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

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  • Behind the neat red-brick façade of a classic Victorian terrace in London are interiors with a fairy-tale charm. As these combine English chintz and romantic-era Russian details with a gallery of wonders, it will not surprise regular readers of House & Garden - or her many Instagram followers - to learn that it is the latest home of the writer, explorer and polymath of style Alexandra Tolstoy and her three children, Aliosha, Ivan and Marusya.
    What is surprising, given the layers of ornamentation, is that Alexandra decorated the house in just 10 days, following eviction from her previous home in Chelsea, after the Russian government claimed it against alleged debts owed by Alexandra’s ex and the father of her children, the oligarch Sergei Pugachev.
    She has conjured magic from mettle, giving a masterclass in starting again, downsizing and decorating within the limits of a rental contract, while creating a beguiling home for her children full of treasures valued for reasons that do not relate to their cost. The best houses reflect the lives of those who live there; this is one of them.
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  • @TheAndrewRitchie
    @TheAndrewRitchie Před 2 lety +510

    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 Před 2 lety +3

      Me too

    • @user-pv4vm2nm5y
      @user-pv4vm2nm5y Před 2 lety +2

      Есть старинные иконы и посуда винтажная

    • @dhoraray1310
      @dhoraray1310 Před 10 měsíci

      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 Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @Pacabelle
    @Pacabelle Před 3 lety +621

    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 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @lynnharrell9598
      @lynnharrell9598 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +10

      @@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 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 Před 2 lety

      The kitchen is minimal

    • @tyra925
      @tyra925 Před 2 lety

      areeeet soft shite

  • @doyouknowaboutemmah
    @doyouknowaboutemmah Před 3 lety +294

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

    • @headron66
      @headron66 Před 2 lety +9

      @emma Have a look at the real Alexandra Tolstoy in her other home in Chelsea London before her husband was done with stealing from Russia. We have a woman here that has done a 360 in style and attitude. Very interesting. All is not what it seems.

    • @h.r7050
      @h.r7050 Před 2 lety +4

      @@headron66 At last... A realistic comment. All is not what it seems. They play a game, most probably, he and her gangster hubby, to try and hold on to the ill gotten gains.

  • @chattykathie7129
    @chattykathie7129 Před 2 lety +42

    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.

  • @CrimsonNClova
    @CrimsonNClova Před 2 lety +242

    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 Před 2 lety +20

      gorgeous comment

    • @leendecanck4723
      @leendecanck4723 Před 2 lety +19

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

    • @englishwoman7697
      @englishwoman7697 Před 2 lety +10

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

    • @_darkbrian
      @_darkbrian Před 2 lety +3

      so you don't have Uzbek plates?

    • @8071972
      @8071972 Před 2 lety +4

      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.

  • @jacquiwmch
    @jacquiwmch Před 3 lety +107

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

    • @tyra925
      @tyra925 Před 2 lety +2

      bit dusty though, not reckon?

    • @jacquiwmch
      @jacquiwmch Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @rosecolouredglasses
    @rosecolouredglasses Před 3 lety +108

    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

  • @liubashadaniel2128
    @liubashadaniel2128 Před 3 lety +187

    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 Před 2 lety +4

      Похоже на музей, жить в музее непросто

    • @user-si5pt2jo7v
      @user-si5pt2jo7v Před 2 lety

      Liubasha , чудесный комментарии 🤗

    • @ilonar8060
      @ilonar8060 Před 2 lety

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

    • @selmahare
      @selmahare Před 2 lety +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 Před rokem +2

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

  • @barbarawillis5187
    @barbarawillis5187 Před 3 lety +54

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

  • @SoundsOfNatureAndAmbience.
    @SoundsOfNatureAndAmbience. Před 3 lety +156

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

    • @gulnaragulnara4240
      @gulnaragulnara4240 Před 2 lety +1

      It is not house. It is museum.

    • @wendyannh
      @wendyannh Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @marshhen
      @marshhen Před rokem

      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.

