It’s the ideal rental for those who love Sex and the City.
Airbnb is renting an amazing recreation of the Brownstone New York apartment Carrie Bradshaw inhabited.
Sarah Jessica Parker, who played Sarah, not only designed it but will also welcome guests when they arrive.
Airbnb is renting a stunning recreation of the Brownstone New York apartment Carrie Bradshaw lived and died in. Sarah Jessica Parker (pictured above in the unique rental) will be welcoming guests upon their arrival
Parker said about the new Airbnb: “The Carrie Bradshaw character was near and dear to me, and revisiting her world for the continuation in the Sex and the City tale has been such joy.”
Sex and the City was based on Candace Bushnell’s bestselling books. It followed the life and times Carrie and her friends.
Carrie’s brownstone apartment was central to the series, and its décor has now been painstakingly recreated by Parker, Airbnb, and a small, New York-based production team.
The character’s famous walk-in wardrobe, her writing desk, and her bedroom appear almost exactly as they did in the cult series.
Pictured is a recreation of Carrie’s living room, as designed by Parker, Airbnb and a small, New York-based production team
The bedroom of Carrie in the original series is shown on the left. It was filmed from 1998 to 2004, and featured the columnist and her friends. The cult series’ recreated bedroom is shown on the right. It appears almost exactly the way it did in the original series.
Parker says: ‘I’m excited for our audience to experience Carrie’s New York like never before and walk in her shoes, quite literally, for the first time’
Carrie’s writing desk has been recreated as part of the Airbnb, which was designed in honour of the premiere of Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… Pictured on the right is a replica blocky black laptop, like the one Carrie used to labour over her writing
There are many replicas of key props found in the original apartment, including a circa 2000 cordless phone and a black laptop similar to the one Carrie used for her writing.
After enjoying a virtual greeting from the actress upon check-in, Airbnb says that guests can sip on cosmopolitans – reminiscent of the many cocktail-laden scenes from the series.
The experience also includes a styling session as well as a photoshoot. Guests will get the chance to play dress-up in a recreation of Carrie’s closet, which has been filled with duplicates of some of the iconic looks from the series.
Guests will get the chance to play dress-up in a recreation of Carrie’s closet, pictured above
Carrie in the original series is shown on the left, standing at her walk-in wardrobe door. On the right, Parker is seen in the recreated closet. After dressing up, guests will be able to star in a photoshoot.
Looks from Carrie’s favourite fashion designers line the closet, as well as rows of shoes
Parker, as Carrie Bradshaw (pictured on the left), is pictured in the Sex and the City movie wearing the tutu that she wore in the opening credits. The closet recreated, pictured right, is filled with duplicates some of the most iconic looks from the series.
This includes a model Carrie wore in the opening credits. It is the famous look Patricia Field, show’s costume director, created. Outfits from Carrie’s favourite fashion designers also line the closet, as well as rows of shoes.
Parker adds: ‘I’m excited for our audience to experience Carrie’s New York like never before and walk in her shoes, quite literally, for the first time.’
Guests will be invited to explore Manhattan from the apartment, following the same route as Carrie and her entourage.
Brunch in Chelsea is part of the experience, which Airbnb describes as ‘a meal where many conversations took place that deepened Carrie’s friendships with the girls’.
Guests will also have the opportunity to explore Manhattan by leaving the apartment. They will be able to walk the same streets Carrie and her entourage would.
Parker states that Carrie Bradshaw character is dear to her heart and that revisiting her world to continue the Sex and the City story has brought joy to her.
You will find replicas of key props from that original apartment all over Airbnb. The left picture shows a circa 2000 cordless phone. It is very similar to the one Carrie used in the series. The right picture shows another telephone at the bedside.
Parker portrays Carrie in the original series. The 23-year anniversary of the original series’ debut marks the launch of Airbnb.
Sex and the City showed Carrie’s apartment from the exterior. It was located at 64 and 66 Perry Street in Manhattan’s West Village. Silvercup Studios in Queens also captured the interior scenes.
Airbnb used another New York apartment for recreation that had a similar floorplan as Carrie’s.
The new Airbnb was created in honor of the premiere of And Just Like That …, next month, a 10-episode revival on Sex and the City. It will air on HBO Max and Sky Comedy.
Parker, Kristin and Cynthia Nixon will be reprising their roles in the series. However, Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha Jones, the publicity dynamo, declined to take part.
The collaboration between Airbnb and Warner Bros Consumer Products was the Airbnb project. It also marks 23 years since the first time that fans were introduced to the show.
Parker will host up to two guests for a one-night stay on November 12th and 14, at $23 per night.
Fans can request to book these stays from noon on Monday, November 8, at airbnb.com/sexandthecity. Only residents of the United States can book.
Sarah Jessica Parker filming scenes for “And Just Like That…,” at Carrie Bradshaw’s West Village apartment, New York