I lived in Sicily for 8 years and I said that I had an American kitchen in Italy! In Italy when you move you take your kitchen with you. So when I bought my condo there was no kitchen! But I had enough of my things and some Ikea and I had a great kitchen, and yes with a lot of those roosters. They live with me still, in America on a large houseboat.
I think that there have always been Traditional European revivals Back in the late 60s early 70s there was the “Mediterranean “ style It was vaguely Spanish/Italianish In the late 70s 80s there was a revival of American colonial decor (think Martha S) It was all very yuppie and waspy Then of course the big English Country house look Also very white In the 90s people became a little more “multi cultural “ Even if it was superficial There was a lot of “boho” style and Eastern and Soutwestern style I think the Tuscan look was an easy way for people to bring in something less waspy than Ennglidh country or Colonial or French Provincial….but still traditional in style It was interesting …..but safe. :)
This was so much fun. Thank you. I only had about 8 roosters, but all were functional. Not as roosters, but as pitchers, a couple of sauce boats and caseroles and a tureen. I still use them a lot! I think the food tastes better .💗
I have ro admit, I always have been in love with all things Italian and was and stiil am guilty of my special love of Tuscan kitchens. I'm also someone who decorates my home with things I love from all different eras. A truly eclectic collected look like a seasoned world traveler (of which I most certainly am NOT. Unless being an armchair traveler counts.) Trends and fashionability are not my guiding star. Creating a warm, loving, relaxing space that is truly home is what guides me.
I am the same way but I never regret or feel guilty about my choices, as I consider myself a lover of eclectic styles and the unconventional, and that brings me joy
I am the same way but I never regret or feel guilty about my choices, as I consider myself a lover of eclectic styles and the unconventional, and that brings me joy
My favorite style was Mediterranean in the late 60s to early 70s. Dark heavy woods, warm tile tones, pops of green (Avocado), golds (harvest), oranges, and medieval wall plaques. Could still do it, but I would be sent to "the home". Lol 😂
I wasn't in a place to embrace a full Tuscan kitchen at the time. But loved yhe concept enough that I registered for a rooster pitcher for my 2000 wedding. Still have it and did not realise it was meant for wine.
Ciao from Italy. The Tuscan style kitchen we have it, marble countertop, marble sink cherry cabinets long table. I appreciate it but don't love it, if this trend coming as updated better version of it i'm all for it.
I wish I had one of those kitchens. And lived in Italy. I don’t like wine, or olives. But I would love the room. I do have a sign in my kitchen that says Kitchen.
My MIL had a tuscan style kitchen. Last November she painted the whole thing white, replaced the granite, and replaced all the chicken and grape decor. It made my husband and I sad. We kept telling her that as soon as she painted it that kitchen style was going to come back into style. Shoulda listened!
Fitted cabinets---no truly old Tuscan kitchen would have fitted cabinets. I don't like fitted kitchens, wish I had my 1908 kitchen back from my previous house. I love how Alexandra featured the REAL Tuscan kitchens & the spirit of them. And why is it back? B/c Tuscan food is the best in the world, Italian hospitality is the best in the world, and nobody knows how to have a joyous life like the Italians . Tiny little complaint---d'Medici is pronounced "duh MED itchy," more or less, not "med EE chee." But we all knew who you were talking about.
My mother's kitchen had quite a few roosters, but the overall style was that faux "Spanish medieval" style from the 1970s. Lots of dark wood and hanging copper pots no one used.
Wow, I haaaaated those kitchens. So. Much. Brown. Travertine makes me want to throw up. And p.s. I’ve been to Tuscany a few times and never seen a kitchen like that in Italy.
I feel like I didn't learn anything from this episode. How come it didn't touch on why that style even gained popularity in the us or make the connection that best snacks and coldest AC are signifiers of wealth and it's an interesting connection that people are making in regards to those kitchens? Were they a class signifier?
😅 yeah my whole family is over there and with the exception of the roosters, not one of their kitchens reminds me of the American "Tuscan" kitchens! I did wonder why everyone on both sides of my family liked roosters so much so that was interesting.
I have several friends/family members that had fantastic and expensive Tuscan kitchens in their homes. When they sold their home, young people moved in and painted everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, white! Ahhhh! They destroyed Georgious natural materials and put in subway tile of all things! No taste, no style 😮😢 so sad. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. I get so frustrated with our disposable society that has not regard for quality and beauty.
