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Olivia Wolfe

"It's Wonderful Chaos" — How Mad About the Boy's Set Designers Captured Bridget Jones' Style in Her New Home

Image of actress Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones wearing striped pajamas and a dark cardigan. She is sitting on a dark green sofa with patterned throw pillows and throw blankets around her. She is holding a red diary.

As many British rom-com lovers will be well aware by now, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy has hit theaters. And although we may mourn the fact that Bridget has moved out of her iconic Borough Market apartment, we can't deny she always deserved better — and better, she got.

So, how do you capture a personality as fabulously frazzled as Bridget's in a home? With a bright yellow kitchen, whimsical patterned wallpapers, and an assortment of vintage furniture. "It's wonderful chaos," set director Penny Crawford and production designer Kave Quinn describe to me as we talk about their work on the latest (and last) installment of the Bridget Jones story. "It's a place of life, color, and vibrancy to raise her children."

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