#the gallier house

[ghostfoolish]

More photos from the gallier house ft. @verymerrymart ‘s back

#the gallier house #moth pics #interview with the vampire

[squirrellypoo]

Mapping the Rue Royale Townhouse

Photos from Alfonso Bresciani for AMC

Around episode 2 or 3 I started to struggle in mapping the layout of the townhouse’s rooms in my head - how many pianos do they have? What orientation is the bed to the coffin room? Where are the fireplaces located? I like to build maps in my head to orient myself (no surprise that the 3D render is my favourite part of any Grand Designs episode) so my first port of call was to look at the floorplan of the original 1132 Rue Royale, the historic Gallier House.

This is a real life historic house that you can visit, and Anne Rice has said it was the inspiration for Lestat’s townhouse in the book, as well as being used for all the exterior shots in the tv show.

But then I was watching a presentation on YouTube by the show’s production designer, Mara LePere-Schloop, and she actually shared the floorplan used to build the townhouse set! I excitedly took a screenshot (again, apologies for the quality, which was limited by the video quality) to compare against the original Gallier House. Even though the actual house is on two levels with a central staircase, the set is built with both levels side by side, with a partial staircase in between for ease of production. Even with this key difference, they were surprisingly faithful to the layout of the original house, even where they didn’t need to be.

Case in point - there’s a door leading from the coffin room to the landing, which makes sense in Gallier House as the coffin room is a sitting room. But seeing as how the coffin room is meant to be secret in the show (concealed behind a hidden door in the bedroom panelling), there’s no real need to have a door there, especially when it’s barely concealed by tapestries and furniture on the show (and burst through during the episode 5 fight). I’m not even going to mention the failings of the New Orleans police department in not noticing it during their search in episode 5!

Another feature from the original house that was replicated on set are the steps leading down into Claudia’s room from the landing. The placement of Claudia’s room is where the bath and slave quarters were in the original house, and appear to be an extension, where the difference in levels necessitating a few steps would make sense. But there’s no real need for these when you’re building a set from scratch, and I kinda love that they kept them in even though there was no real need for them there (if nothing else, it meant we got to see Lestat prance down them to throw open her coffin lid in episode 5!)

And the final original detail that they didn’t really have to replicate (but I’m very glad they did!) was the incredible aperture skylight on the landing above the piano. Apparently Mara was so taken with the one in Gallier House on an early visit that Rolin Jones (showrunner) found a way to incorporate it into the script, meaning we not only got to see Lestat closing it in episode 2, but Claudia using it to self-harm in episode 4.

I absolutely love the detail and thought that went into the Rue Royale townhouse, from the design to the furnishings to the artwork but also that they built a near-realistic townhouse on set - it brings a level of realism to the show that wouldn’t be present if it was filmed in a series of disconnected, 3-walled set rooms.

#interview with the vampire #iwtv #iwtv discussion #iwtv analysis #Gallier house #anne rice #vampire chronicles #amc interview with the vampire #set design #floorplans

[vampyrles]

Inside the Gallier House. There really is a skylight, the first in the quarter at the time by Gallier Jr. It was installed as extra ventilation during the summer, but the crank to open it is up in the attic and quite a hassle to get to. So it was assumed to be opened in the spring and kept open until fall.

It’s at the top of the stairs, exactly where Lestat would have his piano, and right next to the room that leads to the window (where they have the “I heard your hearts dancing” conversation).

With how the house is laid out all the rooms are connected by doors, which was common at the time to keep the house as cool as possible, but now the scenes make a bit more sense, plus with how they have so many doors in the coffin room, one main one covered with a tapestry to hide it, and the others locked from the inside so the rooms on either side cannot enter.

#lestat de lioncourt #interview with the vampire #louis de pointe du lac #loustat #sam reid #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv #jacob anderson #vc #iwtv cast #iwtv amc #lestat #the vampire chronicles #iwtv bts #1132 rue royal #Gallier house

[artandhijinks]

"Come to Me"

Well, this took me forever. I thought it would be easy to hand draw all that iron work on the Gallier House. It was not but it's done

Prints|Ko-fi

#my art #artandhijinks #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #sam reid #sam reid fanart #interview with the vampire fanart #fanart #iwtv fanart #iwtv #digital drawing #gallier house #iwtv art coven

[jurassic-cunt]

gallier house (lestat and louis' townhouse!)

