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So far on the Sex and the City revival And Just Like That…, our beloved main characters have gone through some major changes. What hasn’t changed is that each of these women have their own distinct style—and although their designer clothes and shoes typically get all the attention, their furniture is actually just as interesting and authentic. And Just Like That… was filmed on 25 different sets. New York City locations like the Manhattan School of Music auditorium, Sant Ambroeus restaurant, and The East Pole Kitchen and Bar (housed in an Upper East Side brownstone) all set the scene, and the majority of the apartments were created on impeccably furnished sound stages. The one exception was the loft of Charlotte’s new friend Lisa Todd Wexley (played by Nicole Ari Parker), which was filmed at a real apartment and even featured a real Gordon Parks photograph borrowed from his foundation (her other pieces are reproductions).
Production designer Miguel López-Castillo and set decorator Carol Silverman thought about each character’s personal tastes when creating their homes, and imagined how their spaces might have changed in the ten years since we last saw them in the Sex and the City 2 movie. Below, we dive deeper into the best moments from each of the main sets and tell you how to get the look of your favorite character in your own home.
“[Showrunner] Michael Patrick King told us that Miranda isn’t interested in interior decoration, her place is comfortable and functional for her family’s life,” Silverman says. Despite the somewhat basic furniture pieces, it is worth remembering that when Miranda and Steve first toured their brownstone in the original series, it didn’t even have working electric. Now, it has an updated kitchen but still retains all of its historic charm thanks to details like the exposed brick wall and stone fireplace. “Miranda is pragmatic and savvy. Her brownstone was a very good investment, and it contains all the creature comforts like a family-friendly sectional sofa and reading area and an open plan kitchen with old-and-new detailing,” López-Castillo says.
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“I imagined Carrie, in the apartment with Big, wanting to create a beautiful love nest for their life together; that the place we see in And Just Like That… has come together over the years through gradual change, not all at once,” Silverman says. Some of the design elements, particularly in the kitchen, look like Carrie’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) not-quite-spot-on attempt at adding a bit of masculinity to the space for Mr. Big (Chris Noth), but the living room has a nice upscale-eclectic vibe, and their bedroom is quite elegant.
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As Carrie and Mr. Big built their new space together, her old apartment became “her private nest,” López-Castillo says. “I see her personal space as an embodiment of one of her tutu/leather belt/Manolos ensembles, hence the giant blue carnation wallpaper, midcentury French bookcase, and bold Madras textiles.” Thankfully for the team, Sarah Jessica Parker had actually kept all of Carrie’s old furniture from the original show, and she even lent some of her own pieces to the set, including a white-framed mirror and the art over the dresser. “The main concept was to blend items that the audience would recognize—like Carrie’s old phone, the lamp, a sideboard—with new decor that she brought back from travels or that does not fit in with the style at her apartment with Big,” López-Castillo says. Parker’s own interior designer, Eric Hughes, created the bold floral wallpaper that now surrounds Carrie’s writing desk.
Traditional decor may not be everyone’s taste, but Charlotte does it particularly well, and she seems to have added a bit of trendy flair over the years with fun wallpapers. Her home is by far the most cohesive, with fresh and decorative flowers as a motif and plenty of color, except for her stark-white kitchen that looks like something out of a Nancy Meyers movie. “Her style has always been conservative and tasteful,” López-Castillo says.
