How Alexandra Tolstoy made a rental house her own | House & Garden

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  • @TheAndrewRitchie
    @TheAndrewRitchie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +544

    I love seeing people LIVING in their houses, filling it with the colours and patterns they love, surrounding themselves with objects that have a past and a story… This home isn’t done to anyone’s taste but her own. So refreshing!

    • @fleurfleur5468
      @fleurfleur5468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too

    • @ЛюдмилаЕрмакова-е3п
      @ЛюдмилаЕрмакова-е3п 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Есть старинные иконы и посуда винтажная

    • @dhoraray1310
      @dhoraray1310 ปีที่แล้ว

      She bought that dwelling on the money of her lover Пугачев who robbed Russia and its citizens thanks to his ties to the Russian President. She's his mistress. Her house is full of tasteless trash. Heavily overloaded. Seems she has nothing to do in her life.

    • @Sanity_Faire
      @Sanity_Faire ปีที่แล้ว

      @@es78xx except going straight into big box stores and …

  • @doyouknowaboutemmah
    @doyouknowaboutemmah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    finally a house that resembles the person who lives in it. truly personal and mesmerising

  • @Pachelbel_PaperDarts
    @Pachelbel_PaperDarts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +639

    In an age of minimalism and bland decor, it is a breath of fresh air to see how exquisitely bohemian Alexandra's house looks with all the sublime patterns and colours. I love the look of antique Victorian crazy quilt on the bed at 11:00.

    • @sunnydaysatl
      @sunnydaysatl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes I feel the same way. My friends n family say my house is too much it I love this look.

    • @lynnharrell9598
      @lynnharrell9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Paper Darts, while reading your comment, I was keenly aware of the word “bland.” I haven’t really liked the current home trends, and this single word, made me realize why! It’s like eating plain oatmeal. Yuck!

    • @tonibauer2405
      @tonibauer2405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @GaslitWorld f. Melissa B have improved somewhat after years of beige and white, then grey and white minimalism. But Boho seems to mean beige, for the most part, and seems to be highly featured now. I love color and a truly eclectic mix of items, what I call “Haute Bohemian,” and this house certainly fits nicely into that category.

    • @zainabfarooq9468
      @zainabfarooq9468 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The kitchen is minimal

    • @tyra925
      @tyra925 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      areeeet soft shite

  • @chattykathie7129
    @chattykathie7129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    She inspired me so I woke up with the sun in my eyes and turned the head of my bed into the windows and completely changed the mood of the room and my husband says it’s magical.

  • @jacquiwmch
    @jacquiwmch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Gorgeous home that is obviously filled with love. It's like a giant cuddle.

    • @tyra925
      @tyra925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bit dusty though, not reckon?

    • @jacquiwmch
      @jacquiwmch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tyra925 not really, but what's a home without a bit of dust anyway

  • @AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor
    @AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    It's so refreshing to see a small pretty rental house. Most interviews seem to be with owners of giant houses.

  • @CrimsonNClova
    @CrimsonNClova 3 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    As the daughter of arty and intellectual Ukrainian immigrants to California, this is basically a version of our own home. It’s all a mad but somehow harmonious mishmash of Mexican folk art, Persian rugs, Russian iconography, Dutch tiles, nineteenth century California plein air landscapes, Chinese jade, carved wooden tables, lacquer boxes, medieval instruments, Hmong tapestries, Turkish copper ware, Swedish embroidered towels, towering plants, African masks, Quaker quilts, Indian textiles, thrift store Buddhas, matryoshka (nesting) dolls, Hopi Kachinas, Japanese prints, abstract paintings, bronze sculptures, tall oak bookshelves filled with art, lit, poetry and philosophy tomes, east-facing decorative corners crammed with gilded Madonnas, golden samovars, dried willow sprigs and hollowed-out painted pysanky eggs left over from all-night Easter vigils of years past. The kitchen shelves overflow with brightly painted roosters of every folk tradition imaginable. Color and a wild eruption of patterns dominate. Slavs just can’t help themselves.

    • @GwaiZai
      @GwaiZai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      gorgeous comment

    • @leendecanck4723
      @leendecanck4723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I absolutely loved reading this comment. It’s like being taken on a journey. Thank you for sharing.

    • @englishwoman7697
      @englishwoman7697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Id live to see this.....pictures?

    • @_darkbrian
      @_darkbrian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so you don't have Uzbek plates?

