Kendra Gaylord
Hi! I talk about architecture in pop culture and how it connects to the places we live. I have a podcast called Someone Lived Here where I go to historic house museums and tell their stories. I also talk about stamps on TikTok.
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What happened to bathroom doors?
I went to an amazing used bookstore and bought a lot of architecture books
The abandoned dance hall that couldn't stay dead
My meandering review of The Summer I Turned Pretty
The Summer I Turned Pretty and its Big Timeless House
Reacting to Architectural Digest Open Door tours
Why Edith Wharton doesn't get film adaptations?
Are the Gilded Age interiors accurate?
They’re showing famous people’s living rooms again
I went to the coolest house in Maine
I bought 140+ floor plans to understand Blue Prince
What happened to the post office?
Is The Brutalist even Brutalist?
The architectural fantasy of The Notebook
The real story behind the Backrooms
The gingerbread houses you can't eat
Your favorite movie is vertical now
How this roof got in so many horror movies
What happened to public bathrooms?
Why home makeover shows feel icky
I analyzed 177 supernatural shows and this is the scariest state
Your dream home is AI
The impossible water tower beauty standards
There's a new Sears house and it's worse
Nancy Meyers and THE dream kitchen
Why every kitchen suddenly got cold
The dream of the Hallmark Christmas town
Celebrity homes are too big*
The original haunted house has a secret...
I watched 151 celebrity house tours and they’re full of lies