came out! The new renovations are nice, but I prefer the way the house looked in the movies. Even though it is outdated and cluttered, I love every bit of clutter and out dated decor in the house! I love the wrapping paper in the master bedroom, all the little chiatchkes on the shelves, the gingerbread house in the kitchen, all the games in the family room, the 80s decor in the master bathroom, all the wallpaper–especially the kind in the entryway/ stairwell and master bedroom! Do you know where I can get that same wallpaper? ^_^ Thank you for showing us this beautiful house!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:56:47 +0000

One of my favorite things about the house was the kitchen. So sad to see that it is completely different. And, as dated as the interior is in the film…I still prefer it over what it has become. I miss the warm, cozy house in the film!!

By: Daphne23

Daphne23 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:59:57 +0000

I really love the look of the original; warm, cozy and full of character. So pleasing to the eye and the soul. Guess I am old fashioned, maybe need to update with the times, but given the choice between the two the original would win hands down. I came across this site when trying to look for a site that would give me ideas on how to make my home look like the home alone house! I wish the originally owners happiness in their new home and I wish the new owners that too; even though I’m rather green round the gills ;0) xxx

By: franky

franky — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:48:20 +0000

This is so beautiful……there is such a big difference when it comes to design from 90′s to now….a wonderful change I’d say!

By: For Sale: Steve Martin’s Classic Colonial from the Movie “Planes, Trains & Automobiles”

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:08:43 +0000

[...] out the similarities between the Planes house and the one from John Hughes’ classic comedy Home Alone, which was on the market recently, as well. Some have even asked if they’re the same [...]

By: hookedonhouses

hookedonhouses — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:42:09 +0000

Wow! I love your attention to detail and dogged determination in figuring this out. Thanks for the photos, Brianna. This is great!

By: brianna

brianna — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:35:09 +0000

ok I think I have it figured out! The screen porch off of the kitchen is actually what was used as the kitchen in the movie. The Kitchen was never actually used. In an interview with the owners they said that their screen porch was covered with fake brick walls for the shots of the back of the house. They also said a fake basement stairway was dug underneath the screen porch for the basement stair scenes. The basement scenes were all filmed on a soundstage in a gymnasium. I know this because I watched the extras on the dvd. It shows Macaulay Culkin next to the furnace in a huge gymnasium set. I have taken screenshots two photos. One was from a video showing the house on a reality website. Its shows the screen porch. The other is a screen shot from the movie which clearly shows that the “kitchen door” in the movie was actually built in their screen house. There is also a paved little sidewalk up to the screen door which is scene in the movie going up to the “kitchen door” The same step can be seen as in the movie where he drops the pizza off. If you look at the windows and stuff in the pictures, they add up evenly. In the interview the couple also states that all of the insides were redone for the movie. Although they did have wallpaper at the time, it is not the wallpaper you see in the movie. They wanted the movie to be very Christmas themed so the film crew covered their walls in a styrofoam board and then wallpapered on top of that. This is how they were able to have the exact same wallpaper used for the scenes filmed in the gymnasium. Also stated is that while filming home alone 2 they came back and wallpapered again for that 2nd movie to make sure everything matched up. Noticed in Home alone 2 there is no 2nd stairway in the kitchen. That is because the real kitchen was filmed on a soundstage. I read Sarah’s comment saying everything filmed on sounstage were only the upstairs scenes. Not true. On the dvd special edition there is a thing called “mac cam” where macaulay culkin was handed a small camera to walk around set with. You can clearly see some of the downstairs stuff built right onto that gymnasium. The owners say that the only scenes filmed in the house were 1. The dining room scene 2. the fireplace livingroom scene 3. the stairway scene where mac is yelling over that he will live alone when he grows up and 4. the sled scene (somewhat) They layed a flat surface for macaulay culkin to slide down (slowly) and then edited it and had a stunt double on soundstage do the rest. Sarah have you found any family photos we could check out?

Here are the photos I took…

screen porch
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx200/briannalovesaustin/Screenshot2012-05-04at111323AM.png

Screen Porch covered with brick acting as the “kitchen”
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx200/briannalovesaustin/Screenshot2012-05-04at112155AM.png

Also note that in the movie the floor of the kitchen was tile.

By: ‘Home Alone’ House Sells for $1.6 Million | Homes For Sale Raleigh

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:01:28 +0000

[...] sleek, modern furniture adorn the 4,250-square-foot home, and though it no longer feels like the “warm and cozy Christmas house” that you see in the movie, it’s still a genuine [...]

By: ‘Home Alone’ House Sells for $1.6 Million | Alon Alexander – President of Kent Security – Oren Alexander

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:02:37 +0000

[...] sleek, modern furniture adorn the 4,250-square-foot home, and though it no longer feels like the “warm and cozy Christmas house” that you see in the movie, it’s still a genuine [...]