  • @AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor
    @AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor Před 4 měsíci +2

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

  • @Mary-mj9mf
    @Mary-mj9mf Před 3 lety +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

  • @rachelhendrickson7555
    @rachelhendrickson7555 Před 3 lety +125

    Did the story of the photographer bother anyone else?

    • @timsfchristopher6131
      @timsfchristopher6131 Před 3 lety

      explain, please

    • @rachelhendrickson7555
      @rachelhendrickson7555 Před 3 lety +6

      @@timsfchristopher6131
      I hope you're kidding🤗

    • @timsfchristopher6131
      @timsfchristopher6131 Před 3 lety

      @@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 Před 3 lety +7

      Thank you! I thot I was the only one.

    • @rachelhendrickson7555
      @rachelhendrickson7555 Před 3 lety +16

      @@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.

  • @marymissmelody8520
    @marymissmelody8520 Před 3 lety +45

    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 Před 2 lety +5

      I think that's a marvelous idea.

    • @NdnUrbanCat
      @NdnUrbanCat Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @dhgemein2
      @dhgemein2 Před rokem +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 Před 3 měsíci +2

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

  • @ArtGardens
    @ArtGardens Před 3 lety +48

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

  • @heronhouse2018
    @heronhouse2018 Před 2 lety +68

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

  • @Earth2Texas
    @Earth2Texas Před 2 lety +66

    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.

  • @fringedwellermccatintyre730

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

  • @johanna2059
    @johanna2059 Před 3 lety +10

    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 Před 2 lety +4

      I'd take with a pinch of salt

  • @wendypanozzo9133
    @wendypanozzo9133 Před 3 lety +15

    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!

  • @raymondf3670
    @raymondf3670 Před 3 lety +24

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

  • @SaraBellum777
    @SaraBellum777 Před 2 lety +12

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

  • @ExLibris-Alys
    @ExLibris-Alys Před 3 lety +25

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

  • @valstack9116
    @valstack9116 Před 2 lety +16

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

  • @ReadingThing
    @ReadingThing Před 3 lety +11

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

  • @catalinaneumann
    @catalinaneumann Před 3 lety +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.

  • @tamiz8895
    @tamiz8895 Před rokem +8

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

  • @serenitykali4426
    @serenitykali4426 Před 3 lety +20

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

  • @pamelagimson1822
    @pamelagimson1822 Před 3 lety +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 🇫🇷

  • @annkys9441
    @annkys9441 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @christineribone9351
    @christineribone9351 Před rokem +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".

  • @idahernandez9362
    @idahernandez9362 Před 4 měsíci +3

    This has to be my favorite home

  • @sharzilamh
    @sharzilamh Před 2 lety +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!

  • @nell8170
    @nell8170 Před 3 lety +38

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

  • @buickinvicta288
    @buickinvicta288 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @lisaakinlabi
    @lisaakinlabi Před 2 lety +8

    A mother agrees to have her children photographed naked and is not allowed in the room - UM WOW - that's very shocking! 😮

  • @lef1065
    @lef1065 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @momistaken
    @momistaken Před 2 lety +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.

    • @hmmmblyat6178
      @hmmmblyat6178 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @nextwave1314
    @nextwave1314 Před rokem +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.

  • @threemusketeers4109
    @threemusketeers4109 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @SusanRubinsky
    @SusanRubinsky Před 2 lety +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!

  • @lauramoyabeauty1710
    @lauramoyabeauty1710 Před 2 lety +80

    I’ve been tormented by this since watching it. This is what nightmares are made of. I’m talking about leaving naked babies with an adult because they demand the parent can’t be present, in the name of art? Wtf... that’s exactly how things happen. Regular folks get ish for leaving their child with a family member that ends up abusing them, rich people leave them with “artists”.

    • @SarahWelstead
      @SarahWelstead Před 2 lety +11

      The photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe, is both famous and expensive. He works with assistants. The kids aren't alone with him. He just asks parents to leave so the kids aren't distracted by 'Mummy and Daddy'.

    • @lauramoyabeauty1710
      @lauramoyabeauty1710 Před 2 lety +9

      @@SarahWelstead hi, are you aware there were assistants present during the shoots? If so, how?

