Oscar Nominations for Interior Design

ShelterPop nominates its favorite film interiors for our very own Oscars.

The Academy Awards are a frenzy of news for the fashion world, but it's hardly a major moment for the interior design world -- even though films are filled with beautiful locations and sets. While there are awards for makeup and costumes, there's no recognition for the actual decoration of the rooms in films. So, we decided to create our very own Oscar category for interior design, and we asked our ShelterPop writers what films they would nominate for an Oscar for Interior Design. Here's what they had to say:

Julie & Julia
"The Paris pad that Paul and Julia Child share may have had a humble, cramped kitchen, but its living spaces were luxurious. An entire two floors near the Seine river, the apartment is reportedly on Rue l'Universite and has lots of windows, nice architectural details and is stuffed with antiques and personal mementos. It's definitely got a sense of "home.""

-- Kristine Hansen

"I nominate Julie & Julia for recreating Paris in the 1950s, from restaurants to flats to the house in Marseilles, and on to Julia's place in Cambridge. They really got the details right and it's a reference for good decorating ideas. Also, I had lunch at Julia's house once in Cambridge and they did a great job recreating that kitchen and showing how Paul had organized and planned it all."

-- Jane Freiman
Up In The Air
"While he spent most of his time on an airplane (or "up in the air"), Ryan Bingham (played by George Clooney) still had to have someplace to hang his hat when back in Omaha, Neb. His apartment, with its white walls and sparse furnishings, is the perfect utilitarian space for the man on the go. It also suggests the feeling that something's missing, which is the attitude Bingham develops over the course of the film."

-- Van Sias

A Single Man
Perhaps the fact that it is directed by a fashion designer (Tom Ford) has something to do with the impeccable sets and decor in this film. The decor featured in A Single Man is undoubtedly a character in the film. The movie is set in the 1960s, and I'm a huge fan of that time in interior design when mid-century meets what we call retro and glam. The characters' rooms are very well suited to their personalities and gender, and not to mention gorgeously decorated."

-- Jaime Derringer

Up
"What strikes me about Carl and Ellie's humble pad in Up is that it's perfectly suited and customized for their every whim. Framed photos from their childhood, personalized artwork from Ellie, and even a hand-painted mailbox are all spotlighted in colorful form. After all, interior design should be personal (and fun!), right?"

-- Erin Loechner

Coraline
"Coraline should be nominated for the impact it has on a child's emerging sense of interior design! When I saw Coraline with my kids, they were mesmerized watching how the old, creepy, drab Victorian house came alive with magical lit-up gardens, a warm and inviting kitchen, and colorful living areas. (If only it was so easy in real life!) The movie sparked their imaginations, and as a result, my 11-year-old daughter took what she saw in the film to create some magical lighting designs of her own in her bedroom."

-- Marilyn Zelinsky-Syarto

Coco Before Chanel
"While Fantastic Mr. Fox, Sherlock Holmes and The Young Victoria all deserve honorable mentions (and my boyfriend can't stop talking about the kitchen from It's Complicated), I have to vote for Coco Before Chanel. From the French tavern in the first scenes to the Coco's studio in the final scenes, the interior designs in this film are spot-on. Plus, that amazing French country house Coco lives in? To die for. No wonder Coco was inspired to greatness!"

--Laura Fenton

What about you: What film would you nominate for an Oscar in Interior Design? Send us a message via Twitter @ShelterPop, and we'll tally the results to choose a winner.

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