RENOVATING A RUIN: Decorating a Cosy Italian Farmhouse Living/Dining Room in Tuscany, Italy (Ep 13)
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- Do you love all things rustic, antique, cosy, vintage, nostalgic? Then you might enjoy this episode as I begin to style the furniture, art and details of this lounge and dining room in a farmhouse in Tuscany, Italy. You can find many more videos on my channel about how I learned Italian and moved to Italy. Making these episodes alone is very time consuming and expensive and if you would like to support my work, you can find my Patreon page here:
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Thank you for watching! Many of you have been asking if I’m going to be doing more Christmas episodes like last year. ABSOLUTELY! Starting next week so if you have any Christmas baking, craft or content requests, leave me a reply below. 😘😘
Definitely something on Christmas baking! It’s getting cold where I live, when the weather gets cold there, what main courses do you make? P.S. Since watching your video on veggie quesadillas, I’ve also been trying to cut down on sugar and caffeine. Emphasis on “trying”. 🤣
Decorating the tree!
Lots of memories moving furniture around, which turned into laughter.
I loved your video with christmas tree decorations. It would also be nice to see how you decorate your house. It is so big! Do you decorate every room or only the most visited ones? Do you use lights or candles? All those tiny details I am very curious about;) And of course the most ginger and cinnamon recepies to keep our hearts warm and cozy. Thank you for inspiration, even just writing all this gives me goosebumps of excitement!
Oh, Kylie, it's gorgeous!!! Guido was about to burst lol. When my parents helped me with my first home, same antics as yours. Good, good times and memories.
I think I want Guido's life. Every time he goes away, he comes home to magic! 💖
The most touching part about this episode is watching your parents, in particular your Dad helping you, realizing your dreams. It reminded me of my dear Dad, who passed away December 9th of last year. Like yours, there was no mountain that he could not move for me...
Since you honor family history so, save these videos in a treasure box for generations to come! Love. :)
Condolences for your loss. My father died also a couple of years ago ; he was our rock. He was a restorer and carpenter. He made may self designed furniture. So now I have great memories and beautiful furniture. I am so blessed 😌 but I miss him dearly!
Thank you Graciela for reminding everyone how precious our time is with our parents. I hope this one year anniversary of your father’s passing is not too painful for you. Just think though that many people have strained or absent relationships due to fights or pride or neglect so how wonderful that you remember your father with fondness and love. ♥️
@@azzurradesanctis4994 Thank you... Happy Holidays...
@@KylieFlavell Thank you... Happy Holidays Kylie...
I never had a dad like this, anyone who does is really blessed. I know I’m giving that kind of dad to my own child, which I’m grateful for. Great dads are amazing.
Yes it is a commode..(toilet) the pull-out piece underneath holds "weight" and of course you can empty from the bucket..the top cupboard for linens/cloths etc...a great antique!
If I'm not mistaken, the nightstand was used to store a chamber pot 🤓
Yes, I think that’s what it was. Funny how we had no idea there was a tiny antique toilet in the bedside table! ☺️
I'm sure the person that used it was really thankful.
That’s what I thought too when she pulled out the drawer with the hole and a handle to remove pot.
I thought the same, for a chamber pot. I remember staying at my grandparents farmhouse in the mountains of New York State when I was a child and having to use a chamber pot if you had to go to the bathroom at night , only she kept it under the bed. It saved a trip to the outhouse in the dark and especially winter on a cold night. Lots of old farmhouses did not have indoor plumbing even in the 1950s when I was little. I remember thinking it was kinda fun because we didn’t have to live like that at our house, so to me it was like camping out. 😆
Yes, I agree.
And Guido seeing the love of his life bringing back to life his family's centuries old home 😊 Does it get better than this? In his own words - incredible...
Very romantic if you think about it, isn't it? Hard work too.
The sketches are gorgeous. I suggest you getting them electronically scanned as a back up as they may fade now that they're exposed to sunlight.
Yes I thought the same. It might be better to scan and replace the originals with good quality copies because the light will fade the drawings over time.
U V glass in the frames will protect against fading.Live the brickwork.
Yes please save the originals 🙏
Yes, all materials need to be archival. They will fade, quickly. They’ve lasted this long, it would be a terrible loss.
Have you stabilized the paper? And UV glass is imperative for longevity.
