Laura Palmer’s Dutch Colonial from “Twin Peaks”
According to Welcome to Twin Peaks, “The house was used for its interiors in the David Lynch-directed pilot and for both interior and exterior scenes in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. The living room, the dining room, the kitchen, Laura Palmer’s bedroom — all there and fairly recognizable.”
The house that was used in the pilot for exterior shots looks very similar but was actually a different one in Monroe, Washington:
Here’s how the rooms inside the Dutch Colonial in Everett look today:
The listing says, “Charming 1930s home in the heart of Historic Rucker Hill that features hardwood floors, crown molding, and timeless character.”
I just re-watched some of the episodes and had forgotten how truly bizarre the show was with all those quirky characters like the Log Lady. Not to mention the demon named BOB… (yikes)
Fortunately, the real house doesn’t look creepy or quirky at all, and appears to be entirely demon free — always a plus in my book.
Here’s a shot of the living room from Season 2 of the show, when Leland Palmer was practicing his golf swing in it:
The room that probably needs the most work to make it match the 1930s charm of the rest of the house is the kitchen. But at least it’s big and bright:
It was a lot darker in 1990 on the show. Here you can see Laura’s mom Sarah Palmer (played with crazy eyes and hair to match by Grace Zabriskie) smoking in the kitchen:
Gotta love those old avocado appliances. Looks like the cabinets and island are the same, but painted white:
The house has 4 beds, 2 baths, and 4,100 square feet.
Homeowner Marilyn Pettersen told the Everett Herald:
“They wanted a place where a prosperous lawyer lived but yet a place they could make a little weird because the wife was such a neurotic woman. She wanted to know if there was a room suitable for a teenage girl. And I said, ‘Well, I’ve just had three teenagers graduate from this room up here.’ The next morning I had a whole production crew here.”
They offered her $900 for the one-day TV shoot. She countered with “Make it $1,200 and you got a deal.”
They used some of her furniture and other belongings as props, including the antique wicker rocking chair above. You can see it sitting in the corner of Laura’s bedroom in the pilot:
One of my favorite rooms has to be the big dining room with all those windows. I’m loving the glass doors, too:
The website Welcome to Twin Peaks compares some of the interiors in the listing to how it looked on the show, which is fun. Here’s the dining room, for instance, now and then:
This would be such a fun house to decorate. So much potential, especially since they’ve done a lot of the hard work already, like removing the dated wallpaper we saw on the show and restoring the hardwood floors.
It’s on the market for $549,950. For more photos and information, check the listing, an interview with the homeowner, and more comparison pics at Welcome to Twin Peaks.
P.S. I tried to take a rare vacation away from the blog over a long weekend and left town without my laptop, determined to leave all work behind. But on Sunday the server had a major meltdown and took Hooked on Houses out with it. The tech support team spent all day working to resolve the problem and get my blog online again. I was so relieved when it finally came back up again! I guess that will teach me to leave it alone for even a few days, huh?
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