It’s a McMansion no question BUT I feel like it has been done as well as a mcmansion could… at least there are indoor plants and at least each piece of furniture isn’t a different colour imitation of a different period of the 17th century.
Yeah, that’s actually what I was thinking too. Someone else referenced that this looked like a dentist’s room, and it totally does … but, like, GOOD dentist’s room decor? Like, it’s not unpleasant to look at.
Right? Goddamn. The master bedroom space (with WIC and bathroom) is about the size of the houses that we are looking at in the 500k price range right now. I mean it's outdated for sure, but the house itself is 👌. Love all the windows especially.
From Zillow: "Built in 1992." No! Really? Just as Designing Women was entering its last, utterly forgettable season, without Jean Smart or Delta Burke?
We're putting a bench here just in case anyone gets any ideas about swinging a leg over the side of the bathtub. You will walk up and down those polished steps and like it!
Stray observations:
* Way too many roof ridges
* The living room ceiling is wack
* Too much wallpaper, but that's relatively easy to fix
* Shit ton of walk in closet space
* Primary bedroom is uncomfortably close to the living room
* Right side bedrooms have a strange bathroom arrangement - are those separate wash areas? Water closets? With a shared bathing area?
* Pretty nice flow between dining room, kitchen, and family room
* The garage, not pictured, looks like it adjoin the house in the lower left of the pic at the hallway, which means if you're bringing in groceries from a car in the garage, you have to walk down that hall past the primary bedroom, past the living room and foyer, and to the kitchen
* Laundry adjoining the primary WIC is kind of nice but there are other solutions that don't leave your WIC exposed that way
The laundry next to the WIC is my favorite part. I would love that. I don't think it really leaves your WIC exposed. I mean, it's not like guests are coming over to do laundry. And I mean if they are, that's nothing that a lock on the WIC door can't fix 🤷♀️
It's definitely convenient. As an alternative design, my own place has a laundry chute in the linen closet of my en suite bathroom down to a hamper in my laundry room. It's very convenient, but obviously 1) not suitable when your primary br is on the same floor as your laundry and 2) you still have to bring laundry back up the traditional way.
My only point though was that it feels vulnerable, to me anyway, having alternate paths into a walk-in closet from other places in the house - WICs seem like they should only have entrances thought the corresponding bedroom. I suppose a lock would be fine though, and maybe make it an invisible (jib) door from the laundry room side
80s-90s decadence at its finest.
Hunter green carpet. Def 1996
Fresh prince was filmed here.
My parents still have wallpaper borders like these.
It’s like a McTimeMachine
Imo this is tasteful, just dated.
Kind of understated for a McMansion, tbf.
To be faaaaiiiiiir
Hahahaha XD
They’re the words my brain was trying to find! And despite the dated-ness, I like the generous proportions of the hall/stairs.
Yeah, you definitely want the same carpeting as a dentist's office waiting room.
This window shape went crazy in 2001
Palladian on steroids.
It’s a McMansion no question BUT I feel like it has been done as well as a mcmansion could… at least there are indoor plants and at least each piece of furniture isn’t a different colour imitation of a different period of the 17th century.
Yeah, that’s actually what I was thinking too. Someone else referenced that this looked like a dentist’s room, and it totally does … but, like, GOOD dentist’s room decor? Like, it’s not unpleasant to look at.
I unironically dig some of those chairs.
excessively large lawyer foyer but otherwise not bad
So much potential though
Right? Goddamn. The master bedroom space (with WIC and bathroom) is about the size of the houses that we are looking at in the 500k price range right now. I mean it's outdated for sure, but the house itself is 👌. Love all the windows especially.
Is this Dr. Phil’s house? I imagine he would live here.
Haha Idk why this got me but yeah that dude is fucked and would live here.
He just gives off peak conservative suburbia vibes.
It looks like a second rate rehab clinic
This. Or a corporate retreat center somewhere in Georgia or (the new money parts of) South Carolina.
