Nancy Meyers's Kitchens: A Love Letter in 7 Photos
With their massive islands and charming copper pot racks, Nancy Meyers's kitchens were the real heroines of her movies.
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On a recent Sunday, Nancy Meyers posted a photo of her kitchen on Instagram, instantly sending legions of fans into a swoon. Meyers has long been heralded for the well-designed interiors in her films, garnering fans who obsess over the overstuffed chairs, expansive floor plans, and dining tables that hold the promise of a chilled white just beyond the bowl of local fruit. And, et voila, it was revealed that her own kitchen in Los Angeles holds the same aspirational appeal, down to the cabinets of curated dinnerware (nearly identical to the ones in Something's Gotta Give). Looking back through Meyers' filmography, in fact, her kitchens prove to be just as charming and enduring as her heroines: complex, but welcoming, with good core values and just enough mess to feel attainable.
1991: Father of the Bride
Even before Franck got his hands on the Banks’s house, it was the epitome of suburban chic. Unlike the sterile family homes that often grace the screen (ahem, Big Little Lies’ Monterey mansions), the kitchen is winningly cluttered with copper-bottomed pots hanging on the rack above the island and enveloping Windsor chairs around the table.
2003: Something’s Gotta Give
Erica Barry’s Hamptons beach house put Meyers’s kitchens definitively on the map. The oversize space is sprawling, with two islands, two ovens, and shelves laden with white porcelain; shopping bags plopped on the counter from local institutions like Zabar's and Citarella make frequent guest appearances.
2006: The Holiday
Those pale blue cabinets return in Iris's (Kate Winslet) English kitchen, this time with a quintessential British coziness for The Holiday. Though too small for an island, the stainless-steel bar cart serves as a handy double. Naturally, the antique fireplace displays servingware. Rent Now
2009: It's Complicated
Working with the same team for Something's Gotta Give (production designer Jon Hutman and set decorator Beth Rubino), Meyers took it up a notch in It's Complicated. The main character, Jane, runs a bakery in Santa Barbara, so her kitchen had to be first-rate. The ever-present island is upgraded to a floating marble counter, with rattan counter stools tucked underneath for a Southern California vibe.
2015: The Intern
To create the Brooklyn brownstone that belongs to start-up CEO Jules (Anne Hathaway), Meyers envisioned Park Slope-appropriate white subway tile, minimal open shelving, and muted steel-blue drawers (a new version of those stalwart blue cabinets perhaps?). Throughout the home, furniture and lighting by Brooklyn designers like Lindsey Adelman is on display.
2020: Nancy Meyers' Own Kitchen
Even without Hollywood styling, Meyers's own kitchen is aspirational, with not one, but two islands: one marble-topped and lined with stools for a social bite and the other ready for food prep. Sunlight streams across the double ovens, ready and waiting for the real leading lady to make an entrance.
Olivia Hosken is the deputy managing editor of House Beautiful, where she oversees operations across the brand's print and digital platforms. She also writes about design and architecture and was previously the style & interiors writer at Town & Country and the managing editor of Dwell.
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