How to get a TV kitchen for less. After The Perfect Couple's envy-inducing interiors, the ones to lust after - as experts reveal the cut-price versions By Claudia Connell Published: 11:55, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 12:02, 17 September 2024 e-mail View comments A murder-mystery drama about rich beautiful people, harbouring dark secrets as they gather to celebrate a wedding, The Perfect Couple - starring Nicole Kidman , Liev Schreiber and Bono’s daughter Eve Hewson - is currently the most-watched show on Netflix around the world. But forget the A-list and their beautiful clothes and jewels; for many viewers the real star of the show is the gorgeous old-money beach house where the action takes place, particularly the kitchen.
Think a double island, with tasteful china and artsy wooden bowls contrasting with black granite and gleaming silver appliances. Stunning kitchens have become something of a central theme in TV dramas, with fans as likely to drool over the fixtures and fittings as they are the actors. Here we look at a collection of the most coveted kitchens to appear on screen, and how you can get the look for less.
.. The Perfect Couple In TV's The Perfect Couple, frosty novelist Greer Garrison Winbury has a sensational kitchen at her beach house on Nantucket Island, New England overlooking the ocean, Pictured: Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber in the hit show Playing frosty novelist Greer Garrison Winbury, Nicole Kidman looks like she’s never washed a dish or boiled an egg in her life.
But that doesn’t stop her having a sensational kitchen at her beach house on Nantucket Island, New England. Overlooking the ocean, the kitchen has two islands, one topped with black granite and the other with white marble where housekeeper Gosia lays out the buffet style breakfast every morning. There’s a huge range oven and eagle-eyed viewers noticed that the surfaces are filled with expensive appliances by American brand Wolf Gourmet, including a £500 toaster and a £1,500 food mixer.
Quite simply, it’s to die for. This vintage-style white and blue-patterned tea set is £199.99 from Wayfair Get the look: For those on a tighter budget than Greer, the Russell and Hobbs Go Create Mixer 25930 is £133 from Argos .
Or try this vintage-style white and blue-patterned tea set, £199.99 from Wayfair. Big Little Lies The kitchen belonging to bitchy alpha mum Madeline MacKenzie (played by Reese Witherspoon , centre) is the real star of Big Little Lies Although Nicole Kidman also appeared in this show, it was the kitchen belonging to bitchy alpha mum Madeline MacKenzie (played by Reese Witherspoon ) that featured the most.
Fitted with white shaker-style units and black granite work surfaces, the kitchen looks expensive but homely. The huge island with built-in butler sink was where MacKenzie fed her husband and children and played mother hen (when not slipping way for a rendezvous with her secret lover.) Marks & Spencer sell large butcher’s style chopping blocks just like the one Madeline has in the centre of her island for £45 This large Dartington crystal fruit bowl, £55, would not look out of place on Madeline's table These Ikea cream counter-height chairs, too, are just like Madeline’s and a steal at £75 each Get the look: Marks and Spencer sell large butcher’s style chopping blocks just like the one Madeline has in the centre of her island for £45, while this large Dartington crystal fruit bowl, £55, would not look out of place on her table.
These Ikea cream counter-height chairs, too, are just like Madeline’s and a steal at £75 each. The Gentlemen Gangster Ray, right, (Charlie Hunnan) has a grill table in the garden of his home where he cooks while entertaining journalist Fletcher (Hugh Grant) When it comes to airy kitchens with a view, this one beats them all. Guy Ritchie’s Netflix gangster drama features a spectacular outdoor grill from the director’s very own WildKitchen brand.
Not missing the opportunity for a bit of product placement, gangster Ray (Charlie Hunnan) has a grill table in the garden of his home where he cooks while entertaining journalist Fletcher (Hugh Grant). The grill table is part of a collection from the WildKitchen range with a variety of styles that can seat between four and 12 people. The top tier model sells for £9,000 and fans include the Beckhams who have one at their Cotswolds farmhouse.
