Interview with Set Decorator, Beth Rubino

I got a lot of positive feedback on my post about Nancy Meyers' movie sets, so I wanted to mention that The Skirted Round Table just posted their interview with Beth Rubino, the set decorator for "Something's Gotta Give" and "It's Complicated". If you're like me and are interested in the details of how theses beautiful sets came to be, I recommend making your way over to SRT for a listen.

Beth also gives some decorating tips in this weeks People Magazine. Kind of a fun read, see the excerpt below.

Favorite Movie Sets

Nancy Meyers from her LA Times interview

I have been looking forward to seeing the movie, "It's Complicated", partly because it looked like a good movie, but mostly because I wanted to check out the set design. I knew I could expect great things being a Nancy Meyer's film. Nancy has worked with production designer Jon Huntman on a few other movies that feature some of my all time favorite sets; "The Holiday" and "Something's Gotta Give". Jon and Nancy's movie sets are not only extremely beautiful, but they are so well thought out and fit the characters in each movie perfectly. The sets in "It's Complicated" didn't disappoint. I was ready to pack my bags and move in to Meryl Streep's Santa Barbara abode, but funnily enough, Meryl's character is making plans for a big remodel throughout the film.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, here's a look inside::



While home for Christmas, we watched "The Holiday". Such a good movie. While my mom was tearing up, I was drooling over the houses.

Cameran Diaz's LA home::



Kate's Winslet's English cottage::





I really liked the movie "Something's Gotta Give", but I'll admit that I bought the DVD solely for the Hampton's beach house. To this day it's my favorite house on film::



*Photos from Architectural Digest, Coto de Texas, and Silver Screen Surroundings.