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  • Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
  • Welcome to A Style is Born, hosted by RUclipsr, stylist, and DIY icon Alexandra Gater!
    There’s a lot to celebrate when it comes to Portuguese design, but in this episode, we're zeroing in on something that's truly having its moment globally: Portuguese tile!
    We'll uncover how Portuguese tile transformed into a stunning hallmark of the nation, and how its historical and practical charm became a symbol of resilience throughout Portugal.
    Tune in to discover how this uniquely Portuguese style has captivated the world and how you can infuse a touch of it into your own home.
    Intro - 0:00
    Portuguese Tile - 1:07
    History of Azulejos - 2:30
    Rebuilding Lisbon with Tiles - 4:15
    Tiles Today - 4:58
    Tiles Telling Stories - 5:35
    Incorporating Tile Into Your Home - 6:33
    Conclusion - 6:56
    A Style Is Born is a series where we go down the rabbit hole and uncover the unique histories and origin stories behind your favorite international design styles.
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Комментарии • 75

  • @sandraameliavilaca9663
    @sandraameliavilaca9663 27 дней назад +17

    Alexandra loved this episode. I'm a portuguese living in England, and it's always so good to hear things about our country and culture. Portuguese azulejos are a beauty and can be seen all over. In train stations,churches,cathedrals, palaces and so many other buildings and streets. Thanks for sharing a little bit of my beautiful country 🥰

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  24 дня назад +1

      We're so glad you've enjoyed it!

  • @BobaSpringFlower
    @BobaSpringFlower 27 дней назад +10

    Thank you for including the history that the tiles were brought from North Africa🩷 Muslims so often see their history overlooked and credited to Europeans. Love your content!

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  26 дней назад

      We're glad we nailed it!

  • @chandrasutton4669
    @chandrasutton4669 28 дней назад +7

    Love your lovely blue and white dress, and the tile is nice, too!!!😊🎉❤

  • @helenaribeiro9812
    @helenaribeiro9812 28 дней назад +8

    Hello Alexandra! How you pronounce the " J" is not so important, at list for me. You are not an expert in languages but in decoration and a very good one, that is exactly why I like you and your work. And now back to the tiles, Your presentation on tiles in Potugal was very good indeed. I'm Portuguese, I live in Portugal, although I also lived abroad. Alexandra you are very welcome here to visit us our beatiful country, people, food and " TILES " 😂

  • @sharonbaptista1122
    @sharonbaptista1122 28 дней назад +5

    Just came back from the Azores and the tiles were beautiful.

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  28 дней назад

      Sounds amazing!

  • @debsmcd9968
    @debsmcd9968 27 дней назад +7

    I love this, as a Portuguese-American I think it's wonderful that other people are appreciating this style I've loved all my life. We were able to visit the Azores in 2019 and have so many photos of the various tile-covered buildings, and tile scenes. I am also a big fan of Alexandra Gater and have been for a long time. Just a suggestion, as I see this happens often: Portuguese pronunciation is different than Spanish and the "j" is not silent. Azulejos is pronounced ah-zoo-lay-zhews (like the z in zhuzsh). Thanks for the wonderful series!

  • @anapontopina86
    @anapontopina86 27 дней назад +4

    I am Portuguese and have been your fan for a while, so listening this episode and how you honoured Portuguese culture while conveying a message was gold for me 🇵🇹❤️

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  26 дней назад

      We're so glad it resonated so deeply with you!

  • @leslierich5066
    @leslierich5066 26 дней назад +1

    LOVE Alexandra Gater!! My FAVORITE show to watch EVER. Brings me so much joy every Saturday. Congrats Alexandra Gater! 🍾

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  26 дней назад

      She's the best!

  • @nahaiatours
    @nahaiatours 28 дней назад +12

    Alexandra Gater a falar de Portugal? 🤩 Sign me up!

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  28 дней назад +2

      We're all here for it!

  • @CallMeErie
    @CallMeErie 18 дней назад

    This video is loaded with beauty, including the eye-poppingly gorgeous tiles and colors, and your beautiful dress.😊💙

  • @fatimaribeiro6768
    @fatimaribeiro6768 3 дня назад

    Hi Alexander, love your channel. I'm very happy and proud for this video. I'm from Portugal, you never disappoint

  • @cmartins745
    @cmartins745 27 дней назад +3

    In Portuguese you pronounce the J in azulejo. In your video you had a Spanish accent. You can hear the j in google translate even tho it’s in a Brazilian accent. In any case, great video!

