Along this same vein, I'd love to see a video on transitioning styles--going from one style to another without dumping everything you have and having to completely start over. Essentially, learning how to overlap so you can slowly transition or incorporate different styles into one. Just love you guys. Cheers! ☕️
Valentina, I love your videos especially those with Jack in them! You guys are so perfect together! Also, I love the photos you show while you talk. It is so clever that you keep us engaged during your explanations by looking at amazing places to get inspired. You should reach 1 mil because there is no other person doing interior decorating like you do on RUclips. Congrats!! 🍾
Right! These videos aren't something that I can just put on in the background! I sometimes have to wait all day so I can watch them uninterrupted, because the pictures in the background are usually so spot on and engaging. I have learned so much about my style from these chats.
I gotta say, I really do love how much humour and depth Jack adds to these videos. You two have such a lovely balance, and I always look forward to seeing your videos 😊
“Rusticity” is what Ralph Lauren calls it…stuff that’s been “lived in” and it has history or stories to tell…I love that you mix these different things Valentina!!! My style is not minimalistic but I like to help people discover, rearrange and build upon what they already have. Recently I worked on a “equestrian trophy room/den” …he had many, MANY horse racing photos to use as a gallery …and I never ever thought I would use orange in decorating but with some of the photo frames and a peach wool blanket, peach/beige Native American rug…I started to build on it and now it’s very cohesive and cozy with a vintage charm. 🥰
I love antique furniture , decor everything antique because their have history and stories . Their have quality , and least longer thank you four you tip .
I subscribe to this channel because I enjoy the banter between Jack and Valetina. They have such a charming sense of humor!!💜💜🙌 The frequent laughter makes them stand out among RUclips experts.
One thing I do to mix old w new, I take crystal items like candy dishes and ice buckets, and fill them with everyday items I need. So at my small vanity that I do my makeup and skin care at-I have orchids I got for my bday last week on one side of the sink; on the other side is a candy dish with a lid- it houses my beauty blender, tweezers, eye drops, eyelash brushes, etc. So all of the small things that I need all the time are contained and in a beautiful spot! So when I go to my vanity morning and night, it’s a little retreat.
My husband and I have inherited many, many vintage and antique items from furniture to Pueblo pottery and Navajo weavings to Fenton and Westmoreland glass. Since discovering your channel and other interior design channels I have been able to start displaying these things in a more cohesive fashion. There is certainly still a learning curve but I have been making strides. An example is my husband has a beautiful blue coin dot vase that we had displayed on our dresser. it never seemed to fit with the bedroom being warm tones. I recently put it in the bathroom which has a lot of cool elements and the vase just popped. Finally I found its home. Thanks for your tips and inspiration.
Valentina you are beautiful and inspiring. You passion is contagious, and I am honored that you would want to share your knowledge with us. You and Jack are adorable.
It would be so interesting to see a video about the things you brought back from abroad and why you chose those. How do you use them now? Do you still love them? Any regrets?
Love this! I love old mixed with modern. There is not one “style” that I could do 75% of, as some designers suggest to do. Is why I love watching you! I also swap out accessories all the time. Seldom buy new things, except when you show me things I fall in love with!
Love this. I love to mix modern with old. Always have. It’s very eclectic and original. Meaning no ones home will look like mine. Go to some homes and it feels like Ive walked into a catalog for a store....I don’t want that for me. They may love that, not me. I want my great great grandfathers typewriter next to a large modern vase. Or my great great grandmothers hand painted serving trays from Italy mounted on the wall next to a painting. That make me happy and is unique to my family story. Love this and would love to see more!
This is crazy , I was in my girlfriends moms garage that passed away, they had two lamps brass , all dusty . I ask what are you going to do with them ? She said trash. I was just out hunting for new ones. I was so excited she gave to me. I took them home cleaned the dust ,left the patina On them bought some new shades. Each one was different. Her mom was 108 yrs old. One cord was cut off ,my husband fixed . They both worked. Like you said the mixing works. I wonder how many times she turned these on. They touch my heart.
I love how when they said those vases represent them, not only are they side-by-side in the same way, but their respective vases are actually the same colors as the sweaters they're wearing!!
I’ve hauled around a reproduction hand carved alabaster bust of “David” that my husbands uncle brought back from his WWII service in Italy. After 40 years it’s finally on trend!!
