Name: Inside Nina Dobrev's 1920's Spanish-Style Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest
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So it was really important to me because the houses from the 1920s, I wanted to pay respect to the original architecture and the Spanish style influence.

And even though we were redoing certain things, I wanted to use materials that were organic and felt like they could have belonged in the home before while still refreshing and giving the house a facelift.

So I've had this home for about five years, and

the house used to actually be like a yellowy mustard color, which was very typical for a lot of Spanish style homes.

And for the first time, I found myself having no excuse.

And my boyfriend and I painted the whole exterior of the house ourselves.

Let's just say on day one or two, we were really excited.

And then by day three or four and then into the first month, I was like, what have I gotten myself into?

But it turned out beautiful, so I'm happy I did it.

The fireplace, it had, like a detail underneath here, and

I really wanted the fireplace to be a statement and stick out and kind of contrast everything else, because everything else in the whole house, for the most part, is light and airy, and

there's lots of fabrics with linens and the carpets, and everything is.

But I wanted there to be bold statements that also contrasted the lightness so that there's a lot of texture and feeling and sort of moodiness as well.

This photograph is really near and dear to my heart because right before the pandemic, I was shooting a movie in South Africa, and

I was taking photos on my iPhone, thinking I got the best shot ever.

there was a professional photographer who took the exact same photo from the same vantage point.

And let's just say his picture was a lot more beautiful.

And Ross Cooper is a photographer and a dear friend now, and

so he sent me a print, and I blew it up and made it my centerpiece.

When I first bought the the home, there was a wall that divided the dining room space from the kitchen.

But I really, really, really wanted to have an open concept Space.

So last year, we knocked down the wall that used to actually be right here.

And I really wanted to have an island space that I could entertain at.

And so I wanted to be able to cook while still participating in with my friends.

My favorite thing to do is go to one of my cookbooks, close my eyes, open it, and

And then whatever it is, I have to make it.

It's more challenging that way, and it's more fun when it turns out well.

When it doesn't turn out well, you know, just postmates or Uber eats something.

So we got these reclaimed terracotta tiles from Europe that are all unique.

Some have a lot of imperfections, which I kind of love.

It feels European, and I'm from Europe, so I wanted to have that kind.

I wanted to also bring in my heritage a little bit and then the backsplash.

So I wanted to mix the materials again and get something that looked like a subway tile but had these imperfections.

They don't lay perfectly flat on each other.

There's edges, and it feels touching, textured, and yummy against this really smooth butcher block.

So the floor is being terracotta and being reclaimed and then having the butcher block counters on one side and then having this slab.

And I wanted to be able to have something sturdy and yet have something that is aesthetically beautiful.

It's got a honed finish on top, so that allows for it to feel, like, yummy and kind of.

And it's also kind of like cryo because it stays very cold.

There's this beautiful French kitchen in the south of France that was featured somewhere, and

All the hardware, from the faucet to the knobs even, which are a little bit more modern, they're unlacquered.

So with time, they will age and get more beautiful.

Even like, when we're gone, these guys will just get more and more beautiful with time.

I'm going to show you my favorite part of the kitchen.

to me, it makes me really feel like an adult, like a passage of some sort.

It's called Ilve, and it is an Italian stove that we had shipped in from Italy.

And what I loved about it is that it's a new stove.

it feels vintage, like it feels all the details with the brass and all the knobs.

It has an aesthetic look that it's an art piece in itself in the kitchen, and

it adds value without distracting too much, which I love.

When we knocked the wall down, there had to be some sort of a hood for the range, and

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