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623e68thst · 12-06-2003, 01:04 PM

Is there a picture of the "Family Ties" downstairs floor plan on a web site?

I have a hard time picturing how the kitchen, dining room, and living room are in relationship to each other.

It seems like the back door and front door are on the same side of the house (like on "Happy Days"), but I could be wrong.

FamilyTiesGOP · 12-06-2003, 03:22 PM

You're exactly right. I have often noticed that the front and back doors both appear to be on the front of the house. Unfortunately, I don't think a floor plan for this house exists because it was never based on an actual house. (They're not even any shots of the outside of the house).

I really like the Keaton House, however; I don't think the floor plan makes sense. I don't see how the dining room fits in the plan at all. In the kitchen you have a pantry where the dining room should begin. Are their two ways to get to the kitchen from the living room? The Keaton's always leave the living room to go to the kitchen through a hall but enter the kitchen through the swinging door. I just can't figure the plan out. And if there is a dining room back there somewhere, it would make the outside of the house lop-sided. I just can't figure it out.

The house is odd in that on most shows the front door is on the left side of the "set," then you hit the living room then the kitchen, then the backdoor. (Think Growing Pains and the Cosby Show [except there the back door is on the left and front on the right] With Family Ties, the audience is facing both the front and back, so they both must be on the front.

hawaii five-o · 12-06-2003, 04:15 PM

Elyse was an architect. Couldn't she have designed a house that has a decent floor plan???

Also, the ugly couch in the living room looks like something you would find at Goodwill.

wingsfan · 12-06-2003, 07:30 PM

doesn't the hallway that they go to the kitchen from lead into the swinging door in the kitchen? and i think the "dining room" is the table in the kitchen...that's teh only place i've seen them eat (then again, i hadn't been watching long when n@n cancelled it). and from the way i see it, the back door is on the back of the house (there is a door that goes into a hallway kinda entry way from the kitchen, where they come in from the back), and the front door, as it does go out the same side of the house that the door to that entry-way does, the house extends past it, so the door's not on the front front part of the house...but on the front side, just kinda facing the next door neighbor.

FamilyTiesGOP · 12-06-2003, 07:35 PM

The dining room was seen in several episodes including one when Nick comes over for dinner the first time, the time when Steven's dad comes over to dinner, and the time in the 2nd episode in the series when Steven tries to celebrate his PBS Award with Elyse.

Winnie · 12-06-2003, 09:52 PM

The front door is off of the living room; the back door is off the kitchen. I'm pretty sure the "dining room" is between the kitchen and the living room, with a little pantry seperating the dining room and the kitchen.

623e68thst · 12-07-2003, 06:25 PM

Thanks, everyone.

I saw the episode yesterday where Alex is big brother to Ming.

Ming says he is going to take something Alex gave him and read it in the dining room. He then goes out of the kitchen through the swinging door. So the dining room is somewhere in that direction.

Maybe there's a corridor that Ming walked across, with the swinging door to the kitchen on one side and the dining room doorway on the other.

The dining room walls would then be made up of the back of the house, the living room wall, the corridor wall, and the pantry wall.

Rich3 · 01-13-2024, 12:05 PM

To me it looks like the front door and closet are in the opposite places to where they should be. It's kind of odd having a staircase jutting out in front of the doorway.

Rich3 · 01-13-2024, 12:08 PM

But maybe the fact that you can see a porch rail between the front door and the street could mean that the house is on a corner?

Bonniegirl · 01-13-2024, 03:32 PM

It's supposed to be a Victorian house and they tend to be quirky. Rooms randomly here and there .

TJ · 01-13-2024, 03:37 PM

This is a tour of the set in miniature form.

Family Ties Layout | Family Ties Floor Plan Poster: 1st Floor

https://www.fantasyfloorplans.com/fa...an-poster.html

The Set Design of Family Ties | Architectural Digest

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/...sign-slideshow

Rich3 · 04-06-2024, 11:50 AM

In episode 5 of the first season, when their grandfather visits, they show a scene with a dining room located between the front room and kitchen.

Episode: Never Killed for My Father.

Bachu · 01-18-2025, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich3

It's kind of odd having a staircase jutting out in front of the doorway.

The staircase is weird; you walk up a few steps, turn 90 degrees left and walk up a few more, and then turn 180 degrees to walk up again but that would sort of take you out over the top of the front door???