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I always wondered why Americans had such hideous kitchens. As a European it didn’t even click that this is supposed to look Italian. To me it has the same vibe of ocean and beach themed bathrooms.
I sure don’t see a ocean or beach. Some of these women are so opinionated. We try and do the best we can to make a style that is current in a new house and the cost is always a prohibitive factor for us normal people.
Oh darling…..you look so beautiful and so thin…why why why WHY don’t you have your own tv show…I JUST LOVE YOU AND YOUR FUN PERSONALITY….what will it take to get you on tv? I will be your fan club president…toooo precious…hugs carolyn from Columbus Georgia….I am a 71 year old grandma….”gaga” to my grandsons…..
I live in Italy and when I visited the US in 2002 I was introduced to the American idea of a Tuscan kitchen. OMG what a hideous tasteless style. Never seen anything like it in Italy. Completely out of keeping with the style of the houses..dark heavy and over enriched. Country kitchens in Italy are usually more spartan …
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Were American Tuscan kitchens iconic or were they simply not it?
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They were nice but a bit overdone and it is a very Americanized and bastardized version of a true Tuscan kitchen.
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My goodness Alexandra looks beautiful in that dress!
I lived in Sicily for 8 years and I said that I had an American kitchen in Italy! In Italy when you move you take your kitchen with you. So when I bought my condo there was no kitchen! But I had enough of my things and some Ikea and I had a great kitchen, and yes with a lot of those roosters. They live with me still, in America on a large houseboat.
Love this! Thanks for sharing!
I can’t tell you how much I enjoy this series and especially the knowledgeable, opinionated women hosting! 🐓 🥘
Alexandra knows her stuff!
She has her own RUclips channel... Alexandria Gater
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She’s pretty talented. Personality and a can-do attitude.
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Alexandria is such and amazing host for Wayfair, love her! My grandma had rooster & hen figurines
What a fun episode!😂❤️👏
Absolutely beautiful, warm and timeless! No more gray!!!!
Great episode AG. Love your work.
The dress is so cute!
Love this style Thank you for sharing Alexandra I’m a big fan of your channel ❤❤
Thanks for watching!
What a refreshing design video, thank you.
We're glad you enjoyed it!
Love this series! But I want more! A deeper dive and longer episodes would be amazing
and how to update this style for today!
Nice one AG ... Nice trivia about the medeci!
I miss my Tuscan kitchen! It was just warm and welcoming.
Nothing better!
Beautiful kitchens
I think that there have always been Traditional European revivals
Back in the late 60s early 70s there was the “Mediterranean “ style
It was vaguely Spanish/Italianish
In the late 70s 80s there was a revival of American colonial decor (think Martha S)
It was all very yuppie and waspy
Then of course the big English Country house look
Also very white
In the 90s people became a little more “multi cultural “
Even if it was superficial
There was a lot of “boho” style and Eastern and Soutwestern style
I think the Tuscan look was an easy way for people to bring in something less waspy than Ennglidh country or Colonial or French Provincial….but still traditional in style
It was interesting …..but safe. :)
Macenna's new kitchen!
Yep her kitchen came out epic
Leave it to AG to add "caulk" (insert rooster clucking here) to a kitchen wherever possible.
love this- so many good memories
You look lovely. I was just in Italy in July. I love the Italian kitchens for their warmth and family.
This was so much fun. Thank you. I only had about 8 roosters, but all were functional. Not as roosters, but as pitchers, a couple of sauce boats and caseroles and a tureen. I still use them a lot! I think the food tastes better .💗
I am Italian AND live in Tuscany and I am beginning to appreciate rustic italian houses such as my grandma and my uncle's home
I have ro admit, I always have been in love with all things Italian and was and stiil am guilty of my special love of Tuscan kitchens.
I'm also someone who decorates my home with things I love from all different eras. A truly eclectic collected look like a seasoned world traveler (of which I most certainly am NOT. Unless being an armchair traveler counts.) Trends and fashionability are not my guiding star. Creating a warm, loving, relaxing space that is truly home is what guides me.
I am the same way but I never regret or feel guilty about my choices, as I consider myself a lover of eclectic styles and the unconventional, and that brings me joy
I am the same way but I never regret or feel guilty about my choices, as I consider myself a lover of eclectic styles and the unconventional, and that brings me joy
The family name is pronounced "MED-e-chee." Thanks for the post!
