The Brady Bunch House Renovation Revealed - Part 3: Kitchen, Alice's Room, Family Room & Backyard
In the third installment of 'A Very Brady Renovation', Mina and Karen of 'Good Bones', Leanne and Steve Ford of 'Restored by the Fords' and Lara Spencer of 'Flea Market Flip' join Brady cast members Eve Plumb (Jan), Chris Knight (Peter), Susan Olsen (Cindy) and Mike Lookinland (Bobby) to finish out ground-floor spaces including the famous Brady kitchen and family room.

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Good to Be Back Home Again
Nearly five decades after the premiere of the original hit TV series, the Brady Bunch siblings pose for a group pic in the faithfully re-created kitchen of the Brady house. Left to right: Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Mike Lookinland (Bobby), Barry Williams (Greg), Eve Plumb (Jan), Christopher Knight (Peter) and Susan Olsen (Cindy).
Demolition and Prep
Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady) and Steve Ford discuss plans for demolition of the existing backyard features to make way for re-creating a visually accurate replica of the backyard as depicted in The Brady Bunch.
Demolition and Prep
Steve makes use of his demo skills in the removal of a backyard brick wall.
Demolition and Prep
Meanwhile Mike Lookinland gets to work with a jackhammer in the removal of the home's original patio and hot tub.
Re-Creating Brady Detail
Karen and Mina work together to fashion an exact replica of the see-saw that was among the play equipment in the Brady backyard.
Re-Creating Brady Detail
Re-Creating Brady Detail
Leanne Ford sources materials for the creation of period-authentic furnishings for the restored Brady house, including midcentury style swivel chairs as seen at the breakfast table in the Brady's kitchen.
Re-Creating Brady Detail
True to the popular color palette of the period, and to the Brady Bunch kitchen as seen in the original set, the refrigerator is in avocado green. Leanne and Steve are pleased with the kitchen's continuity and accuracy with respect to the classic '70s series.
Re-Creating Brady Detail
Alice's Bedroom, Before
This original bedroom in the Brady house would be reconfigured to re-create the look and layout of Alice's first-floor bedroom, bath and work room.
Alice's Bedroom, After
The replica of Alice's bedroom is visually accurate down to the bedding, table lamps, wall art and decorative items on the dresser and night tables.
Alice's Bedroom, Before
The original bedroom's sliding glass doors would be removed and closed off to re-create the space as seen in the TV series.
Alice's Bedroom, After
Alice's Bedroom, Before
Alice's Bedroom, After
A familiar camera angle in Alice's bedroom, as seen in the series, revealed the view of the adjacent work-room/laundry and en suite bath — both faithfully replicated here.
Alice's Bathroom, Before
Alice's Bathroom, After
Alice's Bathroom, After
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's Bathroom, Before
Alice's Bathroom, After
The shower unit was replaced with a functional lookalike of the tub and shower, with tile surround, as seen in the Brady Bunch.
Alice's Bathroom, Detail
Correct period styles and color palettes, like the penny hex tile and fixtures in yellow porcelain were incorporated into Alice's bath.
Alice's Bathroom, Detail
Alice's bathroom included this nook with makeup counter.
Alice's Bedroom, After
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's Bedroom, After
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Lara and Eve were able to find a vintage cane-back chair that's practically an exact match to the one seen in the show.
Alice's Bedroom, After
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's bedroom closet is meticulously re-created down to the clothing contents, like the replica of her work uniform seen here.
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's bedroom closet also includes some of her favorite dresses and shirts.
Alice's Bedroom, Detail
Alice's bedroom closet also contains her trademark white Keds and bowling shoes.
Kitchen, Before
Though this is the home's original kitchen, it is not the location of the replica Brady kitchen in the finished renovation.
Kitchen, Before
The original kitchen at 11222 Dilling Street — the Brady Bunch house — was actually demolished to make way for the creation of Mike Brady's den and part of the living space. The new kitchen was created as part of a 2000-square-foot addition to the original house.
