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Few actors have laid claim to as many beautiful on-screen homes as Diane Keaton. No matter the film, the late actress always seemed to play characters who lived in incredible homes. While her close working relationship with the queen of film interiors, Nancy Meyers, certainly played a part, they weren’t her only films to feature beautiful homes.
As we say goodbye to the great actress that she was, we’re taking a look back at her movie history and the great houses that defined them.
Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
Nancy Meyer’s Something’s Gotta Give is perhaps the most beloved of Diane Keaton’s movie interiors. The film didn’t just give us the dream beach house but even pioneered its own aesthetic – the coastal grandmother – more than a decade and a half after its release.
In the film, Diane Keaton plays divorced playwright, Erica Barry, who ends up caring for her daughter’s much older, playboy boyfriend (Jack Nicholson) after he has a heart attack at her house. As the pair fall for each other, audiences can’t help but fall for the incredible beach house, which features sumptous furniture, floor-to-ceiling windows, a Hampton’s style kitchen, and an incredible writing desk looking over the ocean.
Father Of The Bride (1991)
If Something’s Gotta Give gave us the dream beach house then Father Of The Bride gave us the dream family home. In this film, Diane Keaton plays Nina Banks, a loving mother and wife navigating the excitement and chaos caused by her husband George Banks (Steve Martin) in the lead up to her 22-year-old daughter’s wedding.
The house, with it’s white picket fence, climbing ivy and cosy Nancy Meyer’s styled interiors, does not only provide a beautiful set for the film but also serves as the physical symbol of the Bank’s family unit. For George Banks, who is struggling to come to term’s with his little girl getting married, it also holds the magic of Annie’s childhood.
“I love this house. I love that I taught my kids to ride their bikes in the driveway. I love that we carved our initials in the tree out front. This house is warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and look spectacular with Christmas lights. It’s a great house and I never want to move,” George says in the film.
The Family Stone (2005)
Diane Keaton plays another mother with a beautiful family home in the Christmas classic, The Family Stone. In this film, the children have grown up but return to the family home for Christmas with their partners and families. Directed by Thomas Bezucha home is a lot more cluttered and chaotic than the typical Nancy Meyer’s style interiors Diane Keaton’s characters tend to belong to, so much so that Keaton initially found all of the mess a little off-putting for herself but perfect for the film’s characters.
While the home was a little more lived-in than other movie homes, that was exactly what made it feel so special. Between the fridge magnets, the stacks of books and all that comfy furniture, the movie feels just like coming home for Christmas.
Baby Boom (1987)
In Baby Boom, Diane Keaton plays a New York career woman who ‘inherits’ a baby from a relative, prompting her to leave her Manhatten apartment for a gorgeous yellow farmhouse in Vermont. Being Keaton’s first film with Nancy Meyers, it’s no surprise that the film features incredible interiors.
From the country kitchen with the sweet blue cabinetry to the patterned wallpapered walls and pretty yellow exterior, the home is just as charming as the film.
Interiors (1978)
It only seems fitting that Diane Keaton starred in a movie called Interiors. Directed by Woody Allen, the film follows three sisters (with Keaton playing one of them) in the wake of their parent’s divorce and mother’s suicide attempt.
Their mother, played by Geraldine Page, is an interior designer whose impeccably curated spaces demonstrate her need for control over her life and family. While the subject might be dark, the interiors are beautiful.
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