Rich people can afford impractical design because they have house keepers cleaning daily. Most regular people care about beauty and practicality. Love seeing these designs anyway. Most are lovely
my great aunt had a fireplace in every room. i really loved it but she lived in a colonial home where this was a staple in the design. i think its really useful when you live in a cold climate area to save on your gas/electric bill, but I don't think this has the same meaning when you live in cali and its hardly ever cold.
I adore checkered flooring I’m having it in my new build house. (I project managed) My Powder room is going to be black. This is weird I’m having that tree wallpaper too ☺️ My hob is in my island too. I don’t get all the wires in the lounge 🫣it looks like the electrician hasn’t left. The Spa 💕
I really like this kind of video. Watching an open house video can be boring (unless the owner has a great sense of humour), but it's more interesting when you have a commentary (from an expert of course) like this. Anyway Mr Grey, you don't have to do celebrity houses only, there are a lot of beautifully designed houses out there you can do a commentary on
Can tell she actually cooks because of the practical hood setup over the island range. See way too many high end homes with completely non functional kitchens in real estate these days
Beautiful home and great presentation. I think the reason she had so many fireplaces was that would have similar with so many Georgian style homes, since that was their main way to heat a home.
I am not a huge Gwyneth fan but I like her house especially the spa bathroom! The one thing I didn't like was the sculptural hanging lighting in the bar/ living room
The asymmetry is homage to Japans ideal of wabi-sabi the Ikebana arrangement on the table is gorgeous! I love asymmetries it allows for flow, However I agree with you I don’t like the entrance its forced. wabi-sabi also believes in usability, and functions you can’t create imperfections that are beautiful you have to find the beauty in the imperfections that a given- the entrance is a good example of wabi-sabi-otaging lol
Love the way you’re able to critique elegantly. Overkilled it with fire places. The dining room is a confusing: office vs eating space?? The spa is my favorite and love the swing chair ❤ Excellent video!
I have my hob in the island too, for exact same reason! So many people put their sinks on the island which I think looks messy. I want to be facing and interacting with my guests and family as I cook ❤️
I love how Gwyneth Paltrow designed her home. I immediately thought the same about the fireplace in the foyer before you mentioned it. Thanks for another great video!
Wow… your analysis is exactly what I thought of when I saw this room tour originally, the lux yet extremely livability’s factor is spot on! The foyers fireplace off centre and that extra stand distract that gorgeous hero of centre table and wabi sabi vase. That private spa space is heavenly… well done to her and her architect and interior designer.
Such a fair review I agree with so many elements- I found the fireplace in the entry way misplaced and the one in the dining area unnecessary I thought it was just me. I loved the kitchen fireplace but the ladder Is awkward. Overall loved this home great review
Omg!!! Thank you for making this video. Bits and pieces of the AD video started popping up in my feed but I have a hard time watching and listening to that woman. With Design Daddy, I was able to get thru it!!! Lol!!!
Every room is just beautiful. The foyer feels a little stark, but it's still beautiful. The china in the kitchen is gorgeous, but i pity the poor soul who has to dust it. And that wallpaper in the dining room? Holy catfish, is that gorgeous. ❤
5:48 I have to disagree with the fireplace in every room opinion. I lived in Europe for seven years and grew up in actual farmhouses and a cabin in Alaska as a kid. I'm telling you, a fireplace in every room used to serve an important purpose. For me, it reads exactly as she intends - an old, quality home being lovingly cared for and updated through time. This is the exact aesthetic that makes my heart sing and you can't get there without acknowledging how people used to live and incorporating those aspects through a home. If you want to avoid the fireplace, add a stone feature on a wall that hints that there used to be fire there. That's something I saw a lot in the Northern USA. The hearth was such an integral part of the home that it couldn't be removed when not needed and so that part sits as a shadow of what the home used to be. It can be it's own design element and add another layer to the beauty.
GRRRRRR Love your take on well everything . Thank you for the honesty without being a total B word. Looking forward to your future videos. Love from Canada
Get real. She likes food, but I doubt she ever cooks. She doesn't clean. All the choices are rich people choices who have staff to dust the wallpaper, put away the shoes, and pre-cook the meals you just heat up before your friends come over.