#i know i posted it last night but this pic better in the daytime #new orleans #gallier house #amc iwtv #jurassic-cunt

[licncourt]

At the Rue Royale dumb bitch house in NOLA with @sofipitch and @hedonisticgene 💌🐊

#lady at the front desk made us admit that we were at the gallier house because of the gay vampires #also pretend you can't see my hair in 80% humidity poodle mode #there is no amount of hairspray #flora.txt #nola trip 2023

[slaygentford]

just found out today that tennessee williams moved to new orleans in 1939 and that he lived only half a mile away from the gallier house. which coincidentally places him at exactly the right time and place for him to witness the fallout of the 1940 mardi gras patricide extravaganza in the show. so i guess what im saying is that i think louis and lestat inspired streetcar, not the other way around.

But now. We. Said. IT

#This is nuts actually. wow

[dwreader]

gallier house tour: we almost missed our flight but thankfully the flight was delayed anyways hehe. the current tour theme was mourning/death in the family so they had it set up with funeral/mourning decor. interesting thing i learned is that before about the 1890s, funerals were banned from churches cause of fear of disease and people would've had to hold the funeral for their loved ones like the same day, so they'd hire a servant or whatever to go door to door and get ppl to show up to the funeral (which usually took place in the parlor of the home). also learned that a widow was expected to be in mourning for TWO years while a man was only expected to mourn for 6 months for his wife. also it was really cool to see the 2nd floor layout cause its pretty clearly the same layout they used for the show, with the sitting room in #5 acting as the coffin room. claudia's bedroom is located in the same place as the kid's bedroom while it seems the slave and servants room along the back are just not used in the show? the incinerator is located in place of the outhouse lol.

#omg the security line at the louis armstrong airport was the longest i'd ever experienced tho #also tsa guy took out my souvenir candle like?? thats a solid mister

[heliza24]

“There’s not an inch of this city that wasn’t built from the fierce wilderness that surrounds it. Hurricanes, floods, fevers. The damp climate on every painted sign, every stone facade. High windows, through which enameled bits of civilization glitter. Silhouettes emerging, wandering out to catch a silent flash of lightning. The silky warmth of summer rain. Desperately alive and desperately fragile.”

I went to New Orleans for a weekend and of course we had to stop at Lestat and Louis' house on Royal St (aka the Gallier House museum) to take some cosplay photos . The docent on duty was so sweet, and let us into the courtyard to take photos (where the incinerator was in the show). She confirmed that they haven't been back at the house for season 2, but she was around when they were filming season 1 and told us that Sam and Jacob were kind and even hotter in person, which honestly is exactly the kind of report I was hoping to hear.

I loved New Orleans, and being there made me see the show in a whole new light. I hope I get to go back someday soon.

#itwv #interview with the vampire amc #interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #iwtv cosplay #costume tag #my cosplay

[vampyrles]

1132 Rue Royal

the kind lady at the desk brought me out to the courtyard, she was a big fan as well, and we chatted about the sets they used in the Gallier House and sets they built

that iconic alley scene we all love to hate

Claudia’s “room” is actually a bathroom lol

#interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv #loustat #sam reid #jacob anderson #new orleans #1132 rue royal #wooie.txt

[la-femme-au-collier-vert]

This probably isn't news to anyone but but me, but AR chose the Gallier house, situated between the Lalaurie Mansion and reputed vampire St. Germain house at the opposite ends of the block, as a home for her vampires? With the Ursuline convent and its tales of the vampiric casquette girls around the block? She really chose New Orleans vampire central with that one.

#iwtv

[ho3sferatu]

Rue Royale Townhouse [lot download]

I came across this post mapping out Gallier House and the house from AMC’s Interview with the Vampire which was based on it and I was immediately possessed by a need to build it. I ended up mixing up both layouts to make it more viable for a sim game, so I didn’t aim for 100% accuracy. I just wanted that pretty green balcony :)

Unfurnished

3x2 lot

3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms

Download [mediafire] (27mb)

More pictures and floorplan under the cut.

