At Home in Connecticut at River Road Farm
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2021
- Tag along to River Road Farm for a behind the scenes visit with owners Robb Nestor and Bill Reynolds at their historic Connecticut home. See how they transformed a blank slate of a rural 11 acre property into a lush and verdant garden paradise, where they designed and maintain the three acres of extensive gardens exclusively by themselves. After house hunting for two years, Robb and Bill knew that the 1732 farmhouse was the one as soon as they saw it. On a country lane, a stone’s throw from the Connecticut River, the house instantly enchanted them, as they fell in love with its quirky charm, its setting far back from the road (so unusual for antique properties) and untouched land. Their love of old homes inspired the duo to modestly update the farmhouse with sensitive renovations that respect the past and original structure and as passionate collectors, they found their many finds effortlessly fit in like they were always meant to be there. Constantly updating the garden with an eye to the New England seasons, Robb and Bills passion for design indoors and out River Road farm is a source of endless creativity. You’ll be inspired, informed and entertained!! For more visit quintessenceblog.com
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Give me a handful of my favorite people and I could quarantine there forever. Absolutely stunning, yet warm and comfortable at the same time.
I get inappropriately happy when I see a new posting. Then I just smile for however long it lasts. Thanks
Thanks so much - love hearing that!!
Oh man!!! In a world of "some assembly required" mid century modern fast fashion? This house is a feast for my eyes. I can almost smell the age of the house, the fireplace, the greenery on the breeze. I'm in the middle of refurbishing some parts of my very ordinary suburban house and struggling with how to adapt the "clean" lines of today's design to the classic, traditional, curated look of fine design. References like this home remind me of where my design roots are, and the sensibility I am nodding to. It's getting harder and harder to find the classics without spending a fortune, so it's tricky!! A thought I'm struck by is how this property will fare as your hosts age. In our case, the originally more complex garden designs are being increasingly pared back as our bodies become less able to put in the work to maintain.
Thanks so much for your comprehensive and thoughtful comment! And yes, considering that Robb and Bill do all the work themselves, that is a good question!
Certainly one of the most beautiful homes with amazing gardens.
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Wow. One of my favorite episodes. This is a real feel good place. I would love to be guest there.
The gardens are beyond. They have a special kind of rare talent
Totally agree!
Stunning home and garden, gorgeous hosts 💖💐😘
Bonjour Stacy and Suzanna, how lovely to see your video here today/tonight ! Now, what can I say .... this house is beautiful and so is the little one where you had lunch, such beauty and refinement in everything. This garden, oh ma chère, this garden is so well designed it is gorgeous. My final thoughts : A place like that, to me, it is paradise on earth, nothing less !! Thanks for this wonderful visit. Stay safe out there, mes amies et à bientôt, bisous - Rosalind -
Bonjour Rosalind! And thanks so much for your lovely thoughts! It really is a little paradise!
What I would give to have their vision! I so enjoy admiring people that do! Just exquisite
It is a beautiful home. We are not a minimalist people. So this is our style. Not a fan of open floor plan too. Thank you for showing how to use the wicker baskets!!!
Isn't that such a clever idea?! So glad you loved - not a minimalist either!
What a coincidence. I was searching through magazines today for inspiration and came across a feature on this couple and this house. This was from several years back. What a transformation.
They are adorable and the house reflects both personalities. Beautiful and inviting.
Oh I so heartily agree
@@davidshep45 totally agree!
Beautiful! I can see how it will restore ones' spirit!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you so much for sharing this 🌷 what an amazing place - looks like my dream in reality and even better 😍 please keep on doing these inspiring videos 🌷🕊💕🕊🌷
We will thank you! So glad you enjoyed!
I collect blue and white and love how you used yours throughout.
It's a classic! So glad you like how Robb and Bill used their collections!
Just lovely!
Going to watch it again. ❤️
Yay! Thank you!
So lovely, thankyou for sharing this beautiful home. Only problem is that the video was too short - just wanted to see more! Thanks again.
We'll take that as a compliment! So glad you enjoyed!
This is a dream house, BRAVO!
Stunning. They need to a book of their story. I would linger over the pages. Scrumptious.
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I think I died and went to heaven 😍.
Thank you Sussana and Stacy for bringing this to us. Also to those wonderful gentlemen who have the great joy of living there. ❤
Our pleasure! And yes, Robb and Bill are a delight!
Thank you for the wonderful video!
Our pleasure!
1:57 Look at how they covered the back door using trellis woodwork! Great idea!
Lots of great ideas!!
Simply dreamy ..... I'm with you Suzanne, I'd be spending all my time in that potting shed!
I keep getting great ideas from all your visits to beautiful homes.Trouble is I'm running out of room in my house. Keep up the good work. Comfortablely Overstuffed
LOL but so glad you're finding inspiration!!
They’re living the dream! A beautiful house with even more beautiful gardens.
Yes indeed!!
It keeps amazing me....💖what a treat🤩lovely house. Enjoyed the view in and out🤩🌹thanx for posting.
Greetings from The Netherlands🌺
Our pleasure!! So glad you enjoyed the visit!! We love our international viewers!