Why does this episode give me such cher at the debate podium in clueless vibes... In the best way possible! 😂❤️❤️
Alexandra you almost changed my mind on Tuscan style kitchens, but I am still not ready for one in my house 😅😅😅
This kitchen style haunts me. One time i visited someone whose whole home was designed like a tuscan winery. Insanity.
Love this series and I need that dress!
Love these kitchens. The style of dress you are wearing looks nice on you,.
XO MacKenna is bringing it back!!!
My favorite style was Mediterranean in the late 60s to early 70s. Dark heavy woods, warm tile tones, pops of green (Avocado), golds (harvest), oranges, and medieval wall plaques. Could still do it, but I would be sent to "the home". Lol
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Love that style!
The mustard-colored French country rooster toile I had was *chefs kiss*
Also, hi Lottie! 😻
Love your lemon dress😊 when I was in Sardinia I was riding bikes through the lemon groves ! So Beautiful! One of my favorite places in this world!
I wasn't in a place to embrace a full Tuscan kitchen at the time. But loved yhe concept enough that I registered for a rooster pitcher for my 2000 wedding. Still have it and did not realise it was meant for wine.
Ciao from Italy. The Tuscan style kitchen we have it, marble countertop, marble sink cherry cabinets long table. I appreciate it but don't love it, if this trend coming as updated better version of it i'm all for it.
I have been seeing updated versions of Tuscan kitchens and they keep the vibe but in a more bright and light style.
I wish I had one of those kitchens. And lived in Italy. I don’t like wine, or olives. But I would love the room. I do have a sign in my kitchen that says Kitchen.
That sign is a great start!
Those were very expensive kitchens, I think they are beautiful! I have roosters, I will have to count mine. We had Olive Garden carry out last night.
Those were some of the beautiful kitchens the old world one when you seen them here in America made you think you were in Italy
❤ AG! I think my sorta French Country 2000's kitchen turned out to be TUSCAN!! 😂😅 But I ❤ it still!
This style is all over the place in Sopranos.
Exactly!
The Tuscan kitchen belongs in the memory.
they weren't that bad and can be updated to look more real Tuscan and less like a studio set.
ADORABLE!!
My MIL had a tuscan style kitchen. Last November she painted the whole thing white, replaced the granite, and replaced all the chicken and grape decor. It made my husband and I sad. We kept telling her that as soon as she painted it that kitchen style was going to come back into style. Shoulda listened!
I so miss those kitchens too! And, nothing better than Italian cooking! Fun fact: Galina means hen in Italiano!
Cute dress! And! Your haur is parted a bit off center; more flattering!!!
Great series! I'm half Italian (Napoli) and loooooove this!!
Amazing video!
We're glad you enjoyed it!
Fitted cabinets---no truly old Tuscan kitchen would have fitted cabinets. I don't like fitted kitchens, wish I had my 1908 kitchen back from my previous house. I love how Alexandra featured the REAL Tuscan kitchens & the spirit of them. And why is it back? B/c Tuscan food is the best in the world, Italian hospitality is the best in the world, and nobody knows how to have a joyous life like the Italians . Tiny little complaint---d'Medici is pronounced "duh MED itchy," more or less, not "med EE chee." But we all knew who you were talking about.
My mother's kitchen had quite a few roosters, but the overall style was that faux "Spanish medieval" style from the 1970s. Lots of dark wood and hanging copper pots no one used.
Ciao 👏👍🥰😍🇮🇹
I love your unbothered cat in the window in the background 😻
My rental kitchen looks like this.
Wow, I haaaaated those kitchens. So. Much. Brown. Travertine makes me want to throw up. And p.s. I’ve been to Tuscany a few times and never seen a kitchen like that in Italy.
this is an Americanized version of a Tuscan kitchen. They were nice but a bit overdone.
Look again, sweetie---maybe you stayed in the city? But the old villas in the country---that's how they are, with the addition of a few mod. cons!
I feel like I didn't learn anything from this episode. How come it didn't touch on why that style even gained popularity in the us or make the connection that best snacks and coldest AC are signifiers of wealth and it's an interesting connection that people are making in regards to those kitchens? Were they a class signifier?
Fun video!❤
You look beautiful. Your makeup is on point today.
the rooster and hen are good luck in the american south as well.