    • @8071972
      @8071972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Дом -коттедж Александры Толстой -это такая шкатулка, наполненная предметами разных эпох. Но выглядит очень мило и не как в музее. У вас однобокое представление о славянах, как-раз таки у славян минимализм и является основой культуры. Русский минимализм в Европе продвигает Гарри Нуриев, посмотрите его работы.

  • @barbarawillis5187
    @barbarawillis5187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Alexandra Tolstoy's home is beautiful with her personal touches.

  • @liubashadaniel2128
    @liubashadaniel2128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    I am Russian, but live in England. Alexandra’s house is absolutely stunning. There are many real beautiful Russian things. Amazing! 🌎Thanks a lot for this interesting video! 🌺

    • @prime-time5
      @prime-time5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Похоже на музей, жить в музее непросто

    • @ИринаМарченко-л3э
      @ИринаМарченко-л3э 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Liubasha , чудесный комментарии 🤗

    • @ilonar8060
      @ilonar8060 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@prime-time5 она, скорее всего, там и не живет

    • @selmahare
      @selmahare 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@ilonar8060 Hate to barge into the Russian interaction, but she does actually live in this house _as you can see by how worn out the kitchen floor is, which she herself pointed to in this video. She's turned her country house into a rental. So she has no where else to live at the moment (aside from her parent's house of course, which is no solution for an adult woman with three children). She's shared in an interview recently that she's living off this small inheritance from a step grandfather (or some such,) and I'm assuming also from the rental money that she gets from renting out her country house. Alexandra is okay, but she's no longer swimming in money. Pugachev, the father of her children, has lost everything aside from this castle where he's living in France, and last I heard doesn't send her any money. A real man would sell the castle to help provide for his own children, but well people. My father never had any castle and yet my siblings and I were never in lack of anything. Recently I even found out (not through him of course) that he has even starved so that we could eat, when we were very little and my parents were very poor. And that is what a man and a father look like. Alexandra is an incredibly brave woman and she will forever have the admiration and respect of her children, the same I don't think will be said of their male progenitor.

    • @ol_gs5752
      @ol_gs5752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@selmahare I am Russian and I agree with your every word

  • @SoundsOfNatureAndAmbience.
    @SoundsOfNatureAndAmbience. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    This house is gorgeously authentic. So refreshing to see a house like this.

    • @gulnaragulnara4240
      @gulnaragulnara4240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is not house. It is museum.

    • @wendyannh
      @wendyannh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gulnaragulnara4240 No, it’s very much a lived-in house, filled with beautiful things. Museums aren’t lived in like this.

    • @marshhen
      @marshhen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It costs a fortune to be able to be this "authentic". Also you need to hire a cleaner to dust every little tchotchke. This person is not having to do any of that. The textiles budget alone in this house is probably my annual rent. I am happy for her but wealth is why a person can live in a place like this. Many authentic and artistic people in the world. Most don't have this cash.

  • @ArtGardens
    @ArtGardens 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I Love Alexandra's house it's like a personal museum very bohemian, colorful and she has beautiful style, I love it !!

  • @Mary-mj9mf
    @Mary-mj9mf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    My goodness...the warmth, the colour, the designs, the beauty. Alexandra your home is absolutely stunning. Thank you for sharing it with us xx

  • @rosecolouredglasses
    @rosecolouredglasses 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I love that everything is interesting and has a story and is used. It looks like a house to live in and enjoy as opposed to a house that you have to slave away wiping every blemish and hiding everything behind fitted cupboards

  • @luci1474
    @luci1474 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can't stop watching this video, I go back to it all the time. She is amazing! I wish she was my friend.

  • @Earth2Texas
    @Earth2Texas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I love this. Wonderfully refreshing and authentic. So much nicer than the cold, dreary, soul-sucking minimalism that continues to be touted by the design media.

  • @SaraBellum777
    @SaraBellum777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This home is prime for rainy lazy days! ☕📕 I absolutely love the colors and textures!

  • @nataliapivneva2885
    @nataliapivneva2885 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Благодарю! Очень красивый дом! А портьеры- шедевр! Всех вам благ!

  • @heronhouse2018
    @heronhouse2018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    After seeing a ton of minimalist design on TH-cam this is so fantastic!!! Lovely, absolutely lovely!!

