When Hallmark Channel announced last spring that they had given the greenlight for All of My Heart 2, like everyone else, I was ecstatic!!! Just thinking about watching Brian and Jenny together again at that gorgeous farmhouse had me counting down the days until the Fall Harvest line-up began. But last summer, during one of my day trips to Canada, I uncovered the truth; the farmhouse from the original movie was rented out to another production company and would not be appearing in this highly anticipated sequel. (You can read my story about that here) I immediately had my doubts about the new movie. Let’s face it, the farmhouse that we saw in the first movie was as much a character as Brian and Jenny! So, when I discovered the location of the new farmhouse, I just had to see it in person. Like you, I was curious and I wanted to know; could this work? Would fans be convinced? I’ll admit, I did not believe it would work. That being said, it did not stop me from wanting to visit the place. And I am so happy I did! I normally do not visit a location before a movie is released but being AOMH is pretty special, I just had to. I really couldn’t help myself. Turns out, the property is pretty impressive and the house itself is absolutely lovely! I am excited to share all about my visit with you.
Tucked off a busy street in Langley lies an unassuming parcel of land. Owned by Bob and his wife Kathleen, the 20-acre property is practically hidden in plain sight. Before retiring, Bob was a pilot and Kathleen a flight attendant and yes, they met on the job. (I know, it does have the makings for a Hallmark movie, doesn’t it?) They purchased the property 31 years ago from the Catholic church. At the time, it was totally dilapidated so the couple began renovating the 106-year-old house, eventually restoring it to its original state. The wood accents and details throughout are beautiful, from the staircase to the trim and doors, and Kathleen tells me this was very intentional. She did a lot of research and really wanted to use materials that would reflect its age and what would have been appropriate for that time. I especially love the fir floors as they add such a richness to this home. There are 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, and approximately 3000 square feet.
The rooms are so spacious and filled with furnishings from all over the world, no doubt pieces picked up on trips here and there throughout their careers. The fireplace is certainly the focal point in the living room and I could not help but imagine myself curled up on the sofa, enjoying a good book in front of a roaring fire, with some hot chocolate and a cozy throw blanket. Sigh.
The home has been listed as a filming property for many years. Fans might recognize it from seasons 3 and 4 of the popular Bates Motel, as the Sheriffs house. It has also appeared in several TV movies, including The Haunting Hour, The Honor Student, and A Mile in his Shoes, as well as the series the X-Files. The first shoot that took place on the property was a Radio Shack commercial! All of My Heart 2: Inn Love is the first Hallmark movie to film there.
Kathleen tells me she was first contacted by phone in July and filming began in August. She recalls it all happened very quickly. Kathleen acted as film liaison and stuck around for much of the filming. She tells me the cast and crew were very kind and friendly. Kathleen says she never met Brennan but she got to meet Lacey Chabert, who she described as “incredibly kind and down to earth”. (no surprise there!) She had a great conversation with Daniel Cudmore about a collectible car parked in her garage. Turns out “Tommy” knows cars too! Production was at the property for a couple weeks total and all around it was a great experience. Kathleen says she would welcome them back anytime. (Ahem: AOMH3)
Ok, let’s talk filming! The grounds of the property appeared on-screen and the downstairs of the house was seen throughout the movie.
There was one room upstairs that was used, the one “Denise”, the B & B blogger, stayed in.
The kitchen cabinet doors were taken off for filming and my guess is that was done to make the kitchen appear larger.
When I was watching the movie, I had one of “those” moments when I saw Brian and Jenny sitting on the couch, remembering that was exactly where I was sitting during my visit!
Look closely at the photos I took and the screen shots from the movie. Many of furnishings we saw on screen belong to the homeowners and were used for filming, including the couch I sat on. How cool is that??? (I know, I’ve got a little Marcia Brady meets Davy Jones thing going on) Since Hallmark Channel is not available in Canada, I asked Kathleen if she had seen the first movie, All of My Heart, yet. I was tickled when she said that yes, she had looked it up online and watched it!!! And yes, she thought it was a cute story. When I asked her about seeing her house on TV, she said it is “very cool” to see and then shared with me some photos of the other shoots that have taken place at the dwelling. I love that, I love that she understands just how neat it all is.
The property is screaming for a wedding. When I asked Kathleen if either of her kids had their weddings there, she explained to me that both her son and daughter were single. And of course, I in turn shared that both of my daughters were single too! And so, it was right there, in the very same kitchen we saw Jenny baking in, that Kathleen and I decided to set her son and my oldest daughter up!!! (I know, it sounds like the plot of a Hallmark movie!!!) We haven’t moved on it yet but it sure is fun to think about, isn’t it?
