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[h2odivers...Ray 952]

Let's head into the dining room.

Let's step into the kitchen next.

Did you notice the cooktop? It's a 4 burner with a griddle in the middle. I bet it was state of the art at the time it was installed. Wow carpet in a kitchen.

I told the my DW that I could bring the guys here and we could completely remodel the kitchen in a week.

DW didn't laugh but the security guard did.

Next we went downstairs to the basement and into his bar and media room.

Three tv's, and hi-fi stereo system, and a pull down screen for watching movies.

Check out the mirrored ceiling.

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Now let's go next door to the billiards room. It's hard to see in the picture but the walls and ceilings are covered in fabric.

Now we head upstairs to the Jungle Room. The pictures didn't come out to good. The sun was shining right thru the windows.

Here we see the bar in the Jungle Room.

The other end of the Jungle Room has a water fountain in it. Water runs down the wall.

That's all for the inside of the main house. I had more pictures but I didn't want to ruin it for y'all that haven't been there yet. Next we check out the other three buildings and the rest of the 13 acres. Including his grave. There's a lot of memorabilia in those other buildings

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

Wow, I didn't realize Lisa Marie was actually living there

She actually lives in California but they said she comes to Graceland several times a year.

[Beckers 1,136]

Ray was there an all green room? I remember very random things about it. I've got to ask my mom when we went. I'm guessing between '90-95.

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

That's it.

 

I'm planning a trip to Memphis.

 

I need to see Graceland in person.  A lot of the features remind me of the house I grew up in.  Groovy.

 

And Gus' is the name of the chicken place my daughter went to with my sister.

 

TCD

[DaveInTN 3,247]

That house is a time warp.  It's like a return to the early 70's.  Reminds me of the color scheme is the sunken livingroom in my parent's house.  Or as we called it...the drunken livingroom.  That's because my dad got blitzed on the night of his 40th birthday, and we were all woken up to the sounds of him ripping the back of the farmhouse off very early in the morning.  It seems that a whole bunch of scotch inspired him to build a sunken living room off the back of the house, complete with a solar hot water system (this was during the Carter administration when there were tax credits for that stuff).  The room turned out nice, but I'm not sure he remembers the demolition phase. 

 

Oh, and nice BBQ pics!

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

great Graceland pics Ray.

 

Thanks for sharing!

[dvccamper 32]

I need to see Graceland in person. A lot of the features remind me of the house I grew up in. Groovy.

TCD

Would that be the mirrored ceiling or the fabric covered walls?

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

Would that be the mirrored ceiling or the fabric covered walls?

 

LOL.  No.  It was the cooktop and dark cabinets and Formica in the kitchen, and the carpet on the floor.  Our appliances weren't as fancy as the King's but our kitchen looked a lot like his.

 

And the shag carpet in the jungle room.  My parents' bedroom had shag carpet like that, but theirs was navy blue.  I remember they had a rake for it.  Yes, a rake.

 

TCD

[Big Kahuna aka John 71]

Hey our kitchen looks just like Elvis'....   I guess I really do have to let the wife redo the kitchen this summer.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

Oh, wow, I just realized, we're watching an Elvis concert on PBS right now :)

Do you remember which concert it was?

The funny thing for me is that I never considered myself an Elvis fan but after visiting Graceland I'd call myself a fan.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

Ray was there an all green room? I remember very random things about it. I've got to ask my mom when we went. I'm guessing between '90-95.

Yep. There sure was. Look at the last two pictures. That's the Jungle Room. Green shag carpet and green ceilings.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

That's it.

 

I'm planning a trip to Memphis.

 

I need to see Graceland in person.  A lot of the features remind me of the house I grew up in.  Groovy.

 

And Gus' is the name of the chicken place my daughter went to with my sister.

 

TCD

Are you a fan? Graceland is really cool.

I to remember carpet in the kitchen and in the bathroom.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

That house is a time warp.  It's like a return to the early 70's.  Reminds me of the color scheme is the sunken livingroom in my parent's house.  Or as we called it...the drunken livingroom.  That's because my dad got blitzed on the night of his 40th birthday, and we were all woken up to the sounds of him ripping the back of the farmhouse off very early in the morning.  It seems that a whole bunch of scotch inspired him to build a sunken living room off the back of the house, complete with a solar hot water system (this was during the Carter administration when there were tax credits for that stuff).  The room turned out nice, but I'm not sure he remembers the demolition phase. 

