Comments on: carrie's apartment: better before movie makeover? http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover Where people who love their homes click Thu, 24 May 2012 23:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary T http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6869 Mary T Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:14:40 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6869 That is really funny that the radiator is gone! Maybe her building suddenly converted to forced air? That is really funny that the radiator is gone! Maybe her building suddenly converted to forced air?

]]> By: becky http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6868 becky Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:06:11 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6868 I think it mirrored her life. She had some serious apartment therapy. It shows the difference between a 30-something apartment and a 40-something apartment. (Remember the 20-something apartment with the loft bed, toilet paper coffee filter and candles from Urban Outfitters?) She cleared clutter (remember the big bookcase in the hall - gone), she tucked business stuff behind that organization wall that was clever but I didn't like it - that part was a little too modern for Carrie. She cleared out the emotional and literal baggage. I thought the blue looked great on film, but I've done a similar blue in my own house and it was a disaster to live in. Ironically, it was called "Serenity." After I finished painting and realized how awful it was I screamed "serenity now! serenity now! I felt like I lived in the bottom of a pool. I think it mirrored her life. She had some serious apartment therapy. It shows the difference between a 30-something apartment and a 40-something apartment. (Remember the 20-something apartment with the loft bed, toilet paper coffee filter and candles from Urban Outfitters?) She cleared clutter (remember the big bookcase in the hall – gone), she tucked business stuff behind that organization wall that was clever but I didn’t like it – that part was a little too modern for Carrie. She cleared out the emotional and literal baggage.

I thought the blue looked great on film, but I’ve done a similar blue in my own house and it was a disaster to live in. Ironically, it was called “Serenity.” After I finished painting and realized how awful it was I screamed “serenity now! serenity now! I felt like I lived in the bottom of a pool.

]]> By: Lee http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6867 Lee Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:15:39 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6867 Carrie's new room looks too "designed" and I doubt she would keep it looking like that too long. Carrie's charm has always been that she could throw things together and it was her personal style that made it fabulous. I didn't like that the "perfume" picture,the one that was alway next to her apartment door, moved in the movie and became "framed" That bothered me. I enjoyed the movie, but it sealed up the loose ends a little too much. Carrie’s new room looks too “designed” and I doubt she would keep it looking like that too long. Carrie’s charm has always been that she could throw things together and it was her personal style that made it fabulous. I didn’t like that the “perfume” picture,the one that was alway next to her apartment door, moved in the movie and became “framed” That bothered me. I enjoyed the movie, but it sealed up the loose ends a little too much.

]]> By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6866 shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:31:19 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6866 [...] 1) Forget the clothes. What we really are obsessing over from Sex & the City is the color of Carrie’s walls. Melissa was one of many who weighed in, saying: “While I loved the color of the blue walls, it seemed too much to be used throughout the whole apartment. The space also felt a bit cold and too ‘designed’ and not very homey.” Click here to tell us what you think of the film. [...] [...] 1) Forget the clothes. What we really are obsessing over from Sex & the City is the color of Carrie’s walls. Melissa was one of many who weighed in, saying: “While I loved the color of the blue walls, it seemed too much to be used throughout the whole apartment. The space also felt a bit cold and too ‘designed’ and not very homey.” Click here to tell us what you think of the film. [...]

]]> By: Dresden http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6865 Dresden Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:01:22 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6865 How did they get rid of that radiator and make that horrible table appear? It's nice, I agree with the previous comment, but lacks something. Personality. Did anyone notice the huge canvas by Carrie's door that (I think) says "LOVE"? I thought it was funny, because all the time spent in her apartment she is without Big. And they kinda purposely cut it out of scenes so you just see the edge of it. The set designer goes and spends a whole lotta mad movie money on this thing that takes up a whole lotta wall, and then it doesn't even really get shown in the movie! How did they get rid of that radiator and make that horrible table appear? It’s nice, I agree with the previous comment, but lacks something. Personality. Did anyone notice the huge canvas by Carrie’s door that (I think) says “LOVE”? I thought it was funny, because all the time spent in her apartment she is without Big. And they kinda purposely cut it out of scenes so you just see the edge of it. The set designer goes and spends a whole lotta mad movie money on this thing that takes up a whole lotta wall, and then it doesn’t even really get shown in the movie!

]]> By: K T G http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6864 K T G Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6864 I haven't seen the movie to see how the character developed, but I don't think that's Carrie's apartment. It may be what they came up with to transcend these couple of years, but it doesn't seem to represent her authentically. It's rather a drastic departure, I mean, in some way to define that she isn't who she was but it's jarring, and seems unnatural. Is it nice? It's pretty, but I think the pictures should extend a few inches wider, and the room is missing some cohesion. The table on the right seems too far away from the bed. It just has some distance issues. Did I nail it!? I haven’t seen the movie to see how the character developed, but I don’t think that’s Carrie’s apartment. It may be what they came up with to transcend these couple of years, but it doesn’t seem to represent her authentically. It’s rather a drastic departure, I mean, in some way to define that she isn’t who she was but it’s jarring, and seems unnatural. Is it nice? It’s pretty, but I think the pictures should extend a few inches wider, and the room is missing some cohesion. The table on the right seems too far away from the bed. It just has some distance issues. Did I nail it!?

]]> By: thelma http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6863 thelma Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:48:23 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6863 so glad we got so much talk going. i love the way women can move back and forth between design issues, movies, their own lives, female empowerment (or how it's represented on screen). I think it's OK both to love S&TC and/or revile it -- or even pick the characters we relate to and reject those we don't. When discussing design, one funny thing is, I share my bedroom with my husband, (we share our bedroom?) so I try not to be too pink when I pick my Target shabby chic sheets. I try to mitigate it with some green. And I love in mags when they have white or off-white slipcovers -- it looks so clean, but it wouldn't withstand the way my two kids wander and eat. It would be just an invite to me yelling! so glad we got so much talk going. i love the way women can move back and forth between design issues, movies, their own lives, female empowerment (or how it’s represented on screen). I think it’s OK both to love S&TC and/or revile it — or even pick the characters we relate to and reject those we don’t. When discussing design, one funny thing is, I share my bedroom with my husband, (we share our bedroom?) so I try not to be too pink when I pick my Target shabby chic sheets. I try to mitigate it with some green. And I love in mags when they have white or off-white slipcovers — it looks so clean, but it wouldn’t withstand the way my two kids wander and eat. It would be just an invite to me yelling!

]]> By: Jane - Pinks & Blues (soon-to-be Mom Generations) http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6862 Jane - Pinks & Blues (soon-to-be Mom Generations) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:51:54 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6862 I actually fell in love with the blue, though I'd be too chicken to do it in my bedroom. Alas, I will just continue to live vicariously through Carrie. :-) Jane I actually fell in love with the blue, though I’d be too chicken to do it in my bedroom. Alas, I will just continue to live vicariously through Carrie. :-)

Jane

]]> By: design snob http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6861 design snob Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:23:21 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6861 The blue photographs really nicely! But I know I would prefer living in a space with the gray. The blue photographs really nicely! But I know I would prefer living in a space with the gray.

]]> By: erin@elementsofstyle http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/06/carries-apartment-better-before-movie-makeover/comment-page-1#comment-6860 erin@elementsofstyle Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:41:38 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4407#comment-6860 Thanks so much for the mention and link! :) Thanks so much for the mention and link! :)

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