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The Real Estate of "Mad Men" - 08/10/10
If there was ever an inspiration for the look of Open House Genie, it is the hit television show, Mad Men. Except that we never saw the show until after our site design was completed in May 2008. Maybe we channeled it subconsciously, because the look of that show (minus the cigarette smoke and the endless scotch drinking during the day) is us. We feel a secret affinity because we were born in 1962, the year in which Season 2 is set. Season 1 was 1960 and absolutely brilliant, too. It's addictive and hard to stop watching. So the 1962 connection reminds us that we're born from and part of another century. Season 3 was brilliant. Can't wait to see more of those living rooms! We crave Mad Men and impatiently await Season 4 starting July 25, 2010.
We simply adore the mid-century architecture on this show, the crazy furniture and straight lines that revolve through set after set in Mad Men. Although the women's clothes look restrictive, they're also luscious. But women get passed over for promotions and there is a lot of littering (see the episode with the picnic), so not all about the era was cool. Men's private offices are big, with Mark Rothko paintings. Originals of course. There are no women's private offices. That will take decades to fix.
The look of the show is wonderful: The squared off, angular chairs, the natural woods, the "non" open floor plan except for a larger living room and the properness of velvet decor (see: Don and Betty's headboard). The show Mad Men illustrates that a home is a home and at least in our Open House Genie perfect world, that home design of the late 1950s and early 1960s sets the tone for elegance, high heels for dinner and an avocado colored double range.
The real estate of Mad Men reigns supreme. Be there!
John Slattery and John Hamm from Mad Men
used with permission from AMCTV.com
Article by Open House Genie
Copyright 2010
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