Like Chandler and Joey’s place, Monica’s apartment was a complete construction in a Warner Brothers studio, which you can visit if you’re ever in Hollywood. The kitchen and living room are fully formed, but the entrances to the bedrooms and bathroom are fake.
Monica’s awesome apartment is any 90’s kid’s dream home. Eclectic style but somehow always squeaky clean with plenty of space for friends at parties, Monica’s place had it going on. The balcony itself was an NYC dream come true! The window seat overlooking it also made the perfect place for wallowing in tears and looking out at the rain. What more could a romantic twenty-something ask for?
The doorways to Monica and Rachel’s bedrooms have never actually led to their bedrooms. Those rooms were only built on a need-to-be-used basis. When you see characters walk into them, the footage has been cut and pasted between completely different locations!
Even more shocking is what lay behind the wall where those bedroom doors were positioned. The CENTRAL PERK SET was on the other side of that wall! Yes, the wall that the friends all watched TV on while sitting on Monica’s couch was actually Gunther’s coffee bar on its reverse side.
One thing that was real about Monica’s place? Apparently, when the episodes were being filmed, her apartment set was always stocked with snacks and drinks for the cast and crew, while Chandler and Joey’s fridge was usually empty. Totally fitting.
