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Inside Eddie Munson & Steve Harrington's Quirky Indiana Home!

Leaning on the open dark red door is the lead singer of Corroded Coffin - Eddie Munson. Eddie’s hair is tied back in a half up half down messy bun. He’s dressed casually in a band t-shirt that is so faded it’s practically black and ripped black jeans. 

Eddie greets the camera crew with a gigantic smile. 

“AD! Come on In!” Eddie gestures excitedly while stepping backwards into the house. 

Some overall key features of the house include: A large bookcase filled to the brim with books and trinkets, framed photos and art cover the walls, and a fish tank with a couple of different colored fish swim calmly. 

“Let’s start in the kitchen. Do you guys want coffee? Stevie’s making a pot.” 

The camera pans from left to right as if to signal that they don’t want any - as they follow Eddie into the kitchen. The main colors of the kitchen are powder blue and slate grey. There’s a large island with a marble countertop. Four light grey bar stools surround the far end of the island. The seats are permanently set - the four plates accompanying the stools do not match, but yet somehow they do - the plates are white, blue, orange, and purple. 

“Look who came to visit.” Eddie gives Steve a kiss on the cheek as he sets his coffee mug on the nearest counter. Steve wraps one of his arms around Eddie, leaning on him. 

“Welcome to our kitchen.” Steve gives the camera a soft but somewhat shy smile, he’s not uncomfortable by the presence of the cameras but he would be lying if he said he didn’t feel a little awkward. 

“Since all these videos start in the kitchen for some reason.” Eddie continues.

“I can’t take any credit for anything in here other than the magnets on the fridge, that was all Steve.” Eddie mirrors Steve’s gesture and gives him a squeeze, comforting him. 

Closeup on fridge doors: an old Corroded Coffin magnet, Steve’s old Scoops Ahoy and Family Video nametags, location magnets from different stops Eddie has stopped on tour, a photobooth photo strip is held up with a heart magnet, and scraps of paper with various doodles from each other as well as other guests are hung up with a rainbow assortment of smiley face magnets. 

“That’s because I am the one who cooks.” Steve steps away from Eddie and pokes him in the side. 

Eddie gasps and puts a hand over his heart “What do you mean? I cook” 

“Reheating things in the microwave and making toast does not count as cooking.” 

Eddie laughs and Steve tries to explain his favorite things about the kitchen, but he can’t help but laugh alongside his husband. It takes Steve a moment to collect himself from chuckling before he starts to explain about the kitchen. 

“When we designed our house, we worked with the incredibly talented Robin Buckley, who just happens to be one of my best friends.” Steve can’t help the big smile on his face - he loves talking about his friends, especially when it comes to their successes. 

“We really just both had a field day when it came to doing the kitchen. One of my favorite parts is the coffee station.” 

Closeup on the espresso machine sitting on a slate grey countertop, under the countertop is a minifridge with different milks and creamers. Beside the countertop is a silver bar cart. The cart is filled with different flavored syrups and sauces, straws, and hot chocolate mix. 

“Even though I spend my whole day at work making coffee for other people, I still love making coffee for me and Eds in the morning and sitting outside.” 

“We’re a big coffee family, if you couldn’t tell by all the mugs.” Eddie joins in as he takes a mug off the wall. 

Medium wide shot of the wall covered in coffee mugs. A collection that at the minimum has at least twenty mugs, the mugs range from holiday themed to old mugs from cafes that Steve used to work at. 

“We might have a bit of a mug buying problem.” Steve looks like he is about to say something, but Eddie continues before he has the chance to interrupt.

“But look at this one! I use this one pretty much everyday.” Eddie places the mug on the kitchen island, near the sink. 

Close up of Eddie’s favorite mug: it’s a black mug, nothing special about it. 

“Hold on, don't move that camera away yet. You haven’t even seen how cool this one is!” Eddie says quickly as he moves the faucet arm towards the mug. 

Continued close up: as the water goes into the mug, different sized bats in a rainbow of colors start to appear on the sides of the mug. 

“Isn’t this amazing!” Eddie’s practically squealing with excitement. 

The camera tilts up and down to mirror a nod. 

Eddie and Steve both take a seat in the barstools at the end of the island. 

“And this is where we eat all of our meals.” Steve gestures to the surrounding plates.

“We used to have a dining room table but we never used it at all.” 

