Though the popular spin-off show ended in 2004, it still has an ardent following with reruns continuing to to this day. Filmed almost entirely on soundstages, the main set was Frasier’s Apartment – here is a look at the home:
At the end of Kelsey Grammer’s character of Frasier Crane ended his marriage and returned home to Seattle. In Seattle, Fraiser moves into a large condo in Elliott Bay Towers (which does not exist in the real world). Located on the 19th floor in apartment 1901, the property is comprised of three bedrooms, extensive reception areas and adjacent kitchen, all with panoramic views of Seattle including the famous Space Needle.
Just like his brother Niles, Frasier has an inflated ego because of his intellectual pursuits and showcases expensive tastes, these traits can be seen within apartment 1901, not only evident in the scale of the condo but also it’s decor.
Furnishings are high-end and refined with artefacts and contemporary art adorning the walls, including works by Rauschenberg, Otterson and Chihuly along with countless tribal masks and statuettes. Frasier also owns a number of high-end furnishings including a Wassily chair, which is seen most prominently in season 1, along with an Eames lounge chair, which sits by the windows throughout the series and a suede sofa modelled in the style of Coco Chanel’s chaise-lounge.
There also stands a baby grand in the corner of the reception area with a telescope and further contemporary artworks. These sophisticated furnishings were particularly popular in the late 80s and 90s (continuing to sell well today) and are seen in the homes of various fictional sophisticates including Patrick Bateman’s apartment in American Psycho.
The kitchen is also teeming with high end gadgets and tableware including the [then] top-of-the-line coffee machine for Frasier’s favourite ‘finely ground Kenya blend’ and a whole wall of glassware for the various sherries, and vintage wines. The set was put together by a team of set designers including Ron Olsen, who worked on most of the sets within the show, but none as expensive as Fraiser’s apartment. In all, the decorating of Frasier’s abode cost the production designer team around $500,000.
Today, a condo like this, 2,000 square-feet in size and in a similar area, would cost roughly $3-4 million according to Curbed.
You can still watch Frasier in a variety of ways including online streaming on CBS or Hulu, reruns on television or you can buy the complete boxset.
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