I too had a dad that helped me and my husband do every project I could imagine to our home. He also was Italian , a guitar maker and master craftsman , I miss him everyday, he lived to be 97 and was still crafting something in his workshop everyday until the end. He was an inspiration to everyone that knew him and I consider myself one of the lucky girls to have had him so long. ❤️
I'm sure someone else will have suggested this, but plug in up- lights on floor behind the oil urns, will create an indirect glow and also light up the ceiling. I use them behind potted trees in my living room and love the ambience it creates. All of you hard work has made this space so beautiful.
I love your father’s attitude to something hard “come on we can make this fun - let’s all do it together”. What a role model ❤️❤️
As a singleton I love having a gardener around once in a while. Also to help with heavy lifting, etc. You could just focus on small spaces for your soul. And bake a bit in the warm kitchen. We don’t mind you in a tracksuit either, feel free ❤️
There was a time for me, many years ago, when I was living in an old stone house on the Hudson River that spanned Manhattan and Edgewater, New Jersey. I had the most amazing views from the balcony. I could watch the sugar barges and other boats sail by, and see the lights come on at dusk in upper Manhattan and on the George Washington Bridge. I had to carve a path from my door through out-of-control honeysuckle bushes that thrived along the stone wall in front of the house, just to get to the garden on the river's cliffside. The best part of that season in my life was discovering so many old treasures in the attic that, from the level of dust and cobwebs, must have been untouched for at least a century. I had so much fun putting some of those treasures around the house... dusted and polished of course. Your home with Guido is a veritable living museum. And what a dream to be able to live there, and to realistically in the years ahead, be able to expect these discoveries in hidden away nooks and crannies. God has surely blessed you dear Kylie. Even having your parents with you in these unstable times is a huge blessing. Thank you for sharing your amazing life with us. E il tuo soggiorno a volta è squisito. Your videos are always enchanting, and soul-filling like excellent art and good food and wine.
Lovely message and what amazing experiences you had! 💐
I know it well, that area, I grew up in the next town. Magical in every season.
That sounds like a wonderful memory.
Sounds like it was beautiful
Nice memory you have. I live in Edgewater NJ. Do you remember the address of the house, I would like to see if it's still there today.
I’m amazed, such a philosophical story you built out of disremembered ruins of yesterday. You got it all, the beauty, an eye for colors, the heavenly appreciative taste for nature, ears for the melodies of nature, bringing back the fragrance of grannie’s kitchen to us reminding what a home is, I meant “home sweet home”, and not a house. Mm I probably don’t know how to write….
Appreciate your work. You are one of the best storytellers that I know. Thank you for giving a re-birth to “all those masterpieces” otherwise forgotten & gone.
Wish you the best! Pradeep
Thank you dear Pradeep.
Well said!
So well said! You summarise so well what draws us all to Kylie’s videos.
That was a poetic translation of the beautiful artistic nature of Kylie.....
I am a fellow Australian married to an Italian but living in Australia, I just love your videos. For a young woman you are an inspiration. Keep up the good work, you are so grounded and balanced, it is very calming. 😘
Your parents are gems! Oh Kylee! No words for the stunningness of this place. Wow! My Italian father loved the English poet John Keats and he always quoted" A thing of beauty is a joy forever. It's loveliness increases, it will never fade into nothingness"
So glad you showed Guido's reaction at the end. What a transformation of that space, after so much hard work. Your parents are the best and it's great to see you work together so well.
I loved the fact that you showed you and your parents struggling with the Olive urn. They are wonderful people. I think you are doing a fantastic job in keeping the floors and ceilings authentic. It is going to be so warm and classy when you are finished! The views out the windows, WOW!
Terracotta tiles are still used in Europe today and the modern products are still basically very traditional and available in supermarkets.
What I love is seeing the face of Guido when he returns after some days off and see all the changes you and your parents made in his glorious family home... Such a proud man! He is so lucky to have you and the other way around too. Beautiful Family!
I just love how your whole family is adding to the restoration of this home. 🌸 What a warm feeling to know that you all hold a part in this places history 💗
Yes, it’s so lovely. ☺️
@@KylieFlavell how does that work? Is it a trust?
Your channel is a reminder that life is beautiful.
I hope Guido knows how lucky he is to be with you. Amazing hard working you and your family are and such lovely taste in decor. He won the lottery!!
