Vegas, Baby: The Parisian Palace

by hookedonhouses on September 8, 2008

Do you ever watch Million-Dollar Listing on Bravo? It’s about the three youngest, most successful Real Estate Agents in California. And it’s not very good, I’m afraid. But I watch every week anyway, just to see the houses they’re selling.

Last week Chad, who looks 18 but insists he is 30, took a client to see the Parisian Palace in Las Vegas.

Well, to be exact, he took a client’s assistant to see it. Can you imagine being so wealthy that you could pay someone to do the house-hunting for you? Even if I could afford it, I’d still want to see everything for myself.

Anyway. This place was wild. You can rent it out for events, so keep the Parisian Palace in mind if you ever get married in Vegas.

Take a look around and see if you could handle this much glitz and glamor!

Wow. That’s a lot, isn’t it? I can only imagine how long it must’ve taken to paint and decorate all that. Do you have a favorite (or least favorite) room? Doesn’t the kitchen seem oddly incongruent with the rest of the place? And how about that bowling alley-slash-nightclub in the basement?

For more information, go to the Parisian Palace website and Million-Dollar Listing.

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{ 51 comments }

1 Kiki September 8, 2008 at 6:24 am

It’s something out of Citizen Kane!

2 bermudaonion September 8, 2008 at 6:34 am

I cannot imagine living in a place like that.

3 Kellye September 8, 2008 at 6:43 am

OMG, who decorated that place? Elvis? I think that even he may have had better taste than this.

As for the RSS feed request, I have to disagree with Problogger (as I believe you do, too). Anyone who is familiar w/RSS feeds and likes your blog is going to do it anyway.

4 Heather September 8, 2008 at 7:08 am

I wonder how much money it would take to redo every single inch of space? Looks like something out of a Rock Hudson and Doris Day movie!

My least favorite was the tiny bath with the side ways tub.

5 maya September 8, 2008 at 7:47 am

that’s too much house for this simple girl. way too much! but i’d visit it if it were a museum. can’t wait to go to the biltmore house this christmas season!

6 Jen R September 8, 2008 at 7:55 am

wow, That house is something. Time to invest in about a 2 gallon bucket of Kilz.The funny thing is, on the surface it looks “grand”, but did you notice how icky the bedroom furniture really looked?

7 Jessica September 8, 2008 at 7:59 am

Hahahaha that place cracks me up! It just keeps going and going… At first I thought, Wow! That would be kind of cool to stay there. I began imagining this crazy partying, lavish lifestyle. Then as I continued to scroll I thought, “This is getting *too* weird.”

1st, the carpet looks icky in the bedrooms. Also, the bedrooms are HUGE HUGE HUGE, then the bathrooms are tiny in comparison! How bout saving a little space for the bathrooms! I agree the kitchen looks weird in comparison.

So… yeah…. that was weird.

8 marie September 8, 2008 at 8:08 am

That place is awful. That pretty much sums it up. lol

I watch Million Dollar Listing. Are you surprised? ha ha Didn’t think so. :o ) I can’t stand these boys this season. I liked it better last year when they had other agents. That creepy Chad looks like Christy McNichol. And that’s just… creepy.

9 bermudaonion September 8, 2008 at 8:08 am

I faved you on Technorati.

10 Linda B September 8, 2008 at 8:11 am

Um…in a word. Ewww.

11 hookedonhouses September 8, 2008 at 8:16 am

Thanks, Bermudaonion! Faved you back!

I can’t believe you guys are daring to disagree with ProBlogger. Sure hope he doesn’t get wind of this! ;-)

Seriously, don’t worry, I’m not going to do that at the end of every post. I do get questions from people who can’t figure out how to subscribe to me, though, so I thought it might be helpful to explain it now and then.

“Desperate” really wasn’t the look I was going for with this. Ha!

P.S. Why do I get the feeling none of you wants to have a Vegas wedding at the Parisian Palace??

12 Nancy September 8, 2008 at 8:17 am

My head is spinning–too much going on there.

13 Katie September 8, 2008 at 8:24 am

Wow, I need my barf bag!

14 Shannon September 8, 2008 at 8:49 am

Wow,I don’t think I have seen anything like that before!