  • @wendypanozzo9133
    @wendypanozzo9133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If I could show someone my ideal home style I would show them Alexandras.It's hard to put into words but it just makes you feel comfortable.Love it!

  • @marymissmelody8520
    @marymissmelody8520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I'm sooo in love with this no rule style. I live in a small unit and on entering it is as rules dictate... you will see my living and dining. My bedroom is in a separate room out of mind out of sight. I'm actually contemplating changing that. I am seriously thinking of putting my bed in the main room with a screen and going crazy in the bedroom by transforming it into my living and dining. I love her style and rebellion. In love with it actually.

    • @jane-cn6nd
      @jane-cn6nd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think that's a marvelous idea.

    • @NdnUrbanCat
      @NdnUrbanCat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a bed in the living room and the bedroom. I love having the freedom to choose.

    • @jiminhart
      @jiminhart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Go for it. I'm about to turn my tiny bedroom into a library and put my bed into the main room, which is 3 times bigger. There will still be plenty of room for a dining area and a seating area.

    • @ilovecatsnteanbooks3971
      @ilovecatsnteanbooks3971 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was thinking of doing the same but with my bedroom as a library/craft room 😊

  • @tamiz8895
    @tamiz8895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love her home, it’s just so harmonious and interesting.

  • @ReadingThing
    @ReadingThing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This house is like being in a fairytale! I love everything!

  • @ExLibris-Alys
    @ExLibris-Alys 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Gorgeous. I especially love the paint colours on the walls and the Swedish armoire in the dining room.

  • @pamelagimson1822
    @pamelagimson1822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I just love EVERYTHING about this house,the decor the colours it just overflows with warmth and love. I would simply love to live there. Alexandra is such a warm and cosy person.. from France 🇫🇷

  • @raymondf3670
    @raymondf3670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    All l can say is that she's is amazing and just fabulous just loved this video... loved her home just amazing design ...

  • @annkys9441
    @annkys9441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    It’s amazing how much a house can take in. Lots of beautiful pieces and history.. colors and materials.
    Definitely feels like a home.

  • @sharzilamh
    @sharzilamh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love her principle when it comes to house decoration. Such a practical person!She really appreciates and pay the highest respect to her own culture and values all the old furnitures and blends them very well together. Such a great home she has there. Love it!

  • @SusanRubinsky
    @SusanRubinsky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the best one in the series, and I've watched quite a few. She is lovely and and whimsical and her touch is everywhere. Love it!

  • @catalinaneumann
    @catalinaneumann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This has got to be the most real and relatable video of this series ever. Talking about downsizing, renting and minimalism and the joy of it all. Amazing work.

  • @rachelhendrickson7555
    @rachelhendrickson7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Did the story of the photographer bother anyone else?

    • @timsfchristopher6131
      @timsfchristopher6131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      explain, please

    • @rachelhendrickson7555
      @rachelhendrickson7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@timsfchristopher6131
      I hope you're kidding🤗

    • @timsfchristopher6131
      @timsfchristopher6131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rachelhendrickson7555 No, I'm not kidding; please explain.
      all of the comments are complimentary. As one commenter said "swooning". Are you seeing something (or looking for something) that the majority of us are just missing?

    • @arandomwoman2310
      @arandomwoman2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you! I thot I was the only one.

    • @rachelhendrickson7555
      @rachelhendrickson7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@timsfchristopher6131 I absolutely loved this vid. Unfortunately something negative wouldn't leave me alone. It was when she described the process of the photographer who took the pics of the kids. Rewatch it. 🤷 If this isn't enough of an explanation I have nothing more to say to you.

  • @lef1065
    @lef1065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for sharing this with us. It makes me happy to hear how you decided what to use in each room. The tenacity with which you move forward for your family is inspiring.

  • @valstack9116
    @valstack9116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love her decor. My mother’s living room and bedroom is so similar, full of history, warmth, love and eccentricity. :)

  • @glendagrant9042
    @glendagrant9042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So many stunning things in this house. I love the colors, textures and patterns. My house is a rental 1930s cottage in a FL beach town. It is decorated inside with many collected things and lots of color and comfort. Not the exquisite quality of the interior of this one but things that make me happy. Many collected on travels in Europe. I always wanted to visit Russia but never got there. At 72 not enough stamina. I absolutely love the Russian plates. Thank you for this wonderful look around.

