Something's Gotta Give House: The Details

And now, just in time 
for your weekend of blissdom, 
comes the last part of this 
Something's Gotta Give fest.

Today, let's look at a couple of small touches that make a her-yuuuuuge difference to the house.


It would be easy to go on for weeks and weeks with all the beautiful touches that this house uses to create its glorious whole but I've stuck to two big scheme ideas and two li'l detail ideas to keep it simple and, I hope, more inspiring.


Numero uno.


Consistency of furniture: Although at first glance, the furniture choices may seem rather random...the African-style stool in the Living Room, the formal round dining table.....

BUT look at the wood. ALL of it is dark. ALL of it contrasts with pale surroundings. From chair arms, to side tables to sideboards.

It doesn't matter if your furniture is a bit of a hotch potch...but it DOES matter if there is no common thread that links it all together. My TOP TIP  would be to stick to either light, or to dark wood.

Secondly, the lighting.

There is absolutely no shortage of lamps in The Beach House. Think of their electricity bill!! All around, there are main lights, wall lights, table lamps and standard lamps so that the mood can be changed at, literally, the flick of a switch.

How easy-peasy-japanesy it is to do the same in any house. Don't rely solely on overhead lighting. The light is often harsh. 






I love, LOVE, L:O:V:E lamps. So much versatility at so little cost.
This weekend, if you have a moment, and fancy a treat, buy an extra lamp and see what I mean.

What's coming up next week?
A Farrow and Ball extravaganza.
Culminating, next Friday, 
with the coolest giveaway in the world.


Yes, you heard it here first.
;-)

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Something's Gotta Give House: Get The Look

So then, we've had our tour of the 

Something's Gotta Give house

...and now for the breakdown.

I mean breaking the decorative elements down. 

Not an emotional kind. 

Although I can quite see why that would happen upon leaving this beautiful film set. You wouldn't be the first and I'm sure you won't be the last. 

{I shall be passing tissues around.}

Here are some of the elements that I feel hold this house together perfectly. 

Yes, we're at that time when we talk about 

HOW TO GET THE LOOK!

First, let's peruse at the BIG picture, 

and then on Friday we can check out the little bitty details.

The first point HAS to be the harmonious colour scheme. Can you imagine stepping from one of these pale, softly-coloured rooms into a scarlet bedroom in this house? It just wouldn't happen. 

Here, Nancy Meyer has gone with:

white,

cream, 

blue, 

and brown.

Each room has a slightly different reworking of this range but all the rooms pick up on the different colours. 

Where's the blue in the dining room, I hear you cry?

Have you checked out the fabric on the chairs? See the little touches of blue?

Of course, within this tight palette, it's possible to include flashes of other colours...in the artwork, particularly.

The second BIG PICTURE point is consistency of style. Each room is decorated classically but with small nods to the beach location:

that stripy beach-towel rug,

the artwork on the walls,

the light and airy atmosphere.

Just perfect.

It doesn't matter what you're style is. But if you want to have a this feeling of gentle flow between rooms then try to stick to one style and one palette. Try it and see!

Thank you so much for reading.

Have a great day.

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Something's Gotta Give: Dining Room

Let's take a look at the 

Something's Gotta Give Dining Room, 

shall we?

Compared to the other cavernous rooms in The Beach House

{does anyone have a bedroom that size?}, 

the dining room is positively teensy. 

Small but perfectly formed.

To make the most of the space, the dresser has been built back into the wall, creating the look of a large piece of furniture without taking up inches.

I love the fact that the director, Nancy Meyer, insisted that this house should be so user-friendly. The rooms all flow incredibly easily into one another.

And when I say house, I mean, of course, film set. 

It's hard to believe that this is all a mock-up, isn't it?

Look how beautifully the table is dressed. 

Even for a fairly informal dinner. 

Those candlesticks in the centre are a gorgeous touch.

Speaking of dressing tables gorgeously, the winner of the New House Textiles tablecloth is Lizzie Bradbury. 

{Lovely Lizzie, I'll be emailing you in two shakes of a bee's knee.}

And so, we come to the end of our 

Something's Gotta Give House tour. 

But, never fear.....

On Wednesday, I'll be taking a closer look at how you can make this look work for YOU.

{Yes, even on a smaller scale!}

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Something's Gotta Give: Master Bedroom

Today, we're in the bedroom...or, more specifically, in 

the Master Bedroom from Something's Gotta Give.

What an eye-poppingly lovely lot of things there are to look at in this beautiful room.

That desk? Drool.

Those windows? Swoon.

The squishy armchair? Faint.

Is it bad that I was as entranced with the room as with the crying? 

This film was released in 2003. Have you looked at interior magazines from 2003 recently? I have. And they looked daaaaaated. What I love about this film is that, although it was released nearly ten years ago, it hasn't aged one jot. It would still stun me if it was released now.

And I suspect this house will look as good in twenty years time. It's just got that classic, timeless feel about it.

Now, you go and have a great weekend, you hear me?

And don't forget to pop by on Monday when we can have more of a good snoop around the Something's Gotta Give Beach House...Is it just me or does the gate-crashing element add to the thrill? 

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Something's Gotta Give: Kitchen

Hello sweets.

Now, where to start with this incredible kitchen from 

Something's Gotta Give?

And it is utterly incredible, isn't it?

Can you believe that this was a film set, 

and not even a real house on the inside?

The Something's Gotta Give kitchen 

is my favourite room in the film.

I posted these images before here and hesitated to repeat them

but I could hardly leave the kitchen out now, could I?!

If I had to pick a kitchen 

from any film in the world, 

I'd pick this one.

I love the matte soapstone worktops and the white Shaker units.

The subway tiles and the hardware.

The inset sink and the pendant lights.

The books in the island and the moulded top-cabinet supports.

The taps and the windows.

It's like I've died and gone to heaven.

Yeah, I'll take it. Thanks very much....

 Now, who'd like a snoop around another utterly luscious room?
Yes, the Something's Gotta Give Master Bedroom...


And remember, next week, 
we'll take a look in more depth at 
How To Get The Look!

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Something's Gotta Give: Living Room

 

Welcome to 

Something's Gotta Give pure-joy-overload.

{Yes, that's its official title. No sniggers, please.}

Eye candy galore will be the name of the game.

Each post will take a look at a different room from the filmset of

 Something's Gotta Give, 

and then, at the end, we'll take a closer look at 

HOW TO GET THE LOOK.

let's take our first delicious dive-in here:

Something's Gotta Give Living Room

Gorgeous, no?

Spacious, roomy and elegant.

I love this little area for a book nook. 

I can just imagine settling down there for an evening's reading, safe in the smug knowledge that I was sitting in the most beautiful house in the world...

Five different lamps allow the room's lighting to be 

changed dramatically at the flick of a switch.

The whites and the blues echo the seaside location without being overly gimmicky. I love that gentle nod to the coastal look.

Soft, squishy roomy sofas.....with perfectly fitting, white slip-covers.

Not even Jack Nicholson could resist their allure, I bet.

See?!

What's next, you ask? 

{My, but you're keen!}

......only the nicest kitchen in the WHOLE WIDE world....

Eeeek!

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