The floors look absolutely stunning! Just lamps will light that room perfectly. And regular wood heat is always the best for warmth and the most inexpensive. I love the lamp but it has to be above the floor on a table or something. Yes it is a toilet in the side table. I hope you bought that big rug with the rosy color. It is exquisite! Designer making comments here. You're doing a fabulous job Kylie!
I agree! Lamps, no ceiling lamps, will give a cozy feeling and warmth to the house
Please Kylie! Don’t touch that beautiful ceiling! 🙏🏻
What kind of lamps would you recommend?
Yes in England that’s called a commode,
I had this friend that I hadn’t seen in a very long time. One day he called me for a chat. I like to purposely make people laugh because it makes me feel so happy. So I made him laugh and the sound of his laugh sounded so foreign that I realized it has been a very very long time since he had laughed. I thought of this when you talked about being able to feel when I room or building has gone for a long time not being celebrated. It’s the same with our human building!!! Let’s all remember to practice the fine art of celebrating that we are life itself. 💕
Kylie I was laughing so much with you as I am exactly the same! My son and I sometimes can't breathe with laughter when something happens like this! Laughter is so good for the soul and it lifts the vibration in the house too! What a lovely uplifting video, not only watching your home come together before our eyes but the light heartedness of you and your family. My wonderful late parents were exactly the same and never said no when I or my siblings ever asked for help with anything. I always knew and appreciated that I was blessed to have them and so are you! Thank you for sharing and letting us in to watch your life unfold it is so uplifting and inspires me with your appreciation of all the things that our forefathers have left behind!
Your parents are AMAZING!! What beautiful souls to make their daughters dreams come to reality, you three work so hard that I get a sore back just watching this 😂 Guido must be very thankful, those floors look amazing, you have a brilliant eye for all things beautiful Kylie ❣️♥️
Kylie, in your Newlywed game video you mentioned that being LAZY was a trait that really annoys you. I have thought of that several times this week when I’ve been LAZY🙀
Now I say to myself, Kylie would be busy doing something! Thanks for the motivation. Big clean today and 90% of my Christmas decorations are up. I also got out my mother’s Christmas dishes, she saved them for years and only used them on Christmas if we had guests. I plan to use them every day for the next month❣️
The Church is beyond beautiful! What a meaningful gift to have your parents helping create your home.❤
Today I have stumbled across your videos. I saw Italian Tuscan and clicked play. I adore Tuscany and during watching this video I was crying your relationship with your father was like my own. Seeing him cutting the wood and how he spoke with you I couldn’t hold back my tears. My father passed away when I was 30 years old he was just 55 years old and that was now 19 years ago. My partner sat with me watching also and I could not hold back my emotion to how seeing what I once had.
You are very lucky and blessed and these times are what you will always cherish now and for many many years to come.
I will continue watching you along your journey in such an amazing beautiful land and home. You are doing your home proud!
Bellissimo
così felice di guardare. X
Love the antique rug you saw in the shop with the pink tones. I think it works great with the terracotta, better than a green would. The pink doesn't interrupt the flow of the terracotta, just adds an intricate section, like a whirlpool in an expanse of water. I think the green would a full stop, an intrusion. And the windows seem high up so the outside views are limited and the green wouldn't flow between the outside and inside as it would on higher floors in the house. Instead this room is feeling warm and enveloping, womb-like.
Agree. I loved the green rug she showed in the last video, but when I saw this one I thought it was perfect. I do like when a rug blends somewhat with the floor, but as you said, with just enough other colors/pattern to draw interest.
Very interesting Kylie . The views look unreal , like paintings .
Kylie, the room is just magnificent, not least because it is lived in. It drinks in your laughter like the terracotta tiles take in the oil, like the wood furniture holds its bumps and scratches, like the carpet accepts being trod upon. May your salotto hold love for many years to come.
Your parents are incredibly helpful, not just from helping in the labor, that is needed but also suggestions in placement and offering ideas. You have a great eye, it
comes with your photography, your love for this warm inviting style that brings your taste and comfort to reality. It was very enjoyable to watch your room come to life, thank you.