Thank you for this video. I often feel like I don’t fit in because so much of my home is family antiques, from a large old ice box, to a drum played at the Battle of Bull Run, and a framed old feed bag from my family’s Mill. I’m very much at home with these items and can’t think of getting rid of them. I’ve also traveled to the former USSR during the Cold War and have brought back a lot of art.
I love old and new , Rustic/modern is so me ...I love bold colors as well but at the same time its hard for me to incorporate it , watching this video made it easier to incorporate different styles . love the mix !
I am 71 and am just figuring it out. I always had old stuff but after some remodel have wanted to not have floral anymore, more neutrals but I love wood and old decorative and the old utensils my Mom had. I also love my dining room antique furniture with new decor.😊
I’ve always loved things that look as though they could tell a story, but I felt like my home started looking like a thrift store. Then I tried going extremely sparse and that felt like my home was staged to sell. I’m finally finding my balance. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
I am so happy to have found you! My husband loves old family “heirlooms” and I love clean simple. He also doesn’t like to paint good wood. I struggle to meld our two styles even after 40 years of marriage. Thank you for your wonderful insight!
Loved this one. My style is not yours - but I never fail to get awesome ideas and an understanding of what I’m doing and why my family and friends respond so positively to our space. Thank you. Yes, I want more like this one. I just ordered all 4 books. Ouch. But something tells me that I won’t regret it.
Same! I get a lot of tips on how to decorate even though I have more of a Scandinavian rustic style. I think it’s because she shows so many great photos of homes and a huge variety.
I have only been watching for a couple of months but I have learned so much. Your comments are in my head as I wander Home Goods and looking for particular items for my home. I just painted my fireplace black and decorated it with several family treasures that all blended beautifully. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm.
Thank you for your videos. I look forward to seeing all your posts. You spark joy in me and the things I love to surround myself with that help make my home beautiful.
I’ve been waiting for this video! I LOVE antiques and have quite a few including furniture, and sometimes struggle with how to incorporate them with the other side of me that loves industrial/modern etc. Thank you for this!! ❤️❤️
I just discovered your channel a few weeks ago and it was the Scandinavian haul that got me hooked to subscribe. Since then I have been voraciously watching your content, loving your style, Scandi influences and rapport with Jack. Would love to see a video on different ways to decorate your table, a beauty/fashion video, maybe even a “what I eat in a day/what recipes I’m using from my beautiful cookbooks” My 4yo old son loves to watch your videos with me and calls you “The Fancy Lady” 🖤
My rooms of antique Craftsman furniture look fine, and so do my contemporary/midcentury rooms. I’d rather have these items than furniture that is new and then goes out of fashion in a year or two.
My dad was a high end upholsterer in Boston…. He made a beautiful sofa & 2 side chairs….in the late 60s for my mom.. I’ll never get rid of it! I just love it. I’ve had it reupholstered twice so far. He’s gone now…..It started out as royal blue sofa and rust colored chairs. I’ve made it a cool grey & black & silver side chairs! Now retired in Florida…the sofa is a crème color with a dark red side chairs. I picked the red from the Tiffany chandelier we brought down from Boston in our previous home. Love you guys! Such an adorable couple. I love your authentic laugh! 😘❤️. If you guys are ever in Naples….I’d love to see what you think………..🤔
You guys are killing me! 🤣 I felt like you made this video just for me, yes I love my dining set, it's beautiful hand carved wood, pineapple carving on the two bases with claw feet, chairs are comfortable with tapestry material on the seats all in excellent condition after having it twenty years, when I saw the set my husband and I were engaged and so in love (don't worry we still are) we were in a boutique furniture store and I was in love the minute I saw the set, bought it that day. I guess that's why I haven't tried too hard to sell it, however it is on Craigslist for the third time but I am not holding my breath it will sell. Now that I have listened to your video I guess it can rest in my home for another twenty😂 I have all modern and wanted a beautiful modern plain table thought it would be a nice addition. lol
Oh how I would love to steal you and have your ideas all to myself ! We are in the process of renovating an old ,rural , red brick l house in Europe and I can not decide which way to go with it . I am trying to reclaim as much as possible from the original features but will need to modernize it a little bit for practicality. Love your content and tips so much !!! 💕
I love this video! Several years ago, I inherited my grandfather's wooden carved pieces and hadn't quite figured out how to display them in my house. Some are functional pieces, such as bowls and others are more decorative. All the more recent videos have helped me to dig them out, take a good look at them and move them around to where I feel they fit best. They are pieces that remind me of not only my grandfather who was an amazing artist, but my mom (his daughter) who I lost a few years ago. I smile every time I see one, displayed around the house. Now, I'm going to have some fun & see how they pair with newer items!
