HOW TO CREATE A TIMELESS NANCY MEYERS INTERIOR | HOME DECORATING TIPS

Hello, everyone. Welcome back to my channel. My name's Kristen, and today we're breaking down the Nancy Meyers aesthetic and sharing with you all the ways that you can create this look in your home. Nancy Meyers is known for her incredibly classic movies like The Holiday, Something's Gotta Give, It's Complicated, The Parent Trap, but she's also known for her overall design aesthetic that she creates in her movie sets. All of the interiors in her movies are timeless, classic, and homey, and they make you just wanna jump right into that screen and live in those homes. So if you wanna create that aesthetic in your home as well, this video is just for you. If you enjoy watching and find this video helpful, make sure you give it a big thumbs up and hit that like button, and let's go ahead and jump right into it. Every home in a Nancy Meyers movie feels cozy, and one overarching thing that I noticed throughout all the movie sets is how filled to the brim they are. They are not minimalistic at all. There's a ton of furniture, there's a ton of layering, and the surfaces are completely filled, but they're filled with all of those everyday items that you would grab at every day. The decorating feels very practical, it feels very homey, and it actually shows that having all of your stuff out actually creates a very homey aesthetic. Obviously, this doesn't mean create chaos in your home, but think about using all of your open shelving and surfaces as a styling moment for all of your home essentials. Think about utensils, pots and pans, plates, candles, books, all of these things that you could reach out every day. If you turn them into a design aesthetic and really work them into your home, it can make your space feel very cozy. This can be done tastefully by creating groupings and stacking so that you're not creating clutter, but you're creating individual moments with your everyday items. Now, this could take months, even years to create, because it's all about collecting items for your home, but if you want to do it in a little bit more of a speedy way, you can definitely thrift a ton for your home. Furniture, decor, kitchen essentials, and that way you can create this super collected, cozy feeling on a budget. Now, if you're looking for some furniture for your home and you want to create that Nancy Meyers aesthetic, go for slip-covered furniture. She uses slip-covered furniture in almost every movie set. Slip-covered dining chairs, slip-covered sofas, beds, even sectionals, everything is slip-covered. It has that nice skirting on the bottom. It feels timeless and classic, and it's usually in a light color palette. Even after years go by of these movies being out, the furniture is still so timeless and still something that you would buy today. So that is an investment you can make into your home to really have your furniture last a lifetime. You can constantly wash slip-covered furniture. You can swap out the slip cover for a new color or pattern. It is super flexible and it really creates a timeless aesthetic. Slip-covered furniture is definitely trending right now, but it also is a timeless look. So if you're looking for new furniture for your home, this will really create that airy, beautiful, classic aesthetic. I think slip-covered furniture really softens a space, and it's very easy to work with because you don't usually see a specific leg style. Usually the leg style of furniture really shows the style of the entire piece. So it's actually easier to go with slip-covered furniture so that you can choose different leg styles when it comes to dining tables and accent tables and coffee tables. So really is easy to work with in every single space. Now we have to touch on the lighting in all of these homes in Nancy Meyer's movies. They are always so warm and cozy, and it's because of how many lamps are in every single space. Lamp lighting is key to making your home feel cozy, and lamp lighting is key to making your home feel like a Nancy Meyer's movie set. It feels warm, welcoming, dim, ambient. It just really creates atmosphere, and I think the more lamps, the better. I would start with three in each room and build off of that. Mix your lamps, add wall sconces, maybe bring one more table lamp in than you thought. It really will make a huge difference and create this overall warmth in your entire home. I know we all think about using lamps in our living room, but think about using them in unexpected places, maybe bookshelves, kitchens, entryways, hallways, everywhere, everywhere can use the lamp, and it will really create a homey aesthetic in your space and definitely give off a Nancy Meyer's aesthetic. Now these homes always feel very warm and cozy, but they also feel fresh, and she does this by using simple items like fresh flowers and fruit, specifically bowls of lemons and bowls of oranges and a large bunch of flowers. This is something that's gonna bring a lot of life to your space, a pop of color, and really give off this fresh feeling. So think about styling your kitchens with these items that you probably already have. Mix that feeling of cozy warmth with fresh and bright by using these fresh items like flowers and fruit. Now let's talk kitchens. A Nancy Meyer's kitchen always has a lot of open storage, like pot racks, specifically copper pot racks to really bring that warmth. She also uses plate racks that are very decorative, but also very functional because she's keeping those everyday items out ready to grab. Also glass cupboards so you can