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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.

Delicate powdery and grey tones define the office’s colour scheme.
Source: Architectural Digest

Beautiful stucco work, typical of Paris, runs through all the rooms.
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.

Emily’s desk area is compact, tidy and minimalist.
Source: Architectural Digest

Leonardo Oceano jellyfish (11 x 8 x 8 cm)

Decorative objects

CHF19.–

Leonardo Oceano jellyfish

11 x 8 x 8 cm

Desk accessories

Maul Writing utensil quiver round box

Table lamps

By Rydens Pulse

GU10

Pictures

CHF24.90

Trenddeko Abstract Red

Chairs

CHF199.99

Beliani Harlan

Coffee tables

CHF252.–

Kartell Bio

32 x 32 x 58.5 cm

Normann Copenhagen Journal (130 x 65 x 74 cm)

Desks

CHF715.–

Normann Copenhagen Journal

130 x 65 x 74 cm

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.

Carefully placed decorations and curtains create a living room look.
Source: Architectural Digest

Instead of folders and paper documents, the console tables stage candlesticks and lamps.
Source: Architectural Digest

Esmée Candle holder for pillar candles in silver, H 9.5 cm x Ø 10 cm

Candleholders

CHF12.90

Esmée Candle holder for pillar candles in silver, H 9.5 cm x Ø 10 cm

Vases

Nude Glass Opti

Wall decorations

Beliani Juju

40 x 40 x 4 cm

Console tables

CHF158.–

Versa Montpellier

100 x 30 x 81 cm

Mirrors

Ozaia Jaylen

23 x 120 cm

Table lamps

House Doctor Little Fellow

E27

Desks

Pascal Morabito Tizio

140 x 75 x 60 cm

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.

Rich in contrast: alongside all the wood, there are metal home accessories such as the Piccolo stool.
Source: Architectural Digest

Whether it’s a lampshade or a headboard, wickerwork’s a recurring theme.
Source: Architectural Digest

Turquoise lamps and decorative cushions add a splash of colour.
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.

Scale modelling

CHF11.–

Metal Earth Eiffel Tower

Vases

Zuiver Fajen

1 x, 15 x 15 x 26 cm

Table lamps

La Redoute Interieurs Capi

E14

Shelving

CHF29.90

Lomoco Ella

62 x 60 cm

Clothes stands

CHF57.91

En.Casa Ørbaek

Coffee tables

Woood Collection

47 x 30 x 30 cm

Bed

CHF695.–

La Redoute Interieurs Madara

Header image: Set Tour, Architectural Digest

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