Universal Pictures
The latest Bridget Jones film, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, doesn’t only see our favourite character in a new stage of life but in a new home as well. This time around, Bridget is living with her two children in a Hampstead townhouse. The new abode might be a significant upgrade from her old London flat but the cluttered and colourful Hampstead townhouse is still so very Bridget. Filled with art, books, children’s drawings and plenty of mismatched fabrics and wallpaper, the home is full of character and cosiness.
If you’re currently planning a Bridget Jones-inspired makeover, these are the essential design elements to include in your home.
Add a splash of colour
From the sunny yellow kitchen to the pretty coral bathroom, there’s plenty of colour in Bridget’s new pad. The yellow kitchen, with its mismatched chairs, plate rack and rows of herbs, is a particularly life-filled space, with yellow bringing a sense of sunshine and happiness into the heart of the home.
If Bridget’s kitchen has inspired you to bring with yellow into your home then we suggest starting with the gentle and highly palatable butter yellow shade, as seen in this cosy two-bedroom apartment in Mt Buller. Then, with its coral walls, striped furnishings, green tiled floor and red tub, Bridget’s bathroom is another room that pops with colour. The coral shade of pink is a particularly sweet colour for the room, bringing Bridget’s youthful playfulness into her new, more grown up space.
This pink powder room in Bangalow has a similar energy, with its soft pink walls, antique patterned lamp and chequered floor tiles bringing a sense of feminine fun into the small room.
Use wallpaper
Bridget Jones’ new Hampstead home really embraces traditional English interiors with its green patterned wallpaper in the master bedroom. Luckily, wallpaper has been making a comeback over the last few years, as people lean away from minimalism and towards more maximalist, colourful English interiors.
(Photographer: Tim Salisbury, Stylist: Penny Sheehan)
The bold and bright bedroom of this tiny Sydney cottage is a good example of how to embrace English interiors. Alongside colourful, mismatched linens, the floral printed ‘Adlington’ wallpaper by Lee Jofa brings a joyful sense of colour and character to the room.
Preserve character features
Patterned bathroom tiles and leadlight pocket doors are just a couple of the heritage features that give Bridget’s Hampstead home its unique character. In fact, the home’s gorgeous character features really demonstrate the importance of preserving a property’s unique features when renovating.
If your home is a new build, then you might consider adding features, such as stained glass windows and unique tiling, to give the property some more personality. Start by hunting through your local op shops and Facebook Marketplace for antique pieces people are selling secondhand. In this off-grid cottage in the Southern Tablelands, a stained glass window elevates this cosy dining space.
Add open shelving
(Credit: Photography: Eleanor Byrne)
You might have noticed that Bridget’s home doesn’t hide her items away in cupboards and closed storage—they are very much on display and celebrated. The easiest room to play with open shelving is the kitchen, where you can display your favourite mugs and potted herbs. Adding bookshelves and other open display units in the living room can also be a good way of bringing some Bridget Jones-approved ‘cosy clutter’ into your space as well.
Embrace the visual elements of family life
Just like Bridget’s old London apartment was an ode to her singlehood, her new Hampstead home seems to be an ode to family and motherhood. There are children’s artworks on display and colourful children’s toys scattered around the home. A cute way to display your child’s artworks is to frame them and hang them around the house like art.
With its wallpaper, colour, explosion of toys and sweet bunk beds, the children’s bedroom is a particularly magical place, where each of the children’s unique interests are loudly celebrated. The reminds us to let children be children, their rooms to be a space to dream, play and make a mess.
A claw foot tub
A red clawfoot bathtub takes centre stage in Bridget’s new bathroom and while the shower might be more efficient, there is something particularly romantic and luxurious about lounging in a free-standing bathtub. Here, Chloe Brookman’s dollhouse-inspired bathroom nails the brief.
Related stories
Native ad body.
Native ad body.
Native ad body.
