Special visit to Villa Carlotta

Huge thank you to Gianluca who guided us through the most beautiful corners of the garden and the villa.
My name is Alla and together with my husband Sergi (Kotik) we are renovating a historical house in Italy. It will be a huge #DIY project full of fun moments and amazing discoveries as we dive in to a very dark corners of this abandoned house.Please make sure to subscribe to our channel to follow our adventures renovating on lake Como.
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  • @brendam5356
    @brendam5356 Жыл бұрын

    Buongiorno Alla and Sergi ooooh lalaaaa Villa Carlotta breathtaking the ceilings just like Oro Im walking with you Alla my neck looking up my eyes and mouth open wide just spectacular everywhere such grandeur the baby bed just heavenly Sergi😀??????Oh my gosh the gardens greenhouse the huge trees our forests in New Zealand are like that but on a property there mamma mia just stunning trees wisteria bamboo gigantic 100’s years old Alla and Sergi the look on your faces new frogs cuttings a storehouse of knowledge back to Oro awww the frogs are in their new home😍😍🥰Grazie Mille my darlings just Amore my day is full of inspiration I shall rewatch this video was stunning enriched my soul💖💖😘😘😍😍👌👌🌟🍸Alla prossima 👋👋

  • @nancyhauge9500
    @nancyhauge9500 Жыл бұрын

    Question...is there ANYTHING that Alla does not love, except bugs? I love your enthusiasm for life Alla!

  • @miraremh
    @miraremh Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful! Thank you so much for taking us along on your visit to Villa Carlotta. The ceilings and gardens were amazing to see - and I imagine even more beautiful IRL! Excited to see your frogs grow and enjoy the water plants!

  • @ehpeachylove
    @ehpeachylove Жыл бұрын

    Alla and Sergei thank you for sharing such an amazingly beautiful place and gardens. The rose spilling over the wall was stunning. What beautiful views and inspiration. You both had such a grand outing. Your little frogs will have a good home at Del Oro… but your garden is perfect for you both . You baby frogs will be happy in your pond. I am growing squash , tomatoes, lettuce in pots along with some herbs, and bought an English burp-less cucumber today to plant. Mine are all in pots. That I can move in the courtyard to the son. Love to you both.❤❤❤

  • @stephaniewilliams9469
    @stephaniewilliams9469 Жыл бұрын

    The Villa Carlotta Gardeners need their own KZread channel! The Rhododendron’s are a great topic for a vlog for starters! Wow!

  • @NatiHerron
    @NatiHerron Жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful day at Villa Carlotta thank you for taking us along! So much inspiration inside the villa and in the gardens. The baby frogs will love your villa pond ❤

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! The ceiling in that first room is stunning!!😍 the whole building is beautiful

  • @sharonstrother5015
    @sharonstrother5015 Жыл бұрын

    I loved that place. I hope you go back and do a photo shoot of the head gardener. Something to so him how much you appreciate him doing that for you. You alway show beautiful views. Something to think about. Maybe him in his favorite spot. A photo for him and 1 for you. Good people are hard to find. Please keep good family and friends close.

  • @petrekovairena1891
    @petrekovairena1891 Жыл бұрын

    Neznám usmjevavější a pozitivnější ženu než jste vy.Zahrada je úžasná.Zdravím z ČR

  • @carolehanrahan
    @carolehanrahan Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for taking me along on your wonderful tour of the Villa Carlotta. Also thank you to the head gardener who was kind enough to give you and us a tour to show off all of his hard work. I can't believe that only 10 gardeners tend such a huge, lush and beautiful garden. I'm glad you now have some little froggies to live in your pond.

  • @straycat8126
    @straycat8126 Жыл бұрын

    I love how you love life.....

  • @bonniehollingsworth1996
    @bonniehollingsworth1996 Жыл бұрын

    You have outdone yourself with this video. The tour of Villa Carlotta was so very well done - very professional. I love the ceilings, too. When I set about reinventing my studio building last year, at the very same time I found your inspiring channel, I decided to cover the old and uneven ceiling with delightfully molded foam tiles. I’ll send you a photo soon. The tiles changed my studio for the better. It’s an idea you might choose for some of your painfully damaged ceilings.