Thank you, and yes, more of this, please. The very small home I share with my husband came with family heirlooms that are non-negotiable to him. Incorporating tiny bits of modern and my style into that setting is a continual juggle. I appreciate all your inspiration.
My style is more contemporary with minimal leanings, and I laugh, that I am actually mid century, literally! I have 2 items that I treasure that are not at all my "style". I have clock my parents got as a wedding present in the mid 1940's and a decoy duck which my Native American grandfather carved (and my brother and I played with as California children visiting our grandparents in Michigan). I was so thrilled when I learned that one of my cousins still had those decoys and was willing to share one with me! Although neither piece really fits my decor, I think I have made them work in my living room and they both bring me great joy. 💕
We are building a new home for our retirement, and I’m completely redecorating most of the home with new things, so I completely understand the idea of using vintage or old things to give your space character and a sense of uniqueness, if that’s a word…lol I inherited a few things from my mom, Asian antique items, that I’m trying to figure out how to incorporate them into my relaxed, elegant, not too rustic, French Country design.
Thank you both for sharing your design talents and inspirations with us! My husband and I are on a journey from CA to TN this summer and plan to take a traditional, colonial style home and transform it into a Mediterranean style home both inside and out! Wish us luck!!! We'll be the talk of the town! I would love more content about how to incorporate some old world charm into a modern setting. Love you both! You make me laugh and smile at the end of a long day!
I am watching this for the 4th or 5th time, I just LOVE it! I freeze the screen to look more closely at many of the pictures. And in your home, I really like the way you don't center things. I'm looking at your mantle thinking #goals! 😃
Dear Valentina & Jack well done you guys .This video was so informative yet friendly, relax and fun that I can watch it over and over ( similar my other fav from HOV :How to create sophisticated home). I think there is not enough video on youtube about this topic showing us how to decorate homes with personality and heritage. can not wait to see more videos of this topic. Please provide details and ideas as much as you can. I've been your subscriber when you were about 20K and and every time you release quality video like this I'm like "yes smart girl ! you read my mind, this is exactly what I need !"
What a fun video! Lol Jack cracks me up so much 🤣. I love mixing modern art with antique frames! I have an antique barrel chair that I'm in the middle of reupholstering with modern fabric and my desk is an antique too it's huge 3 ft x 7 ft! I have been dying to do lime wash on my walls!!
I love your videos!! You both are great!! Thank you for this one. I truly love decorating my home and I do try to make a story. As I was watching your video today I looked around at some things that are precious to me. One is an oil painting my mom painted. She was a wonderful artist! She had this particular painting hung in her living room. It’s a white Iris with a black background. I always admired it. She has passed and I now have it hung up above my fireplace. The frame is gold ( I love gold) but does scream the 80’s a bit. So it’s oldish or very dated actually. My mom always said you frame to the painting not to your home. (The rules may have changed )So this painting is still in its original frame and I have decided I will never change it. It looks lovely above my fireplace and I have several updated pieces on my mantle. ( including the vase you have in yours, which I got off your Amazon store, love it!!!!) Thanks again for your wisdom and advice!!!!
Hi Valentina. I found you about a month ago, I love your videos I have gone back and watch as much as possible of your old videos. I love your ideas and now I’m in love with black I’m thinking of doing my living room and black. 😁🤗
Oh and I still have the milk churns from long ago, the old irons, the butter molds, glass and wood and they are displayed. An old dough tray with the old rolling pins. Those are so neat. And the jug that had the corn Cobb in it. Totally great pottery.
Thank you for taking on this topic! I live with furniture that has been handed down and struggle to find ways to use it. Some of the items will go as soon as the people who "gifted" them are gone-morbid, but you know what I mean! There is family pressure not to get rid of something that Granddad made by hand but it's so dated that it doesn't fit the color scheme/design scheme in my home. Some pieces have "lived" in closets for 30 years!! Appreciate your tips and tricks!
