What color were the kitchen curtains, chairs and tablecloth in their second house?

[TJ]

A blog visitor writes:

I've been trying to find out what color the kitchen curtains, chairs and tablecloth were in their 2nd house 211 Pine Street.

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Does anyone know? I found this site - https://www.mockingbirdlane.design/p...e-it-to-beaver

[stevea]

For the first house sometime right before the move Ward or June made a comment about the space at the back of the living room they never could figure out what to do with.

I agree about the comment made about surprise at the largeness of the spaces. The different views not shown by camera angles/placement in the show made things interesting. We never did see the kitchen from the view of the person walking in the back door so that was interesting. The dining room was definitely larger than it appeared.

With the equipment in place of the movable wall, spaces would always looks smaller, giving that impression on the show. Parts of scenes would have to filmed out-of-order and corrected in post production so the equipment would not have to be moved multiple times for a scene. It probably meant different scenes or parts of them would sometimes be filmed in the same take, again necessitating editing in post production.

One thing about Beaver, in all main rooms I think we saw all four walls, some less often than others. In early black and white shows I think they paid more attention to these set construction aspects than with later shows like The Brady Bunch, where with certain rooms there never was a view of the fourth wall.

[GentlemanJim]

I really enjoy seeing examples such as this, where people have gone to the effort to recreate these old sets.

I'll say that "blue" for the draperies was my first guess as well, but I do recall seeing similar drapes where gray and even yellow were used.

[stevea]

With colors, after all these years the one thing we know for sure (based on comments by Jerry), is that his/Beaver's cap was green.

[CosmicCharlie]

Here's a few related (?) some not, but interesting pictures

[CosmicCharlie]

and here

[vitoscotti]

From a 1979 article.

He joined the Air Force during the height of the Vietnam war in 1967, in order to avoid being drafted, and served as a general's aid. "I couldn't fly because of my bad eyes," says Mathers of his astigmatism and color-blindness.

[bsd hayes]

I contacted Tony Dow but he honestly couldn't remember.
I'm not sure how to contact Jerry.

[stevea]

If you are in contact with Tony Dow everyone wants to know what color that "loud" suit he wanted, was. Wally bought his own suit and Ward and June we appalled by how loud the colors were.

Maybe somebody got a color photo of it.

[bsd hayes]

He mentions it was yellow

[bsd hayes]

Yes. Grey with a yellow flower pattern for the living room drapes

[stevea]

Wow! No wonder they thought it was loud.

[bsd hayes]

I contacted her. She was only guessing. When June and Ward begin looking for another house she mentions a green kitchen but that doesnt answer my question about the curtain, tablecloth and chairs