


An actual television prop was added at the fourth wall, whereas there had only been one implicitly in the first season. The staircase upstairs was incorporated into the back of the living room, with only one rarely-used exit to the side yard beside it. In the second season, the kitchen and living room sets were rebuilt much larger with a more contemporary style (as opposed to the much more formal style of the first season), and were connected directly by an archway, allowing scenes to be shot continuously between the sets, which is where most scenes were shot. The upper floor hallway was shown in Season 1, until the mansion sets were completely rebuilt after the season. There was a dining room also off the hallway left of the living room. The set had two interior doors one of which, at the right side of the set, led to the hallway left of the living room (though was not attached on set), and an exterior door to the unseen back yard. The kitchen set was not attached to the rest of the downstairs set, and was unconventionally laid out compared to many sitcoms: The left side had counters that continued along the fourth wall (where the audience would be), and had a lot of depth (from the audience perspective), with camera angles frequently shooting almost parallel to the fourth wall. The right-side hallway was occasionally shot in, and had a staircase upstairs, and the front door. The living room set had archways at either end to hallways, and two doorways at the back of the set to the side yard. Originally, most of the family scenes took place in the living room, with less prominence given to the kitchen. Most of the show's scenes take place in the mansion. The real address of the mansion however is 251 N Bristol Ave, Los Angeles CA 90049, which was built in 1937. The mansion is where the Banks family, as well as Will, live the address was revealed in the fourth season's "For Sale By Owner" as 805 Saint Cloud Road (34.086396°N 118.440964°W).
