I guess from many of my posts you would think that I’m obsessed with Roseanne. And yes, that may be a little bit true. Roseanne is the one show that after several decades of being on television I can still sit down and watch no matter what time of day or season.There’s one thing however that’s always bugged me about the show – the house’s floor plan. Now I’m not an architect, engineer, draftsman or person of any real education concerning blue prints, etc but I’ve always been fascinated by floor plans. When I was a kid my dad would draw house plans for people and I’d sit on the floor next to him and draw floor plans for the loft my Ken Doll and his boyfriend from North Korea that he met on the internet would move into when gay marriage was legalized…
Yeah as a kid I was totally gay. GAY GAY GAY. I was so gay that at about 2 years old at my cousin’s wedding I threw a fit because I wanted a wedding dress like she had so my dad had to put me in one of his big t-shirts so I’d shut up. Someday if I can find pictures of it I’ll post them, I know I’ve seen them somewhere.
Anyway, when I was growing up I used to watch Roseanne all the time, it made me feel normal to see how abnormally they functioned I guess. During my parents fights, which they had very frequently I would pretend that we were the Conners because they seemed a lot happier.
WOW tragic, huh! Dear god that brick needs to go right back in the wall, f’real.
Still after like 20 years of watching the show the floor plan bugged me because I couldn’t figure it out. Everything made sense to me except the master bedroom/master bath configuration that never seemed to fit right with me. I’ve looked online several times for some kind of clue but I could never find a PDF or even a jpeg of the floor plan so it continued to haunt me.
Until three days ago. I spotted it while watching the show, the missing link in the house. The part I never understood was the doors actually, the doors they walk through to reach the bedroom or bathroom from the kitchen didn’t match the ones going from either room into the kitchen, they seemed switched. Three days ago however I noticed A HALLWAY. Yes that’s right.
WOOT.
I doubt many of you are as excited about this as I am but it ended a question that’s lingered in my head for a long time. I’m a simple guy that takes simple pleasures and this is one that has seemed to make my life a little more complete for some reason.
I have this blogging censor that keeps me from writing stuff that I don’t think anyone will give a shit about like Dan and Roseanne Conner’s Floor Plan but this time I said to myself “no, just go ahead and hit that ‘publish’ button. SOMEONE out there has to be wondering about the same thing so even if nobody else gets it, someone will.”
So here it is, the Conner Family’s Floor Plan.
Dude!! FINALLY! Have you noticed though that in the episode where Roseanne is getting a late nite snack and catches David coming up from being in the basement with Darlene and says they were playing Monopoly with DJ? Well, he comes from the laundry room porch into the kitchen. Where the hell is the basement door??? In the first couple seasons at begining credits when they pan around the table, they show a door that looks like it's over by the stove. I think that is also where Roseanne comes up from the basement in the last episode when she's talking about her book that she wrote...
ReplyDeleteIs it just my lack of sleep or what? Did you notice that too? You were NOT alone in the great bathroom/master bedroom door debate...
Yeah the door to the basement has been pretty elusive. The location I used was based off of the last episode like you said when she comes out of the basement and sits on the couch. I really think that similar to many other homes like it, the basement would have an outside entrance as well which would explain the usual porch entry.
ReplyDeleteYou know - everyone has seen the infamous tornado episode - why did they hide in the living room when it hit instead of going to THE BASEMENT?
ReplyDeleteNever thought about that until just now...
Thank God, i've always wondered this! I knew there was a hall, but could never figure out the master. I thought it was more parallel to the kitchen, not butted up against the living room. And I agree, the upstairs totally doesn't fit with picture of the outside of the house. Those are big bedrooms in comparison to the outside!
ReplyDeleteOmg. I thought I was the only person on this earth that cared about the floor plan of that show. I knew about the hallway already but I'm stumped about the upstairs and the garage because in the episode Her Boyfriends Back, Becky walks in the scene from inside the garage.
ReplyDeleteI have always wondered about the floorplan. What do you think about the 2nd floor? Do both bedrooms share a bath, or does each bedroom have it's own bath?? This has ALWAYS bothered me!!!
ReplyDeleteOne more thought... with the way the bed is placed in Dan and Roseanne's bedroom it would not be possible to look in the neighbors window as they do in the episode with the old naked air hockey playing neighbors... The window that they use really looks out onto the front yard.
ReplyDeleteAvery, I think they both have their own bathroom. DJ's room looks the exact same as the Girls' room, just flipped. When will they be doing a Roseanne reunion show/movie? LOL I watch it on TVLand every night.
ReplyDeleteLoL I have a question ... where is the house they show the outside of located? and I have noticed when they show the outside if you look in the window on the front porch you can see a lamp but when they show the inside the lamp isnt there haha I watch tooo much Roseanne!
ReplyDeleteI know this post is old, but I saw your question about the tornado episode, and thought I'd answer... They hid out in the living room because Dan had stored a bunch of construction equipment down there and there was no room. "Had to put them two by fours and sheet rock somewhere!"
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