WARNING: This is probably the first of many posts on craftsman homes and examples.
I have a huge passion for craftsman design. It all started back in the late 80s when I was the only teenager watching the TV drama "thirtysomething". I had no idea what the subtext of the show was but I was fixated on the main couples' (Hope and Michael) continuous renovation of their Craftsman style home. I was more interested in the changes that were happening to the kitchen than with the characters. I don't think they ever finished the renovation but their marriage did survive it. Of course I didn't know theirs was a craftsman back then. That was way before I went to University to saturate myself in architecture and art history survey courses.
I recently started thinking about that house on the show again and I'm so glad I did because I found some interesting stories about it. The house used on the show was owned by Donna and Dennis Potts and was actually located in Los Angeles. The show's story was set in Philadelphia. The Potts were getting ready to refinance their house for their son's first year of college when the location scout for the show came calling and offered them $1500 per day of shooting at their home.
The Steadman's Floorplan above courtesy of www.thirdstory.com.
Photo fromPeoplemagazine.
The interiors of the home were shot on a sound stage in LA. Production Designer Brandy Alexander won two Emmys for Best Art Direction in a series.
Ms. Alexander also did the set for "My So Called Life" starring Claire Danes. A coffered ceiling was prominently featured in the family living room (sucker for coffered ceilings, right over here).
I will have to rent the DVD collection for these shows to recapture those first warm fuzzies for craftsman design.
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I have a huge passion for craftsman design. It all started back in the late 80s when I was the only teenager watching the TV drama "thirtysomething". I had no idea what the subtext of the show was but I was fixated on the main couples' (Hope and Michael) continuous renovation of their Craftsman style home. I was more interested in the changes that were happening to the kitchen than with the characters. I don't think they ever finished the renovation but their marriage did survive it. Of course I didn't know theirs was a craftsman back then. That was way before I went to University to saturate myself in architecture and art history survey courses.
- The Steadman's Floorplan
I recently started thinking about that house on the show again and I'm so glad I did because I found some interesting stories about it. The house used on the show was owned by Donna and Dennis Potts and was actually located in Los Angeles. The show's story was set in Philadelphia. The Potts were getting ready to refinance their house for their son's first year of college when the location scout for the show came calling and offered them $1500 per day of shooting at their home.
The Steadman's Floorplan above courtesy of www.thirdstory.com.
- The Potts' outside their home with their grandkids in 1997
Photo fromPeoplemagazine.
The interiors of the home were shot on a sound stage in LA. Production Designer Brandy Alexander won two Emmys for Best Art Direction in a series.
Ms. Alexander also did the set for "My So Called Life" starring Claire Danes. A coffered ceiling was prominently featured in the family living room (sucker for coffered ceilings, right over here).
I will have to rent the DVD collection for these shows to recapture those first warm fuzzies for craftsman design.
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