Decorate your home à la Emily in Paris
11.9.2024
Translation: Eva Francis
The second half of the fourth season of Netflix’ Emily in Paris was released on 12 September 2024. A renowned interior design magazine took a look around the set of the hit series. The surprising result? Most furniture and home accessories are nowhere near as extravagant as the serie’s fashion choices.
The fashion in Emily in Paris might be over the top, but the interior design’s tasteful and affordable, as the official set tour for AD magazine shows.
The tour shows us around the stylish Agence Grateau office, the charming Gigi restaurant and Emily’s cosy apartment. I’ll show you how to copy the furnishing style. Unlike the Barbie House, the set’s aren’t filled with design icons only, but are also home to pieces from affordable brands such as La Redoute and House Doctor. Anne Seibel, a production designer known for her creative work, is the brains behind the good mix.
Emily’s office
In the Netflix series, Emily (Lily Collins) works for fictional marketing agency Agence Grateau, whose office is located at number 6 Place de Valois. The office is furnished like a living room. Velvet sofas, carpets, marble tables, numerous lamps and pictures on the wall create an elegant and modern look. Great emphasis is placed on details and a well-matching choice of colours.
Source: Architectural Digest
Source: Architectural Digest
Emily works in a part of a large room that stands out with its pink hues. Her desk area isn’t ergonomic at all, but it looks inviting. Stand-out features are the golden highlights such as Am.Pm’s Isaure lamp for just under 80 euros or Bloomingville’s Friend chair for just under 250 euros. These exact models are no longer available, but there are similar, budget-friendly designs on the market.
Source: Architectural Digest
Sylvie’s office
Sylvie Grateau (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) is the boss of Agence Grateau. Her office is characterised by clean lines, high-quality materials and a greyish colour scheme. Again, no ergonomic furniture’s in sight. Instead, well-placed decorative items such as a vintage paperweight, a Stoff Nagel candle holder (from 40 euros) and several table lamps – including a Westwing table lamp (approx. 70 euros) – create an inspiring working environment.
Source: Architectural Digest
Source: Architectural Digest
Source: Architectural Digest
Emily’s apartment
Small but beautiful: Emily’s home’s inspired by Parisian chambre de bonne, a type of French apartment consisting of a single room, often located in the attic of a building. Wooden beams, sloping ceilings and niches add to the special flair, just as the magnificent rooftop view. Vintage furniture pieces are combined with modern ones, giving the room a welcoming atmosphere.
Source: Architectural Digest
Source: Architectural Digest
Source: Architectural Digest
Source: Architectural Digest
Her clothes rail’s filled with designer clothes. Even Lily Collins admits Emily should definitely have another storage space somewhere considering all the different outfits she wears. Her apartment, however, only features a few, carefully distributed designer pieces, including &tradition’s Flowerpot lamp, the Bourbon lamp and the Piccolo stool by India Mahdavi. The most affordable pieces are probably in Emily’s sleeping area to the left of the bed: a postcard of a tattooed Australian sailor and an H&M pillowcase featuring a palm tree pattern. Despite all these tips on how to find Emily in Paris furniture and pictures, one thing’s impossible to recreate: the rooftop view of Paris – be it a fake background or real.
Header image: Set Tour, Architectural Digest
Pia Seidel
Senior Editor
Pia.Seidel@digitecgalaxus.chLike a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.
Interior
Follow topics and stay updated on your areas of interest
Movies and series
Follow topics and stay updated on your areas of interest
