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As Frasier liked to point out, his apartment was filled with some of the finest furniture and decorations money could buy. In the pilot episode, “The Good Son,” Frasier introduces his father to the condo, talking up his interior decor choices by boasting that “every item here was carefully selected — this lamp by Corbu, the chair by Eames, and this couch is an exact replica of the one Coco Chanel had in her Paris atelier.” Of course, none of this impresses Martin, but it certainly impressed viewers at the time, who surely wondered how much the man was making in order to afford such fineries.
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Thanks to articles from The Tampa Bay Times and the Chicago Tribune, we know the actual apartment set itself cost hundreds of thousands of dollars — and according to Metal Floss, likely came to around $500,000. Some stand-out features, according to the Tribune, include a side table purchased for $2,250, a curved sideboard bought for $3,200, and the all-important couch, which would have likely cost between $15,000 and $20,000. The Ruhlmann club chair was reportedly around $8,000, Frasier’s Corbusier Lamp was likely around $2,200, while the Eames chair was in the $1,500 to $3,200 range. Meanwhile, the Times article states that Frasier’s condo featured a $27,000 glass sculpture and a $20,000 Julian Schnabel painting.
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In all, then, a very rough guess would put Frasier’s apartment at costing around $1.5 million in 1993 for both the home itself and the decor. It’s a little unbelievable that a radio psychiatrist could afford such a place, but as Joe Keenan clarified, there is an explanation. Interestingly enough, the neither disappointing nor remarkable “Frasier” revival series that debuted on Paramount+ in 2023 saw the titular doctor move back to Boston and take up residence in a decidedly less extravagant apartment despite apparently having become rich beyond his wildest dreams in the break between the original sitcom and the revival. Still, the doctor is said to own the entire building outright and wants to be close to his son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott), so there is some explanation for the change. Ultimately, though, it meant the revival’s set couldn’t come close to matching the allure and legendary status of the original Frasier apartment set. Let’s hope that if streaming-age “Frasier” returns for a third season following its cancellation, it comes with an upgrade in that respect. Solana Token Creator
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