“When I buy art, it’s because I love the art.
It’s not because, ‘Oh, I’m going to make money on this.'”
Instead, she bought it as a piece of art.
Tina Trahan posees in her ‘Brady Bunch’ kitchen.Ryan Lahiff for Eklund/Gomes
“When I buy art, it’s because I love the art.
It’s not because, ‘Oh, I’m going to make money on this.’
If you’re going to make money in art, you have to sell it.
I buy art, and then I don’t sell it.”
“None of the appliances work,” she revealed.
“The range doesn’t work, the stove doesn’t work, the oven doesn’t work.
There’s literally nothing [that works]…
It’s all decorative.
So I think that’s pretty funny.
You couldn’t make anything if you wanted to.”
But that doesn’t mean Trahan is planning to renovate or update the house (and its appliances).
“Never will I ever touch one thing,” she said.
There’s a lot of value in this for a lot of people that care about it.
I find that incredibly valuable."
As aBrady Bunch fan, Trahan had no doubts about buying the Brady’s abode.
“It was like, ‘I need this house.
I have to have the house,'” she said.
“I loved the movie… and I watched the show growing up after school.
I just felt like it was just part of America and the culture.”
Ultimately, Trahan wants to share the house with others, potentially for charity.
“That would be a huge revenue stream for charities,” she noted.
The house is now an exact replica of the ’70s sitcom’s main location.
