Going to a movie or, nowadays, binge watching anything on TV, is a very personal pursuit. Some use it as an escape, others as a form of entertainment – but TV and movies, for me, have been yet another way to see great design ideas. As my design sensibility evolved, so has my choice in what I watch on the small (although, not so small any more) and the big screen.
As a child, my taste was influenced by what I thought of then as the “modern family”. Episodes of the Jetsons would get my imagination in gear on how to arrange the floating furniture, would I need a kitchen if you just ordered up your food, or would I really have my own robot? Equally influencing my ideas of the perfect home were the thoroughly “mod” Brady Bunch. I loved the mid century modern house with the wood paneling and the then revolutionary “open concept” layout, not to mention the Jack-and-Jill kids’ bathroom.
Well, you know what happens next – you move on to college, gain independence, think you know everything and that certainly takes your taste in a whole new direction. I romanticized about living as a single woman in the big city like Holly Golightly, Mary Tyler Moore (who doesn’t love a sunken living room) or in a shared pad with Friends like Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow.
Even though I am now all grown up (or, so they tell me) and my taste level has evolved, I still find great design influences from movies and television. Yet, my design imaginings go in another direction – I start thinking about my dream job as the interior designer for a movie. Can you imagine how much fun that would be? So, I have a few ideas in mind for TV shows or movies that some of my rooms could have a role in. Here are my nominations, hope you like them.
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For instance, this living room would be a great set for a scene in Mad Men.
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How about this family room for the set of Something’s Gotta Give directed by Nancy Meyers?
I nominate this kitchen for the caterer’s (Meryl Streep) home cooking space in another designers’ dream movie by Nancy Meyers – It’s Complicated.
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I could see Tom Hanks as the man/boy in BIG digging this boy’s room.
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And don’t you think Lindsey Lohan’s posse from Mean Girls would love this hang out space?
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And, last but not least, can’t you just see Carrie Bradshaw soaking away her troubles with Mr. Big in this sumptuous master bath in a scene from Sex and the City?
Thank you for indulging me in this movie design fantasy, I guess it’s time for me to go back to my day job now!!!
Hope you enjoyed the show!!