“We also have real plates, but these are so much more fun!” Eddie says, picking up the purple plate in front of him to show the camera. 

“We painted these ourselves at one of those clay painting places. All the bad ones were made by Steve.” 

“Hey!” Steve jabs Eddie’s side. 

“I decided to go for a more minimalistic look for mine.” Steve rebuttals.

“Whatever helps you sleep at night, Harrington.” Eddie winks. 

Closeup on the colorful plates. The purple plate is bare except for a frog in a wizard hat who is holding a small wand. The pastel green of the frog contrasts the purple and his hat is the same color as the plate with yellow stars - made by Eddie of course. The next two plates are made by Steve. The blue plate is made up of different shades of blue resembling the sea, in the top corner of the plate there’s a sun wearing sunglasses The green plate is simpler, it resembles a field and is covered in flowers of different sizes and colors. The white plate is last, the majority of the plate is covered in a rainbow tie-dye, which is done quite precisely. No doubt made by Eddie’s steady hand. 

The next stop is the living room, which is pretty big. The main color of the living room is emerald green. 

Some key pieces of decor in the living room are: the giant velvet emerald green couch, the cream area rug that’s covered in illustrated tigers, the same shot of the bookcase from the start of the video, an assortment of different plants are scattered throughout the living room, and finally on the wall above a large TV are three large portraits from their wedding day. The two photos on the left and right are slightly smaller and in black and white while the largest one in the middle is in color. All three photos appear to have been shot on film.

The photo on the left is a close up of Steve and Eddie’s hands wearing their rings. You can easily tell whose hands are whose by the amount of rings on Eddie’s hands compared to Steve’s. 

The photo on the right is a more intimate moment between Eddie and Steve, they’re on a dock with Lover’s Lake behind them. It’s a candid photo of them laughing. 

The last photo is a group photo of the wedding party. Steve and Eddie are in the middle, Steve’s in a classic tux but with a black velvet jacket. Eddie on the other hand, is wearing a black shimmery open vest, his necklaces and tattoos clearly visible, and he’s wearing wide legged pants made out of the same shimmery material. Their wedding party is pretty large on the side next to Steve is Robin, Nancy, Lucas, Max, and El. One Eddie’s side is Will, Dustin, Mike, Jonathan, and Argyle. 

Under the three photos is a small framed note that reads:  

“The most beautiful and happiest wedding photos I’ve ever taken!

Who would’ve thought that that camera you got me in ‘83 would still take great photos!

Enjoy the honeymoon!

Jonathan Byers” 

“Here is one of my favorite rooms in the house, the living room.” Eddie smiles brightly before continuing

“My favorite thing is how cozy it is here. Especially the couch!” Eddie throws himself over the back of the couch, earning a chuckle from Steve. 

“I literally dream about this couch when I’m touring.” 

Eddie springs back up from off the couch and keeps showing various elements of the room. He leads the cameraman to the large dark brown bookshelf that takes up the majority of the rightmost wall. 

“Ever since I was in school, I have always loved to read. Some of my favorites are Tolkien, King, and of course Byers.” 

While Eddie is showing off his well loved books to the cameras, Steve is standing almost out of frame; the second Eddie mentioned the name Byers he had the biggest smile on his face. Steve was never able to pick favorites out of all the Hawkins gang, but after knowing everything the Byers family went through growing up, Steve gets a little extra excited when Will or Jonathan’s achievements are mentioned - not that he’d ever let the kids know that. 

Inside the bookshelf there is an entire row dedicated to a complete collection of Will Byers’ graphic novel series “Adventures inside the Upside Down”. Eddie makes sure to show the page long handwritten note Will wrote to Eddie and Steve in the first book of the series. 

“So funny story, both Steve and I grew up in this small town in Indiana. We actually went to high school together but didn’t actually hang out until after graduation. Since Stevie was the dreamboat of Hawkins High” Eddie bats his eyelashes before continuing, 

“and I was but a freak.” He says clutching his shirt over where his heart is. 

“But Steve somehow managed to befriend and essentially babysit everyone in Hawkins who would go on to become something.” 

The camera turns to Steve and he is blushing and running his hand through the back of his hair. 

Medium wide shot of the bookshelf nearly overflowing with books. The middle of the shelf is dedicated to “The Adventures inside the Upside Down” while the other shelves are filled with Eddie’s other favorite authors. Mixed in throughout the shelves is a collection of trinkets including: hand painted D&D figures, decorative shot glasses, and small knick-knacks that Eddie and Steve have picked up on their travels. 