  • @michellecook2338
    @michellecook2338 Жыл бұрын

    Yes you could . Your such a talented young woman . Thank you 🎉❤

  • @stellaevans752
    @stellaevans752 Жыл бұрын

    You and Sergei make my day, I love you both, lovely video Alla, good luck with your new babies! Much love xxxxxxxxxxxxx😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @maryschlotter108
    @maryschlotter108 Жыл бұрын

    How beautiful, my goodness! Thank you for sharing your visit to Villa Carlotta . So much inspiration for your villa! What I love so much about your channel is how you see beauty in everything. The plants in baskets on the trees are Staghorn ferns. I’m sure your guide told you but just in case. Thank you again and Sergi too for sharing this lovely day.

  • @sandraberry612
    @sandraberry612 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Alla & Sergei, If you have the patience Alla ,your ceilings would look stunning painted & would make the downstairs rooms lighter,as there quite dark ! Nowadays you can buy amazing stencils that you can use over & over again, or inexpensive moulding to stick on !that would certainly help ! 🥰

  • @janicerobinson2970
    @janicerobinson2970 Жыл бұрын

    We went To See villa Carlotta when We went On Holiday Eight Years ago Amazing 👌💕

  • @viviennenoble4035
    @viviennenoble4035 Жыл бұрын

    Loved those painted ceilings on the timber. That would look perfect in your place. I thought the bedroom in the villa with the bright pink walls would not have been the original colour, as it didn't go with the painted ceiling at all. Thank you for another terrific video.

  • @hungrygrl333
    @hungrygrl333 Жыл бұрын

    I love those painted ceilings. Very delicate and colorful and light.💕

  • @cynthialuna5786
    @cynthialuna5786 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. I really enjoyed looking at the Villa. The ceilings were my favorite part. So beautiful. Can't wait to see what you will do with yours. You have beautiful talent. You have a beautiful garden too. It's just on a small scale. Take care.

  • @paulakershaw5452
    @paulakershaw5452 Жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to seeing the tadpoles to grow into frogs, when I was a little girl my mother always brought some to the garden & put them in an old tin bath in the garden so we could watch them turn into little frogs ❤️

  • @cmp77777
    @cmp77777 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful ceilings & gardens Alla. Thanks for taking us along. Great inspiration for you indeed .🐸🌲🌴🌾🌿🏞⚜️

  • @lynnriddell9632
    @lynnriddell9632 Жыл бұрын

    I was so looking forward to this video of your visit to Villa Carlotta. I imagine you're both bursting with ideas. I do wonder about planting bamboo - it is so easy to become an invasive weed in the garden. Thanks for sharing your day with us.

  • @janicerobinson2970
    @janicerobinson2970 Жыл бұрын

    Alla give you ideas for your house 🏠

  • @gitteawwal5447
    @gitteawwal5447 Жыл бұрын

    I knew you would love Villa Carlotta as much as I did when visiting in May 😂

  • @DreamingofAChateau

    @DreamingofAChateau

    Жыл бұрын

    Isn’t it just splendid?! 😍

  • @jennyjohnson9012
    @jennyjohnson9012 Жыл бұрын

    Those little froggies will eat your slugs too Alla. Yay for the frogs xx

  • @DreamingofAChateau

    @DreamingofAChateau

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeeeee!!!!😊🙏🏼

  • @lozinozz7567
    @lozinozz7567 Жыл бұрын

    Alla you are an amazing artist. I can see you replicating some of those ceilings in your Villa 😊 I painted a mural in my toilet. It’s not that great but I love it. Going to be hard when it needs repainting 😊😊 I would love to see Sergei making risotto ❤

  • @sandyfry9306
    @sandyfry9306 Жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL VILLA💖

  • @nancyhauge9500
    @nancyhauge9500 Жыл бұрын

    I am thinking I would not like trying to keep that villa clean! Would take an army! But beautiful!

