Kitchen in a country house
Yulia Vysotskaya's Kitchen
- The kitchen in the basement of the house Konchalovsky hascomplex trapezoidal shape. One glance at this room is enough to understand: there is a lot of cooking here! Cabinets and shelves to the limit are crammed with appliances, dishes, bottles with sauces and spices. Built-in cupboard with painted facades, designed by Julia Vysotskaya, distinguishes between kitchen and dining areas.
Kitchen in the Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky estate onNikolina Gora is my home and my office at the same time. We film the culinary show right here. The main principle of the program: everything should be real, alive. The kitchen is my favorite room in the house, and not only because I love to cook and eat, but also because it is always warm and cozy here, and my loved ones and family are always nearby. I did the interior of this room myself — after all, it was my “office.” The most difficult thing was to choose things that were functional on the one hand, and that would match the furnishings of the old house on the other. Master cabinetmakers helped me find a solution: they made furniture in the Provence style based on our sketches. What is especially dear to me here? Firstly, the oak “island” table, large and wide.
- One day, after seeing his wife in the kitchen, director AndreiKonchalovsky immediately offered her a culinary show. Since then, on NTV television channel, Yulia Vysotskaya’s Eat at Home program has been broadcast. “I consider my kitchen exemplary. Absolutely everything suits me — from the coffee machine to the tiniest grater. This is the heart of our home, which "works" without interruption. "
Often on such a free-standing kitchen unittake out the stove or sink. I am categorically against this. When you cook a lot, splashes and drops of hot fat fly everywhere… It turns out very sloppy. Another pride of mine is the semi-professional Chateau La Cornue stove with gas and . In its giant oven, you can bake a saddle of lamb, a leg of pork, roast four (!) chickens on a spit at once. The power of the brass burners is seven times greater than the burners of ordinary stoves. Oh, and I forgot to say… The most important thing in the kitchen is the smell of freshly brewed coffee. Help yourself!
- The paintings on the doors of kitchen cabinets and ceiling beams were made based on the drawings by Natalya Petrovna Konchalovskaya, the mother of Andrey and Nikita.
- Kitchen "island" of solid oak is usedfor storing dishes and as an additional work surface. The “island” is the compositional center of the room. He sets a circular trajectory of movement in the kitchen, thereby facilitating the access of the cook to household appliances, utensils and products. From it to the sink, and to the stove, and to the coffee machine is at hand!