Jack you aren’t old next to your beautiful wife! You guys are so funny. This is the big reason I keep coming back to watch. It’s the way you explain getting to your own style. I love how excited you are as we are as excited about you two revealing your decorating secrets. Thanks for the book review too. I want more!
Thank you for this video! I have many cherished family antiques from beloved grandparents! I am trying to balance the old with the new! More videos like this!
This video of old and new was helpful and comes at the right time for me. I just did a walk through of my own home and it turns out I have one antique furniture piece in each room...Yay success. I am currently turning a bedroom into my office/garden room and want to hang a vintage window frame on the wall. You have given me the confidence to go ahead with my idea. The hardest part is finding a simple writing desk/table but for now the extra long folding table is functional and will have to due until I find something else. I created a mood board on Pinterest thanks to your suggestion it has helped a lot already.
Maybe a topic for another video but it's something I struggle with...How do I incorporate family photos into my decor without overdoing it? I love your style and have been gravitating towards that for a while now. Family photos have me stumped though. So thankful I found your RUclips channel!!!
Hello 👋, I enjoy your videos so much. I understand your sense humor 😂. I bought my first house and I feel my house look great because all your videos. I still struggle in how to organize my dinner room. when you can please make a video abouy dinner room looks. Love you both thank you for taking of your time to make my happy.
Valentina......one again you are spot on... I love to reused my well LOVE stuff and find a new home for it in my surrounding! Jack and you always keep it real and entertaining but give us value information -thank you for the photos!
Definitely bring on more tips on incorporating old with new decor. I appreciate the stories behind old items and seeing how they’ve last thru time. Tfs!
Valentina I just love you guys! I have also lived abroad and I absolutely love your approach to family life, and design. When it comes to mixing styles, and incorporating the best of your experiences you have this knack for making it look all so curated. You and your family live in a beautiful and mindful way. I love these little chats, and I share your videos all the time. I too share your dream that one day you will have a Target collection! Until then thank you for all the advice!
Along this same vein, I'd love to see a video on transitioning styles--going from one style to another without dumping everything you have and having to completely start over. Essentially, learning how to overlap so you can slowly transition or incorporate different styles into one.
Just love you guys. Cheers! ☕️
This is such a great video idea!!! We all go through changes in our personal taste - some of us more frequently than others lol :)
Yes, thank you! I watch lots of videos specifically to get inspiration on updated transitional (not contemporary) design.
This!!!!
Valentina, I love your videos especially those with Jack in them! You guys are so perfect together! Also, I love the photos you show while you talk. It is so clever that you keep us engaged during your explanations by looking at amazing places to get inspired. You should reach 1 mil because there is no other person doing interior decorating like you do on RUclips. Congrats!! 🍾
Thank you so much! We really appreciate your kind words!
Right! These videos aren't something that I can just put on in the background! I sometimes have to wait all day so I can watch them uninterrupted, because the pictures in the background are usually so spot on and engaging. I have learned so much about my style from these chats.
Absolutely agree!!!
Totally agree!!!!
Love
I gotta say, I really do love how much humour and depth Jack adds to these videos. You two have such a lovely balance, and I always look forward to seeing your videos 😊
Take us along on your shopping trips to estate sales, etc.....Please !
“Rusticity” is what Ralph Lauren calls it…stuff that’s been “lived in” and it has history or stories to tell…I love that you mix these different things Valentina!!! My style is not minimalistic but I like to help people discover, rearrange and build upon what they already have. Recently I worked on a “equestrian trophy room/den” …he had many, MANY horse racing photos to use as a gallery …and I never ever thought I would use orange in decorating but with some of the photo frames and a peach wool blanket, peach/beige Native American rug…I started to build on it and now it’s very cohesive and cozy with a vintage charm. 🥰
beautifully said!
That sounds so fun!
I love antique furniture , decor everything antique because their have history and stories . Their have quality , and least longer thank you four you tip .
Fitting an antique into contemporary decor should be all the rage. There are so many beautiful antiques out there!!
Some "old stuff" can be really precious. Don't even think of getting rid of Jack!
I would love to see you shop at a antique mall or estate sale!!!!
my favourite video you've done EVER!!
I subscribe to this channel because I enjoy the banter between Jack and Valetina. They have such a charming sense of humor!!💜💜🙌 The frequent laughter makes them stand out among RUclips experts.
So good!!! You have taught this 75 year old so much!!!
