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Sarah Jessica Parker's Dining Room & More
So Chic by Margaret Russell & the Editors of Elle Decor

sochic080608.jpgLike a peek inside SJP's dining room? Candace Bushnell's salon? No problem - here they are, part of a look at the rooms featured in So Chic. So Chic is a coffee table design book by Margaret Russell and the editors of Elle Decor, providing a look at the interiors of "the world's most celebrated tastemakers" in a quest to answer "What exactly is chic?". Jump below for more photos:

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Above the Jump: Sarah Jessica Parker's Dining Room & Candace Bushnell's Living Room. Photos by William Waldron


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Mark Badgley and James Mischka's Living Room. Photo by William Waldron.

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Amy Fine Collin's Dressing Room. Photo by Simon Upton

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Giambattista Valli's Bedroom. Photo by Henry Bourne.


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Ranjana and Naeem Khan's Living Room. Photo by Simon Upton.

Check out the entire article and complete slideshow here.

So Chic is currently available on Amazon for $26.40.


All photos via: Elle Decor/Point Click Home

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that blue chandelier is so pretty!

posted by aladywhoknows on 2008-08-06 21:34:16
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i love the light fixtures in the last photo

posted by Lizzykewl on 2008-08-06 23:40:26
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Valli's Bedroom just gave me a seizure, it's so amazing.
It's just -- I can't even -- Ugh.
GORGEOUS!

posted by mpoggie on 2008-08-07 00:18:03
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i really love that the black chairs in sjp's dining room aren't all the same, but still coordinate really nicely

posted by blueberrygirl on 2008-08-07 02:31:05
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Blueberry I was thinking the same thing!

I want a green couch and black Barcelona chairs!

posted by Enamorada on 2008-08-07 09:24:33
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Wow! Love all these rooms!

posted by suzy8track on 2008-08-07 10:10:15
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Where did she find so many pink books?

posted by Rebecca_South on 2008-08-07 10:19:31
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amazingly beautiful spaces, but as to Rebecca_South's comment, I always find it so contrived when people's books are so impeccibly color-coordinated. something tells me she's not reading all those things.

posted by amt230 on 2008-08-07 10:36:32
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re: the books

i know at the strand you can custom-order used books by the color or by the style, in case you want to decorate your house but don't actually want to read any books

posted by mysweater on 2008-08-07 10:46:58
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Maybe they're all the same book? it's really weird to me. They're all the same size, same color--must the same book, right?

I guess it looks pretty.

posted by Rebecca_South on 2008-08-07 10:47:24
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I bet those are multiple copies of her own books. I don't own any of her work, but I bet they are bound in pink and red, being chick lit.

posted by twisteddilettante on 2008-08-07 11:12:40
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You can also make dust covers for books in any shade you like.

posted by Cassis on 2008-08-07 11:17:30
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...but in Bushnell's case, I bet they ARE all the same book (or books): her own, which I'm sure come in pink...

posted by Cassis on 2008-08-07 11:18:29
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The spine of Four Blondes is pink...I own it and display it occasionally for the colour. After I'd read it, of course.

posted by estydesign on 2008-08-07 14:13:59
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Yeah, those look like her own books. Tacky.

SJP's blue, green, and black dining area is lovely.

posted by jooly on 2008-08-07 16:48:49
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I'm heading to Barnes and Noble now to buy Margaret Russell's book!

posted by The Sale Rack on 2008-08-08 17:13:36
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Great fun to see how the styled crowd lives...but I must say, it's snarky (a word I've learned from these posts) to suggest that Bushnell might be less than what/who she's capable of being for displaying her published works. While I'm not a SATC fanatic, I think she's being entirely consistent by lining her shelves with the book that put her on the map. Besides, pink is a great color.

posted by krister on 2008-08-10 16:33:33
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I don't get it. I found most of the rooms very unappealing.

posted by Doris loves art! on 2008-08-10 18:51:11
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barf. same for maragaret russel. so not inspiring.

posted by alissamae on 2008-08-11 00:07:22
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I wasn't being in the least snarky about Bushnell displaying multiples of her books anymore than I would snark about an artist displaying her own paintings in her own home (which you see a lot of on AT, and nobody ever says that's tacky). Why shouldn't people be proud of their creative accomplishments? As for why so many copies....authors usually get a box of freebies from the publisher, and it's handy to have them around, since many friends and relatives will expect free copies.

posted by twisteddilettante on 2008-08-11 11:34:13
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