As I stated at the beginning, I really wasn’t sold on a new farmhouse. But visiting this lovely home helped me connect to it and when the movie aired, it all just felt right. I thought Hallmark did good by the fans and did a nice job of acknowledging that the farmhouse “looked different”, without completely overdoing it. Several times during the movie, comments were made about the remodel and for me, it worked. I applaud Hallmark for pulling this off because it very easily could have gone differently. I realize many fans were upset that the house wasn’t the original. I get that, but the thing is, it had already been rented out by another production, BBC’s Dirk Gently. I spent a lot of time on social media reading comments on several sites, but I think the consensus is this; people are just really happy to have seen Brian and Jenny and their friends together again on screen. It’s that simple! And we are just waiting for our happy ending now. Can you say All of My Heart 3: A Wedding Story? Bring it on, Bill Abbott!
Very special thanks to Kathleen and Bob for the wonderful visit at their house, and for welcoming me back a second time after the movie aired to take my photos. For more AOMH locations, check out my story on the coffee shop here and my story on the General Store here .
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Awesome post! You certainly come at things from such a unique perspectuve. And just so you know, one of my friends talked with Peter DeLuise at HFR3 & she said he didn’t nix the idea of a Valentine’s Day sequel. Nothing set in stone but I know everyone wants it to happen
Aw, thanks Ruth. I appreciate your encouragement. I REALLY hope Peter directs the next one……have I mentioned I’m a fan of his???? (of course I have!)
Great work. I hope they will use this site if they do a Number 3. I certainly hope they do.
Me too. And I especially hope they do another one!!! Great to see you Faye!
I truly hope they do a third one…I loved both movies and the whole cast of actors. They all compliment each other.
Judith, they are currently in production of #3, which will air in the fall of 2018. Stay tuned to Hallmark Channel. 🙂
So enjoyed reading your post on the farmhouse filmed in “All of My Heart – Inn Love”. I love how you obtain the history of these locations and the owner(s) perspectives on the properties. Wonderful information for your readers! Now when I see these movies again, I will feel like I belong!
Aw, thank you so much Susan! I think it is interesting. These locations are always the draw for me……they reel me in but there is almost always a bigger story waiting to be discovered and shared. Thank you so much for your comment and for stopping by every week!!! 🙂
I really enjoyed this excellent blog. With regard to the original house, i loved it but i was concerned about the hill everyone would have to climb to get to the Inn, but that’s me. ?
Thank you so much, Ann. Want to hear something funny? That hill looks much steeper on screen than it is in real life. Its all the angle it was shot from. 🙂
Kerry, ‘All My Heart 3’ might be your daughter and Kathleen’s wedding!!!
Lea, you might be onto something! If the network doesn’t make the 3rd movie, WE WILL!!! Now, we just need to plan a “chance” meeting of my daughter, Jen and Kathleen’s son, Kirk!
Thanks so much for the blog. The house is beautiful
I am new to your site. Did you ever take a trip to
The home in Christmas Card?
Welcome! I hope you’ll subscribe and visit often. I haven’t been to Nevada City, CA yet but it is a place I would very much like to visit. I once met a woman from there and I got very excited when she told me she lived there. Of course I had to ask her if she knew of the movie and she said yes, it was a BIG deal in town when they filmed. She told me it looks exactly like it does in the movie!!! Its on my Hallmarking List.
Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to comment.
Kerry:)
Although 2nd farmhouse is nice it did change viewers aspect to the movie. If the original farmhouse was in use production should have stopped until it became available. That’s the problem with movies today. To quick to make a buck.
Hi! Thanks for your comment. I think the issue is that Hallmark announced in the spring, via commercial no less, that AOMH2 would be in the fall harvest lineup. My guess is that they didn’t think to check into the locations they would be using. I say that because in May when I was doing an interview with one of the AOMH location business owners, they had not even been contacted about the sequel, which I found quite surprising since the commercial and announcement had already been made a month earlier. However, my daughter works in film locations in Los Angeles and she said for an August shoot, May was a bit early. It would seem to me that if you are announcing the sequel and publicly stating filming will begin in August, your location scouts would have secured the permits for all the key locations. I’m sure Hallmark thought long and hard about this, knowing they had a window to work with. The original farmhouse had been rented until the end of August so they wouldn’t have access to it until early Sept. And the people that own the General Store are closed for the entire month of Sept. so that location wouldn’t have been available. If they couldn’t begin filming until Oct, the movie wouldn’t be out when they announced it would. In addition, I’m sure that they had to take in to account peoples prior commitments if they chose to push it out. (ie cast & crews commitments to other projects)
I guess the big question now is, when will the next movie be made and which house will they use? Thanks for stopping by and thank you again for your comment.