One thing I do to mix old w new, I take crystal items like candy dishes and ice buckets, and fill them with everyday items I need. So at my small vanity that I do my makeup and skin care at-I have orchids I got for my bday last week on one side of the sink; on the other side is a candy dish with a lid- it houses my beauty blender, tweezers, eye drops, eyelash brushes, etc. So all of the small things that I need all the time are contained and in a beautiful spot! So when I go to my vanity morning and night, it’s a little retreat.
My husband and I have inherited many, many vintage and antique items from furniture to Pueblo pottery and Navajo weavings to Fenton and Westmoreland glass. Since discovering your channel and other interior design channels I have been able to start displaying these things in a more cohesive fashion. There is certainly still a learning curve but I have been making strides. An example is my husband has a beautiful blue coin dot vase that we had displayed on our dresser. it never seemed to fit with the bedroom being warm tones. I recently put it in the bathroom which has a lot of cool elements and the vase just popped. Finally I found its home. Thanks for your tips and inspiration.
I just love how lit Jack always is to do a video. He's so game. Love you guys!!❤❤
Valentina you are beautiful and inspiring. You passion is contagious, and I am honored that you would want to share your knowledge with us. You and Jack are adorable.
It would be so interesting to see a video about the things you brought back from abroad and why you chose those. How do you use them now? Do you still love them? Any regrets?
I live in a 1760… everything I bring in is new. I come for the laughs and the love you share. Groupie… 😍
Love this!
I love old mixed with modern. There is not one “style” that I could do 75% of, as some designers suggest to do. Is why I love watching you!
I also swap out accessories all the time. Seldom buy new things, except when you show me things I fall in love with!
Love this. I love to mix modern with old. Always have. It’s very eclectic and original. Meaning no ones home will look like mine. Go to some homes and it feels like Ive walked into a catalog for a store....I don’t want that for me. They may love that, not me. I want my great great grandfathers typewriter next to a large modern vase. Or my great great grandmothers hand painted serving trays from Italy mounted on the wall next to a painting. That make me happy and is unique to my family story. Love this and would love to see more!
Valentina, you've done it again! love the idea of sprucing up stuff you already own, it's both chic and cheap! love it!
Love that…. “Chic and cheap”
Yes! More of this! Love to mix old with new/modern/trends!
I loved watching this video, your energy and passion and authenticity really shines here in a whole new way! Definitely more of this.
I recently googled accounts similar to The House of Valentina. Nope, none out there .I didn’t subscribe to any suggested. You guys are the best ❤️
This is crazy , I was in my girlfriends moms garage that passed away, they had two lamps brass , all dusty . I ask what are you going to do with them ? She said trash. I was just out hunting for new ones. I was so excited she gave to me. I took them home cleaned the dust ,left the patina
On them bought some new shades. Each one was different. Her mom was 108 yrs old. One cord was cut off ,my husband fixed . They both worked. Like you said the mixing works. I wonder how many times she turned these on. They touch my heart.
I love how when they said those vases represent them, not only are they side-by-side in the same way, but their respective vases are actually the same colors as the sweaters they're wearing!!
I mix modern with vintage and I love it! My husband and I love to go to antique stores and flea markets.We love the thrill of the hunt.
I’ve hauled around a reproduction hand carved alabaster bust of “David” that my husbands uncle brought back from his WWII service in Italy. After 40 years it’s finally on trend!!
Yes! Please continue with these videos, really love them!!
Thank you for this video. I often feel like I don’t fit in because so much of my home is family antiques, from a large old ice box, to a drum played at the Battle of Bull Run, and a framed old feed bag from my family’s Mill. I’m very much at home with these items and can’t think of getting rid of them. I’ve also traveled to the former USSR during the Cold War and have brought back a lot of art.
I love old and new , Rustic/modern is so me ...I love bold colors as well but at the same time its hard for me to incorporate it , watching this video made it easier to incorporate different styles . love the mix !
I would love to see more DIY projects and ideas! Artwork, decor, furniture repurposing, etc. I really enjoy watching your videos!
I am 71 and am just figuring it out. I always had old stuff but after some remodel have wanted to not have floral anymore, more neutrals but I love wood and old decorative and the old utensils my Mom had. I also love my dining room antique furniture with new decor.😊
I’ve always loved things that look as though they could tell a story, but I felt like my home started looking like a thrift store. Then I tried going extremely sparse and that felt like my home was staged to sell. I’m finally finding my balance. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Hi! Yes please more of how to incorporate older pieces into a minimalists decor... with character!
