Blanchard Loft

"Isn't this what we've all been waiting for? All of us under the same roof?"

- Emma Swan to Mary Margaret Blanchard

The Blanchard Loft is a Storybrooke location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the second episode of the first season.

Visitors

 * Archie Hopper
 * August Booth
 * Ava Zimmer
 * Bashful
 * Belle French
 * Billy †
 * Cruella De Vil †
 * Doc
 * Dopey
 * Dr. Whale


 * Elsa
 * Granny
 * Happy
 * Hook
 * Leroy
 * Maleficent
 * Marco
 * Merida
 * Mother Superior
 * Mr. Clark


 * Mr. Gold
 * Neal Cassidy †
 * Nicholas Zimmer
 * Regina Mills
 * Robin
 * Robin Hood †
 * Roland
 * Sidney Glass
 * Walter
 * Zelena

Trivia
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On-screen Notes

 * The apartment number is 3.

Location

 * The location of the loft is portrayed inconsistently. It is often implied to be situated right across the street from the pawnshop, meaning that it is in the same block as the clock tower building, in a location that does not actually exist in Steveston Village, likely in the area of the dentist's office. This location is prominently used in "Best Laid Plans", where the pawnshop is clearly visible through the window as Maleficent's sleeping spell approaches. The location is also hinted at in previous episodes:
 * When Mary Margaret is inside the apartment in "True North", Emma calls her on the phone from outside, and asks Mary Margaret to come outside and meet her. The two meet across the street from the clock tower building.
 * After Mary Margaret leaves the apartment in "7:15 A.M.", she is headed away from the clock tower.
 * When David is cleaning Mary Margaret's car in "What Happened to Frederick", it is parked in front of Storybrooke Coffee Co, next to Jolene's Arts & Crafts, which are both located in the same block as the clock tower, opposite the street from the pawnshop. When Emma finds Henry's storybook, Emma's car is parked next to the clock tower building.
 * When Emma and August leave the apartment together in "The Stranger", they come out from behind Storybrooke Coffee Co, before proceeding to walk down the street, past the clock tower. Emma's car is parked in front of Storybrooke Dental (which is right between Storybrooke Coffee Co and the clock tower).
 * When Emma heads toward the apartment in "New York City Serenade", she begins to walk toward the clock tower building.
 * However, there is also evidence to support that the loft is in the vicinity of Granny's Diner:
 * The bird feeder and birdhouses that Mary Margaret and Henry tend to in "The Shepherd" and "The Evil Queen", are located behind a white picket fence across the street from George's Taverna and Storybrooke Savings & Loan. These two businesses are situated near Storybrooke Country Bread, the building that is across the street from Granny's Diner. Granny's Diner is approximately fifty meters down the road from the clock tower building.
 * In "Unforgiven", David Nolan loads up his truck in front of the same fence, across the street from Storybrooke Savings & Loan.
 * When Mr. Gold leaves the apartment with Maleficent, Regina and Cruella De Vil in "Best Laid Plans", they walk across the lawn behind this fence, before getting into Cruella's car, which is parked in front of the same fence.
 * When Emma and Mary Margaret offer to let Ruby move in with them in "Red-Handed", all three of them head off in the direction of Granny's Diner, away from the clock tower.
 * In "Operation Mongoose Part 2", after returning to Storybrooke, Emma runs down the main street of town to reunite with Hook at the loft. She runs towards Granny's Diner, away from the clock tower.
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Production Notes

 * The apartment set was built on a studio stage for the first season of Once Upon a Time. For Season Two, the set had to be torn down and be rebuilt on a different stage.
 * The inside of Mary Margaret's bathroom only appears in a single scene: when Zelena escapes through the window in the Season Three episode "Quiet Minds"; even though, as revealed in the Season Four DVD featurette "Behind the Magic Tour," the room is fully decorated. The top floor of the apartment is explored for the first time in the Season Four episode "Smash the Mirror", where Henry reads comics with Regina in his bedroom.
 * According to set decorator Mark Lane, the apartment is supposed to be above a store, with a lumber mill out in the back of it. It is also supposed to be just off the water, and is meant to have the feel of a fish cannery. The set was purposely filled with working class antiques one might find in an old apartment in an old town, to make it somewhat locked in time. Therefore, there are not a lot of new things in it.
 * According to production designer Michael Joy, the apartment is a kind of modern-day princess type of environment, an echo of Snow White as a romantic character living in the wood. It is supposed to be an industrial space or an old office space. The idea is that Mary Margaret is very earthy and crafty, and because she is a teacher who does crafts with her pupils, she took the same do-it-yourself approach to decorating her home. One could imagine she decorated that all by going to garage sales.


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Props Notes

 * Jennifer Morrison owns a painting that was used as a prop in the loft.
 * Mary Margaret has a Homegrown Monogram Mug by Anthropologie.
 * In "The Thing You Love Most", the window outside the door is a regular, clear single-pane window. In "The Price of Gold", it has been divided into four window panes. In "The Return", it's replaced by a glass-stained window. In "Broken", it's replaced by a new glass-stained window.
 * The window in "The Return", also appears in a corridor at the inn in "The Stable Boy". It can also be seen on the entrance to The Rabbit Hole".
 * Tree and flower motifs are decorating the walls next to Mary Margaret's bed. This is a reference to the Enchanted Forest.
 * Mary Margaret and her Enchanted Forest counterpart are known to have an affinity for birds, and birds are a common motif in her apartment including:
 * At least six different bird figurines
 * Bird pillow on the bed
 * Ceramic teapot with owls on it
 * Sugarbowl with a blue bird on top
 * Framed bird pictures
 * The writing on the brick wall says "Original Liquid & Paste Grate Polish Black Bird", and there is a giant crow painted on the wall
 * Mary Margaret has an Anthropologie Monogrammed Mug.
 * There is an Oak and Acorn Tureen from Williams Somoma on Mary Margaret's kitchen counter.
 * When zoomed up close, the back of a dish Mary Margaret is washing has a Disney logo on it.
 * There is a figurine of a white rabbit in the apartment.
 * On the countertop, there is also a Vintage Enesco Tea for Two Owl Teapot.
 * Mary Margaret has an Anthropologie Grapefruit Sugar Bowl.
 * The round cookies that Ava and Nicholas eat in Mary Margaret's loft also decorate the walls of the Gingerbread House.
 * There is a small Bambi statue in Mary Margaret's apartment.
 * The apartment is decorated with children's drawings, most likely from Mary Margaret's students.
 * One of the drawings shows an apple tree, which is remarkably similar to the Storybrooke coat of arms, and Regina's apple tree.
 * Mary Margaret has a large collection of clocks, just like her grandson, Henry.
 * The banner at Mary Margaret's welcome home party is later reused in Granny's Diner with Emma's name added below it.
 * The tray David carries is an Ikea Romantisk Tray in White.
 * One of the bowls on the tray is an Anthropologie Inside Out Bowl in Pink. When the Trigger is activated, two of these bowls appear on a shelf.
 * Neal has a baby mobile decorated with sheep. This is a reference to his father having originally been a shepherd.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.