  • @cosmichouseofrose9788
    @cosmichouseofrose9788 26 дней назад +1

    I love decorative tile!❤ Thank you!

  • @miatarraf3414
    @miatarraf3414 12 дней назад

    Love that the fact it was North African is included in the story of how this style of tile became popular in Portugal

  • @Lily4444
    @Lily4444 26 дней назад

    Love them and have them in my house over 20 years❤❤

  • @katefitzgibbon4270
    @katefitzgibbon4270 15 дней назад

    How lovely to get the history, love your dress too ❤

  • @debsmcd9968
    @debsmcd9968 27 дней назад +1

    Also, LOVE your dress and all the ways you educate and inspire! ❤

  • @Mrscorreia74
    @Mrscorreia74 26 дней назад +10

    In Portugal, “azulejos” serve another purpose: they protect the exterior of our houses from “salitre”, from the sea.

  • @Mrscorreia74
    @Mrscorreia74 26 дней назад +1

    I follow you from Portugal. This was a lovely surprise!

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  26 дней назад +1

      We hope we did Portugal justice!

  • @amyweaver7413
    @amyweaver7413 28 дней назад +1

    Great video Alexandra!👏👏👏

  • @darylvondunker327
    @darylvondunker327 23 дня назад

    Such a delightful presentation of a timeless tradition of beauty, grace and art!
    Thank you again for such a gorgeous video of a historical tile smorgasbord and modern articles we can read and drool over.
    Hugs and Loves!

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  23 дня назад

      We're so glad you enjoy it!

  • @wayfair
    @wayfair  28 дней назад +3

    Do you prefer subway tiles or Portuguese tiles?

    • @lindywallace9540
      @lindywallace9540 28 дней назад

      Portuguese tiles

    • @lindamoon4255
      @lindamoon4255 28 дней назад

      Great dress, Alexandra!

    • @lechatbotte.
      @lechatbotte. 28 дней назад

      I’m tired of subway tile. But the Portuguese tile is timeless

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  28 дней назад

      @@lechatbotte. It's a classic!

  • @maxinejacobson4006
    @maxinejacobson4006 28 дней назад

    I had a tile “carpet” laid in my sitting room, everybody loves it, including me! It has a border and is surrounded by plain grey tiles.

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  26 дней назад

      We love that innovation!

  • @fraurosenthal2958
    @fraurosenthal2958 27 дней назад +1

    I was at lisbon this year and saw the maritime mural in this video.

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  26 дней назад +1

      You're living our dream!

  • @fabienneroure9995
    @fabienneroure9995 27 дней назад +1

    Hi Alexandra, I enjoyed the video.💙🤍 The tiles are beautiful and your dress is very pretty!💙🤍🦋

  • @leeprochazka5420
    @leeprochazka5420 15 дней назад

    We noticed a lot of strange stuff on wayfair. What happened to the high dollar pillows and closets?!?!

  • @dianahb0
    @dianahb0 27 дней назад +2

    Dear Alexandra, I know you don't speak portuguese, but as a Brazilian person that does, it kinda anoying to hear you speak "azuleJo" with an spanish pronuciation 😂. But i like the video and the history behind portuguese titles!!!
    PS: my english may be broken, but I'm not doing a video.

  • @lorenaburgess9097
    @lorenaburgess9097 12 дней назад

    Did you see the hack they put blue tape on wall then put peal and stick Tile over the blue tape .😊

  • @gottathinkupanewone
    @gottathinkupanewone 21 день назад

    I love your dress. You look like you were made by hand in Dresden.

  • @shirleymcneil4410
    @shirleymcneil4410 15 дней назад

    Alexandra could you please tell me the name of the app you use to place all your ideas?
    I need it!

  • @Eloiseat6
    @Eloiseat6 23 дня назад

    There’s a disconnect here, in that if azulejo (why are they called azulejo? Because they’re blue?) tiles are assembled to tell a story, where do the purely decorative, mismatched tiles fall in this history? I see the decorative tiles on Portuguese buildings but they don’t take us to, for example, the mixed tile decoration you’re sitting in front of, nor are they assembled to tell a story. Also, what are they made of and how are they attached to surfaces to make them “earthquake-proof”? I realize you have limited time to talk about them, but these seem like important points.