Love Jack's sweater
This is so needed. My partner has family stuff with history. A LOT of stuff, a lot of history.
That’s so cool, what is your favorite piece?
I would LOVE for you guys to show us how to makeover cherry wood furniture into more modern pieces. 😀
Yes, please show how to mix older artwork in a transitional room and also an ornate piece of furniture. Great episode today
I love my 1930’s nature / garden books (3- green covers)on my black stained oak modern coffee table. 😊
This sounds fabulous! Would love to see a photo!
@@breannelee4638 I would, but I don’t know how to do that on here lol
I am so happy to have found you! My husband loves old family “heirlooms” and I love clean simple. He also doesn’t like to paint good wood. I struggle to meld our two styles even after 40 years of marriage. Thank you for your wonderful insight!
I love mixing old and new. I swoon over the restoration hardware look.
Loved this one. My style is not yours - but I never fail to get awesome ideas and an understanding of what I’m doing and why my family and friends respond so positively to our space. Thank you. Yes, I want more like this one. I just ordered all 4 books. Ouch. But something tells me that I won’t regret it.
Same! I get a lot of tips on how to decorate even though I have more of a Scandinavian rustic style. I think it’s because she shows so many great photos of homes and a huge variety.
That “ something old something new” move, Jack was one of your best moves!😂🤣made me laugh!
I have only been watching for a couple of months but I have learned so much. Your comments are in my head as I wander Home Goods and looking for particular items for my home. I just painted my fireplace black and decorated it with several family treasures that all blended beautifully. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm.
Cannot wait to incorporate some of my grandmother's decor when I redecorate for spring.. Great video. You two are so cute together
I'm very lucky to have my grandmother's waterfall bed and vanity.
I really, really, appreciate all the photos. It helps me so much to visualize what you’re talking about.
Thank you for your videos. I look forward to seeing all your posts. You spark joy in me and the things I love to surround myself with that help make my home beautiful.
I’ve been waiting for this video! I LOVE antiques and have quite a few including furniture, and sometimes struggle with how to incorporate them with the other side of me that loves industrial/modern etc. Thank you for this!! ❤️❤️
Wonderful inspiration! I can't wait to see your report on the limewash paint for your bath. And yes, would love more of this!
Two words girl...DE CAFF! You two are so much fun to watch!😄
I just discovered your channel a few weeks ago and it was the Scandinavian haul that got me hooked to subscribe. Since then I have been voraciously watching your content, loving your style, Scandi influences and rapport with Jack. Would love to see a video on different ways to decorate your table, a beauty/fashion video, maybe even a “what I eat in a day/what recipes I’m using from my beautiful cookbooks”
My 4yo old son loves to watch your videos with me and calls you “The Fancy Lady” 🖤
I am determined to find a really cool old stool. Not sure why, but whenever I see them I get excited. Also, I love my old terracotta pots!
I understand. I get excited about antique side tables and chairs.
My rooms of antique Craftsman furniture look fine, and so do my contemporary/midcentury rooms. I’d rather have these items than furniture that is new and then goes out of fashion in a year or two.
Love your passion and enthusiasm! Would definitely like to see you style some things using old and new. This was a good start. Xoxo
You two share such a unique perspective on creating a home.
Gosh I love looking at all of these gorgeous spaces.
My dad was a high end upholsterer in Boston…. He made a beautiful sofa & 2 side chairs….in the late 60s for my mom.. I’ll never get rid of it! I just love it. I’ve had it reupholstered twice so far. He’s gone now…..It started out as royal blue sofa and rust colored chairs. I’ve made it a cool grey & black & silver side chairs! Now retired in Florida…the sofa is a crème color with a dark red side chairs. I picked the red from the Tiffany chandelier we brought down from Boston in our previous home. Love you guys! Such an adorable couple. I love your authentic laugh! 😘❤️. If you guys are ever in Naples….I’d love to see what you think………..🤔
You guys are killing me! 🤣 I felt like you made this video just for me, yes I love my dining set, it's beautiful hand carved wood, pineapple carving on the two bases with claw feet, chairs are comfortable with tapestry material on the seats all in excellent condition after having it twenty years, when I saw the set my husband and I were engaged and so in love (don't worry we still are) we were in a boutique furniture store and I was in love the minute I saw the set, bought it that day. I guess that's why I haven't tried too hard to sell it, however it is on Craigslist for the third time but I am not holding my breath it will sell. Now that I have listened to your video I guess it can rest in my home for another twenty😂 I have all modern and wanted a beautiful modern plain table thought it would be a nice addition. lol
Oh how I would love to steal you and have your ideas all to myself ! We are in the process of renovating an old ,rural , red brick l house in Europe and I can not decide which way to go with it . I am trying to reclaim as much as possible from the original features but will need to modernize it a little bit for practicality.
