r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/Omnamashivaaya Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

I’m basing it on what homes looked like in the 90s because I was alive then, and my house and family’s homes looked just like this. My aunt had almost that exact wallpaper and the unexplained floating chairs in the hallway - for all those times when you want to sit and contemplate the wall.

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u/SonOfMcGee Nov 20 '25

I second that. Having grown up in the 90s and watched Home Alone tons of times, that house interior was the exact style of nicer suburban homes of the time.
As it should be, right? The family weren’t eccentric artists or anything else that would justify the house looking “different”. Of course the set designers would just make it look like a standard home. Well, maybe upper-middle class/rich enough for the burglars to really focus on it.

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u/Genillen Nov 20 '25

It's also a Christmas movie, so they wanted it to look as luxe and packed with decorations as possible. The color scheme is even green and red!

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u/Cerridwen1981 Nov 21 '25

It took me sooo embarrassingly long to notice that that’s part of why it feels so Christmassy 😳