    • @kdmil2002
      @kdmil2002 Před 2 lety +10

      I actually looked at the comments to see if anyone else found that alarming and I am happy to see a number of people did. I am glad to see that there were assistants in the photo shoot, however, I still think the parent should never leave the room when their child is being photographed. If this is the same Robert Maplethorpe who had the controversial homoerotic exhibits, that does not give me any confidence about the issue. I saw one of his exhibits in a small gallery in Detroit, and some of the photographs were quite disturbing. One painting, in particular, involved a child who was in the room while his Mother was involved in a sex act. The whole exhibit was very sexually charged and people had to be buzzed in to get into the gallery. No kidding.

    • @bernadettehooper4318
      @bernadettehooper4318 Před 2 lety +5

      ​@@kdmil2002 She clearly stated that Edward Mapplethorpe (b. 1960) photographed her children not to be confused with an older brother, Robert. Sharing the same last name and profession lends to confusion but most folks know that the older brother died long ago, in 1989.

    • @1516Spinola6040
      @1516Spinola6040 Před 2 lety +1

      Well than do not it yourself.

  • @tigermoon44
    @tigermoon44 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      your house sounds just as manky

  • @nadjak3410
    @nadjak3410 Před 3 lety +598

    OK, so this woman is telling me that she left her sons alone in a studio with a man who is VERY particular about the age of the young children he photographs, who are also not allowed to wear any clothes during the shooting... OK ok ok ok ok

    • @marcelarm203
      @marcelarm203 Před 3 lety +5

      czcams.com/video/3Iw6lVMPucU/video.html

    • @dutcheyeliner
      @dutcheyeliner Před 3 lety +249

      Came to the comments hoping someone else noticed how ridiculously creepy that sounded!!

    • @nadjak3410
      @nadjak3410 Před 3 lety +6

      @@marcelarm203 What about it?

    • @chamazful
      @chamazful Před 3 lety +121

      It was all going so well until that bit 😂

    • @cauthoncrazy
      @cauthoncrazy Před 3 lety +55

      Yea wtf

  • @lisatague305
    @lisatague305 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @caroljones1605
    @caroljones1605 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @ms.sonshine8878
    @ms.sonshine8878 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @aliseamcleod1
    @aliseamcleod1 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @fl3693
    @fl3693 Před 2 lety +4

    Absolutely stunning. A true artist's home.

  • @SB_McCollum
    @SB_McCollum Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @heatherwhite2788
    @heatherwhite2788 Před 3 lety +12

    Love the consistent color palette and taste. Lovely.

  • @nicolebormann450
    @nicolebormann450 Před 3 lety +9

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

  • @AfricancoolChic
    @AfricancoolChic Před 3 lety +15

    Astonishing! This layered look took 10 days.

    • @rocket7697
      @rocket7697 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @rachelchoi8247
    @rachelchoi8247 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @VeeLondon1449
    @VeeLondon1449 Před 3 lety +6

    Swooning! ♥️ Over some truly beautiful fabrics..

  • @terryarrow702
    @terryarrow702 Před 2 lety +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. ♥️💖💚🧚🏼‍♀️

  • @hel3319
    @hel3319 Před 3 lety +2

    Love everything about her home. Such an inspiration. 🙌💞

  • @marilynthomson9564
    @marilynthomson9564 Před 2 lety

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

  • @Galina_Voronina
    @Galina_Voronina Před 11 měsíci +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!

  • @ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293

    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! ;)

  • @JijjysMaison
    @JijjysMaison Před 3 lety +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

  • @olgamunroe1408
    @olgamunroe1408 Před 3 lety +12

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

  • @vanessaisom8620
    @vanessaisom8620 Před 3 lety

    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!

  • @copperhousefarm4794
    @copperhousefarm4794 Před 3 lety +1

    A warm and cozy home! Thanks for sharing.

