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Every time I see that movie I think how it shaped my idea that having such a nice and big house was normal and achievable, along with like 6 kids, and it was the average normal family… I’m not even American.
I’m so much closer to the robber’s reality.
Is this your doing OP? It’s been sanitized and your username is Sanitation so I gotta ask.
- The interior shots were a fabricated sound stage 2) The last shot isn’t even the same movie 3) This is most likely slop, considering the large discrepancies in dimensions.
F-, -1/10
I doubt it is ai. The same room with the fireplace can be seen in both the picture featuring it and the hallway shot where it is barely in view, but the same furniture, blinds, rug, wall molding, etc. is visible in both. The apparent discrepancy in dimensions is likely the focal length on the lenses used.
The last shot is from the sequel. Same house still. But I don’t think that the after shot is necessarily the same room. The windows and fireplace placement doesnt line up.
i notice this issue whenever i watch new films–everything looks so sterile and uninviting. culture has taken on this showroom/instagram aesthetic that gestures to class but has no character, taste and doesn’t look like anywhere where anyone would actually live; it’s nowhere where anyone sensible would want to live, at least.
calling it minimalistic is disrespectful because that word and style aren’t mutually exclusive.
I do not care for the stark white walls everywhere. I don’t hate the monochrome, though, so long as there is still some mid-tones to break things up a bit. In my opinion, stark white should be used minimally, like for trim, the fireplace mantle, stair steps/railing, etc. More grays on the walls, more variety in tones. And then the occasional accent piece that has a a bright saturated color to it, or a warm tone, will stand out like crazy in the space and provide a distinct feel to the room.
I don’t love the busy repeating wallpaper patterns in the original, but overall it has a very warm comfortable esthetic to it. Neither esthetic is bad. But I think the original was more cohesive and homey than the latter.
The new one is MUCH too white, but let’s be honest, the before pictures are pretty ugly too. That wallpaper is gaudy as hell.
The before pictures are bourgie and give a 90’s generational wealth ick, but at least it still looks like there’s a human being living there experiencing something nearly recognizable as a human emotion from time to time.
In 1990 that was the height of sophistication. Today, Millennial white/gray is the height of sophistication. What can we learn? Trends in home design/decor are bad. Stick to something timeless and you won’t think it’s outdated every few years.
Mudhuts will always be in. Don’t move with the flow, be the rock every drowning man needs.
I prefer rustic cottage theme. I never get tired of it and if someone else thinks it’s ugly… Cool, don’t live with me then.
The 1990 looks like 1890. I’d suggest that makes it the timeless decor.
Wanted to say that. The new one could use a few colored highlights, while the top one is stuffy and overloaded as hell.
Hallway wallpaper is great, bedroom one is definitely a bit ugly though I agree
I think if you literally just remove the before wallpaper and change nothing else, it would look perfect
Another victim of big Small
big small
It’s not the size that counts, it’s how you use it.
(for some reason it’s failing to upload, but insert the meme of the guy crying behind a smiling mask.)
I don’t think this can be true. The house interiors in the movie weren’t filmed on location. They were custom sets built into a school gymnasium. So everything in the “before” photos are sets and set decoration.
I’m not Amerucan, but as far as I know, America often builds houses en mass. Often in factories. Everything is standardized, zo many houses look the same. It wouldn’t be weird if a set also looked exactly like a real, standardized, house. These “now” pictures could be from a look-a-like house.
And what you know is so wrong, lol.
Mobile Himes or Manufactured Homes are built in shops, but even with those the interiors can be vastly different.
Interior design is a thing, which makes every house different inside.
And the type of house in Home Alone definitely isn’t a manufactured home or even one built in a development where there are only 3 models, but a very old, custom-built house.
Thanks, I kind of expected this house to be old and custom build, like you say.
Is prefab parts not a common practice with newly build houses? Like, you get a truck with some walls and a roof, you stick them together, put in some wiring and plumbing, stick on some plaster and repeat for the next house?
Extremely uncommon.
The only prebuilt part is the roof truss. Not the roof, just the truss.
Prebuilt homes, even prebuilt sections, not including trailer homes, are extraordinarily rare in the US.
Due to a weird law, in the USA manufactured homes must be built on a permanent chassis.
Most homes in the USA are built entirely on site.
Great, they removed all character and charm from it, no longer feels like a home, more like a hospital
The original house was a set built at a school. They covered everyhing is red and green to make it feel more like Christmas. The rugs, drapes, wallpaper, and everything wasn’t put in for style as much as for matching the theme for the movie.
Well, I’m old and lived in before “before” and well it was ugly… I prefer the “now” now.
So warm and welcoming vs dead, cold and devoid of any personality. That does not feel like progress.
One looks cozy, the other institutional.
This isn’t cozy, it’s overbearing, at least for me. The second one can be fixed by introducing colored highlights and pictures on the walls, while the first one is unsalvageable.
I’d paint the walls but other than that I would take the “before” any day of the week
Yeah, I agree that wall paper is not the greatest but and you can paint walls to create a welcoming and cozy environment.
But all white? Tell me you paid 10000 dollars for some nepo baby interior designer to tell you to use 3 different shades of eggshell white to offset the plain white in the hall.
When putting a house up for sale, you don’t paint the house white because of a shitty interior designer, you paint it white so that the buyer can easily paint it what they want. If, for example, you paint the walls red, and the buyer wants white, it’s going to take forever to get the red to stop bleeding through the white. Going from white to another colour however, is very quick and easy.
And that’s how we end up with all white/grey houses and cars. Everyone is more concerned about resale value than living.
Well not everyone because assets aren’t distributed evenly.
Eh, when I bought my house I specifically stayed away from houses that were painted a single colour on the interior.
A house with fresh paint is a no-go for me when looking to buy.
Too much shit can be easily hidden behind layers of latex paint.
Unfortunately, I know from experience how much mold can be hidden by paint.
I had all white walls in my apartment when I moved in. The landlord always paints them all white before someone moves in.
I get why they do it, and it was easy to paint over, but if you keep them white like that it’s gotta be so depressive. It looks so stale, and boring.
You don’t paint everything beige because you like beige.
You paint everything beige because it helps people looking at the house imagine themselves living there.
At least that’s what my real estate agent told me before I had to repaint my entire house because I like color.
Yes some people enjoy minimalism but most of the time you only see minimalism like this in real estate. The goal of minimalism in real estate is to allow you to see a blank canvas. There are two schools of thought. You can show a potential buyer what you think is a good use of the space to give them an idea of what to do with it. Or you can show them next to nothing and allow them to fill in the blanks with the furnishings and decor they would be bringing with them into the home. I much prefer the latter when looking at a space to move into. I couldn’t live in such a sterile place but I can much better visualize where all my shit is going.
Millennial grey, because it’s important that you don’t mess up your investment by personalizing it.