Maze Living’s firepit table with eight seats is currently on sale for £2,719; still pricy, but a snip when compared to Guy’s £9,000 asking price Get the look : Maze Living’s firepit table with eight seats is currently on sale for £2,719; still pricy, but a snip when compared to Guy’s £9,000 asking price. Fool Me Once Maya Stern, played by Michelle Keegan, in her minimalist kitchen featuring dark grey handle-less units with stainless steel industrial style fittings British actress Michelle Keegan played Maya Stern in this Netflix thriller about a woman on a mission to find out the truth about her husband’s murder, based on the best-selling book by Harlan Coben. Maya’s sleek, modern high-tech home is also a real-life private residence in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
The minimalist kitchen featured dark grey handle-less units with stainless steel industrial style fittings. Very dark and moody..
. like Maya. Maya is seen eating out of green earthenware breakfast bowls like this set of four from Marks and Spencer, at an affordable £8 Sip from a grey stoneware mug just like these from Habitat, at £16 for four Get the look : Maya is seen eating out of green earthenware breakfast bowls like this set of four from Marks and Spencer, at an affordable £8, while sipping from a grey stoneware mug just like these from Habitat, at £16 for four.
Our House Floating wall shelves filled with storage jars line the kitchen and and mustard yellow pendants hang low Bram and Fis's island and its bar stools This ITV thriller, based on the best-selling book by Louise Candlish, is about infuriatingly smug couple Fi and Bram who arrive home to find another family living in their fabulous home. Filmed at a real home in Dulwich, south London, which features a large kitchen with dark blue units and matching quartz surfaces and splash back. There were floating wall shelves filled with storage jars and mustard yellow pendants hanging low over the island and its bar stools.
No wonder other people were so eager to take it over. At £36.99, these yellow teardrop pendant lights from Wayfair are just like Fi and Bram’s Their guests perch on black circular bar stools like these from Wayfair, £84.
99 each Get the look: At £36.99, these yellow teardrop pendant lights from Wayfair are just like Fi and Bram’s. Their new guests, meanwhile, perch on black circular bar stools like these from Wayfair, £84.
99 each. The Nest Emily and Dan's indoor kitchen is part of the huge open plan living area and decorated in Scandi style A troubled 18 year old offers to be a surrogate for a wealthy couple in this BBC thriller. Emily and Dan (played by Sophie Rundle and Martin Compston) desperately wanted a baby so they could live as a family in their fabulous lake house.
But surely a kid would mess up that spotless minimalist home? Filmed at Cape Cove, a real home on Argyll and Bute with its own private beach (and available for rent) the house features indoor and outdoor kitchens. The indoor one is part of the huge open plan living area and decorated in Scandi style with a mixture of pine and white fittings and featuring a huge, wooden larder. Emily and Dan have a matching cream-coloured kettle and toaster, similar to this pair at £25 each by Breville from Argos These white swivel dining chairs, £125 each from Fusion Living, are just like the unlucky couple’s Get the look: Emily and Dan have a matching cream-coloured kettle and toaster, similar to this pair at £25 each by Breville from Argos, while these white swivel dining chairs, £125 each from Fusion Living, are just like the unlucky couple’s.
Anatomy of a Scandal In Anatomy Of A Scandal, Sophie (Sienna Miller) had one of the most coveted TV kitchens of all time. The shaker units in her kitchen here painted in a racing green colour and the walls were decorated with Cole & Son £130 a roll ‘Woods’ wallpaper In this Netflix political thriller Sophie (Sienna Miller) had a cheating louse of an MP husband (Rupert Friend) and one of the most coveted TV kitchens of all time. The shaker units in her kitchen here painted in a racing green colour and the walls were decorated with Cole & Son £130 a roll ‘Woods’ wallpaper.
The work surfaces were polished pine while expensive copper saucepans hung from the wall. The centre piece was the grill imbedded into the kitchen island where Sophie cooked breakfast for her husband..
.before he went off to have sex with his mistress. The Cole & Son wallpaper Get the look: At just £16.