Happy for You & Guido ❤️
It’s such a gorgeous space and you are doing beautiful things with it. ♥️
I’m sure many people have told you that the closet is a commode for a chamber pot. I stayed on the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland as a child when only a few houses had electricity. We used jugs and basins for washing and a chamber pot under the bed at night which was emptied into a toilet in the morning. Some houses had an outhouse for the toilet so it was much nicer to use a chamber pot in the cold and hop back under the warm covers!
Some of them had pretty designs and covers. It was actually much more comfortable than it sounds!!!!!!
I think the lamp on the floor near the door looks a little off kilter. It needs to be on something, even just a very low stand of some kind. Wrought iron perhaps? Or wood.
I look forward to your videos every Friday Kylie. Thank you for sharing so much beauty and creativity with us. ♥️
You don't take a video, you make it.
Rays of calmness are emitting from your video,your presence gave them a new soul🤩😂
I am still searching for a perfect sentence to describe your upload, maybe vid of the century
Great... in fact, you don't even need to because you are already 'AWE-SOME❤🧡🤍💯
We live in a log home in a well known university football town in Alabama.
Though we are in the city limits, we are surrounded by trees and springs on our tiny property.
Today is a major football competition between our local university football team and the second largest university
team in our state.
Often, by husband visits with friends to watch the game and I bake treats for them.
Today was homemade cinnamon rolls and homemade orange rolls.
I watched you lovely video between mixing, rising, rolling and cutting the dough and baking them.
Your lovely lemon trees spurred me to ask my husband to purchase one for me this past spring.
I have to bring it in during the winder because we do have freezing weather, but I have three huge lemons
on it and they are, as lemons do, slowly ripening.
Thank you for all the loveliness you bring us as we watch your videos.
Absolutely love the terracotta floor Kylie! So stunning and what a beautiful reward for all your hard work. Look forward to seeing more progress on the rest of the farm.
The Brick Arches are timeless ❤️
Watching from Los Angeles, California
Are you German living in California ?
This was such a heartwarming episode, to see you and your loving parents take so much pleasure and pride in the incredibly challenging work of renovating and decorating a ruin. And the joy in Guido’s reaction, it tells so much about how pleased his family must be to see their beloved family farm infused with love once again. They’ll be so happy when they see the architectural drawings featured in the dinning room. So lovely Kylie.
You are one of the most thoughtful and kindest souls ever Kylie, you make us feel just as warm as cosy as you describe in your vlogs and seeing you arrange the furniture with yah parents helping out while in complete stitches laughing and bringing so much joy on guidos face when he sees the transformation you all did was priceless…as the saying goes a women’s touch makes the home…we appreciate the hard work and passion you put into renovating the farm house and the earthy warm gusto that you breath life into it.❤️🙏
Absolutely amazing, so beautiful.
I don't have enough words to express the happiness I have when I watch one of your videos...incredible what you guys have done ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Framing those original drawings, then hanging them in your home is precious! Thank you for sharing your life with all of us!
God bless the “parents”!❤️
You all put so much work into this room. It is starting to come to life again and it looks so beautiful. Can’t wait to see the rest of the furniture. Will you be decorating it for Christmas as well?. A tree would look magical in a place like this. Oh and yes, you just put a chamber pot stand into your dining room 😂 but who cares when it looks so gorgeous. 😘
I absolutely love this restoration.. So beautiful and classy and yet so cosy at the same time. I love the Italian style. I love everything about this.. The music, the way you have filmed it. It makes me yearn to return to Italy🇮🇹❤️xxx
The floor is a stunner - we all cannot wait to see the finished product - a work of hundreds of hours of labor borne out of love. I LOVE your ring dear girl, whoever chose it, v. good choice.
Dear Kylie,
The cinematography is pure poetry. Thank you.
Oh...so lovely to have mom and dad here with you having fun, working very hard to restore the place! Their warm touch will add on great memories....great love and contributions last forever ❤♥💖
YAYYY 😍😍😍 A renovating video. Thanks Kylie.
So beautiful and we so agree about loving the things you have and not "saving" them for "special" occasion. Everyday should be special.
Ciao bella. In the guest bedroom, that cabinet was used as a commode (toilet), to be used by children, or invalids (while recovering from illness). My Mother (RIP) said they, as children, had a chamber pot they'd have under the bed, in case they needed to go during the night. It saved them a trip, often in the cold, and mostly in the dark, to the outhouse. I love what you've done in renovations to this beautiful Italian building. You're making it a very comfortable home, I wish you and yours all the best. May you have many happy family/friends gatherings around that dining table. Vivi una bella vita.
