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C L A U D E Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 O M G those are so stunning, nice seeing her in a modern elegant house for a change. Architect was famous, Paul Williams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Now THAT is living.... I have always been more impressed with the locale of the Roxburry house rather than the style... but THIS place. . This is so very chic and cool I just love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 I look at that photo of the kitchen and think what did Gary do to make it so bad that Lucy didn't speak to him for days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Very cool house. Doesn't Kaye Ballard live there now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caewi Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 These photos are great, thanks for posting. The view in the background is incredible. I was just listening to Frank tell that story again. Lol, he said that Gary left so fast he didn't bring any clothes or luggage. He must have actually ran for it. Do we have any dates for these pics? The one the kids is presumably around 1954 but the rest? Before the Gary remodelling perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 My guess on the house pics is pretty 1960. This wasn't the house Kaye bought. It was a post divorce house of Desi's. The widow Morton was the last person with this house. I read it had an extensive remodel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 My guess on the house pics is pretty 1960. This wasn't the house Kaye bought. It was a post divorce house of Desi's. The widow Morton was the last person with this house. I read it had an extensive remodel. But it still exists in some form, correct? Do we know the physical address for this? I'd LOVE to go track it down!!! Thanks! And thanks for an amazing series of photos!! I don't know how you do it Luvs but I sure appreciate it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Houses of movie stars in Palm Springs often has this elegant sixties LOOK, Sinatra's and even the Reagans were often pictured in very similar DIGS. When that rainstorm ruined the place, gary took it upon himself to redo it, guess he often stayed there as he played golf there so often, but Lucy had everything REDONE to exactly the way it looked BEFORE the damage. He claimed this was the only time the had to sleep on the couch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 According to Frank he bugged Lucy to let him renovate and eventually wore her down and said yes. What she wasn't in on was what he was going to do to it. So she gets down to PS and flips her lid. The end result was he had to pay to get everything redone same as before. I heard something about brown countertops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Wish he or Paula, who was an excellent decorator, had convinced her to upgrade the Beverly Hills manse instead. It looked so dated. Here's one you should post pics on, the Architectural Digest cover featured Manhattan pad they had so Lucy could be close to her grandchildren. NOW THAT ONE WAS ELEGANCE PERSONIFIED!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickee Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 This may help clear things up a bit. http://www.paulrwilliamsproject.org/gallery/1950s-houses/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caewi Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Wish he or Paula, who was an excellent decorator, had convinced her to upgrade the Beverly Hills manse instead. It looked so dated. Here's one you should post pics on, the Architectural Digest cover featured Manhattan pad they had so Lucy could be close to her grandchildren. NOW THAT ONE WAS ELEGANCE PERSONIFIED!!!!! Not much to work with but it might help a little Claude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 I never realized that pic with Tinker was shot at the apt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 I dun't thin it was, just used as part of the article. Thanks for putting that up Caewi, I could look at those pics forever, wish I had that Architectural Digest copy. It showed the Emmys and the glass shelving, the living room and bedroom and they were all elegant beiges, Paula did one terrific job. Loved the story that when they came to the place to photograph it, Paula had all these reproductions of classic paintings and they were still wet I think she said, so the photogs thought they were all originals from master painters, yet the paint wasn't even dry on the reproductions, LOL! Thanks Rickee for the Palm Springs article, the last pic wasn't even taken there, it was from the ranch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annaleigh Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 So, I’ve been fairly interested in figuring out where this house was located directly. I finally pinned it down to 40241 Club View Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, then confirmed with Google Search. Click the link to see the GPS screenshot. https://ibb.co/rfZrTCW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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