70 a roll, this B&Q wallpaper is a fraction of the cost of the Cole & Son design. The Undoing The kitchen in Grace Fraser's Manhattan home featured exposed brick walls and a brown marble-topped central island Grace Fraser (played by Nicole Kidman) didn’t just have gorgeous hair and the world’s best collection of coats, the kitchen at the Manhattan home she shared with cheating husband Jonathan (Hugh Grant) was not too shabby either. Open plan in style, it featured exposed brick walls and a brown marble-topped central island.
Designed to look chic and boho, the crockery was stacked on shelves while cast iron pans were hung from the wall. Unusually, the sink was black ceramic and surfaces were filled with shiny, smudge-free Dualit appliances. This four-slice toaster by Morphy Richards at £52.
29 from John Lewis is a fraction of the cost of Grace’s Dualit model While the wood and glass mix salt-and-pepper mills that Grace uses from Cole and Mason are a hefty £85 each, you can get this dupe set from ProCook for just £29 Get the look: Currently on sale at John Lewis for £52.29, this four-slice toaster by Morphy Richards is a fraction of the cost of Grace’s Dualit model. And while the wood and glass mix salt-and-pepper mills that Grace uses from Cole and Mason are a hefty £85 each, you can get a dupe set from ProCook for just £29.
And Just Like That The floor units in Big and Carrie's very modern 5th Avenue penthouse kitchen were in a dark, teak wood with dove-grey wall units while the walls were decorated with unusual, textured metallic tiles Charlotte’s Park Avenue kitchen is gleaming white with a huge lighting fixture over the island. The only injection of colour comes from the bright red knobs on the range oven, complemented with other red appliances, including a kettle. The Sex And The City reboot didn’t do much for the sale of Peloton bikes (Carrie’s husband Big had a heart attack on his) but it may well have boosted kitchen sales.
Before Big died, we got a full glimpse of the very modern and typically chic kitchen at his and Carrie’s 5th Avenue penthouse in Manhattan. The floor units were in a dark, teak wood, the wall units were painted a dove grey colour, while the walls were decorated with unusual textured metallic tiles. It’s hard to picture Carrie (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) ever washing a dish despite her kitchen featuring two sinks – one in the island and one on the main run of work surface.
Over at Charlotte’s Park Avenue apartment things were perfect and prim, just like Charlotte (played by Kristin Davis). Her kitchen, where she bakes endless cupcakes, is gleaming white. There’s a huge lighting fixture over the island and the only injection of colour comes from the bright red knobs on the range oven, complemented with other red appliances including a kettle.
Baylis and Harding sell stylish handwashes from £4, with matching hand creams from £9 If it’s Charlotte’s look you’re after, this red on-stove kettle from Robert Dyas is just £16.99 Complete the chic Charlotte look with a ceramic red toaster (also Robert Dyas) for £21.99.
Get the look: Carrie keeps an Aesop soap and hand cream set by her main sink, at a stinging £103. Available from Amazon and Waitrose, Baylis and Harding sell stylish-looking handwashes from £4, with matching hand creams from £9. If it’s Charlotte’s look you’re after, this red on-stove kettle from Robert Dyas is just £16.
99. Team it with a ceramic red toaster (also Robert Dyas) for £21.99.
The Handmaid’s Tale The home owned by Commander Fred Waterford featured a colonial style kitchen with blue cupboards, an island and a long run of uncluttered work surfaces For handmaidens like Offred (Elizabeth Moss) life was unbearably grim. Although life for commander’s wives wasn’t exactly a barrel of laughs either, at least they had amazing homes. The home owned by Commander Fred Waterford (Ralph Fiennes) featured a colonial style kitchen with blue cupboards, an island and a long run of uncluttered work surfaces in white quartz where the ‘Marthas’ prepared food.
There were fashionable Crittall doors at the far end and plenty of large potted plants breathing life and colour into an otherwise drab existence in Gilead. Praise Be. Copy Serena Joy’s large tiered fruit bowl with this version, just £28 from Next Get the look: Copy Serena Joy’s large tiered fruit bowl with this version, just £28 from Next.
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