Everything is coming together just beautifully Kylie. I love how you're taking your time putting it all together. It will be just what you want when it's finished. And I might add, A house is just a house, but a home is the one that is lived in. Looking forward to the finished product!
This is such a journey I’m sure for you but it is also a journey for us thank you for always sharing the love you have for your home and the history of it!!
Yes, the little side table is a child's potty chair. You put a chamber pot under the hole, and it looks like you grasp the handle to take the whole box out to dispose of the contents. And the clean pot goes in the little cupboard for storage? Brilliant!
Oh Kylie it's beautiful. I am so glad you shared Guido's response. I love living in a beautiful home but what makes it even better is the pleasure it gives to the people in our lives. Our environment affects us all so much and in these times we are all at home with family so much more. I also believe in using beautiful things. I try to bring in only things I love, usually that I get cheaply from second hand shops. Knowing beautiful objects have a history and have given joy to people before me makes them all the more special.
I love it all and your parents are so amazing to go on this journey with you and share such a wonderful experience and be so helpful and supportive love love love to you and your family.
You have done an amazing job with the floor and the decor, I'm loving everything you undertake, it's so inspiring. How wonderful that you have your family to help you. I can't wait to see the next video.
Be careful the sun doesn’t fade those beautiful sketches…
Wonderful episode! A few comments: First of all, you are absolutely DARLING! 2. Watching you work with your Dad is beautiful...he ADORES you! 3. Watching you laugh with your Mom is priceless (and infectious). 4. I love the way you think of every detail...it's magical! 5. I would recommend up lighting for the room to enhance the vaulted ceilings, thereby using your electrical outlets on the floor and YES, no ceiling lights! 6. We have been following you the past couple of months as we bought a large historic stone house in Italy last year and have the same challenges as you of redoing the tile roof (as old as Napoleon..Guido, haha!) and oiling the terra cota tiles. You are a hard worker, Kylie! Keep up the great work!
I have sometimes wondered if Kylie’s laugh was authentic or if it was part of her on screen persona. Well, after hearing her mother laugh there’s no more question on that point. Their laughs are identical! That rug is *gorgeous* and the colors provide so many decorating options. The room is coming along beautifully and is obviously a labor of love.
Greetings from NorCal! Kylie, Guido & Fam...floors look AMAZING. A labor of love, for sure, but the end result is beautiful. Keep up the excellent reno work..we are all enthralled. Happy Holidays from Napa.
Sepia drawings, simply matted and framed are perfect in those spaces. The brick work on the arched ceilings is fabulous! Your videos are high quality, artistic, accompanied by music that heightens the experience. Thank you for all you give to viewers, Kylie.
Dear Kylie, I'm just catching this episode now and the heating question of an old farmhouse stood out to me, especially with the current energy and gas crisis. Have you ever heard or considered an autonomous heating system through a heat pump (pompa di calore/freddo-caldo)? My father is a brilliant engineer and has installed a heat pump in my family's home in Germany which supplies the entire household with heating and electricity and on top heats the swimming pool and hot tub system all year round. On top of being independent from gas price fluctuations it also contributes to preserving our environment and not robbing the earth of it's resources. Just some thoughts for you and Guido :)
Your farmhouse project is coming along so beautifully!! I love watching you thrive in every step your project is moving forward. Without a stable home base myself for these past two years, you're giving me a sense of home and awaken that longing and deep wish in me to create something similar like you and Guido are doing at the moment...one day. Thank you for expanding me and providing me with a beautiful vision for myself xx
Wow!! It’s stunning!! Absolutely incredible what you and your parents were able to do while Guido was away! So happy he like it! The prints on the wall are remarkable!! Such incredible history!! So excited to see more!! Love from Southern California 💗
Congratulations on your subscribers, I love your renovations. We are currently renovating a small residence, but it is not a villa in Italy. I dread when your video comes to the end each week.
Yes Kylie i'm with you. Life is to live. I use everything i have especially dishes and cups. Thanks for sharing your life.
Your parents are a gem, so fortunate to have them. 😘
The room is coming along beautifully and it heart warming to see family working together! I love the idea of adding a tapestry, some black and white photos and perhaps even a wood bookshelf? 🙃🥰 Passa un buon fine settimana!
