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McMansion Hell from A to Z continues!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/151254239061/mcmansion-hell-from-a-to-z-par...

Certified Dank McMansion of the Week: Bergen Co, NJ (1988)

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/151106172346/bergen-county-new-jersey

McMansionHell from A to Z, Part One is now up!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150926055196/mcmansion-hell-from-a-to-z-par...

McMansion of the Week in Encino, CA is now up!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150776910526/encino-ca

New McMansions 101 is up: Aesthetics Aside, Why McMansions are Bad Architecture

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150597521816/mcmansions-101-revisited...

New McMansions 101: Eclecticism is now up!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150277150451/mcmansions-101-eclecticism

This week's Certified Dank™ McMansion is now up!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150135343136/flower-mound-tx

Special Extra McMansions 101: Dormers is up!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/150043321471/mcmansions-101-dormers

McMansions 101: Roofs is now up!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/149948821221/mcmansions-101-roofs-part-1

Roseville, CA

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/149807609446/roseville-ca

Certified Dank McMansion of the Week ...

From the Archives of McMansionHell: Blanchard's Ad from 1985

From the 1985 International Collection of Interior Design. 

1985? What gave it away?

From the Archives: Curtains Pt 2 (1983)

Please enjoy this scan from Mary Gilliatt's The Decorating Book from 1983! Matching fabrics across all surfaces is one thing I really don't want to see come back. 

A Note to Patrons

If you wish to claim your patron rewards, please email me at mcmansionhell@gmail.com with the [Patreon] tag in the subject line, or send me a message on Patreon itself. Since this project kind of expl...

Mansion vs McMansion Part 2 is Now Up!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/149563260641/mcmansions-101-mansion-vs-m...

$200! Thank you all so much!

Now I have to go make another goal, because I wasn't expecting this. 

Business Insider Interview with McMansionHell

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-mcmansion-is-dying-2016-8

Isn't this pretty cool? By talking ...

Heads Up

For all of my patrons emailing me your requests, etc. please put [Patreon] somewhere in the subject header so I know it's you! I get a lot of emails requesting I look at someone's neighborhood or a ho...

McMansion of the Week is Up! Welcome to Houston, y'all!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/149472892236/houston-tx

Wow! Second Goal Reached

You guys are amazing! I can't thank you enough for your support. I hope everyone enjoys this week's 2016-08-21 20:10:32 +0000 UTC View Post

McMansionHell Outtakes: 90s Country Kitchen Time Machine

In the house I grew up in, the kitchen wallpaper was very similar to this, so I'm secretly rather fond of this kitchen in Texas. 

For some reason, the white kitchen in its various permutations ...

From the Archives of McMansionHell: Ideas for Drapes, 1983

Ever wondered how to describe curtains? What a swag was before 2008? This scan from Mary Gilliatt's The Decorating Book from 1983 is a nifty guide to dated curtian terminology. One design ...

Wow! First goal met in one day!

Thank you all so much for your generous support! Because of you, a fund has been established to begin purchasing relics from our recent past. It's important to document the design decisions of yestery...

From the Archives of McMansionHell: Traditional Wallpapers from the 80s

Here is a scan from Mary Gilliatt's The Decorating Book from 1983. As we can see, 19th Century prints were huge during the 80s, and many of these can still be found on the walls of "t...

Thank You for Pledging to McMansionHell!

Please enjoy this slideshow of photographs of abandoned McMansions. I've been collecting these photographs for a while, and plan to add more as I find them! 

2016-08-18 20:38:00 +0000 UTC View Post