see right through and display those everyday items as well as open shelving. So think about creating open storage solutions in your kitchen for that homey aesthetic. This creates a very warm and welcoming kitchen, especially for guests. As they come into your kitchen, there's no guessing as to where everything is. You can see and grab everything. This usually works really well even in Airbnbs. If you're designing an Airbnb kitchen, using open storage like this is actually very helpful. It's very user-friendly. But if you're gonna be doing this in your home, think about what you're putting on display and how it's gonna impact your interior. So you can really add to the style of your home with those everyday items. And of course you have to think about the practicality of all this. You don't want everything out on display collecting dust. Some things are great behind doors and that's why the glass-covered doors in kitchens. That kind of gives you that great middle point because you can display items, feel very open and airy, but you can also keep them behind doors. So think about creating at least one open storage solution in your kitchen to create that homey Nancy Meyers aesthetic. Now another huge design detail that will help you create this timeless aesthetic is linen curtains. Notice all of the Nancy Meyers movies have breezy, airy curtains that are always in a neutral color. Think about using linen curtains throughout your entire home to create this airy brightness, but also to create a softness throughout the house. It really helps soften corners, soften edges around trim, really frame your windows and light coming through. And linen curtains also pair very nicely with slip-covered furniture. And you don't have to find expensive drapes. I'll link some of my favorite Amazon curtains down below. I love getting pre-pleated curtains to make it a lot easier and just hanging them with pleat hooks and curtain rings goes a very long way. So think about doing a dark rod with beautiful linen light curtains to create this airiness in your home. And you will get that Nancy Meyers aesthetic instantly. Now, if you love this aesthetic and you're renovating or building a home and you have to choose doors, think about incorporating a ton of French doors, interior French doors, as well as exterior French doors. You will notice French doors throughout all of her movie sets. Of course, they create that light, airy feeling. They're letting in a ton of sunlight, but they also create such a charming, timeless aesthetic that I think will look absolutely stunning in every single home. This is gonna add a ton of detail to your home, make it feel very charming, and add so much layering to the vertical surface. Just the detailing of a French door, the glass with the trim, it just adds such an incredible touch. So think about incorporating into spaces around your home, maybe a laundry room door, an office door, your dining room doors, or exterior doors. Instead of going with a standard sliding door, think about incorporating a French door to really create that timeless, charming effect in your space. Now, something that makes the bedrooms in Nancy Meyers' movies feel super homey are the quilts. There's always a quilt on the bed. Right at the end of the bed, a beautiful quilt in different colors, different styles, but a quilt just feels classic and timeless. It feels like something that was handed down throughout the family. It feels like it's been there a lifetime. Quilts create a ton of texture in a bed. They also create a ton of heaviness and weight that really creates a cozy bed. So it's definitely a must-have item when styling a bedroom. Quilts are fun for layering because you can put them on top of your duvet to really finish off your bed. You can also put them underneath your duvet to really have that pop of pattern and texture coming through underneath. So you can incorporate them in different layering methods on your bed, but overall, it's just gonna create this layered, collected feeling that makes your bedroom feel super cozy. So if you wanna create a Nancy Meyers bedroom, always incorporate a quilt. It is a must-have item for sure, and I think it's something that you can have for a lifetime. And lastly, the thing that I think is really making these interiors look extremely timeless is actually the lack of color. You'll notice a ton of neutrals, and neutrals last a lifetime. You can really work with the whites, the blacks, the beiges over time. You can layer in colors and patterns with pillows, but the overall color scheme throughout all of these interiors is pretty neutral. So if you wanna create that Nancy Meyers effect in your home, think about stripping back the color and actually working with a lot of neutrals and layering the textures and the patterns there. Think about neutral paint colors for your wall, neutral curtains, and neutral furniture to really create this Nancy Meyers timeless effect in your home. No matter what the home style is in Nancy Meyers movies, you'll notice a common thread of neutral finishes. There's so many different design aesthetics that can work into a neutral color palette. So if you wanna have a flexible design style, you also wanna create that light, airy, timeless effect, think about working with neutrals and really layering in texture and pattern to create a very dynamic look. All right, so that's it for today's video. I hope you enjoyed watching, and I hope this gave you a better idea on ways that you can recreate this aesthetic in your home. 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