Dream Movie Kitchens: It’s Complicated

After ogling at the colorful and quirky kitchens from Because I Said So, I knew I had to post Meryl Streep’s character’s kitchen from It’s Complicated.  If I had to pick a dream kitchen this would be it.  Of course I say that until Nancy Meyer comes out with another romantic comedy with an amazing design I’m sure I’ll want.

Meryl Streep in the dining room with a view of the gorgeous kitchen.  I like how it is open so there is continuity from one room to the next.  The oval arch is a nice architectural feature.

It could be the movie lighting, but it makes the kitchen sunny and cheery as if it were filled with natural light.  A cake dome similar to the one holding the croissants can be found at Crate and Barrel.

Meryl’s character serving Croque Monsieur sandwiches, a nod to French cooking in her portrayal of Julia Child.
Susan Spungen, food consultant for the movie, shares the recipe here.

Having dinner at the long marble counter.  I love the combination of white with wood that adds warmth to the room.  It feels like stepping into a French countryside kitchen.

No matter how rustic and homey the kitchen is, every chef needs a heavy duty GE monogram refrigerator.

The movie did not disappoint with shots of food.  I had to capture her swirling the chocolate buttercream onto the cake.

Dinner with the girls.  The toothed rimmed ceramic plates are part of the Adelaide Collection from Astier de Villatte.   The wine glasses are William Yeoward’s “Fanny” goblets in golden amber and can be purchased at Michael C Fina.

The wooden oval dining table is from Lucca Antiques.  The chairs are custom from Berkshire Home & Antiques and the colorful burnt orange cushion fabric is from Donghia.  The wine glasses look similar to the William Yeoward “Fanny” glasses that I mentioned in the dinner scene but have a more curved rim.  I have yet to find the exact one but you can purchase the clear and amber “Fanny” goblets at Michael C. Fina.  My favorite pieces have to be the cute porcelain artichokes from Carole Stupell.

And of course, the very next day the table is picture perfect with a deep orange runner and bowl of apples in an earthy porcelain serve bowl much like Roost’s Crumpled Porcelain Bowls that can be purchased at Velocity.  They come in two sizes, not as large as a serve bowl but still have the same rustic feel.

Onto the bakery whose design was inspired by New York’s City Bakery.  I think it has a hint of Ina Garten’s Food Network kitchen set as well.

The farm, country side look transitions into her bakery as well.  The baskets of brightly colored veggies add lots of color to the room.  Great idea considering most baked goods are brown.

If I were an actor I would have been very tempted to eat all the prop sweets.  My eye went immediately to the individual pies.  They look as if they’re loaded with fruit.

Meryl Streep just looks at home in a kitchen.  She can keep playing a chef and I won’t mind.

The kitchen at night.

Making chocolate croissants on their date.  I cannot think of a more unique and fun date.

The view from outside the bakery and the two enjoying the croissants.  The camera really picked up on the flaky crunching sounds that you look for in a real croissant and I immediately craved one.

Now time to wait in anticipation of director Nancy Meyers’ next movie and fabulous kitchen.

More set design details at Set Decorator’s Society of America

All images courtesy of Universal Pictures