Floorplan:

#the sims 2 #ts2 #sims 2 #ts2cc #ts2 lot #ts2 download #my lots

[licncourt]

03.10.2023, New Orleans, LA

Royal St and Ursuline Ave // St. Louis Cathedral // Royal St // Gallier House Parlor // Gallier House // Gallier House Front Room // Café du Monde // Royal St // LaLaurie Mansion

As requested by anon, day one trip pics that represent the city how it actually looks! The biggest thing that's different from the professional photos (aside from the tourists) is all the street parking!! There really isn't any room for garages or parking lots in the French Quarter, so all the residents plus the tourists are parked along the street. I understand why, but it makes it very hard to get a nice picture. The historic 18th-century townhouses all have someone's Honda Civic in front of them.

Also this whole city is terrified of being sued by Anne Rice so it's all off-brand and public domain vampires with absolutely no acknowledgement of VC, which is pretty funny. 100% vampires, but no one will say the Lestat word.

The Gallier House is stunning, staged beautifully with period furniture and decor and as faithfully as possible. Our tour guide was lovely and extremely knowledgeable about the family, the historical context, and the house itself. (If you ever plan to visit, you do have to book a tour. They don't make that very clear on the website).

It was super exciting to see, but I was surprised by how small it really is as well as by the details of the facade. The "stone" pillars are actually wood and the metalwork is painted green, it's not brass or bronze patina. Tbh we agree that it's a great house but it would not be up to Loustat standards.

The LaLaurie Mansion was cool to see, but a bit underwhelming since it's privately owned and not accessible to the public. It looks like the other houses on the street, you would never know it has any special history to it. The upside is that all the houses really do look like that!! Everything outside the French Quarter is very much a normal city, but I was surprised at just how New OrleansTM it is when you're inside of it.

Café du Monde was really fun, but it's almost laughable that AR had Loustat going there regularly. It was 100% tourists and clearly not catered to locals. The beignets really were delicious though and I had a great café au lait. If you ever visit, absolutely do what we did and go after 9p. The morning line was around the block but we waited less than five minutes to order at night. I also suggest sweetening your coffee with the extra powdered sugar in the beignet bag. Beignet flavored coffee.

I can't speak for the summer months, but as of now we can say that the stories about the smell of NOLA are not true. It smells like nothing or like weed except for Bourbon Street which smells like weed and also fried food. No sewage but also no jasmine. Equal parts a relief and a disappointment. Don't worry though the Mississippi River is just as ickynasty as everyone says if, like me, you'd never seen it before.

We had lunch at Stanley's of New Orleans and even though it was right at Jackson Square, the food was fantastic and not bland touristy stuff at all. Frog legs taste very mild and a little fishy fyi. The Vampire Café was kitschy as hell but we had fantastic blackened alligator, great desserts, and really fun cocktails served in blood bags! Also recommend. The Boutique du Vampyre is right behind it, but, just like the whole city, it's only store brand vampires.

@sofipitch @hedonisticgene

#flora.txt #nola trip 2023

[ghostfoolish]

Some photos from yesterday I forgot to post ♥️♥️♥️ swamp walk + 2nd gallier house visit

#moth pics

[idontwikeit]

omg i keep wondering did you painstakingly illustrate the rue royale townhouse or did some other insane person do it first and you manage to unearth it? either way just to reiterate you're a genius <3

Oh no no I found the floorplan for the gallier house from here since I figured there has to be one with Production Designer Mara LePere-Schloop used them in her video:

It got all the detailed floorplans and mouldings, writers and artists will probably find it helpful!!

#ask #diasdelfuego #i was so close to search it on gov archive

[sofipitch]

I need Jacob and Sam to give a house tour completely in character as Louis and Lestat, I’d only because I feel like Louis would go full Nadja in the first episode of wwdits, when she is explaining her and lazlo’s room.

Lestat, finished a five minute long speech about how pretty those vase is:

Louis: I hate that fucking vase.

Fhkdhmdmdhkdhdkystst YES. I wish I could @ amc like on twitter for them to see this

Lestat pointing to Claudia: If wr could have children I imagine this is what our child would look like

Louis: That is our child

It would also be cool if extra BTS stuff came out with like the cast and crew giving tours of some of the historical locations, like the Gallier House!

#vc #asks