Love your content and tips so much !!! 💕
Love mixing old and new!!!! Please show us examples of how you guys do this ❤️
I love this video! Several years ago, I inherited my grandfather's wooden carved pieces and hadn't quite figured out how to display them in my house. Some are functional pieces, such as bowls and others are more decorative. All the more recent videos have helped me to dig them out, take a good look at them and move them around to where I feel they fit best. They are pieces that remind me of not only my grandfather who was an amazing artist, but my mom (his daughter) who I lost a few years ago. I smile every time I see one, displayed around the house. Now, I'm going to have some fun & see how they pair with newer items!
Thank you, and yes, more of this, please. The very small home I share with my husband came with family heirlooms that are non-negotiable to him. Incorporating tiny bits of modern and my style into that setting is a continual juggle. I appreciate all your inspiration.
My style is more contemporary with minimal leanings, and I laugh, that I am actually mid century, literally! I have 2 items that I treasure that are not at all my "style". I have clock my parents got as a wedding present in the mid 1940's and a decoy duck which my Native American grandfather carved (and my brother and I played with as California children visiting our grandparents in Michigan). I was so thrilled when I learned that one of my cousins still had those decoys and was willing to share one with me! Although neither piece really fits my decor, I think I have made them work in my living room and they both bring me great joy. 💕
The passion you have for what you do, is AMAZING. Wish you could help me with my house
We are building a new home for our retirement, and I’m completely redecorating most of the home with new things, so I completely understand the idea of using vintage or old things to give your space character and a sense of uniqueness, if that’s a word…lol
I inherited a few things from my mom, Asian antique items, that I’m trying to figure out how to incorporate them into my relaxed, elegant, not too rustic, French Country design.
Thanks for the great information...you have the sweetest husband. Perfect couple.
Thank you both for sharing your design talents and inspirations with us! My husband and I are on a journey from CA to TN this summer and plan to take a traditional, colonial style home and transform it into a Mediterranean style home both inside and out! Wish us luck!!! We'll be the talk of the town! I would love more content about how to incorporate some old world charm into a modern setting. Love you both! You make me laugh and smile at the end of a long day!
I am watching this for the 4th or 5th time, I just LOVE it! I freeze the screen to look more closely at many of the pictures. And in your home, I really like the way you don't center things. I'm looking at your mantle thinking #goals! 😃
Dear Valentina & Jack well done you guys .This video was so informative yet friendly, relax and fun that I can watch it over and over ( similar my other fav from HOV :How to create sophisticated home). I think there is not enough video on youtube about this topic showing us how to decorate homes with personality and heritage.
can not wait to see more videos of this topic. Please provide details and ideas as much as you can.
I've been your subscriber when you were about 20K and and every time you release quality video like this I'm like "yes smart girl ! you read my mind, this is exactly what I need !"
What a fun video! Lol Jack cracks me up so much 🤣. I love mixing modern art with antique frames! I have an antique barrel chair that I'm in the middle of reupholstering with modern fabric and my desk is an antique too it's huge 3 ft x 7 ft! I have been dying to do lime wash on my walls!!
Love,love all your enthusiastic tips on decor!Amazing!
Yes, more on this. I have many family heirlooms that I'd like to keep and display but I don't want it to look too old fashioned.
I love your videos!! You both are great!! Thank you for this one. I truly love decorating my home and I do try to make a story. As I was watching your video today I looked around at some things that are precious to me. One is an oil painting my mom painted. She was a wonderful artist! She had this particular painting hung in her living room. It’s a white Iris with a black background. I always admired it. She has passed and I now have it hung up above my fireplace. The frame is gold ( I love gold) but does scream the 80’s a bit. So it’s oldish or very dated actually. My mom always said you frame to the painting not to your home. (The rules may have changed )So this painting is still in its original frame and I have decided I will never change it. It looks lovely above my fireplace and I have several updated pieces on my mantle. ( including the vase you have in yours, which I got off your Amazon store, love it!!!!) Thanks again for your wisdom and advice!!!!