  • @patriciacaceres3167
    @patriciacaceres3167 28 дней назад

    LOVED IT!!!!!

  • @noraemma6809
    @noraemma6809 25 дней назад

    Love Portugal Irish coleen in Salem Mass ❤❤

  • @user-fj6il6yj7q
    @user-fj6il6yj7q 27 дней назад

    Alexandra, is that you? Old Aussie fan asking. ❤

  • @CarolinaSanz-qy3hz
    @CarolinaSanz-qy3hz 28 дней назад

    We tile everything

  • @BobbyBermuda1986
    @BobbyBermuda1986 28 дней назад +63

    Unfortunately, you pronounced the J in 'azulejo' as an H sound, which is Spanish 🫣 J in Portuguese is pronounced as in French, so a ZH sound as in 'measure' or 'treasure'.

    • @AshleyOliviaDaCosta
      @AshleyOliviaDaCosta 28 дней назад +13

      I’d be more upset about it if I hadn’t also heard her try to pronounce isopropyl alcohol. 😂 IsoPoPo. We love you, girl. 😂

    • @Michelle34485
      @Michelle34485 27 дней назад +4

      I didn’t realize and didn’t know that she needed a grammar police to correct her pronunciation and grammar of how she pronounces certain words. 😱😱😱😱😳😳😳😳😳

    • @monicagimenes2506
      @monicagimenes2506 26 дней назад +13

      I came here to say this too. Unfortunately the use of Spanish language pronunciation for Portuguese words is a very common mistake across English speakers. In this case, the problem is a lack of research and prep from the writers and producers of this video. Maybe a bit of cultural awareness. Mixing Spanish and Portuguese is one of the things that bothers Portuguese speakers (myself included) a lot! I promise I'm not hating on Alexandra. 😊

    • @AshleyOliviaDaCosta
      @AshleyOliviaDaCosta 26 дней назад +15

      @@Michelle34485 it’s not grammar. It’s culturally insensitive at best and offensive at worst.

    • @Eloiseat6
      @Eloiseat6 23 дня назад

      Pronunciation police here. The “th” in “aesthetic” is pronounced. It’s not reduced to a “t.”

  • @moniquemanspeaker7803
    @moniquemanspeaker7803 26 дней назад

    Like your dress

  • @starveartist
    @starveartist 23 дня назад +1

    You keep using the Spanish pronunciation (same spelling and different pronunciation in Spanish and Portuguese.) Azulejo has a Portuguese zs like ZsaZsa Gabor or Je in French.

  • @popovka
    @popovka 27 дней назад +1

    Versa*TILE 😊

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  26 дней назад +2

      We see what you did there!

  • @gurujiwan
    @gurujiwan 22 дня назад

    Why note Spain?

  • @CarolinaSanz-qy3hz
    @CarolinaSanz-qy3hz 28 дней назад +1

    Spain too.

  • @dtulip1
    @dtulip1 27 дней назад

    would that be Vers a TILE 😆

    • @wayfair
      @wayfair  22 дня назад +1

      You said it, not us! 🤣

  • @lindathornton4048
    @lindathornton4048 26 дней назад

    777

  • @eugenianovillo4136
    @eugenianovillo4136 28 дней назад +1

    I prefer Moroccan, then Portuguese, then Mexican and last subway tiles😂❤

  • @anabeladelgado4109
    @anabeladelgado4109 28 дней назад +6

    How did you not Google translate how to say the word azulejo 🙈

    • @restauradosporamor7872
      @restauradosporamor7872 27 дней назад

      If the first language is not Portuguese or Spanish, she is going to sound with a accent

  • @Tantejuju65
    @Tantejuju65 28 дней назад +6

    A style is born? Really. Portugal is ancient, it has been popular forever...

    • @helenareid5084
      @helenareid5084 28 дней назад +8

      Yes, but she is talking about the popularity of Portuguese tile in design trends currently.

  • @carlap480
    @carlap480 21 день назад

    Im portuguese and live in Lisboa and unfortunatly they are beeing stolan and sold .

  • @Nclk619
    @Nclk619 26 дней назад +1

    You are pronouncing azulejo wrong. We speak português not Spanish