15 Kristin September 8, 2008 at 9:32 am

In most of those rooms there is just no place for your eyes to rest. I think I would become ADD in a place like that.

I agree with what you said about Million dollar listing – I watch it just to see inside the houses! LOL

16 plantingoaks September 8, 2008 at 9:48 am

Oh gosh, is it just me, or does the floor in the dinning room LIGHT UP.
That’s just wild.
I think living around all those patterns would give me the headache of my life…maybe that’s why all the lights are so dim.

17 Amy September 8, 2008 at 9:53 am

The only word I can think of is disgusting. I really hate it that much. Who decorated it, Liberace?

18 Julianna September 8, 2008 at 10:00 am

I couldn’t sleep at night with all those murals looking at me and the gold accents shining in my eyes. WHOA!

19 deserae September 8, 2008 at 10:23 am

Whew…I need to sit down after that tour! I hate to say it but…there isn’t one thing I like about the place! LOL….I watch the show every week too but not sure why? It certainly isn’t for hairstyle tips!!!!! LOL!!!
~Des

20 MaryBeth September 8, 2008 at 10:26 am

That is just wrong!!! I didn’t see the show but I can’t imagine anyone wanting to buy this house. Now I am going to have to find a repeat of the show and see it in all its horror. Thanks alot, another half hour of my life I will never get back! haha. MB

21 Norma September 8, 2008 at 10:39 am

What can I say, It’s just too much of everything, I would have a headache looking at all the pattern, and so much gold every where. I could see Donald Trump and his family living here, it’s kinda his style, but not for me.

22 Slowish Food September 8, 2008 at 12:08 pm

Ewww. That is the grossest house I’ve ever seen, and my threshold for kitsch value is super-high. I would worry about what ghosts of Vegas debauchery past might be lurking around that horrid palace.

23 mom in high heels September 8, 2008 at 12:59 pm

OMG, I’ve been to palaces in Europe that don’t have that much froo froo in them. Seriously. I don’t even think Versailles or Herrenchiemsee are that “adorned.”
That place gives me a headache. Who on earth would want to live with all that? And the first thing I thought when I saw the kitchen was “that just doesn’t go with the rest of the house!” My second thought was “ewwwwww, it’s still hideous though.”
This house is an example of why people hate Americans!

24 Ms.Tee September 8, 2008 at 1:47 pm

Whoa. Someone went crazy with the murals, didn’t they?! And the stairway with the lights looks like it’s covered in crushed red velvet. :)

25 Bettsi September 8, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Yeah, seriously, Julia, this post should come with a warning! “May cause seizures” Ugh. All that “stuff” on the ceilings- I don’t care if they’re 12 feet high- they would still make me feel claustrophobic. I need to go eat something to settle my stomach!

26 Angela September 8, 2008 at 2:17 pm

I just gouged out my eyes with hot pokers.

27 Mrs.Limestone September 8, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Im all for a little bling but this house is beyond aweful. I’d get a migrane just sitting in there!

But isn’t that show a great guilty pleasure? I can’t imagine how any of them make any money with their insane behavior but I guess when it comes to real estate, hustlers make the money :)

28 desiree September 8, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Some one forgot to say WHEN. Yikes that is hideous. The purple velvet booths…I presume they had a lot of lounge acts performing. Only in Vegas.

29 Jan September 8, 2008 at 3:21 pm

This place is like being in a “FUN HOUSE” at the fair. It’s ugly, uncomfortable and hideous indeed!!!

Can’t believe anyone could or would live that way!!

Jan

30 Melody from ~Pennies In My Pocket~ September 8, 2008 at 3:32 pm

GAWWWWWWWWWWWWWDY! I think I’m going to be sick! lol

And I agree with you…that show is so tacky, but I watch it anyway, too! hahaha Anything houses, right? lol

~melody~

31 Pam September 8, 2008 at 3:55 pm

I have a headache. Yikes!

32 edie3 September 8, 2008 at 4:08 pm

I woould hate to have a hangover in that house!!

33 Amy from Texas September 8, 2008 at 4:51 pm

Crazy House! I saw that episode. I was wanting to look it up online… and then here it is. Great post!