😅 yeah my whole family is over there and with the exception of the roosters, not one of their kitchens reminds me of the American "Tuscan" kitchens! I did wonder why everyone on both sides of my family liked roosters so much so that was interesting.
I swear there are photos of my Italian brother-in-law’s Connecticut kitchen here. Nearly exact.
Absolutely beautiful
my moms kitchen still looks like this 😁
It's a staple!
Love this ! The dress is fire! But a H A R D pass on the American "Tuscan" style...
It's definitely not for everyone!
I must know, where did you get the rooster canister set???
The original Italial kitchen pictures are the only interesting kichens in this Vlog. But I love AG!
I have several friends/family members that had fantastic and expensive Tuscan kitchens in their homes. When they sold their home, young people moved in and painted everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, white! Ahhhh! They destroyed Georgious natural materials and put in subway tile of all things! No taste, no style 😮😢 so sad. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. I get so frustrated with our disposable society that has not regard for quality and beauty.
Fun!
Even more of an interesting story knowing Gallina means hen
She's so cute- like a Legally Blonde brilliant Elle for the interior design world!
I had that kitchen and loved it. Now I have a tiny grey kitchen with no room to do anything. No storage, no decorative items no counter space.
“We” millennials not “us”. I truly love your videos and everything you do !
Thanks for watching!
That sink behind you is epic
Carmela Soprano? don't know her. AG is my only Italian queen
You get it!
OMG, that castle on the cliff
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Almost every US fad is over the top. Let’s see if what is being done now stands the test of time.
I live in Europe and don’t want the Tuscan kitchen,in the city. When I’m in the country. MAYBE
I always wondered why Americans had such hideous kitchens. As a European it didn’t even click that this is supposed to look Italian. To me it has the same vibe of ocean and beach themed bathrooms.
To each they're own!
I sure don’t see a ocean or beach. Some of these women are so opinionated. We try and do the best we can to make a style that is current in a new house and the cost is always a prohibitive factor for us normal people.
I never knew the roosters represented good luck.
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Fun 🐓
It sounds like she's saying "It's a cochina" in Spanish...(In Italian the U is more pronounced) 🐖🐷🐽😂
😊😊😊I say I love you more today today today I love you much more OK so that’s all what I got to say I love you
Wayfair Tuscan 😮…….not so sure about that🙃
you have cute host. :) interesting content.
Oh darling…..you look so beautiful and so thin…why why why WHY don’t you have your own tv show…I JUST LOVE YOU AND YOUR FUN PERSONALITY….what will it take to get you on tv? I will be your fan club president…toooo precious…hugs carolyn from Columbus Georgia….I am a 71 year old grandma….”gaga” to my grandsons…..
I live in Italy and when I visited the US in 2002 I was introduced to the American idea of a Tuscan kitchen. OMG what a hideous tasteless style. Never seen anything like it in Italy. Completely out of keeping with the style of the houses..dark heavy and over enriched. Country kitchens in Italy are usually more spartan …
The Soprano's were definitely not Tuscan.
⚠️ Please, please put an introduction warning us this is NOT a makeover. I needed to see a makeover. While enjoyed the video, I was waiting for the makeover. I already knew most of the history and was NOT interested in this content. Although I adored the story, I would have rather spent my break watching the makeover I was looking forward to seeing. Which is why I did NOT see the playtime of the video, i.e. short time, tired me. A simple introduction would have been appreciated. I hope that you respect my time more and my support for your channel and put a quick intro like you always do and that is why I thought it was a creative new introduction or something. I was to disappointedly watch a nearly 9 minute monologue then realise why it was a video around 9 minutes. I was tired so I did NOT bother looking at the playtime length, but again please your quick sweet introduction would be appreciated for at least 2 reasons: 1. You ALWAYS do and it helps contextualise and give choice whether this is something I am interested in
2. The introduction adds to the content, but is short and interesting
Both give me the respect to choose. That is what I liked about your channel.
I am NOT a fan of this content, but I am a fan of your makeover content. Therefore I would like to continue my support and watch the content I like best. Thank you. I hope this is respectful because I would really appreciate to continuing to watch and support you. ❤
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So roosters were class traitor snitches
Not a great video. Agree with the opinion but the delivery is rather showy and not on point.
Hated that Tuscan look.