TV House

TV House

People source inspiration from all sorts of places and sometimes inspiration happens unknowingly whilst unaware. Most of us sit down at some point in the week to watch television. A favorite TV show or movie, be it a comedy, drama or an informative documentary.

There have been many shows on TV that have the majority of their storyline take place within a home, the perfect backdrop to help us as the viewer relate.

I've watched many shows where the house or interior living area has become synonymous with the show itself. As a young child there were shows for me that stood out for their point of difference- in that they did not look like the home I lived in. An early example would the The Brady Bunch. The Brady house looked different to mine and had a room I had never heard of, a Den. Here Mike Brady, who just happened to be an architect, seemed to spend much of his time giving out discipline and words of wisdom to his children. It was a big room with a drawing table, couch and fireplace- all with a manly flavour. This would just be one of many examples where TV would form part of the informal dialogue of reference to housing and the types it can represent.

Brady Bunch House- Mike Brady's Den

The all time favourite home of TV for me would be the apartment of Frasier- that chimney, it somehow seemed to sum up Frasier himself- a perfect match of character and architecture. Sophisticated interior referenced with designer furniture, an eclectic intellectual ensemble. I wonder how many replications of that fireplace exist as a result of that show?

TV House- Frasier's Living Room

If you've ever wanted to see more of that TV house you vaguely remember take a look at the Hooked On House website, it might just be there.

The Simpsons- Homer Simpson's House

Or if you want to see some fabulous hand drawn floor plans of well known and loved TV shows check out the drawings of Inaki Aliste Lizarralde.

What's your favorite tv house? Let us know in the comments section below.