  • @hotmixxable

    @hotmixxable

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂If you owned that property you could afford three armies!!!

  • @annettesharrock1236
    @annettesharrock1236 Жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful place Alla. I can see you have Inspiration for your painting of ceilings. This I cannot wait to see. Thank you for the trip ❤

  • @elizabethguynn6873
    @elizabethguynn6873 Жыл бұрын

    Really liked the horsetail ferns, and the bromeliads they had. The other varieties of ferns near the waterways and fountains were lovely. I don't think I've seen so many varieties on one place.

  • @user-hm7md7lf6u
    @user-hm7md7lf6u2 ай бұрын

    This is all sort we need for our garden, Котик;))) милота!

  • @Spiroffd
    @Spiroffd Жыл бұрын

    What a lovely tour of the garden and grounds. Such wonderful inspiration and to now have a friend who is a head gardener in the same climate as you! Such a treasure of information. I also love the frogs :).

  • @genevieveradford3165
    @genevieveradford3165 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the wonderful tour of the house and gardens!😊

  • @swede716
    @swede716 Жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful visit. Glad you got little Allie and Sergei frogs❣️🐸🐸

  • @soniagallaher3544
    @soniagallaher3544 Жыл бұрын

    How amazing. It’s on my list to visit in the summer. Hope the frogs like their new home

  • @joannebolton1
    @joannebolton1 Жыл бұрын

    Aw congrats on your frog babies🎉🐸 thanks for showing us Villa Carlotta❤

  • @charmees6637
    @charmees6637 Жыл бұрын

    Gosh you have wonderful places to explore over there including Villa Carlotta. So Beautiful 🤩 ❤

  • @kerriebruce8840
    @kerriebruce8840 Жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't it be lovely if travel was free to be able to visit some of these beautiful places luckily we have utube and you to show us thank you for sharing 💜I am in love 💜

  • @susanamann1806
    @susanamann180610 ай бұрын

    Bamboo is very invasive always put in pots always

  • @woodsew
    @woodsew Жыл бұрын

    Breathtaking!

  • @kokoerper
    @kokoerper Жыл бұрын

    That was simply wonderful!

  • @pattyweaver9148
    @pattyweaver9148 Жыл бұрын

    The Villa is beautiful, I watching now but wanted to let you know in USA we had a house from the 70's that had lighting around the ceiling with vaulted ceilings and it was called indirect lighting. Not sure if same terms used there. I love your video's thank you for sharing your creativity and hard work with us. Patty

  • @jonimarchese7655
    @jonimarchese7655 Жыл бұрын

    Ciao Alla and Sergi, what a beautiful day to spend at Villa Carlotta, the gardens were amazing. Do have to feed your baby frogs? or do they forage for themselves? Your garden look so beautiful as well. Enjoy the rest of your day. Love from N.Y.

  • @violetaarcher8296
    @violetaarcher8296 Жыл бұрын

    I love ALL of your videos but this one is at another level! I agree... it's hard looking at my little garden now. Love, love, love!!! Thank you for the tour!!! :)

  • @newday5
    @newday5 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this inspirational place

  • @brendalawrence7749
    @brendalawrence7749 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for including us on your tour of the villa. It is beautiful! Maybe use stencils or transfers for your own ceilings. The villa gardens are amazing!

  • @hollykeller1545
    @hollykeller1545 Жыл бұрын

    Nice👏🏻❣️

  • @katewestcottvt
    @katewestcottvt Жыл бұрын

    🐸❤🐸❤🐸❤🐞🐝🐞🐝❤

  • @susanamann1806
    @susanamann180610 ай бұрын

    Clay paint ,research it you will love it

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 Жыл бұрын

    Frogs are noisy.

  • @sergio.i

    @sergio.i

    Жыл бұрын

    ...but tasty... 🧑‍🍳

  • @susanamann1806
    @susanamann180610 ай бұрын

    Views not as pretty as your garden.