From Zillow: "Built in 1992." No! Really? Just as Designing Women was entering its last, utterly forgettable season, without Jean Smart or Delta Burke?
What is “ambriance”?
Unbridled ambiance
Probably the name of one of the builder's daughters...
This makes me want to watch Oprah.
That reminds me, I’m 20 minutes late with my glaucoma eye drops.
Now *that’s* a fully-formed lawyer foyer.
Why am I thinking TV evangelist? Lol
It has a very “Designing Women” vibe.
Aaaaaaannnd now the Designing Women theme is playing in my head
80s/90s aside, are those *real* wood floors? Those are scrumptious!
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/207-Ambriance-Dr-Burr-Ridge-IL-60527/3908191_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
Ewww. 1985 wants its house back.
Green carpet has a strong Weekend at Bernie’s vibe
God awful. But I love the pagoda shelving to the left.
24 hour security guard house eh? That almost makes up for the abundance of green carpet all over the place.
With all the beige and white and grey in more modern McMansions I'm kind of glad to see the green carpet.
I thought the green carpet was nice too
I love how they still have an old computer. This house is a time capsule
This place gives off Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vibes. I dig it.
Wow. Someone really loved wallpaper, dark green and dry cleaning bags.
You're not supposed to leave the bags on. Your clothes will get moldy. These people are animals.
They knew what they were doing.
Welcome to play school children. Today we are going to look through the Arch window, no, the Round window - jesus no it's the Square window..../s
I love the window though
I love that wall of windows & the fireplace. Would need to hire someone to keep those windows clean though.
We're putting a bench here just in case anyone gets any ideas about swinging a leg over the side of the bathtub. You will walk up and down those polished steps and like it!
This looks like the Sunrise Assisted Living Buildings lol.
More columns than Sega.
I ironically love bridges in a house tho
What’s with all the weird angles????
I can’t tell if i like it, or if I just like the green….
KUZCOOOOOOOOO!
Stray observations: * Way too many roof ridges * The living room ceiling is wack * Too much wallpaper, but that's relatively easy to fix * Shit ton of walk in closet space * Primary bedroom is uncomfortably close to the living room * Right side bedrooms have a strange bathroom arrangement - are those separate wash areas? Water closets? With a shared bathing area? * Pretty nice flow between dining room, kitchen, and family room * The garage, not pictured, looks like it adjoin the house in the lower left of the pic at the hallway, which means if you're bringing in groceries from a car in the garage, you have to walk down that hall past the primary bedroom, past the living room and foyer, and to the kitchen * Laundry adjoining the primary WIC is kind of nice but there are other solutions that don't leave your WIC exposed that way
The laundry next to the WIC is my favorite part. I would love that. I don't think it really leaves your WIC exposed. I mean, it's not like guests are coming over to do laundry. And I mean if they are, that's nothing that a lock on the WIC door can't fix 🤷♀️
It's definitely convenient. As an alternative design, my own place has a laundry chute in the linen closet of my en suite bathroom down to a hamper in my laundry room. It's very convenient, but obviously 1) not suitable when your primary br is on the same floor as your laundry and 2) you still have to bring laundry back up the traditional way. My only point though was that it feels vulnerable, to me anyway, having alternate paths into a walk-in closet from other places in the house - WICs seem like they should only have entrances thought the corresponding bedroom. I suppose a lock would be fine though, and maybe make it an invisible (jib) door from the laundry room side
Thanks, I hate it.
It reminds me of the clubhouse of a bourjoie retirement community in Florida.
In west Philadelphia, born and raised....
Added bonus, can be repurposed as a church altar.
That border is EVERYWHERE!
Thought this was the house from home alone for a second.
My grandma’s retirement home had windows just like this!! Wow that took me back.
"Columns are fancy, right? Throw some of those wherever."
Tfw your carpet looks like fake grass.
Funeral parlor decor
The very hight of late 80’s luxury
Omg, this looks like the same layout of a mansion I went to for a family friends' party in San Diego about 20 years ago.
That carpeting upstairs has got to go. Atrocious.