“Oh and one more thing about the bookshelf is this!” Steve takes over as he points to a framed newspaper article above the bookshelf. The newspaper inside the frame is slightly yellowed due to its age. The headline of the paper reads “Inside Hawkins’ Mysterious Pumpkin Problem” written by Nancy Wheeler.

“This is the first front page story that one of my best friends, Nancy Wheeler ever had published in our town’s local newspaper.” Steve says excitedly. 

“See that’s what I’m saying, everyone who turned out to be someone is somehow entwined with Steve.” Eddie says sort of as a joke but there is a hint of seriousness in his voice.  

The last aspect of the living room that Steve and Eddie show off is the large fish tank opposite the bookcase. 

Closeup on the fishtank with a few multicolored fish swimming around the tank happily. The tank is also filled with lots of plants and a couple small pieces of decor. 

“We both wanted a pet but with my touring schedule and Steve’s long hours at work we wanted something that was a little easier to take care of. So we got a fishtank, and I’ll be honest I love these lil guys more than I thought I would.” Eddie says pointing at the fish in the tank.

The large grey bottom feeder slowly swimming by himself is named Wayne after Eddie’s uncle. The bright purple fish is named Dart and there is a yellow fish named Nougat.

“Before we head upstairs I wanna show you guys the mini bathroom.” Eddie says as he leads the camera crew to a small door just across from the staircase. 

Eddie opens the door revealing an almost entirely black bathroom. 

“Our compromise was I could make the bathroom black, if Steve got full reign of the master bathroom.” Eddie says, rubbing his hands together manically. 

“The tub is one of my favorite things about this room.” Eddie smiles. 

“I’ve found Eddie hiding away in there, nose deep in a book more times than I can count.” Steve chuckles, giving Eddie a small nudge. 

“I also love how much people get freaked out when they use it for the first time.” Eddie quickly closes the door behind the cameraman encasing them in a brief darkness before Eddie flicks the light switch on.

When the lights come on, Eddie is making one of his signature devil faces right into the camera. The cameraman jumps slightly, showing that Eddie succeeded in his mission. 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t help it. I just wanted to show you these little guys.” Eddie’s laugh can be heard while the cameraman is focusing on the light fixtures in the bathroom. 

Closeup on the artificial candles in the bathroom. At first glance they appear to be floating. But looking closer, the candles are being held up by little black gargoyles. 

With the lights turned on, there is a painting on the door behind Eddie, which matches the vibe of the room perfectly. 

The painting on the back of the door is “Saturn Devouring His Son” by Francisco José de Goya. 

Eddie opens the door, freeing them both from the small bathroom, which really isn’t meant for two. 

“I think that’s all downstairs, how about we head upstairs?” Steve claps his hands together, already on the second step. 

Lining the wall beside the staircase is a mixture of framed photos of Steve and Eddie with their friends and framed movie and musician posters. A few of Steve and Eddie’s favorites include all of the original Star Wars trilogy, the most recent tour poster for Wallows, the lineup for Lollapalooza 2019 - the first festival that Corroded Coffin was a headliner for. 

“Instead of doing two bathrooms in a row, let’s head into the master bedroom.” Steve opens the door to reveal the room. 

“And this is where the magic happens!” Eddie says winking directly into the camera, already in the room.

“So unfortunately, Eddie Munson can no longer join the remainder of the tour.” Steve shuts the door to the bedroom, pretending to lock Eddie in. 

“I cannot believe I have been betrayed by my own husband like this!” Eddie can be heard shouting from the other side of the door.

“Alright, Alright we’re coming in.” On camera Steve can be seen rolling his eyes, but he’s laughing as he opens the door. 

Some key features of the room include the large bay window, the small coffee table with one of Eddie’s notebooks on it, an acoustic guitar leaning on the window next to the table, and the queen sized bed with a polka dotted bedspread.” 

The walls are a light yellow and Eddie is sitting on the bay window seat, holding a stuffed animal. 

Medium wide shot of Eddie on the bay window seat: the sun is shining through the window as Eddie cradling a funny looking yellow fish. The sunlight highlights the stray curls that have fallen out of his messy bun and gives him an angelic look. Beside Eddie are a few more plushies, including a cute venus flytrap - reminiscent of Audrey II, a red octopus, and a purple bat. 