  • @juliehock6059
    @juliehock6059 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh to live life surrounded by things that bring good memories of places and people, a home where nothing is too precious. I also love my custom made sofa - it’s teal/sky blue covered and brings me joy whenever I look at it. I’m definitely taking it into my old age home……

  • @suewalker8586
    @suewalker8586 ปีที่แล้ว

    I appreciate that this lady knows what she loves, curates what she loves, does so confidently and cavalierly.

  • @nighatkhan356
    @nighatkhan356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    watching for the second time all her decor is so beautiful everything is so visually pleasing

  • @buickinvicta288
    @buickinvicta288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I absolutely love her sensability, this is gorgeous. Everything about it is wonder-full.

  • @geoc1005
    @geoc1005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love this. What a fabulous mix of interesting items and colors and textures! My favorite is the peeling wood floor that reflects the family that lives there. Only an interesting human being could inhabit a space made like that. I sometimes wonder who are the people are who live in plain, dull white boxes? In homes that look like they were stamped out with a conventional trendy rubber stamp? It's a joy to see a home like this one.

  • @johanna2059
    @johanna2059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That was an amazing feat. Find a rented house, move out of your own home at zero notice, gather up your kids and belongings and just go. But to turn a rented house into such a beautiful home in literally days, that takes some doing. Kudos to you.

    • @rocket7697
      @rocket7697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'd take with a pinch of salt

  • @fringedwellermccatintyre730
    @fringedwellermccatintyre730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I just love her design sense, combined with her lack of rules philosophy.

  • @terryarrow702
    @terryarrow702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    An absolutely beautiful lived in comfy home. I love how nothing matches. I love all the different colours & designs. Alexandra has great taste & she knows how to put things together. ♥️💖💚🧚🏼‍♀️

  • @christineribone9351
    @christineribone9351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Even Alexandra's name is remarkable. interesting collection of religious icon art. a quilted chair cushion! Marvelous!
    I love the way she describes the kitchen floor, 'the story of our lives".

  • @Μαρία-θ5ξ
    @Μαρία-θ5ξ 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The most beautiful house I've seen ! It's the only house with a piece of paradise!
    I love your icons ❤

  • @lisatague305
    @lisatague305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She is such a breath of fresh air . Love her style !

  • @caroljones1605
    @caroljones1605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love her place! She certainly made it her own with fantastic objects, fabrics and style.

  • @JimOverbeckgenius
    @JimOverbeckgenius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched this because of seeing a Russian box [we've a dozen or more exquisite varieties] + the wonderful St Seraphim, an icon of whom I'm sitting under in my Italian villa as I type this. My style is Chelsea Bohemian from a decade there in the 60's + my wife studied at St Martin's in the Strand, so we have 1000s [!] of books, collectibles, artworks, paintings, drawings, quilts, cushions, Oriental carpets, plates, hangings ETC ETC a delightful frenzy to complement two libraries & an art-gallery. Your home looks great!

  • @nextwave1314
    @nextwave1314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the colors and how things work together. It's refreshing to see a home that's not over-designed, but made to reflect the taste of the occupant.

  • @malgozata1875
    @malgozata1875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Watching this decor is such a freeing experience. I just loved seeing all of these decorating conventions broken: the dollhouse in the bedroom, table lamp on the kitchen counter, a small papasan chair in the bathroom, Christmas decoration used all year round. I found this to be such a freeing experience, free to express myself, free to decorate as I please, free to be totally unconventional. So, often, quite unconsciously, I am striving to fit some mould, some "rule," forgetting that this is my house and I can decorate it any way I want to, not in a bizarre way, but in a personal, fun way. What pleases me. I don't have to abide by anyone else's conventions. So often I feel pressured to fit in with the newest decor style.
    It's nice to be reminded that I don't need nor have to fit into any decor style, that I am free to be creative, to comply only with my own style.
    Thank you

  • @SB_McCollum
    @SB_McCollum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m so glad you made and shared this, I come back to it again and again.

  • @momistaken
    @momistaken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love the presenter, the house, the art and furniture, etc! Having just moved into a rental house with green walls and my old stuff, I am inspired to cover as many of the walls with art as I can! Some of my own art bores me but it’s better than green walls!
    My ‘mom alarm’ went off over the photographer, but I think those of you on the other side of the Atlantic are in a better position to comment.

    • @hmmmblyat
      @hmmmblyat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Mom´s are the same , all over the world! 🌍 I think it’s a normal reaction to get alarmed of that photographer.