Breathtakingly serene… so alive.. Thank you 🙏🏼
Our pleasure!! So glad you loved too!
What a gem. They did wonderful work and have exquisite taste.
5:30 AAAAAHHHHH, that green room is divine!
What a beautiful home. I wish they'd help me with mine. :D Thank you for sharing.
Our pleasure!!
Everything is just perfect and beautiful !
Wow this is amazing. So gorgeous.
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!
Wonderful, a Vision into Heaven ! A life’s Work that’s always evolving ! Class Act !
AGREED! Thanks Ron!
The house is lovely but WOW!!! that garden! What a treat!
Isn't the garden amazing?! So glad you enjoyed!
Another magical tour of a majestic home. Your channel has the best examples of American décor and esthetics. The garden is to die for!
Thanks so much Sarah! And yes, the garden is extraordinary - and they do all the work themselves!
I’ve watched this video several times, I love this house, the gardens and the style
Delighted you enjoyed! We love it too!!
Inspired. We hope to get our home looking this good one day.
Such a warm and inviting home and grounds. So relaxing and calming. Would love to spend a weekend with the guys lounging beside the pool and having delicious meals! I make fabulous quiche!
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LOL - I'm sure they would love it!
The house and gardens are a dream come true 😍
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Such beautiful home. The landscape is a dream.
Yes it is!!
OMG, you found Paradise! I could have spent a few hours watching a video of the 3 of you touring every little inch of this Heaven! 784 views of this will be me!
LOL - watch as many times as you like! It is a little slice of paradise!
This was such a good one! Gorgeous inside and out!
So glad you loved too!
Such a “dreamy” home and gardens created by two very talented designers with exquisite taste‼️
Agreed!!
Super garden!! This kind of garden in Italy is called: "giardino all'italiana" with many little Bosso plants very elegant! Greetings from Italy!
Grazie molto!
Wow!! What a great weekend surprise! My favorite channel!! Absolutely love their taste and the lunching villa that you had to walk to! If I lived there we would be friends!
Thank you!! I love the outbuildings as well!!
Wonderful !
Your decor is unique !
Thank to both of you for that visit !
Our pleasure!
Thank you so much for allowing into your beautiful home and gardens. I could’ve watched for hours…. 😊❤️
I am overwhelmed by the beauty of this haven.
Absolutely gorgeous and welcoming home! No grays, blacks and whites! Or boring decor! I loved this house and gardens! Very people and pet oriented place!
So glad you loved our visit with Robb and Bill!
Thanks for bringing this amazing story to us us all. Truly inspiring!!
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the symmetry within all of the layers.
Masterful!!!
Incredible! I wish I could be there now. Thank you for sharing this beautiful home.
You are most welcome!! Isn't it just beautiful?!
What a house as well as garden ❤️
Agreed!
I don't have a house as large as this but all your videos make me love having an older home and give me beautiful inspiration!! Thank you,
Delighted to hear that!
These gentlemen are living in my dream house! It’s absolutely beautiful, so warm & cozy but elegant as well.
It is indeed - glad you enjoyed!
Beautiful home and gardens. Left me wanting for more.
Love to hear that!
What an amazing garden and home. I would love to see it in every season.
Yes - one of their considerations - making it beautiful for every season!
Ok who else wants these great men in their lives!??
Just so beautiful of a back east property. All together a well appointed home and its surrounding gardens. Bravo gentlemen and thank you for allowing us to view your home.
Feel so lucky that we were able to share this with you all!
Beautiful! Each room is exquisite but very personal to them and looks lived in and full of character.
Yes!! Glad you loved!
o my goodness! i dont have words for their story their life their charm their history all shining here in their home n yard their focused beautifukl vision manifesting .. o my goodness!
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This has everything I want and love, perfection ❤
The roast was cooked, the glass of wine poured and what joy! A new upload from Quintessence, it’s been too long! This place was classically clean chic and the garden redesign was a triumph. Everything was exquisite and the surprise garden palace was the cherry on the cake. A magical destination worth the unexpected journey xxx
Love your watching scenario and that you enjoyed the visit!
Absolutely beautiful!
Simply breathtaking! What a beautiful episode...thank you!!
Thank YOU for watching!! Glad you enjoyed!
Lovely home. Great decorating ideas. Old things really are the best!
Such a lovely home. All the home decor is very pretty, warm and cozy..I just love that.
Happy to hear!
IT's always so inspiring to see people living their lives well and enjoying what they have.
Yes!!
I get so excited when I hear that opening music. I know I'm in for a treat worthy of AD. You (Rob and Bill) have so much in common with Stephanie Jarvis, English owner of a French chateau, now welcoming volunteers (and guests) at her restored home in rural France. Fifteen years ago, she started this project with her father and reluctant mom. Today, lots of projects have been completed thanks to her YT following. Once you watch, you'll be addicted and want to visit. See _Chateau Diaries_ and _Chateau Unwrapped,_ both on YT.
I have seen some of Stephanie's videos - fun!
Also a fan of Stephanie at La Lande. Even if the place was a hovel, she’d light it up with her personality. Great recommendation.
Bonfire and candlelight! How divine! Thanks for bringing these talented gracious guys into our lives. 💙🦋💙
Our pleasure!