“Ya know when I said this is where the magic happens, I meant writing songs…” Eddie shoots Steve a look. 

“Once we got the master bedroom all set up, I wrote the entirety of my newest album “Echoes of a Heartbeat” right here, and spoiler alert it’s pretty much all love songs.” Eddie blows a kiss to Steve, who might have been caught blushing by the camera. 

“Since it’s our bedroom, we pretty much had an even say in what we wanted the room to look like. Except Eddie was very specific on the walls being this exact shade of yellow, and I’m still really not sure why.” Steve looks to Eddie hoping he’d answer his question.

“Oh Stevie, come on, you have got to be kidding me!” Eddie gets up to wrap an arm around Steve. 

“You really don’t know?” 

Steve shrugs his shoulders. 

“Let me set the scene: Hawkins, Indiana circa 1985 a young Eddie Munson somehow manages to get a date with the cute guy working at Family Video. Eddie Munson pulls up to a secluded side of Lover’s Lake where the one and only Steve Harrington, sets up a picnic where he is wearing a light yellow sweater.” 

When Eddie finishes his story they are both blushing and Steve pulls him into a big kiss, not caring that they are currently on camera. 

The two pull away from the kiss and Steve whispers to Eddie “Hey Eds, I think we have something to finish first.” 

Eddie shoots the camera another wink before continuing to talk about the room, with his cheeks flushed pink. 

“Besides writing songs here, Stevie and I get into some pretty competitive video game tournaments.” Eddie looks at Steve and looks back into the camera, he cups his hands around his mouth as if he’s telling the camera a secret. 

“And I usually win.” 

“Hey! I heard that.” Steve comes into frame to push Eddie.

“Anything else you wanna show off in the room? Before we head outta here.” 

“Oh actually! There is.” Steve grabs a small frame off his nightstand to show to the camera.

Inside the frame is a signed drawing of Eddie and Steve dressed in some sort of battle gear. Steve is wearing a denim vest and holding a wooden baseball bat with nails stuck through it. Eddie is dressed in a green shawl, which makes him look like he’s covered in grass. Eddie is also holding the lid of a trash can as a shield, it also has some nails stuck into it. Under the drawing it reads “Hellfire Club: Steve’s first and only campaign.” 

“Eddie commissioned Will Byers to draw this for me after we finished this campaign. I think he did it so I had a constant reminder of how much fun I had as Harrington the Brave.”  Steve shoots a look at Eddie, but Eddie keeps his mouth shut.

“I did have fun, it was just so long.” Steve chuckles as he puts the frame back in its place on the nightstand. 

The camera catches Eddie rolling his eyes with a smile on his face.

“Shall we head into the master bathroom?” Eddie says one foot already out the door.

“I’ll let Steve take the wheel on this part of the tour, since this room was Steve’s magnum opus besides the kitchen.” Eddie bows as Steve walks into the room.

Some key features of the bathroom include the black and white tile floor with pink grout running through it, the sunlight coming through the sheer curtains, and the ceiling is painted with a gorgeous sunset - the oranges, yellows, and pinks compliment the room perfectly. 

“I just really wanted the bathroom to feel as luxurious as possible.” Steve says while waving his hands in a small circle trying to showcase the room. 

“Like the White Lotus, but no one dies!” Eddie can’t help but chime in.

“So Robin and I started designing the bathroom while Eddie was on tour in Venice; every photo he sent had these beautiful painted ceilings and I kept showing Robin and she surprised me with the sunset.” 

Throughout the bathroom there are little flourishes of gold - all the hardware from the drawer pulls to the shower head are made out of white gold. 

“I got a little carried away with all the gold, but what can I say - I like shiny things.” Steve says as his hand starts to creep up the back of his neck. 

“But I couldn’t let Stevie have all the fun, so I had to add some things to make it a little more my speed.” 

Eddie proceeds to grab something from a shelf next to the sink. When he comes back in Eddie’s hands are three different figures of Gonzo from The Muppets. 

“So fun fact, I love The Muppets - especially Gonzo. Also when Steve worked at Family Video and was trying to flirt through movies, he tried to slip a more romantic movie in the bag of movies I was renting but instead he accidently put Muppets Take Manhattan in the bag. 

As the camera slowly zooms out from Eddie, Steve can be seen visibly turning red as Eddie continues to tell the story.

