Où se trouve la maison des hobbits du Seigneur des anneaux ?

Le village des hobbits est un vrai décor qui se visite en Nouvelle-Zélande. La maison de Bilbon Sacquet y est reconstituée telle qu'à l'écran, cosy et minuscule. C'est un des rares logements de la liste qu'on peut réellement visiter.

Quel est l'appartement le plus emblématique parmi les séries citées ?

Difficile de trancher, mais l'appartement de Monica dans Friends reste sans doute le plus reconnaissable, avec sa cuisine ouverte et son mur violet. Celui de Carrie Bradshaw dans Sex and the City et celui de Lily Van der Woodsen dans Gossip Girl arrivent juste derrière, dans un registre plus luxueux. L'équipe StyQR avoue hésiter surtout entre Gossip Girl et la villa de Maman j'ai raté l'avion.

L'hôtel de Shining existe-t-il vraiment ?

L'article ne précise pas de détail sur ce point, seulement que l'hôtel est devenu iconique autant à l'extérieur qu'à l'intérieur. L'équipe StyQR avoue en tout cas ne pas vouloir y mettre les pieds. On préfère l'admirer à l'écran plutôt qu'en vrai.

Quelle est la villa la plus détruite au cinéma selon cette sélection ?

Sans hésitation, la splendide demeure de Mr et Mrs Smith, saccagée sans vergogne par le couple pendant tout le film. La villa de Maman j'ai raté l'avion tient bon malgré les innombrables pièges du petit Kevin. Deux façons très différentes de mettre une maison à l'épreuve.

Pourquoi la chambre de Harry Potter est-elle citée comme le logement le plus triste ?

Parce que pendant que sa famille vit confortablement dans une douillette maison, lui dort dans un placard sous l'escalier. Le contraste entre les deux espaces sous le même toit fait de ce logement l'exemple le plus marquant de la sélection. C'est aussi ce qui le rend inoubliable, pour de mauvaises raisons cette fois.

L'appartement de Bruce Willis dans Le 5ème élément est-il agréable à vivre ?

Selon l'article, il est fonctionnel mais tellement impersonnel. Il tranche complètement avec les logements chaleureux comme celui de Bilbon Sacquet ou de Monica. C'est le seul décor futuriste de la sélection, et clairement pas le plus chaleureux.

The homes from your favourite films and series

We all remember a place from a series or a film we love! Here is our selection, just for you.

4 min readBy the StyQR team

1The flats
2The hotels
3The villas
4The ones in a class of their own
5Frequently asked questions

We all have memories of sumptuous villas or flats from our favourite films and series. The StyQR team has put together a little selection of its favourite homes.

Living room with purple walls, floral sofas, wooden coffee table and large pale rug

The flats

The first that springs to mind is obviously Monica's flat in Friends! With its open-plan kitchen and its huge purple wall. If only we too could have such a big flat and host all our friends!

In a far more luxurious style, we fell for Lily Van der Woodsen's apartment in Gossip Girl. Opulence, works of art and the art of living are the watchwords here!

And finally, how could we forget? Carrie Bradshaw's flat and incredible walk-in wardrobe in Sex and the City ! Those were the days.

Child on a tricycle in the Shining hotel corridor with orange and red carpet

The hotels

Admit it, you thought straight away of The Shining ! The hotel has become iconic, inside as much as out. That said, we wouldn't set foot in it for anything in the world!

Symmetrical pink façade of the Grand Budapest Hotel standing before a snowy mountain forest

Now this one, we'd happily take a key for life! A hotel this pretty is impossible to resist. If you haven't seen The Grand Budapest Hotel yet, we highly recommend it.

Large red-brick American house with black shutters, a central porch and neatly trimmed hedges

The villas

It isn't quite Christmas yet, but we simply had to mention Home Alone! All those cult scenes and young Macaulay Culkin's performance.

A couple dressed in white standing amid the smoking rubble of their burning house

Because their couple was iconic and because we've watched this film over and over again: the splendid house in Mr and Mrs Smith, which they wreck without the slightest remorse!

Cupboard under the stairs standing open, showing a narrow bed and cluttered shelves under a bare bulb

Here's an overview of the iconic homes featured in this selection, from the most luxurious to the most unusual.

Home	Series or film	Style	Memorable detail
Monica's apartment	Friends	Spacious and welcoming	Open kitchen and purple wall
Lily Van der Woodsen's apartment	Gossip Girl	Luxurious	Artwork and elegance
Carrie Bradshaw's apartment	Sex and the City	Chic and fashionable	Stunning closet
The Overlook Hotel	The Shining	Grand but ominous	Iconic inside and out
The Grand Budapest Hotel	Grand Budapest Hotel	Refined Belle-Époque	Charming and irresistible
Home Alone house	Home Alone	Spacious family home	Countless traps and iconic scenes
Mr and Mrs Smith house	Mr & Mrs Smith	Modern and elegant	Destroyed relentlessly by the couple
Cupboard under the stairs	Harry Potter	Dismal and cramped	The saddest in the selection
Bilbo's House	The Lord of the Rings	Cosy and tiny	Visitable in New Zealand
Bruce Willis's apartment	The Fifth Element	Futuristic	Functional but very impersonal

The ones in a class of their own

In our view, the saddest home of all! While Harry Potter's family enjoys the good life in a cosy house, he ends up in a cupboard under the stairs.

Hobbit house buried under a grassy hill, with a round yellow door and brick chimney

A setting that couldn't be more iconic! Bilbo Baggins's house in The Lord of the Rings. A cosy but tiny home, much like its owner. And did you know that the hobbits' village can be visited in New Zealand?

Tiny futuristic apartment with beige metal walls, lowered blind, folding chair and blue tiled shower cubicle

Last of all, the not exactly inviting but very futuristic home of Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element. Practical, but so impersonal! Which of all these homes is your favourite? Which one stayed with you the most? We're still torn between Gossip Girl and Home Alone!

And if all this has left you keen to redo your decor, here are a few tips for doing it without breaking the bank!

Frequently asked questions

Where is the hobbit house from The Lord of the Rings? The hobbit village is a real set that can be visited in New Zealand. Bilbo Baggins’s house has been rebuilt there exactly as it appears on screen, cosy and tiny. It is one of the few homes on this list you can actually visit.

Which apartment is the most iconic among the shows mentioned? It's hard to pick just one, but Monica's apartment in Friends is probably the most recognisable, with its open kitchen and purple wall. Carrie Bradshaw's flat in Sex and the City and Lily van der Woodsen's place in Gossip Girl follow close behind, in a more luxurious style. The StyQR team admits struggling to choose between Gossip Girl and the house from Home Alone.

Is the hotel from The Shining a real place? The article doesn't give details on this, only that the hotel has become iconic both outside and inside. Either way, the StyQR team admits they wouldn't set foot in it for anything in the world. Better to admire it on screen than in person.

Which villa gets the most destroyed on screen in this selection? Without a doubt, the splendid Mr and Mrs Smith house, wrecked without mercy by the couple throughout the film. The house from Home Alone somehow survives despite little Kevin's countless traps. Two very different ways of putting a home to the test.

Why is Harry Potter's room called the saddest home on the list? Because while his family lives comfortably in a cosy house, he sleeps in a cupboard under the stairs. The contrast between the two spaces under the same roof makes this the most striking example in the selection. It's also what makes it unforgettable, for the wrong reasons this time.

Is Bruce Willis's apartment in The Fifth Element nice to live in? According to the article, it's functional but so impersonal. It stands in complete contrast to warmer homes like Bilbo Baggins's or Monica's. It's the only futuristic setting in the selection, and clearly not the coziest.

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