I absolutely loved all the movies you mentioned and I too want to visit Nevada. Christmas Card is my all time favorite. Might be the card but I am drawn to the scenery.. Thanks for all your information on the movies.
Hi Lisa! Thanks for your comment. Maybe we should plan a trip to Nevada City! It would be so much fun!!! BTW, I own the Christmas Card. I love that movie too!!! 🙂
You always have the most lovely visits and interesting insights, Kerry! I couldn’t help from noticing all the amazing woodwork. I’m so glad you featured that in your pictures. It’s such a beautiful home, and while I know many of our hearts (as you mentioned), longed for the original farmhouse, this home was a good substitute. I could tell effort was given, to try and make it as similar to the original. If only it could’ve been green!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful place and location! Please keep us posted on the matchmaking!!! It absolutely sounds just like a Hallmark movie!!! 🙂
Many Blessings, Net
Thank you Net! Isn’t it great for the B & B? The details in the house are beautiful and I am glad you checked out the photos. It is so neat to see how many of the homeowners personal items were used!
Yeah, we need to come up with a cool “meet cute” for my daughter, who lives in L.A. and Kathleen’s son, who lives in B.C. Stay tuned!!!
Kerry
Yes, I also fell in love with that farmhouse in All of my Heart and the other movies.
glad I found out where it’s located. I also was disappointed that they did not use the house in the 2nd movie. They didn’t use it in the new Teagarden movie either, (she sold it and moved in with her mother). So I know why now. But anyway- after the 2nd movie I thought- this can’t end this way. There has to be another. Sooooooooooooo………. how about they try getting the farmhouse back and do a Wedding Christmas movie. Maybe not this year but 2019.
Hi Ann! Can you believe they wrote it out of Aurora Teagarden???? I am SO disappointed about that!!! The last time I drove by the farmhouse, it looked gorgeous. It was in November, it had been freshly painted from the last production that used it, and I was excited because I knew they were getting ready to film more Aurora movies.
I believe they will film another AOMH movie. The ratings were very good and there is huge market for it. The question is, when would they show it? I’m with you, I vote for a Christmas wedding. As far as getting the original farmhouse back, if its available for filming they could use it. BUT, I think it would be very strange and unfair to viewers to change it again to the original farmhouse. I think the new farmhouse has the perfect B & B layout. It will be interesting to see how Hallmark moves forward. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 🙂
I loved both movies and at first didn’t like that they weren’t using the house in the first movie. I loved the second movie as much as the first and I hope they do have an All my Heart 3 to see Jennie and Bryan get married. I have the first two recorded on my DVR and watch them over and over again. I will definitely record the third one.
Hi Martina, thanks for your comment. I love that you’re a fan of these movies and that you loved them both! I agree, and so do many others, that we want to see Jenny and Brian get married. I have no preference what season they show the new movie with their wedding, only that they make it and air it for fans. And I believe they will. Like you, I have both movies on my DVR, that way I’m ready to watch them when my mood strikes. Thanks for stopping by today!!! 🙂
Hi Kerry~
Totally loved reading about the two different houses, I thought I was going crazy until I came across your blog! Let
me ask, we actually have an amazing Victorian in Bucks County, any suggestions on how to get it discovered for the perfect home in a movie?
Hi Jeani, welcome to my blog! Glad you found me here and you got your answers about the two houses.
As far as your property, I would contact a couple of Location Scouts from a city close to your area and let them know about your place. Not sure how it works where you live but in some places you can actually list your property for filming. Keep me posted and good luck with it!!! Sounds very exciting. 🙂
When I saw pictures from another site showing the original house as run down and in renovation for the Dirk movie, I figured the DG film was old. I erroneously assumed the Teagarden movies conflicted. I too wanted the original farmhouse back each time I watched the sequels. Now, after seeing the DG shots of the house, all I want to know is how they made the house look so run down. They did the same thing for The Grey House for the original movies of The Good Witch. For years I thought they were different places until I found a site that showed the house changes.
Hi Dawn, thanks for your comment! It is amazing what set dressers can do. I think it would be an interesting job for sure! Merry Christmas! 🙂
I just finished watching all of my heart Dash the wedding for the second time. Still having tears in my eyes because I love this couple. I am really hoping they make another sequel at Emily’s B&B
Gloria, it was really wonderful to see them get married!!! So glad they made the sequels they did.