Rate This Remodel: Carrie's 'Sex and the City' apartment

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I guess the apartment where Carrie Bradshaw researched and wrote her columns in the "Sex and the City" television show probably did need a makeover.

Several years had passed from Carrie's life on the small screen to her promotion to the big screen, and we all need to evolve. Carrie's guests needed to stop sitting on the floor around her coffee table, right?

But I'm not sure the new apartment (see "after" photo above) is quite right for her. The apartment is attractive, no doubt about that. But it seems too streamlined for Carrie, too coordinated, too balanced. That's not our Carrie! And it doesn't look comfortable. And that big TV. What's that all about?

(Photos: Apartment Therapy, Chicago Tribune)

Comments

[jenni]

I just don't Carrie is a big screen TV person.

Also I agree it seems too matchy, matchy for Carrie.

[Melissa]

I like the style, although Im not a fan of blue. Its a little to modern and structured for Carrie, she was always 'a bit of this, found it there at the flea market...' kind of girl. Big screen TV? No - dont think so. Where are all the shelves of books, she's a writer? She had such gorgeous book cases before. Where have they ended up?

[Emma Johnson]

Carrie's new apartment does not seem warm and cozy as Carrie's old apartment was. Her old apartment was a retreat for her to write and think about life. This new one appears to be to upbeat and bright for Carrie to have as her "nook of life" after all the parties and wearing high fashion. I do not like the new one for Carrie.

[Jeannie]

I like the blue walls, but the furniture sucks! It is not cozy at all, and like Kathy says, is no writer's retreat.

[SATC-Fan]

Nah, they didn't need to change that. It doesn't look comfy or that interesting. Get the old stuff back quick! btw in the before picture the walls appear to be that beige that was popular a few years ago, (blech!), but on the show they were more of a dusty green, which was 10X better, hmmmm

[isuka susulembu]

i guess they didn't nail the patricia field equivalent of an interior designer for the movie set. she has the knack of piecing clothes together effortlessly, even though they clash tremendously, in which the feel of carrie's new place failed to embody. the look is too contrived and dare i say a tad uptight. TTH. Trying-Too-Hard.

[Peggy Olearczuk]

All I know is, I want the closet that Big had built for her in their new apartment, especially all that space for shoes! :)

[Sara Williams]

There is a new company in Santa Monica called Designers Call that does redesigns that are amazing. I saw them in Apartment Therapy and looked them up--they work with you on any scale you want, from just having a consultation to get pointers to having one room redecorated to having your whole house done. I've seen some of their before and afters and they are really good at making a space modern and fun without compromising comfort nor making a room look too over the top. They are also affordable and eco-friendly, which is nice in this day and age ;-)

[elily00]

I agree with most of you that this apartment isn't quite Carrie. Personally, I love the style, but it isn't quite that funky-eclectic-comfortable look that is Carrie (although there is a bit of each). And definitely a no on the big-screen TV. The built ins are nice, but I think Carrie is a person who would want her books on display. It's definitely too clean and crisp for her. Although, I can see how maybe she grew up some, started making more money, decided to redecorate and buy some nice non-thrift store furniture.

[Michael Sinning]

I like Carrie's new digs. While it might not seem "her" to most I think it still seems like Carrie, just the more grown up Ms. Bradshaw. She still has most of her books (probably tucked away behind the closet doors) and her magazines, most likely Vogue's, above the niche for the LCD; just because Carrie's a writer doesn't mean she has to (or wants to for that matter) have them on display the whole time. The two sofas have a William Morris inspired upholstery which still shows her "flee market"/bohemian taste, and all of her pictures are clustered above the headboard.

I do however wish they would've kept just a few of the pieces, like the original coffee table. However, going through my own "design transitions", I find myself not just buying but gravitating towards things I never would've imagined I'd be excited to see. I'm glad that Carrie decided to bump her home decor style up a few notches. We just have two remember two things though: 1.) there comes a time in ones life where change (and growing up) is inevitable; 2.) as the costume designer, Patricia Field always says about the characters clothes, "It doesn't matter how they got those fabulous outfits, or how they were able to afford them. What matters is that they look fabulous, and it's just a fantasy."

[cristina murillo]

I love it! Some people may think that its not carrie but i think it is because she is fabulous and so is the room. She has to show the money she made in her fabulous life. This room has many colors and i really love that blue its very new and how she was feeling at the time, she wanted to feel fresh. Even though its a little cold i think "with years" she would have given the room her touch like leaving everything on the floor and getting it a bit unorganized. The big screen I don't like because she never watched TV, I would have liked to see a big book case with lots of knickknacks.

[Bianca]

I love the new blue, and i like it so much more than the old apt. I dont think that its not "Carrie" i think it was a change for the better, she needed a new change and thats what she did. She changed everything old and brought in all the new stuff (: I love it!