TPM Reader LM not loving the architectural stylings of Chez Hampton:

What always strikes me about these mega mcmansions is, well, the incredibly bad taste: rooms too large, ridiculous over the top "faux" European furnishings. Is this considered "great living"? Great design?

Most of America's top architects would blanche at these so called "posh" surroundings. It strikes me that these lavish, badly designed, ugly places often fit the people who chose to live in them.

Oh Philip Johnson, Frank Lloyd Wright, and many others. You are rolling in your graves ...

Late Update: It's mafia chic, says TPM Reader LP:

Wow, reader LM is so right -- it is cheese-o-licious! Also, between the kitchen, the dining room off the main entry, and the furnishings, it looks *remarkably* like Tony and Carmella's house on the Sopranos. Go ahead, review a few episodes and you'll see what I mean.