 

Oh, and nice BBQ pics!

I don't remember exactly what the audio tour said but if if remember correctly the kitchen was remodeled in the late 60's and has not been touched since.

I love the drunken living room story.

When I was 25 I was living in the first house i ever bought and it had a enclosed sun room off of the formal living room. I was a bachelor and had my pool table in the sun room. From the living room you had to walk into the kitchen and thru the family room to get to the sun room. But there was a window in the living that looked into the sun room. After a Friday or Saturday night of hanging out with my friends I came home and decided I want to remove the window and wall below it so I didn't have to walk all the way around the house to play pool.

I woke up the next day and had my short cut.

I think your dad and I should never go out drinking. Lol

The BBQ pix do not do the food justice.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

great Graceland pics Ray.

 

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks AC. I'm glad your here for the tour.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

LOL.  No.  It was the cooktop and dark cabinets and Formica in the kitchen, and the carpet on the floor.  Our appliances weren't as fancy as the King's but our kitchen looked a lot like his.

 

And the shag carpet in the jungle room.  My parents' bedroom had shag carpet like that, but theirs was navy blue.  I remember they had a rake for it.  Yes, a rake.

 

TCD

It's called a carpet rake. We had to rake our formal living room growing up. The living room was only used by guests and on Christmas morning. But it was the short cut to the backyard. So if you stepped on the carpet you'd better rake it before mom saw it.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

Hey our kitchen looks just like Elvis'....   I guess I really do have to let the wife redo the kitchen this summer.

Yes! Yes! Yes! If your kitchen looks anything like Elvis's kitchen let her remodel it. Please! Lol

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

We left in the jungle room and now were heading into the backyard to Vernon's office.

This view is from Vernon's office looking at the back of the house. The three window a/c units are in the jungle room.

This is/was Lisa Marie's swing set that is outside of Vernon's office. Looking back at the house and the trophy room is in the background.

Inside Vernon's office. His office is also stuck in the 70's. Vernon handled all of Elvis's fan mail.

Here's Elvis's birthplace home. Ok not his actual house.

This was in the smokehouse attached to Vernon's office.

Let's head outside and look at his horses.

Now on to the trophy room.

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The trophy room looks small when you walk up to it but its bigger than it look and has a ton of memorabilia.

One thing I really liked was all the movie posters.

They even had his old army uniform. I think he met Priscilla while in the army stationed in Germany.

First comes love then comes marriage, then come Priscilla with a baby carriage.

There was some much to see in that place. Here's some more of his memorabilia.

Ok it's getting late so the racquetball court will have to wait till tomorrow.

Thanks again for reading along.

[mouseketab.....Carol 1,261]

I believe the concert was in Hawaii

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

Are you a fan? Graceland is really cool.

I to remember carpet in the kitchen and in the bathroom.

 

No, I'm not a fan of Elvis.  But Mrs. TCD loves Elvis movies.  She has mentioned in the past that she wanted to visit Graceland.  But Memphis isn't exactly easy for us to get to.  Now that I have a sister living there, though, I ought to plan a trip.  Graceland looks more interesting than I thought it would be. Kind of like a time warp version of MTV's "Cribs."

 

The house we live in now had carpet in the bathrooms when we moved in.  I'm not sure who thought that was a good idea.

 

TCD

[we3peas 12]

We had that exact same swing set!

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

Earlier in this thread, there was some discussion about Trader Sam's.  The Disney Parks Blog just posted a story and video featuring the bar:

 

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/04/lama-paipai-time-at-trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar-at-the-disneyland-hotel/

 

If I ever get to Disneyland, I plan on stopping by.  But, to me it still looks like a Rainforest Café.

 

TCD

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

We had that exact same swing set!

 

Wow!  You were living large, then.  The same swing-set as the King!

 

We had one that looked similar, but Elvis' is much fancier.  Ours was like the cheaper version of Elvis'.

 

TCD

[Grumpy and Grandma 740]

And the shag carpet in the jungle room.  My parents' bedroom had shag carpet like that, but theirs was navy blue.  I remember they had a rake for it.  Yes, a rake.

 

TCD

Hey! Don't pick on how the "baby boomers" decorated.... We had green shag in our apartment in San Diego.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Green shag?  Ah yes.

 

I had that in my bedroom when I was a wee laddie.

[mouseketab.....Carol 1,261]

How's this, Red Shag with Black and Red Spanish furniture!!