Those huge blue and white platters! Oh my.
I think male couples get their homes so gorgeously superb. Just splendid.
Always happy to welcome you and Stacy into our home. Your interviews and friends are the very best🦋🤗
Thank you so much!
Something about this video really clicked. The use of different buildings on a large estate was really sublime. Thank you!
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!
I love this house and love how they honor this house and their home with beautiful rooms, beautiful gardens and a beautiful attitude about life. That mini house they have far off on their property is heavenly and so down to earth in their thinking of how best to use that space. Love it!
We love all those things too!
I am watching this again.. and most likely again and again. A new favorite. Such a peace and a calmness about this beautiful place. Thank you for sharing. 🥰
1730s farmhouse. The gardens!!! Portico with columns! Green toile with carriages! These lovely gentlemen are classically and tastefully laid-back. This visit was definitely a special treat.
This home and garden literally made my heart go pitter patter!!!!!! 👏
So glad!!
So beautiful! Thanks to the owners for sharing and to Susanna for highlighting this lovely home.
Wow! A real traditional home but with clean, unfussy interior. And that garden is to die for!
Yes it is!
This was enchantingly Beautiful to watch. I wish it was a 2 hour video ! Truly breathtaking, such attention to meaningful detail and created with love. Please do more with these fine gentleman.
Thank you.
Aren't they so talented? And such lovely guys! So glad you enjoyed!
My dog has just given me a strange look as I said out loud "what a stunningly, gobsmackingly, gorgeously wonderful garden"...he really should be used to me talking to the television, especially when I'm watching this channel. Perhaps he was criticising my use of "gobsmackingly".
LOL - LOVE THAT!! Tell your dog that gobsmackingly was perfectly appropriate!! 👍🏻🙏🏻
I love your name! It's gobsmackingly delicious! 😉
These guys are on the money. Their taste is impeccable.
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beautiful charming Farm House ever 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
This is, by far, my most favorite style channel.
Thank you so very much! LOVE hearing that!!
As a non minimalist person myself, this is everything!!!!!!! FABULOUS house ❤️
Agreed!
Exactly what I would want for myself. I too am looking to move to the country and I would love to find a place like this. Spectacular!
So glad you enjoyed!
Love, love their garden and house. A well-manicured garden with the wilderness behind it.They epitomize a perfect Connecticut lifestyle. Also, love Everyday Elegance Table. Thank you.
I totally agree! And Everyday Elegance is a wonderful resource!! Thank you!
That potting shed! Oh my gosh. It is the cherry on top. Susanna - you look so elegant in that dress. Thank you so much for this fabulous tour. Thank you to Robb and Bill.
Lovely video Susanna and Stacy! Robb and Bill's home is impeccable! What a delightful tour of this magnificent property. Very inspirational and dreamy!!
Thank you so much! Robb and Bill did such an amazing job!
Wow, they created a fairyland garden! Beautiful.
Thank you so much for this (never been this early before). Some lovely interiors to make for a lovely Sat afternoon. Cheers.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
Thanks so much Cathy (and perhaps Steve 😉). So glad you enjoyed!
Breathtaking home , gorgeous collections fill every corner, which is still be cozy and homely instead of a museum
Yes !! I'm back again !! Just can't stay away ! They design and decorated every foot of the property !! What hard work and planning and like he stated working off a budget what fantasies can be obtained !!! And that potting shed
!! Just wonderful ,beautiful !! Just everything!!
Viewing the beauty of this home and garden makes me want to cry.
I'm so very glad you were inspired! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic opener, and Yes, live it everyday! Glad house pic was shown from the beginning. It's fabulous!! "Live, Love, Laugh" ❤
Thanks - so glad you liked!!
Just magical! You both have added so much of yourselves to the property and isn’t that what makes a home? Your creativity shines through. Much happiness to you both and thanks for giving us a peek into your beautiful world.
So true!! Robb and Bill did such an amazing job!
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting them and they are the nicest and most down the earth guys.So so talented. Glad to see them spotlighted on your channel.
Oh.lucky you! Robb and Bill are indeed such lovely guys - we loved our visit!
Lovely! A labor of love! A loving partnership! Love everything about it
Couldn't agree more!
After every Quintessence I think, oh that’s the best one yet. After a week in lockdown here in Australia,to see this house and garden, is extra spirit lifting.
Did Stacey get a drone? Wow. Those aerial shots.
Thank you! No, I didn't (at least not quite yet 😉) Robb and Bill arranged that for me!
Gorgeous! Susanna‘s and Stacey‘s videos are always a highlight of my month, and this beautiful home and its incredible garden are a delight to experience!
Well thank you so much!! So glad you loved visiting Robb and Bill!
Another fabulous tour! I absolutely love their home and garden. It’s wonderful that it’s not a minimalists home and their comment about not being a fan of “open concepts” really speaks to me, as I am not a fan of open concepts either!
Thanks and so glad you could relate and enjoyed!
Wow! That was stunning! Thank you for another beautiful tour - and sharing their breathtaking garden spaces!
Our pleasure! Their gardens are indeed a wow!