    • @HappyCats17
      @HappyCats17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Naked and alone with the photographer, nyet, especially a sibling of that particular one. But her home is perfection!

  • @cynthiajuarez5855
    @cynthiajuarez5855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your house is pretty that you're renting I love how you decorate I mean it's so you cuz you dress the way you decorate with beautiful colors and they look vintage and I don't know the style looks like what's on your your body the style of your house and it's beautiful I just love the colors you choose and everything it just looks so fresh and inviting and cozy and comfortable at the same time thank you for sharing it with us

  • @heatherwhite2788
    @heatherwhite2788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love the consistent color palette and taste. Lovely.

  • @jannbeebee
    @jannbeebee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so beautiful ...all the emotion attached to her purchases. Unrestrained and truly a world of her own.
    and yes, eyebrows raised and lip curled at the description of the photographer's behaviour..

  • @threemusketeers4109
    @threemusketeers4109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just adore everything about this house. Also, really appreciate her philosophy about decorating.

  • @ms.sonshine8878
    @ms.sonshine8878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Color, layers, warmth. Love it. And the kitchen is a dream.

  • @ppaulinka
    @ppaulinka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely fantastic interior. Looks so beautiful, homy and cosy. Must be wonderful to live in a space like this. Congratulations

  • @nell8170
    @nell8170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Absolutely stunning home, love everything. Very much my style and colours.

  • @serenitykali4426
    @serenitykali4426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I wish this home tour was at least an hour long 😂,...Absolutely stunning home , like a piece of art so unique 💕

  • @VeeLondon1449
    @VeeLondon1449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Swooning! ♥️ Over some truly beautiful fabrics..

  • @emilyzena7070
    @emilyzena7070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven't seen such an exquisite house for a long time. She has sublime taste.

  • @jodi9750
    @jodi9750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What an absolute dream of a home. The composition and coordination. The galleries. JUST WOW!!!

  • @fl3693
    @fl3693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely stunning. A true artist's home.

  • @idahernandez9362
    @idahernandez9362 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This has to be my favorite home

  • @elizabethcommandeur4093
    @elizabethcommandeur4093 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely adore her home! Every little touch is interesting and lovely.❤

  • @nicolebormann450
    @nicolebormann450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love it! The colors, the mixture of cultures, materials. It's stunning 💖

  • @Galina_Voronina
    @Galina_Voronina ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Как я неравнодушна к таким домам, которые наполнены любимыми хозяйкой предметами! В них живет ее сердечная память. Живите, дорогая, долго и счастливо в своем волшебном доме! Благодарю Вас!

  • @aliseamcleod1
    @aliseamcleod1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is truly a home. I'm inspired and encouraged to collect items that have personal meaning. I've struggled to do so amongst a family that loves new. I also appreciate Alexandra's statement about bathrooms and kitchens not needing fitted cabinetry.

  • @patriciakelly69
    @patriciakelly69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Meant to say everything has a focus on interesting pieces which are part of your history. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Prieze868
    @Prieze868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I agree with you in every since about fitted kitchens and using the space as you see it fit and your son was very wise with the dining room in the large room with the window to the front and the cosy Snug lounge room

    • @jaijai5250
      @jaijai5250 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @leonie. My sentiments exactly about fitted kitchens and bedrooms, especially bedrooms. I prefer to use the space as I see fit.

  • @NargelsLikesMe
    @NargelsLikesMe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gosh I love everything Alexandra touches. Clothes, antiques, her view on raising children. What an icon!

  • @ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293
    @ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely beautiful interior style, thank you for this video. She loves to show off her home, style and life and always has. It's hard to wince and judge when the bottom line is that I appreciate getting to see it! ;)

  • @ellekewilms6891
    @ellekewilms6891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lovely fairy-tale story, full of charm and warmth. Wonderfully put together, the cozyness is irresistible. Love the orangy-red color in the kitchen. And I totally agree: why have a fitted kitchen?

  • @MisterChris1978
    @MisterChris1978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lovely visiting, thank you for sharing.

  • @tigermoon44
    @tigermoon44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I loved this house and I collect oddities and amazing treasures just like her plus my color scheme is very similar! It was warm and inviting and had a Victorian world traveler feel to it like an expatriate vibe would!