Kylie, in the room with the vaulted ceilings I can see beautiful Scavo glass wall sconces to illuminate the space. I have two Scavo glass pendant lights in my kitchen, on a dimmer switch, and they are so beautiful. Made in Italy. Even when they are turned off, and the sunlight is on them, they are lovely. They give the appearance of something old, rustic, excavated. Hence, the name “ Scavo”. They would be perfect in that space. Another lighting fixture idea I think would look great is some type of sconce with wrought iron incorporated. I would definitely not mess with that gorgeous brick ceiling by putting in ceiling lighting. I’m not a fan of overhead lighting anyway. And that ceiling is too beautiful to alter it. Wall sconces and beautiful lamps would light the space just fine. Even some hurricane candle wall sconces would work there, as they would align with the medieval vibe. It’s so fun to watch your projects evolve! You have a very good eye and style sense. And I love that you honor the history of whatever building you renovate. Sending you love from New Jersey. 🧡
Such a beautiful space! But what I loved most is seeing how you and your family work together. "The women in our family..." -- it's so special. Trust your instincts, Kylie. You've done an amazing job, and as the house continues to evolve you will realize what works and what doesn't. Decorating is like fitting the pieces of the puzzle together. If a lamp looks good, it looks good. Leave it if it makes you happy!
How beautiful Kylie! So romantic in all senses. You are fortunate to have a wonderful dad and mom! You are always so inspiring! You are a treasure! 💖
Oh god! The moving of the urns made me laugh. Here too, us girls start cry-laughing and peeing ourselves before we even start moving or lifting any heavy, awkward bits of furniture. The mere potential of chaos, dropping things and tripping up is enough to set us off. 😂 Well done, Kylie. It’s looking beautiful ❤️
I tuned in to see Kylie moving an urn bigger than she is!😂 As usual, everything is just stunning and other worldly. This place makes me feel as if I have gone back in time. I cannot believe you don’t have a million subscribers! Your channel is so...EVERYTHING! It brings me absolute joy. The place is going to be so warm and homey the way you describe it. About the stove, my husband wanted a pellet stove (when we eventually move), but pellets are processed and may become hard to get should economies go into a nosedive. Not to mention, we are older and I don’t really want to be hoisting bags of pellets. I convinced him that a wood stove is the best way to go. On our current property we always have old trees and branches that come down, so it has been easy to come by.
Thank you so much! Yes, Guido and I have been having the same discussions about the pellet dilemma. ♥️♥️
Jordan Peterson says: just make one room as pretty as you can. You are making al lot of rooms so pretty 😍 👌
Dear kylie you are amazing your family mom ,dad wonderful parents , all your videos are unique ,simple beauty ,natural nothing is fancy nothing is fake that’s why it makes your program unique. Wow wow you are excellent designer your living room ,that old architectural drawings become a life again and bring the room more uniqueness,and lamps ,urns are amazing ideas , we love ❤️ you and enjoy all your programs,,thanks a lot and hello from Boring California
What an amazing space. I’m wondering if there isn’t a way to illuminate the walls from the ground up, or from the top down. Or even along the arches of the gorgeous ceiling. The key of course would be to find ways to make it look ancient such as with black pipe or wood animal yokes or wheel spokes. What a fun project. Can’t wait to see it finished.
Yay Kyle , it’s 8 pm in California and I just got this video. You made my eve !
It's 5.20pm on Saturday here in NZ.
It’s 5:22 in Italy… the Wi-Fi was particularly slow tonight!!! 🤪 Glad it got to you while it’s still Friday in California.
I’m in Los Angeles & am happy to watch this too!
@@KylieFlavell our thanksgiving was without power and internet for 28 hours !
I couldn’t use my phone either!
@@jellybeanparis584 me too
Isn't it lovely having young and handy parents? My parents were 24-25 when I was born and I never realized how much I appreciated their youth until we needed help setting up our house and doing maintenance.
I can see that you get your positive spirit and your work ethic from your parents. Them not being able to return to Australia might have been a blessing in disguise. You will think back on this time for the rest of your life and really appreciate that they were able to help you start your married life and create the space you might one day raise your own family in. Two family histories coming together in a beautiful way.