  • @JuneJohnson-eb8yv
    @JuneJohnson-eb8yv Před 10 měsíci +2

    I agree-that is SUPER WEIRD. As a mother myself I would never leave someone alone with my kids……

  • @luci1474
    @luci1474 Před rokem

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

  • @ricoltmetric8156
    @ricoltmetric8156 Před rokem +3

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

  • @Prieze868
    @Prieze868 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

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

  • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897

    What a lively symphony of color, texture and history - definitely comfortable. This was uploaded before, perhaps another channel, IDK, but I've seen this before. It's so unique, I'm not inclined to forget the wonderful feeling her home left me with.

  • @geoc1005
    @geoc1005 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @brittneydawn2429
    @brittneydawn2429 Před 2 lety +2

    I frickin LOVE her style 💜

  • @anttoronto3202
    @anttoronto3202 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @elizabethcommandeur4093
    @elizabethcommandeur4093 Před rokem +1

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

  • @nighatkhan356
    @nighatkhan356 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @alisonsneed3707
    @alisonsneed3707 Před 3 lety +1

    I love all the coral/pink/orangey reds in every room.😍😍😍

  • @KG-ui7ji
    @KG-ui7ji Před 3 lety +27

    Fabulously eclectic but who dusts and cleans it all 😉

    • @schiatzeschiatze5002
      @schiatzeschiatze5002 Před 2 lety +4

      They obviously have servants darling. This is Alexandra Tolstoy you are watching, dusting is the least of her concerns.

  • @glendagrant9042
    @glendagrant9042 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @karenhogan731
    @karenhogan731 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful family home. Love all the beautiful colors.

  • @bbrosser694
    @bbrosser694 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @suewalker8586
    @suewalker8586 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @ppaulinka
    @ppaulinka Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @marinarubio6488
    @marinarubio6488 Před 3 lety +4

    So beautiful!!!! Love everything ✨

  • @emilyzena7070
    @emilyzena7070 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @elianevdb
    @elianevdb Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @victoriaisaac3673
    @victoriaisaac3673 Před 3 lety

    Possibly my favourite house interior ever xxxx

  • @kathrincichos3114
    @kathrincichos3114 Před 3 lety +5

    2 words: adorable and amazing! 😘

  • @hahna77
    @hahna77 Před 2 lety +6

    So easy to tell the uber wealthy old-money homes from the rest. There just on a whole other level that the rest of us will never know or experience.

    • @morticiagomez6166
      @morticiagomez6166 Před 26 dny +2

      Yes. Agreed. But with thrift shops and charity shops (UK), we too can now afford to fill our homes with antiques and clutter . We just need to be mindful about it and love the things we bring home.

  • @wendyannh
    @wendyannh Před 2 lety

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

  • @helenpruzan6970
    @helenpruzan6970 Před 2 lety

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

  • @malgozata1875
    @malgozata1875 Před 2 lety +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

  • @JimOverbeckgenius
    @JimOverbeckgenius Před 2 lety +1

    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!

  • @felicityjacobs9608
    @felicityjacobs9608 Před 3 lety

    Love, love, love your style.Making use of every space. I love your paint colours and your determination to do things your way. This is totally the way I think about home decor.

  • @raikobi
    @raikobi Před 3 lety +28

    Take a drink every time she says "Russian"

  • @lydiarowe491
    @lydiarowe491 Před 3 lety +1

    Pure delight..honouring your Russian heritage has given this nest it's uniqueness..thank you for sharing..so inspiring..⭐🏤⭐

  • @cindybogart6062
    @cindybogart6062 Před 2 lety +2

    Such a homey , lovely house. So authentic & so you. Thanks much for sharing ❣️

  • @jannbeebee
    @jannbeebee Před 4 měsíci

    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..

  • @eileenthomas9983
    @eileenthomas9983 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @MisterChris1978
    @MisterChris1978 Před 2 lety +1

    lovely visiting, thank you for sharing.

  • @tiggywinkle5933
    @tiggywinkle5933 Před 3 lety +5

    Beautiful and homely, such a cozy home.

    • @tiggywinkle5933
      @tiggywinkle5933 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @Baharigak
    @Baharigak Před 3 lety +1

    She’s just so fabulous and comes from an illustrious family but she looked so familiar and then I realized i saw her travel book / novel at a book shop! Love ❤️ love ❤️ love ❤️