I don’t think Technorati works… I am linked on many sites and some who are even on Technorati that aren’t showing up. I added you as a favorite anyway even though it stinks. ha!

Hey… where did you find that cool Twitter image? hee. hee.

34 Jana September 8, 2008 at 4:56 pm

It looks like a den of iniquity.

35 hookedonhouses September 8, 2008 at 5:15 pm

All of your comments are cracking. Me. Up. Apparently we don’t have a lot of flashy Vegas types who read this blog. Ha.

Amy, Technorati isn’t working real well for me, either. Something’s up with it. My favorites are still working, at least. I keep hoping they’ll get things fixed over there soon.

Feel free to use that Twitter button on your blog. I can’t remember where I found it, but I thought it was cute. -J :-)

36 hookedonhouses September 8, 2008 at 6:50 pm

Comment from Janet of Housepeepers (http://housepeepers.blogspot.com) that got lost:

OMG, did Liberace live there?? What is with those chairs in the foyer, looks like they are ready to spear you!! Just when you think you have seen the tackiest house in the world…you come up with this. Good job, Julia, but I will pass.

Janet

37 Melinda September 8, 2008 at 8:17 pm

Wow … I think my monitor is melting from sheer ugly.
I need migraine medicine after that mess.

38 Brandee September 8, 2008 at 9:02 pm

It’s not very cozy is it? Even if I were a trillionaire, I couldn’t live in something that glitzy and big.

39 visual vamp September 9, 2008 at 2:15 am

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
I don’t get Bravo on our basic cable service, but during the hurricane the house we evacuated to had it, and I watched a preview of this show (and a recap of Flipping Out!), before the power (and the cable) went out. Bravo has got the best shows!
And, I’d love to lnclude you on my humble blog roll – will you please do the same for moi?

40 Tori September 9, 2008 at 9:56 am

O My goodness-It’s so gody. he he I would love to spend the night
there with a whole bunch of friends though.

41 rue September 9, 2008 at 10:24 am

I only have one thing to say… and people think MY house is too personal??

rue

42 Laura @ the shorehouse. September 9, 2008 at 2:35 pm

OK…this time my retinas definitely dettached. ;-)

43 Rachel September 10, 2008 at 12:37 pm

Blech!!
I can’t believe that somebody actually paid good money for that stuff… and to have all that decorative painting.
Really, I can’t believe that somebody would actually do that to the poor house.

Oh, and the kitchen?? Just look above the chandelier – it looks like the light threw up flowers on the ceiling. Oh, I’m sorry – they’re supposed to be sprouting out of the light… yeah, because flowers like to grow out of light fixtures!

44 j September 10, 2008 at 2:55 pm

Reading backwards to catch up on blog posts; after this hot mess, Martha’s pink house is looking better.

45 Lilly Taylor September 21, 2008 at 9:14 pm

OMG. I love to see the houses, but can not stand those boys! I live in Pasadena, CA and dream of one day leaving. The men here are horrible (generally speaking). I wish they could have chosen a less obnoxious cast even though successful high profile real estate brokers ARE really like that in real life. It’s not a stretch which is the saddest part of it.

46 Heather October 19, 2008 at 1:46 pm

I saw this house on “What’s With That House?” on HGTV. The owner said he hasn’t put his own touch on the kitchen yet. I think his touch leaves a lot to be desired. The owner is a nightclub owner/builder, I think that explains a lot.

47 dale lease November 8, 2008 at 2:55 pm

ITS A HOUSE ON DRUGS OR THE PERSON WHO BUILT IT WAS ON ACID!

48 Lisa in Australia February 21, 2009 at 11:52 pm

I could not live in this ugly monstrosity! I absolutely detest the black bathroom with the red seat. ewwww

49 Lisa in Australia February 21, 2009 at 11:56 pm

I don’t think even Liberace would have liked this house!!!!

50 Nathan September 8, 2009 at 12:29 pm

Oh wow. It is gaudy and horrible.

51 cynthia duncan November 4, 2009 at 7:57 pm

HELLO HOUSE!

WHEN CAN I MOVE IN?

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