Since the final movie in the Twilight saga premiered last year, readers have been begging for photos of Edward and Bella’s sweet little honeymoon cottage in the woods.
I finally got around to watching it myself and getting the pics for you, and I have to agree with everyone who said, “It’s the best thing about the movie!”
Take a look…
The Cottage from “Breaking Dawn”
The exterior of the cottage in the movie looked kind of fake to me.
I thought maybe it was just CGI (like baby Renesmee in the movie), especially since we never get any real closeups of it.
However, a fansite posted photos of the cottage being built in Canada in February 2011.
I’m guessing it was in Vancouver, where they filmed exterior scenes for the movie.
The interiors were created on a separate soundstage.
They filmed at Raleigh Studios in Louisiana.
The Cottage Living Room
Esme and Alice fixed up the run-down old cottage behind the Cullens’ main house as a 19th birthday gift for Bella.
Here’s how Bella describes the cottage in the book:
“There, nestled into a small clearing in the forest, was a tiny stone cottage, lavender gray in the light of the stars…. Honeysuckle climbed up one wall like a lattice, winding all the way up and over the thick wooden shingles. There was a little path of flat stones, amethyst in the night, that led up to the quaint arched wooden door.”
Bella’s Walk-in Closet
Alice makes sure Bella’s walk-in closet is fully stocked with clothes and shoes.
Who wouldn’t love a sister-in-law like that?
The only photo I could get of the bedroom was this one, of Bella in front of the fireplace.
Made me a little crazy that the camera didn’t give us a better look at it.
Renesmee’s Nursery
The production designer was Richard Sherman.
Set Decorator was David Schlesinger
Renesmee grows so fast that the next time we see her room,
there’s a big-girl bed in it instead of a crib:
My only complaint? They didn’t spend more time in the cottage!
For more photos and information about the sets and filming locations,
visit Cote de Texas and Twilight Girl Portland.
Twilight is one of my guilty pleasures. I’m lucky I have a tween daughter, so I could justify going to see all the movies and reading the Breaking Dawn books. 🙂 I love this little cottage, but I admit I was expecting it to be a bit more feminine and a bit less contemporary. After reading about it in the book, I had pictured something more along the lines of Nicole Kidman’s house in Bewitched.
All I was looking at was how cute they looked together!!! 🙂
Love the place too. What a fun post, Julia!!!
Have a very blessed week!!!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
I have not seen this movie so your photos here are my only reference…
If I had a choice between the Arizona palace in your last post and this cottage, this place would win out regardless of price tag.
The only con I see is the outside path to the entrance. I can imagine going out with friends, getting home late at night, and the entire walk down that path would be in full Kung Fu karate chop pose.
Kung Fu chop pose……exactly!!!! 🙂
I love it, except there is something creepy about the nursery. It’s not the decor or the room, per se, which are cute. Must have been a deliberate trick of lighting. The little girl room is a lot more cozy.
Totally agree! Something about the lace and lighting combo that is creepy!
Well it IS a movie about vampires! 🙂
I thought the house was cute, if a little bit fake-looking. But I had to read the descriptions to figure out who Bella and Edward were!
I can’t even stand the advertising for this series, so I know nothing about the storyline.
But the cottage looks very cute. 🙂
Just last week I finally got around to watching this movie. I wanted to see more of the cottage myself! I wish they’d spent more time in it.
I like the cottage better than the”Big” and “Prison” houses from the past few days. It is cozy and looks messy like a real house. Haven’t ever seen the movie or read the books, thanks for the glimpse of this phenomenon without the vampires…
I have never watched any of these movies, but who wouldn’t love an enchanted cottage like that? If only…. 😉
Hey Julia, it worked! I just had to create a new name – ShabbyChick was already taken…who took it anyway? It’s been my name forever! Oh well…..
Out of all of the cottages I have seen, this one is my favorite. It is so charming, I love it!
This cottage is sweet. I especially love the outside of it. I adore the child’s room as well. That said however I envision “Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs” walking up the path to it. Vampire’s not so much.
I agree with you! After reading the book it was the part of the movie I was most looking forward to, and they didn’t spend as much time on it as I would have liked. I love the description in the book though 🙂
Well who doesn’t love an enchanted stone cottage in the woods? I have to say that’s a favorite fantasy of mine – but no vampires, please. Didn’t read the books. Only watched the first movie as a DVD with my husband who, as a high school teacher, felt he needed to know what his students were so crazy about. However, I like the book’s overly romantic description of the cottage with the quaint arched door. Why didn’t they give this house an arched door with strap hinges? It’s iconic. Those ferns along the path look almost man-eating size, though. The interiors of the house remind me a bit of the English cottage in “The Holiday,” still one of my favorites. This is cute and might make me want to watch the movie. Have to say that no quaint old stone cottage ever had a closet like that! Pure Hollywood.
Don’t do vampire movies, but I’d take this cottage any day over the 2 “real” houses in the previous posts!
So beautiful, thank you for covering this!
For me while the movie cottage is pretty but it is nothing at all like the description in the book. They made the house too large and it was missing a lot of the rustic, coziness. Beehive fireplace, stone floor in the living room, paintings on the wall. There are just a lot of modern pieces throughout.
love it, could move in and live there!
I’d like to know what this family of vampires uses to get blood stains out in the little girl vampire’s room.
Ha! Good question, Juliet!
well. great minds! i’ve been working on this story for a few days. i’ll post mine and link yours too. sorry about this – i just saw it on google.
I didn’t know if you have tried looking at the behind the scenes cottage footage on the dvd. There are lots of different angles and how the house was made. Has much better lighting ect. Hope to see some more photo’s added to this as it’s one of my favorite movie houses! Thanks for always doing such awesome work!
My DVD didn’t have those special features, so I didn’t know that, but Joni added screenshots from it in her recent post on the cottage over at Cote de Texas. I just added the link to her site above if you want to see her pics. She got some great ones!
It looks very much like a Thomas Kincaid painting come to life.
Do you know where to find the two sketches of the house on top of their fireplace?!
I am dying to buy them!