The Brady Kitchen, After
The newly re-created Brady kitchen, adjacent to the main living room and family room, is a visual replica of the kitchen set seen in The Brady Bunch, but is a fully functioning kitchen.
The Brady Kitchen, After
The kitchen remains fastidiously true to the familiar Brady-kitchen color palette of avocado and orange. "Wow, that's a lot of orange laminate," said Eve Plumb when the finished kitchen was revealed. "It's really orange!"
The Brady Kitchen, After
Designer and Brady-build team member Steve Ford initially had reservations about trying to create a period-accurate replica of the Brady kitchen. "It's gonna be tough to source stuff," he said, "that hasn't been made for forty or fifty years."
The Brady Kitchen, After
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, After
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
Carol and Mike Brady's mugs
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, Detail
The Brady Kitchen, After
Everything is iconic in every room, so we did our best to match everything perfectly.
—Steve Ford
The Brady Kitchen, After
The Brady Family Room, After
The family room was another space that, in the re-creation of the Brady floor plan, was built in the addition to the rear of the original house.
The Brady Family Room, After
The family room boasts the identical wood paneling, daybeds with plaid covers and gold upholstered chairs as seen in the original series.
The Brady Family Room, After
As Brady Bunch fans will recall, the family room was the scene of many parental lectures the Brady kids received from Mike and Carol. Typically the three boys would sit on one couch, and the three girls on the other.
The Brady Family Room, After
"I see this room, and I am thinking of all the Bradys' problems that were solved in this room," said Maureen McCormick. "It's amazing," added Susan Olsen, "especially the artwork and the detail."
The Brady Family Room, After
The two lower framed art pieces above the sofa on the right are original paintings by Eve Plumb made to closely resemble the street-scene paintings that were in the matching location on the Brady set.
The Brady Family Room, After
The Brady Family Room, Detail
The Brady Family Room, Detail
The Brady Family Room, Detail
The Brady Family Room, Detail
Not a Reproduction
The green upholstered chair to the right of the stereo console not only true vintage, but is from Paramount Studios and is one of two items that are almost certainly original to the Brady Bunch TV set.
The Brady Family Room, Detail
The Brady Family Room, Detail
The Brady Family Room, Detail
The Brady Family Room, After
The Brady Family Room, After
The Brady Family Room, After
Brady Backyard, After
Among the key elements in the re-created backyard — as Brady fans as well as the cast members can readily attest — are Tiger's doghouse and the unapologetically artificial grass turf.
Backyard, Before
Backyard, After
The 2000-square-foot addition at the rear of the house, which enabled the expanded footprint for the replica kitchen and family room, reduced the size of the home's original backyard somewhat. "So we just kind of crunched everything in," said Mina who worked with her mom Karen on the backyard project. "But I think we got the important pieces."
Backyard, Before
Backyard, After
The backyard swing set as actually an original prop — not from the original TV series, but from later feature film, The Brady Bunch Movie. Mina and Karen were able to get the oritinal set piece from Paramount Studios and restore it to look like the one seen in the TV series.
Backyard, Before
Backyard, After
"That looks like it could be the original teeter-totter," said Mike Lookinland.
Brady Backyard, Detail
The backyard has the essence of everything ... It's "Quantum Brady".
—Susan Olsen, aka Cindy Brady
Brady Backyard, Detail
Brady Backyard, Detail
Brady Backyard, Detail
Product Testing
With the backyard transformation complete, Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan find the replica teeter-totter too compelling to resist.
Careful of the Nose!
Undeterred by an unfortunate Brady incident that happened long ago, Maureen McCormick and Lara Spencer get in a bit of football practice in the newly transformed backyard.
Team Brady
Brady cast members (L to R) Eve Plumb, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Barry Williams, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen experience a moment of deja vu in the newly re-created backyard set faithfully replicated in the real backyard at the Brady Bunch house.
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