I love your honest enthusiasm!!
Could you give us content on floors versus wall colors. What is right or cohesive and how to select 🤔
Just love how fun & funny you & your husband are 😍. Really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing it💔
I just love your videos. I feel like we are just sitting and chatting!❤️🤗
Hi Valentina. I found you about a month ago, I love your videos I have gone back and watch as much as possible of your old videos. I love your ideas and now I’m in love with black I’m thinking of doing my living room and black. 😁🤗
Oh and I still have the milk churns from long ago, the old irons, the butter molds, glass and wood and they are displayed. An old dough tray with the old rolling pins. Those are so neat. And the jug that had the corn Cobb in it. Totally great pottery.
I also still leave out some winter as that is my favorite searson.
Thank you for taking on this topic! I live with furniture that has been handed down and struggle to find ways to use it. Some of the items will go as soon as the people who "gifted" them are gone-morbid, but you know what I mean! There is family pressure not to get rid of something that Granddad made by hand but it's so dated that it doesn't fit the color scheme/design scheme in my home. Some pieces have "lived" in closets for 30 years!! Appreciate your tips and tricks!
Jack you aren’t old next to your beautiful wife! You guys are so funny. This is the big reason I keep coming back to watch. It’s the way you explain getting to your own style. I love how excited you are as we are as excited about you two revealing your decorating secrets. Thanks for the book review too. I want more!
Great video! I wish I had saved more of my vintage stuff! But now I feel like I can combine what I have with new...Thanks!!
Yay! Very excited to see your lime wash room!
Me too!!!!
Thank you for this video! I have many cherished family antiques from beloved grandparents! I am trying to balance the old with the new! More videos like this!
You two are so silly together I love watching you. Loved this video.
I ordered Athena's book on Amazon before you were even done. Thank you. And thank you for your design good sense.
We bloody love you guys! Always a top choice in our office to watch your videos! Not while we’re supposed to be working 😒🤣
Yes! More of this. We are currently building and this is exactly where I want to go with my design style
This video of old and new was helpful and comes at the right time for me. I just did a walk through of my own home and it turns out I have one antique furniture piece in each room...Yay success. I am currently turning a bedroom into my office/garden room and want to hang a vintage window frame on the wall. You have given me the confidence to go ahead with my idea. The hardest part is finding a simple writing desk/table but for now the extra long folding table is functional and will have to due until I find something else. I created a mood board on Pinterest thanks to your suggestion it has helped a lot already.
P.S. Where did you find your office desk?
Yes to more like this!!! Adore you both!💕
Jack is willing to throw himself under the old stuff bus. Too cute…
Maybe a topic for another video but it's something I struggle with...How do I incorporate family photos into my decor without overdoing it? I love your style and have been gravitating towards that for a while now. Family photos have me stumped though. So thankful I found your RUclips channel!!!
This was such a great video! Our table was from a perfume factory floor in the Ukraine and I love it.
Hello 👋,
I enjoy your videos so much. I understand your sense humor 😂. I bought my first house and I feel my house look great because all your videos. I still struggle in how to organize my dinner room. when you can please make a video abouy dinner room looks. Love you both thank you for taking of your time to make my happy.
Valentina......one again you are spot on... I love to reused my well LOVE stuff and find a new home for it in my surrounding! Jack and you always keep it real and entertaining but give us value information -thank you for the photos!
Definitely bring on more tips on incorporating old with new decor. I appreciate the stories behind old items and seeing how they’ve last thru time. Tfs!
I love love love these tips, it's so practical and makes me appreciate things in a whole new way!
This is super cool. My home is traditional modern, so I love videos like this.
Valentina I just love you guys! I have also lived abroad and I absolutely love your approach to family life, and design. When it comes to mixing styles, and incorporating the best of your experiences you have this knack for making it look all so curated. You and your family live in a beautiful and mindful way. I love these little chats, and I share your videos all the time. I too share your dream that one day you will have a Target collection! Until then thank you for all the advice!