    • @tyra925
      @tyra925 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      your house sounds just as manky

  • @olgamunroe1408
    @olgamunroe1408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Your home is lovely. So much history! The textiles are just stunning❤❤

  • @rachelchoi8247
    @rachelchoi8247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love everything about this house. Simply beautiful and so stunning!!

  • @eileenthomas9983
    @eileenthomas9983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The decor is so rich and meaningful. Thank you for sharing your home. It’s interesting and beautiful!

  • @ricoltmetric8156
    @ricoltmetric8156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Surround yourself by things you love..... best to make a house a home ..... trends end: your memories are forever.

  • @bettinabarry8423
    @bettinabarry8423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am half Russian & half English but live in U S. Enjoy this episode greatly!

  • @BrittaE2011
    @BrittaE2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love these Design Note tours and I love Alexandra. So glad to see this combo. ❤️❤️

  • @renevanzyl7084
    @renevanzyl7084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A room is what you make it- whether dining becomes sitting room or vice versa. Love her honest style

  • @AfricancoolChic
    @AfricancoolChic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Astonishing! This layered look took 10 days.

    • @rocket7697
      @rocket7697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Especially seeing as the average renter would NO chance of doing this. Its call priviledge

  • @helenpruzan6970
    @helenpruzan6970 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These little videos of beauty ,just transform you to another place.Thank you!🦋☺🦋

  • @wendyannh
    @wendyannh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is absolutely stunning. She has such a marvelous eye.

  • @marilynthomson9564
    @marilynthomson9564 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely love her style, her colors, and her attitude, especially!

  • @JijjysMaison
    @JijjysMaison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alexandra's home looks really lived in and cozy .... full of treasures. Those spode floral sky blue plates are really pretty. Loving the portrait of her by Graig. The love the rustic look of the wood floor in the dinning room,very charming country feel. Charming home...xxx

  • @elianevdb
    @elianevdb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love it. This is the complete opposite of my style and taste but I always appreciate and marvel about the skills needed to make a plethora of "stuff", of textiles, objects, colors, collected nick nacks, work. It's a wonderful cacophony and it all works.

    • @lindahind2205
      @lindahind2205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love it as well, but I know I would have to have someone to come in and dust a time or two every week. Love all the objects, but hate the housework!

    • @elianevdb
      @elianevdb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lindahind2205 Hahaha yes, that's where my mind was going too! All those pretty nick-nacks, that would drive me nuts!

  • @jodi9750
    @jodi9750 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is the most beautiful eclectic maximalist collection I've seen. I loved this so much.

  • @Starasmr2323
    @Starasmr2323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love her style. No rules is the best

  • @RosaLopez-zw2ff
    @RosaLopez-zw2ff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A very collective home that seems to work for the family. I found it very interesting and colorful but comfortable. Enjoyed the full video.

  • @acceptingWhatIS
    @acceptingWhatIS ปีที่แล้ว

    wow i love this house more then the huge one - it's soooooo amazing and inspiring - she has the realness of her first home with the cossak and then galm of the 2nd house.

  • @karenhogan731
    @karenhogan731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful family home. Love all the beautiful colors.

  • @bbrosser694
    @bbrosser694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your home. Every room and every space is special. Thank you for sharing.

  • @maggiekapitan1074
    @maggiekapitan1074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally something unusuall Home full of mystery beauty mix cultures This is really modern This is really creative and worth to take an example💙💚🧡💛💙💚🧡

  • @anttoronto3202
    @anttoronto3202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautiful home and love the kitchen! Bialetti Moka!👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @tiggywinkle5933
    @tiggywinkle5933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beautiful and homely, such a cozy home.

    • @tiggywinkle5933
      @tiggywinkle5933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Com &Taar You must be American then, in the UK it means something else entirely.

  • @rozchristopherson648
    @rozchristopherson648 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the mantle with all the beautiful icons. I have 6 icons given to me by a friend. I've been keeping them in a box for fear they would get damaged. But now I'm inspired to display them. Thank you for this video.

  • @nkhamoza1
    @nkhamoza1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really liked that..."House & Garden" doesn't do enough video's....

  • @vanessaisom8620
    @vanessaisom8620 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love everything about Alexandra's house! The colours are textures are both vivid and relaxing. I agree totally about the kitchen, I prefer and unfitted kitchen. A beautiful home!

  • @brittneydawn2429
    @brittneydawn2429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I frickin LOVE her style 💜