Home alone house interior

In my last blog I told you about the television show Downton Abbey which airs on PBS on Sunday evenings. I mentioned that the real “star” of the show is Highclere Castle which is over …

Celebrate the season McCallister-style, ya filthy animals.

Tour the Home in the Movie, Home Alone 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. I grew up in a home environment that was furnished very modestly and very non-decorated. When I got…

It's that time of year, when we gather around the TV to watch our favorite Christmas movies. How many of these 10 famous houses do you recognize from them?

my favorite home

Kevin sledding downstairs in Home Alone movie

It took almost a year, but a new owner paid $1.585 million in 2012 for the right to slide down the foyer stairs of the red-brick Winnetka Georgian immortalized in “Home Alone.” Almost 3…

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

If "Home Alone" were filmed today, here's what the house might look like. Plus, see modern home decor updates to "The Nutcracker," "The Holiday" and more.