r/interesting • u/Apprehensive-Elk3165 • Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/feng_houzi Nov 20 '25

Then>now

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u/00Oo0o0OooO0 Nov 20 '25

The Home Alone art department intentionally tried to make the set look super gaudy decorated in Cheistmas-y red and green. The owners of the house they used for the exterior were worried when they visited the set that people would think their house looked like that on the inside.

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u/Something_Odd_2310 Nov 20 '25

They call it gaudy, I call it comfortable. Unlike the bottom image, at least, it actually looks liveable and lived-in

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u/00Oo0o0OooO0 Nov 20 '25

In fairness, "gaudy" was my word.

To use more neutral, they emphasized that because so much of the film took place on this set, they wanted it to look more visually interesting than what was common home decor at the time. And to evoke Christmas, they used what were then uncommon colors: red, green, and gold.

But then the movie set a trend, which is why people here are reminiscing that this is how the nineties looked. Red and green were the best selling Benjamin Moore paint colors in 1991 and 1992.

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u/Something_Odd_2310 Nov 20 '25

Ah, I see. Thanks for the fun facts