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McMansion Hell from A to Z continues!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/151254239061/mcmansion-hell-from-a-to-z-part-two-i-p

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-part-one-a-h

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-aesthetics-aside-why

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 is now up! 

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 exploded, it's been really hard for me to keep track of who and who has not received their patron benefi...

Mansion vs McMansion Part 2 is Now Up!

http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/149563260641/mcmansions-101-mansion-vs-mcmansion-part-2

Enjoy!

$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 about this, it's becoming well known around the world that the McMansion is a terrible investment! I...

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 house or something, and I don't want to accidentally ignore one of my patrons! 

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 McMansions 101: Mansion vs McMansion, now available. For my Patreon supporters, special outtak...

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 has been in style for the last 30 years almost. This is in spite of the fact that white and food don...

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 element from the 80s I predict (after years of scouring through design books from then and now) will...

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 yesteryear because they provide insight to the culture and philosophy of that time period. For example, u...

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 "time capsule" houses. One would think that there wouldn't be many of these around anymore, but there ...

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! 

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