Hooked on Houses

I love Sally Field. I love her so much I’m going to resist doing a joke about how I like her–I really like her! I got totally sucked into watching the first two seasons of “Brothers & Sisters” on DVD this month while working on this post about the sets. She plays Nora, the matriarch [...]

April 8th, 2009 | Tags: Big Houses, Brothers and Sisters, celebrities, classic TV, entertainment, Gidget, Real Estate, Sally Field, TV | Category: Celebrity Style, Famous Houses, On TV | Comments (38)

“Whoever said money doesn’t buy happiness doesn’t know where to shop.” -Blair Waldorf
Gossip Girl is a popular series on The CW that I got hooked on this year. The clothes and sets are fabulous, so today I’m showing you some of them for “Movie (& TV Show) Monday.” The camera could simply follow these [...]

March 16th, 2009 | Tags: Blake Lively, books, Brooklyn, Cecily von Ziegesar, Chace Crawford, entertainment, Gossip Girl, manhattan, New York City, Real Estate, TV | Category: Fantasy Open House, Movie Mondays, On TV | Comments (23)

First of all, I have to thank all of you who begged me to do a post about Nora Walker’s house in the TV drama “Brothers & Sisters.” I rented Season One and was immediately captivated by not only Nora’s home (shown here), but daughter Sarah’s, too. The sets are all amazing on this show. [...]

March 8th, 2009 | Tags: " set design, Architecture, Brothers and Sisters, California, Decorating, design, entertainment, house tours, kitchen, Nora Walker, Ojai, Sally Field, television drama, TV | Category: Celebrity Style, Famous Houses, Movie Mondays, On TV | Comments (66)

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

At the beginning of last-night’s episode, Eddie Ross says he wishes they would be given some individual challenges now. So do I! I understand that group challenges bring on the interpersonal drama, but it’s hard to know what someone’s style really is if they’re always working as part of a team.
Tonight our [...]

October 2nd, 2008 | Tags: Bravo TV, Decorating, design, entertainment, fashion, home improvement television, Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler, reality TV, Top Design, TV | Category: On TV | Comments (19)

Well, guys, I’m in a hotel room in Indianapolis and didn’t have a chance to recap “Top Design” for you this week. I know, I know–I’m sorry!
I only caught about 15 minutes of last night’s episode and only know who was booted off because I read about it on Blogging Top Design. (I can’t say [...]

September 25th, 2008 | Tags: Bravo, entertainment, recap, Top Design, TV, Twitter | Category: On TV | Comments (6)

This week’s episode of “Top Design” is the one I’ve been looking forward to the most because they promised “Project Runway” alums. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been a die-hard PR fan since the first season. I was especially excited to see Andrae (“What happened to Andrae?!” as Tim Gunn would say) and Santino from [...]

September 18th, 2008 | Tags: Bravo, Decorating, entertainment, fashion, India Hicks, interior design, Jeffrey Sebelia, Jonathan Adler, Los Angeles, project runway, reality TV, recap, Santino Rice, Top Design, TV | Category: On TV | Comments (29)

This week on Bravo’s “Top Design,” the contestants were asked to decorate well enough to not only live to see another day on the show, but to literally survive. In a bomb shelter. I’m not kidding.
I can see the producers sitting around and brainstorming ideas for decorating challenges. I can imagine that they were adamant [...]

September 11th, 2008 | Tags: Decorating, entertainment, India Hicks, Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler, recap, Todd Oldham, Top Design, TV | Category: On TV | Comments (26)

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 [...]

September 8th, 2008 | Tags: Bravo, entertainment, Las Vegas, Million-Dollar Listing, murals, Nevada, Parisian Palace, TV | Category: Famous Houses, On TV | Comments (49)

Did you guys catch the second-season premiere of “Top Design” last night?
The biggest makeover was on the show itself. This was a hundred times better than last season and totally blows “Design Star” out of the water.
I’m thrilled to see the changes that they made:

India Hicks as the host is a huge improvement over Todd [...]

September 4th, 2008 | Tags: Bravo, Decorating, design, Elle Decor, entertainment, India Hicks, Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler, Margaret Russell, reality TV, Top Design, TV | Category: On TV | Comments (36)