Comments on: “The Help:” Four Perfectly Southern Houses from the 1960s http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/ A Fun Place to Get Your House Fix Sat, 25 May 2013 02:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: kadie http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-495027 kadie Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:56:34 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-495027 there is scene in the movie when skeeter runs into her house and up the stairs …. my heart stood still I LOVED THAT HOUSE there was something about it. Thanks for the pictures

]]> By: Anne C. http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-476553 Anne C. Wed, 16 May 2012 03:30:49 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-476553 Thanks for posting- these pics were fun to look at. We live in a four bedroom colonial built in the 1960′s- we bought 3 years ago from the 92 year-old, widowed original owner (bless her!)
Needless to say our lives have revolved around renovating since the day we moved in- not sure how, but in between home renovations and countless trips to Home Depot and Lowes we managed to fit in having our third child.
I see many features in these pictures that we have (or had) in our house-
colored ceramic tile in the bathroom, faux brick linoleum flooring, and the oven from Elizabeth’s ranch looks exactly like the one I currently have in my kitchen (we have not mustered up the willpower to start kitchen renovations yet). Haha- when I was seeing the movie for the first time in the theater as soon as I saw the oven I leaned over to my friend and said it looked like mine- she agreed! It’s old, but it works- I wonder if there are any appliances made today that would work for FORTY years!!!

]]> By: Slab http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-463411 Slab Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:58:45 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-463411 I haven’t seen the movie, but I read the book. Elizabeth’s house looks much better than I envisioned. In the book, she had aspirations beyond her means. The house only had one bathroom (initially). She was always sewing something, and the results were not good. So, I expected the house to look small and sad.

]]> By: Beth http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-461873 Beth Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:54:57 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-461873 That pink bathroom! I knew someone with that exact bathroom sink/toilet. I can almost smell the scented soap, all that is missing is a roll of toilet paper hidden under a doll with an enormous skirt.

]]> By: Jillian@TheHumbleGourmet http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-461782 Jillian@TheHumbleGourmet Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:49:23 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-461782 I am going through a huge Southern obsession right now, so these homes just hit the spot!

]]> By: Jodi from New Jersey http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-461731 Jodi from New Jersey Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:59:35 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-461731 What a great post. I plan to see the movie –what fun to see the sets. I’m kind of embarrassed, though, I have the same black folding chairs.They’re not that old,but, I guess there’s not much you can do with folding chairs. Those hutches could fit right into today’s homes with the turquoise backs. I love the magic of movies!

]]> By: Frances Schultz http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-461730 Frances Schultz Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:55:58 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-461730 Well I’ll just join in with the thousand others to say how much I loved this post – was like re-living the book and movie – and going home again.

]]> By: hookedonhouses http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-461091 hookedonhouses Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:08:31 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-461091 Gorgeous! Thanks for the link, Katherine!

]]> By: katherine http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-461088 katherine Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:05:27 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-461088 Haven’t seen the movie yet, but loved the book and loved the sneek peak at the movie! I live in the historic South too, so looking at all these set designs was like taking a walk around my own neighborhood. One my friends is selling her gorgeous plantation house, which was built in 1790 – if you’d like to see a house tour via a short you tube video you can follow this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkKy80WhLwk
It definitely looks like something straight off the set of The Help!

]]> By: hookedonhouses http://hookedonhouses.net/2012/04/16/the-help-four-perfectly-southern-houses-from-the-1960s/comment-page-1/#comment-461049 hookedonhouses Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:32:17 +0000 http://hookedonhouses.net/?p=39779#comment-461049 I intended to show hers and Minny’s, as well, but I wasn’t able to find any set photos of them, and the post was getting way too long anyway. I especially liked Aibileen’s kitchen, though.

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