“Little did he know, The Muppets are the way to my heart.” Eddie gives Steve a quick kiss on the cheek before going to put the figures back. 

“And the blues do match the rest of the color story of the room if I do say so myself.” Eddie says in a fake snobby somewhat british accent with his hands on his hips. 

Steve waves him off with a laugh as they head out into the hallway.

“I feel like we really don’t have a lot of rooms left but the master closet should definitely be next.” Steve says before they head into the next room. 

The master closet is directly across from their bedroom. Following Steve into the walk-in closet, the walls are painted the same pale yellow color as their bedroom. 

Some key features of the master closet include some of Eddie’s tour outfits on full display, two matching full length squiggle mirrors, a pink velvet circular ottoman, and framed concert posters of some of Steve and Eddie’s favorite artists: Wallows, the 1975, and ABBA. 

“Eds, I feel you should take charge on this one just because you have so many more clothes than I do.” Steve says as he sprawls out on the ottoman. 

“What can I say, I love a costume change.” Eddie spins around making sure to flick up some of the fabric of the long sleeves. 

“I love having the outfits from my tours on the faceouts. It brings back all the memories of the city that I wore that outfit in.” Eddie says with a big smile on his face as the camera picks up a slight twinge of blush on Eddie’s cheeks. 

“The majority of this half of the closet is used for my more extravagant outfits. But this is my favorite section, the costumes of Halloweens’ past!” Eddie excitedly ruffles through the racks to find a specific costume. 

Steve turns around on the ottoman, genuinely curious to see which costume Eddie’s looking for. Steve would never toot their own horn, but they do kill their Halloween costumes year after year. 

“Found it!” Eddie pulls out a floor length long sleeved black gown and a black pinstripe suit. 

“This was our first Halloween as a married couple and our first of many Halloween bashes. Remember that Stevie?” He of course knew the answer, but they were on camera after all. 

Steve got up off the ottoman and walked towards Eddie, grabbing the suit out of his hands. He gave Eddie a quick peck on the lips before speaking.

“How could I forget my first time seeing you in full drag as Morticia?!” Steve burst out into laughter. “I will also never forget how long it took to get all the gel out of my hair.” 

Eddie’s laughing too, but for a moment Steve looks pale at the memory. 

“Even though I could spend all day talking about my Halloween costumes, there are some other things I think the people at home will want to see.” 

Eddie goes to a clear display case full of jewelry. He pulls out a drawer full of different rings. 

“Some may say I have a hoarding problem, but what can I say I love shiny things.” Eddie flashes his own rings to the camera before showing off the drawer.

Closeup on Eddie's hands: He flexes his fingers causing the silver and different gemstones to shine. Despite the simplicity of the ring’s designs they’re still stunning. The most notable of the rings is Eddie’s wedding band. The matte black is such a contrast from the sterling silver that accompanies his rest of his hand. In the center of the ring is a strip of diamonds. 

Some standout rings in the drawer include: One shaped like a boars head, a sterling silver chain, and a mood ring. 

“I have my everyday rings, but I like to spice it up from time to time.” Eddie closes the current drawer and pulls out the drawer underneath it. 

“These are my tour rings - aka rings that I’m okay with losing.” Eddie laughs for a moment before finishing.

“I promise they do all fit me, but between the guitar, dancing, and just working up a sweat sometimes they just fly off.” 

The last half of the closet is relatively uneventful, with just Steve and Eddie’s regular clothes - which includes a surprising amount of denim. 

On the wall next to Steve and Eddie’s everyday clothes is a vanity with one of those giant old Hollywood inspired mirrors with a lightbulb surrounding the mirror. Strewn across the vanity are makeup brushes, eyeshadow palettes, and a photo from Steve and Eddie’s Addams Family themed Halloween party. 

Closeup on the photo: Alongside Steve and Eddie as Gomez and Morticia is Jonathan as Lurch, Max and El as Wednesday, Mike as Fester, Nancy as Grandmama, Will and Lucas as Pugsley, Robin as Debbie, and Dustin as Cousin It. 

“Well I think that sums up the last room.” Steve says with an arm slung over Eddie’s shoulder. “It was a lot of fun having you guys here!” He smiles as they start to walk out of the room. 

“You guys are welcome back anytime! Especially at Halloween!” Eddie says as they are standing in the front doorway and the cameraman is outside. 

Steve and Eddie give the camera one final kiss before the video cuts to black.

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