Omg I’m so happy that I’m following Design Daddy. This post is the best of any design commentary on GP awesome house. I’m from England and stately homes do have fireplaces in every important room as they were very, very cold buildings.
The wall paper style in the formal dining room reminds me of the wall paper used in the homes of early 19th-century homes in the south -- for example, Andrew Jackson's home. The attached rolling ladder in the kitchen, is a French interior design style, no?
I ❤ this house. But unlike you the master bath is very stark. And those floors are a accident waiting to happen water and those slippery floors don’t fly for me. Yes I said stark but it looks very clean but one thing that would be nice is some greenery and they’re almost like a greenhouse effect I mean that’s just my opinion. Don’t care a lot for her but I think this house is really nice. I could live in that house and I have to agree with you about the ladder in the kitchen. It’s very practical as far as trying to get it to the higher cabinets, but it would get in the way for the lower cabinets. Plus it’s kind of bulky , but it looks good.. Paltrow house appeals to me 13:16
You always bring up the clean-ability in your videos, these houses aren’t getting used like mere mortals use their homes. It’s ALWAYS form over function when architects (archi-torture) are involved. They also have people to clean, so there is never any build up of dust, dirt, etc….. I’ve been to Gwyneths home in the Hamptons (Amagansett) and that home is so Beautiful! She had the most beautiful Swarovski cherry blossom chandelier by Tord Boontje, that was in 2008.
I didn’t see the fireplace in kitchen, yes when we used my fireplace it was to chill, even if it was once the only heating element in our late century Victorian!
you certainly don't see a lot of fireplaces in Europe -I have no ides what she is talking about maybe a French castle ? as a European I have never seen that ever and I have visited quite a lot of castles -common people certainly don't have that most have 1 if any fireplaces in their home , very rich people might have 1-3
I must be an old fuddy-duddy, but I detest "playful elements." On RU-vid, I have heard other designers and homeowners point to something atrocious and say proudly that an item or feature was added "for a touch of whimsy" when they should have said "from a touch of tipsy." Homes should be beautiful and peaceful, never fun and certainly not funny! Thus have I decreed, and so shall it be done! 😁
Hermes plates are beautiful, bit blue and white has never been my aesthetic! Unless I am inheriting pieces from my Nordic ancestors ( which is not my heritage but is my husbands) they will Not be in my house anywhere!
Was all ready to be up in arms about the fireplaces - in older houses you do have some heating mechanism in each room. However, then I saw the kitchen one and went ehhhh WTF? no fireplaces in the kitchen, makes zero sense as the heating mechanism there would be the same as you cook on.
She is definitely going for the fake old home. The fireplace in the foyer does not look functional. I can only take so many fake fireplaces. I like old homes, but I don't like obviously fake homes. I love her spa bathroom. Gimme gimme gimme!
Very nuveau riche, everything made up to look older than it actually is. The only statement this space is about is that the inhabitant pays someone else to do the dusting, washing and cleaning. Imagine the sound of those fancy plates shaking, flying off the walls and breaking into a million pieces when a serious earthquake hits the house. What a waste of money.
The whole layout is bad, disappointed actually. The kitchen ladder would be so annoying when entertaining a bunch of people. The bar in the living area is giving me 70’s vibes. The fireplaces aren’t attractive. it looks like they hired a different designer for each room.
Wouldn't the hot plate in the island mean hot oils will splatter out onto guests and the floor there's no back splash which the purpose is in the name.
Love the dining room wallpaper but I’d hate to be the person seated with my back to the fireplace. It makes for one hot tushy. And not to mention the heat is not good on those leather chairs.
I was coming to make this comment. This is not abnormal to have a fire place in every room and I don't think it takes away from the room at all unless it's done poorly.
Once again, I agree with you on a lot with the exception of the table in the kitchen. Looks like a picnic table ! I only like picnic tables if you’re going to a park a beautiful park and they have a few picnic tables. Doesn’t look good in the kitchen. And I agree that the latter is at a place there put it in the library. the living room is lovely the fireplaces do look at a place the one in the front foyer ! She could do without you can keep the one in the dining room ! Hollywood celebrities you would think they would be a little more glamorous like the homes in the 30s and 40s the movie stars had total glamour !
