Wednesday, September 30, 2009

A Fixer Upper for Mad Men's January Jones?




Yesterday, we saw the home of Jon Hamm, the man behind Don Draper.  Today, we look at the home of the woman behind the woman behind the man Don Draper.  Did you follow that?  Let's try it again:  Today, we look at the home of January Jones, who plays Don Draper's wife Betty Draper on AMC's Mad Men.  This time, we have photos of the inside!

January plays the part of a young and beautiful yet truly "desperate" housewife so effortlessly that it's hard to believe she's even acting.  In our view, that makes her a great actress.

Anyway, she just paid $1.02M for a 2200 sq. ft. mediterranean villa (below) with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths.  We guess she wanted to stay close to her TV husband because she just purchased a home near his, as it is also in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. 




As you can see, her home is nothing like the one she occupies on the show.  More proof that she's not Betty in real life!

Real Estalker and everyone else is referring to this house as a fixer up and at first we agreed.  The only thing we liked was the front door.  Notice the gorgeous fretwork that only needs stripping or a high gloss paint job to bring out its beauty:

Upon closer inspection of some of the other rooms like the living and dining rooms below, we think all that may be needed for them is a good paint job and a new chandelier.  If you ignore the decor of the previous owner, you'll see that it's pretty much a blank slate for January to do whatever she wants:





Granted we haven't seen the bathrooms.  And maybe this kitchen does need serious renovation:



But it's an otherwise light and airy home that doesn't appear to need much except a good interior designer.  Whenever she get's done lobbying Congress to save the sharks (thought we didn't know about that, huh?), let's hope she hires a designer and shows off the end results!

6 comments:

  1. The home is lovely, and as you said, could need updating, preferably by an interior designer. Even now I love the living room.

    I agree, January does play the role of Betty Draper effortlessly.

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  2. We love her in that role! As for the living room, don't you just love all those windows across the front?

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  3. Bring in the demolition crew. Argh!

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  4. Aww, come on Tina! We think it's just the decor and the dated kitchen. But maybe we're wrong and everyone else is right.

    Heck, we don't care. We like this house and think it has lots of potential without her having to spend a lot of money renovating.

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  5. Ew, ew, ew! Demo the inside!

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  6. The rugs are very much appealing in every room. But what my Mom hates about rugs is that the dirt clings to it like a magnet. So she research on how to clean rugs properly and a carpet cleaner (Fort Myers) gave her tips on cleaning her rugs. She was delighted and now rug and carpet cleaning (Fort Myers) is not a problem anymore.

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