Kevin, played by Macaulay Culkin, acts out and gets sent to his room…which for this night is a fun attic room.
With so many people crammed into the home, things are pretty chaotic with last-minute packing, sleeping arrangements and planning for dinner. They all arrive at the McCallister home to spend the night before both families leave to fly out the following morning. The McCallisters have been planning a wonderful trip to Europe for the Christmas holidays.
#MAN OF THE HOUSE MOVIE MOVIE#
You can skip this brief synopsis of the movie in italics below if you saw the movie and still remember the plot. Did Home Alone (the movie or the house) have a profound effect on you? What feelings did you walk away with after seeing the movie? Or, was there another movie, like Something’s Gotta Give, or Father of the Bride, or The Holiday that’s influenced the choices you’ve made in decorating your home?Ī Little Background on the movie, Home Alone: Today, I thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the rooms in the Home Alone house. But I wondered if I had liked those colors together that much to begin with, or had this movie I so loved influenced me more than I had ever realized? Over the years, I have used a lot of red and green in my home, especiallin in the Dining Room, Family Room, and Master Bedroom. I don’t think I would ever dress a bed like that, so why had this home left such a huge impression on me? I was surprised to find one of my favorite rooms, the master bedroom, had a red duvet, red dust ruffle, red sheets, and red pillowcases. I was amazed to find the upstairs was carpeted in red carpeting and the walls were painted a bold GREEN color. The home is beautiful but I was really surprised at how it was decorated. Over the years, I began to wonder–what was so special about the Home Alone house? Why had it left me craving a home like that? I decided to watch it again a while back, and I was stunned. How is it that a home can tell you all this and make you love it and want that same home for yourself? It spoke to my heart and it spoke of family, comfort, security.–but most of all, love. I just knew it felt the way I thought a home should feel. Even though I had loved the house in Home Alone, if you had asked me to describe the interior, I don’t think I could have. I saw it, loved it, and never thought much about it again until many years later. The movie, Home Alone, came out just about the time I moved into my current home. In those early years of marriage, finding out what I really loved and wanted in my own home came from devouring the pictures in Colonial Homes Magazine (which later became Classic Homes) and pouring over issue after issue of Traditional Home…before it changed to what it is today. I actually grew up living in two old (now historical homes) until we moved when I was around 13, but I never appreciated their high ceilings, deep moldings, and fireplaces until I was grown and thought back on those spaces. I remember loving my next-door neighbor’s home with the wide staircase that turned going down.
I vaguely remember being in awe of a high, 4-poster bed I once saw while playing at a friend’s home and I remember loving an antique dresser in an Aunt’s home. When I got married, I knew absolutely nothing about decorating and had no past experiences from which to pull. I grew up in a home environment that was furnished very modestly and very non-decorated. Have you ever thought about the psychology that goes into making a movie…the little things that influence us without us even knowing it? Of course, there’s the brief product placement that flashes by, but I’m thinking more about the movie sets and how they are designed and decorated to make us think or feel a particular way while watching the movie.