12-06-2003, 01:04 PM	#1
623e68thst Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 24, 2002 Location: Connecticut Posts: 28	Floor plan of downstairs Is there a picture of the "Family Ties" downstairs floor plan on a web site? I have a hard time picturing how the kitchen, dining room, and living room are in relationship to each other. It seems like the back door and front door are on the same side of the house (like on "Happy Days"), but I could be wrong.

12-06-2003, 07:30 PM	#4
wingsfan Music Geek Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 29, 2003 Location: nashvegas Posts: 103	doesn't the hallway that they go to the kitchen from lead into the swinging door in the kitchen? and i think the "dining room" is the table in the kitchen...that's teh only place i've seen them eat (then again, i hadn't been watching long when n@n cancelled it). and from the way i see it, the back door is on the back of the house (there is a door that goes into a hallway kinda entry way from the kitchen, where they come in from the back), and the front door, as it does go out the same side of the house that the door to that entry-way does, the house extends past it, so the door's not on the front front part of the house...but on the front side, just kinda facing the next door neighbor.
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12-06-2003, 03:22 PM	#2
FamilyTiesGOP _ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 1,631	You're exactly right. I have often noticed that the front and back doors both appear to be on the front of the house. Unfortunately, I don't think a floor plan for this house exists because it was never based on an actual house. (They're not even any shots of the outside of the house). I really like the Keaton House, however; I don't think the floor plan makes sense. I don't see how the dining room fits in the plan at all. In the kitchen you have a pantry where the dining room should begin. Are their two ways to get to the kitchen from the living room? The Keaton's always leave the living room to go to the kitchen through a hall but enter the kitchen through the swinging door. I just can't figure the plan out. And if there is a dining room back there somewhere, it would make the outside of the house lop-sided. I just can't figure it out. The house is odd in that on most shows the front door is on the left side of the "set," then you hit the living room then the kitchen, then the backdoor. (Think Growing Pains and the Cosby Show [except there the back door is on the left and front on the right] With Family Ties, the audience is facing both the front and back, so they both must be on the front.

12-06-2003, 04:15 PM	#3
hawaii five-o Book 'Em, Dano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 27, 2003 Location: At home, eating cereal straight out of the box Posts: 1,406	Elyse was an architect. Couldn't she have designed a house that has a decent floor plan??? Also, the ugly couch in the living room looks like something you would find at Goodwill.

12-06-2003, 07:35 PM	#5
FamilyTiesGOP _ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 1,631	The dining room was seen in several episodes including one when Nick comes over for dinner the first time, the time when Steven's dad comes over to dinner, and the time in the 2nd episode in the series when Steven tries to celebrate his PBS Award with Elyse.

12-06-2003, 09:52 PM	#6
Winnie Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 09, 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 77	The front door is off of the living room; the back door is off the kitchen. I'm pretty sure the "dining room" is between the kitchen and the living room, with a little pantry seperating the dining room and the kitchen.

12-07-2003, 06:25 PM	#7
623e68thst Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 24, 2002 Location: Connecticut Posts: 28	Thanks, everyone. I saw the episode yesterday where Alex is big brother to Ming. Ming says he is going to take something Alex gave him and read it in the dining room. He then goes out of the kitchen through the swinging door. So the dining room is somewhere in that direction. Maybe there's a corridor that Ming walked across, with the swinging door to the kitchen on one side and the dining room doorway on the other. The dining room walls would then be made up of the back of the house, the living room wall, the corridor wall, and the pantry wall.

01-13-2024, 12:05 PM	#8
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 688	To me it looks like the front door and closet are in the opposite places to where they should be. It's kind of odd having a staircase jutting out in front of the doorway.

01-13-2024, 12:08 PM	#9
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 688	But maybe the fact that you can see a porch rail between the front door and the street could mean that the house is on a corner?

01-13-2024, 03:32 PM	#10
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,405	It's supposed to be a Victorian house and they tend to be quirky. Rooms randomly here and there .

01-13-2024, 03:37 PM	#11
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,650	This is a tour of the set in miniature form. Family Ties Layout \| Family Ties Floor Plan Poster: 1st Floor https://www.fantasyfloorplans.com/fa...an-poster.html The Set Design of Family Ties \| Architectural Digest https://www.architecturaldigest.com/...sign-slideshow

04-06-2024, 11:50 AM	#12
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 688	In episode 5 of the first season, when their grandfather visits, they show a scene with a dining room located between the front room and kitchen. Episode: Never Killed for My Father.