Jack Nicholson plays Harry Sanborn, who has to recover in Erica’s guest room after a heart attack. One lucky blogger bought the rug at an auction, and you can see how it looks in her house today. If you look closely in some of the photos you can see the seams where the stripes don’t match up. The original rug was reportedly an antique that was too large for the room, so they cut it in half and sewed it together to fit. To duplicate this look in your space, there would have to be a blue and white dhurrie - otherwise, it would just be a pretty room.” “Nothing quite says Something’s Gotta Give more than the blue and white striped rug. Joni of Cote de Texas said of the famous striped rug in this room: The sofas looks white with blue trim in some shots, but they were actually a “ delicate eggshell blue linen.” You don’t see it much, but its presence is felt,” Meyers says. A reproduction/version of his Rockaway Beach painting shown above “is the centerpiece of the room. Jack Nicholson collects and appreciates art, and he suggested they look into the “beach art” of Edward Henry Potthast. She described this one as “Every woman’s dream house.” Yep, pretty much. Nancy Meyers, who is known for turning houses into the stars of her movies, wrote and directed SGG. The house was featured in Architectural Digest, which provided us with some great stills of the sets like the one above. You can buy some of Nelson’s posters and limited edition giclee prints here, but even those aren’t cheap! The painting behind them is by artist Kenton Nelson. In the DVD commentary (Amazon affiliate link) they talk about how cold and rainy it was during filming, but you’d never know it.

The interiors were filmed on a Warner Brothers soundstage. In the next photo you can see the porch wraps around the side, too:

This overhead shot gives us a better look at the porch, surrounded by hydrangeas: Note: This post has affiliate links that may earn me commission.įirst up, let’s take a look at how the beach house looked onscreen. If you’re a die-hard SGG House Fanatic, then this one’s for you! Along with tons of new photos, I’ve got a fun look at the sets behind the scenes and scoop on the real house where the exteriors were shot. I took a look back at that post recently and wished it had bigger, better photos, along with more details about the sets, and realized it was time for an update. Clearly, I’m not the only one who still loves it! And even though it’s been 15 years since the movie came out, it continues to be one of my most popular posts, week after week. It’s been nearly 10 years since I first featured Diane Keaton’s classic beach house from Something’s Gotta Give.

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