Patsy Cline’s “Dream Home”

“I wish I could come back
In my neighborhood,
where good people
they all love you as their own “.

This was the lyrics to the 1955 song, “Come On In And Make Yourself At Home,” by country music superstar Patsy Cline.

So when I found out that his house in Goodlettsville, Tennessee (a suburb outside of Nashville) was on the market, I did this … I stayed at home … in the kitchen … on the piano. .. and in the living room. room.

Tom Courtois and his spouse, Steven, have owned the house, known as “Patsy Cline’s Dream Home,” since 2011.

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“The most important thing is the bathroom, it’s all original,” Courtois said.[It] it was his pride and joy. “Because of the stories I heard, when someone came to visit her, she would take them and show them her bathroom.”

Sadly, Steven died last year and Tom made the difficult decision to sell the historic home. “Steven loved to decorate and get things back to that mid-century look, and this house was the perfect style for that. I can tell you there were four layers of wallpaper everywhere, so it took almost 3 years to restore the house to life. Again as before “.

For Tom and Steven, the restoration was a labor of love.

“Some of the other things, you know, the other owners had carpeting. I took out the carpet, you know, the hardwood floors are still original. They’re never finished,” he said. “We had to replace the dining room mural because it was no longer there … But we tried to save as much of the original decor as possible.”

Cline’s house had been bought with royalties from her most notable hits such as “Walking After Midnight”, “Crazy” and “I Fall To Pieces”. However, the life of the country music singer at home, about 10 months, was cut short, after his untimely death in a plane crash 90 miles outside Nashville.

Her daughter, Julie Fudge, recalled: “We moved here in May 1962,” she told Feeser. “And then when my mother died in March 1963, my brother and I didn’t continue to live here consistently.”

His father sold the house in 1966.

“This isn’t the first time I’ve been back in 50 years. But when I climbed the sidewalk, it reminded me of the day my furniture arrived. spring, and we had chosen furniture for most of the house and my bedroom was coming in. So I ran down the sidewalk and fell and scoured my knee, of course, well, my mom and grandma “And what did you do? You cleaned it and put Mercurochrome on it. Now, Mercurochrome didn’t burn like MethylAid, but it did make your knee orange. So, I had that little orange stain on my knee and then they moved in. My beautiful French-style bedroom with the canopy and the small toilet desk with the chair and the white cushion seat And, of course, I went in and went upstairs with my knees orange and I left a mark on the first day.

The house has recently been sold for over half a million dollars.

For Courtois, the idea of ​​leaving this historic house has not been easy. “I love living in the house. It’s a testament to the longevity of Patsy Cline who is still here, and is as popular as others. [stars] with such a short career. It is difficult. After 10 years, you put your heart and soul into it. But it is time for someone else to take the reins. “

History produced by Roman Feeser.

For more information:

• Patsy Cline Museum, Nashville
• Photos courtesy of the Patsy Cline Museum