Dear Kylie, Your sense of style and your persona are Utterly Mesmerising.... I could watch you all day..... Before indoor plumbing People had a nightstand also called a "Commode".. In the recess would be a ceramic bowl, and the tray that pulls out is for the Children to rest their feet on....Yes it is a Toilet..... Better than going outside in the middle of the night!!! Take care Dear Lady.... See you next weekend.... :-))) xxxxx
When I see that old and fantastic room I see
big and majestic candlesticks on the floor an tables, making a cosy, warm and beautiful tone in the room.
Maybe it is coming later but I think it would be a nice addition.
Kylie your tastes are exquisite. Trust your own inner voice. You are an amazing creator and it feels like such a privilege that you share. It is so fun to watch you follow your joy. Take care and good luck
Your imagination is pure treasure. You create the most beautiful life. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my....you know that syndrome when you actually get sick seeing extreme beauty, that's exactly what happened to me watching this video 😄💖 You are living a fairytale dear Kylie, you do realize that? And you deserve every bit of it. And thank you for giving us back the faith in all good things in life - beauty, love, joy, laughter, goodness in people...they can even exist at the same time 😁 And your parents...you were raised in the lovely garden of their hearts and all that positivity is imprinted in your genes....this is how it all comes back 🥰😇 I absolutely agree with Italians, real beauty before everything else, bellezza...
And so happy to see the red rug 🙂 it sooo fits the atmosphere of the space...
Yes Kylie, that one in the nightstand is a built-in toilet. Here in the northeastern region where I come from (between Veneto and Friuli), we used to have enameled "pitale" or "vaso da notte". Normally we were keeping them under the bed.
In my region they were used until the '50/'60s.
For washing the face in the morning people were using also a "catino/bacile" and a "brocca".
You're doing a great job with the renovation! I love seeing you getting so excited by the precious and simple things about our culture. That makes me value more what surrounds me. Baci from Motta di Livenza (TV)
This room is so stunning and rich in every aspect of your rennovation. I want to cry in desire for such a beautiful home and life you and Guido are creating together.
You are doing such a beautiful job restoring this barn house. I pray you are able to enjoy it to the fullest. I agree with you about using the things that you love as often as possible. Life is short and you never know what tomorrow holds. I know people revere their belongings and you want to treat them with care, but it is so much more fun to use the items and celebrate with your loved ones. Cheers!
that little cabinet you showed us - it actually is a toilet!! they used that kinda stuff in 18/19th century in bedrooms so they wouldn't have go out to the toilet during the night. unbelievable but quite creative, you gotta give them that🤷♀️
Sometimes when we are in the same place for many many years life just seems as is. And often times eyes from another place see things through a lens of wonder because it has not been a set familiarity of life for them for a long time. She brings the magic of wonder and romanticism. This couple are good for one another and they live in synchronicity. Thank you for sharing this I enjoy your channel it sparks embers within - to live life with the lens of wonderment. Graci💗
its a lovely room, you can never go wrong with big lamps, that room can take them
If I had ceilings such as those, I would consider add ing lighting from the floor, perhaps hidden behind a plant or on top of an armoire to send/throw indirect lighting up to reflect off those lovely curves. You would not have to see the source.
You have such amazing vision. This series is a pure joy to watch.
Hey Girls and Guys... lets spread the news.. about this gem of filming, editing, renovating ... called Kylie .. so she can reach the quarter million subscribers
Floors are so rich and warm, organic and elegant
Kylie, You look so happy and vibrant. I am smiling just watching this. You inspire me incredibly to go after my dreams, live simply and beautifully and create. Thank you love
Watching you work with your parents, it's easy to see where you get some of your humour, persistence & loveliness from. 😉 They seem so lovely & you all have a wonderful relationship. Wish the world had more wholesomely influential people like you guys in it. 😍💕💕
I love being able to follow along with your process - the consideration for the environment around you, and careful eye for balance, and perspective on life is beautiful!
At 25:00…absolutely, it is a toilette commode. What a brilliant concept for a nightstand.
'Am in awe of everything that you are doing to your beautiful historic Tuscan home. Every inch is filled with love.
Your so lucky to have mom and dad. Your room look so cozy and beautiful.
Whenever I watch your videos I emerge myself and don’t want them to end
Someone already wrote about your dad helping you realizing your dream-really touching ❤️ I love watching the renovations… I am very much in Love with the dining table- gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️