Kristin Davis is a passionate world traveler. But the most meaningful journeys of her life haven’t been to movie or TV sets, but to make a difference.

In June 2015, Davis, a goodwill ambassador with UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, visited Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting families displaced by conflict and violence, and in August 2019 she traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, to meet with women refugee entrepreneurs.

“If you’re in an extreme-poverty situation, helping women with microloans and training them to earn money is a way to have a lasting effect,” Davis says. And she has remained engaged. “There are so many conflicts all around the world—so many that we can’t even keep them all in our minds here in America,” she says. “I really wanted to be part of the front lines in terms of trying to help these people who had been forgotten by society at large.”

Admittedly, her own life in Los Angeles is a world away—both physically and metaphorically. But her current home (she recently relocated to a new place in L.A. after 20 years in her previous house) is filled with reminders of her travels. “I like homey and warm,” Davis, 55, says. “If you saw where I am right now, you would laugh out loud because I would not necessarily describe the structure itself as homey and warm.” (She can’t easily put a finger on her new abode’s architectural style, so “transitional” is her default adjective.) Still, her keepsakes make the space inviting.

And, due to her innate design sense—her character of Charlotte from Sex and the City would be proud—it’s all enviably arranged. Here are five favorite pieces helping make her new place feel like home.