The popular Russian presenter Natalya Barbier, although she is the head of a rather authoritative and first-published print publication in her niche, is a very cheerful, cheerful and friendly woman in her life. At the same time, she is a very active, active and incredibly curious person who is alien to snobbery and arrogance.
The first steps of Natalia Barbier
Barbier Natalia hides her year of birth as a real woman. Comes from an intelligent Soviet family. Father - military man Vladimir Troepolsky, sailor, captain of the 2nd rank; mother is an English teacher. Born in the fortress of Kronstadt, where her dad served at that time. However, he connects the first conscious memories with Saratov, where school days passed. She really liked this city, combining different styles of architecture, which became the haven of the intelligentsia in wartime and post-war time. The girl often walked home from school, enjoying the views and the peculiar spirit of the city.
Becoming personality and character
Childhood Natalia Barbier was very happy. She was brought up in an atmosphere of love and care, always felt the support of the family. Thanks to this, as she herself admits, she always feels happy and does not succumb to despondency.
Grandfather Natalia Barbier was the dean of the faculty of history at the University of Saratov, and he must have instilled in her a love of books from an early age. Mom was in constant search for a new apartment, loved to change the place and atmosphere. Most likely, it was from her mother that Natalya inherited a good taste and sense of style, as a result becoming an expert in the field of interiors.
Education and internship
After graduating from school, Natalia Barbier left Saratov for Moscow, where she entered the Moscow State University, at the Faculty of Journalism. After graduating from the same university, she also entered graduate school with a degree in art critic. At the end of her studies, she had the opportunity to take an internship on the BBC channel, which the girl gladly took advantage of.
Career growth and professional activities
Natalia Barbier, whose biography interests us, took this pseudonym when she began to develop her career. Barbier is the name of her grandmother, and the real name of the host is Troepolskaya. For the first time, a pseudonym was used to sign articles in the Domovoi magazine.
The first place of work after the internship was the post of correspondent in the newspaper Literary Russia, and later in the Literary Newspaper and the magazine Ogonyok. Then she tried her hand at editing in the magazine Domovoi.
Since 1998, when she generated the idea of the Mezzanine magazine, she is the chief editor of this publication. At that time, this was the first magazine popularizing the ideas of creating individual interiors and decor. Interior design has just begun to come into fashion.
On television, Natalia Barbier at various times took part in the projects “House with a mezzanine”, “Interiors”, “Ideal repair”.
In addition to working on television and in print journalism, this active woman is the president of the Association of Interior Decorators, the president of the annual exhibition events “Decor Week” and “Garden Week”, she successfully oversees her own project “Table Decor”. Since 2008, she participated in the Snob project.
Perfect repair
The main idea of the project of the First Channel “Ideal Repair”, which is hosted by Barbier, is not just about replacing the old environment or transforming the interior into some other, new, fashionable, but possibly completely unsuitable for housing. The project team is working primarily to ensure that the future interior fits its owner as best as possible. Therefore, they study the old atmosphere, get acquainted with the owners, select a layout, materials and decor that would please the residents of the apartment. As the presenter herself says, to make the interior “rich and fashionable”, you should turn to other specialists. This project has different tasks.
Personal life
Natalia Barbier, whose personal life is also not exposed as leading for everyone to see, married to Alexander Galushkin. According to the stories of Natalia herself, she is happy in marriage, because her husband is her soul mate. Together they were engaged in the restoration of their apartment, converted from an old communal apartment in a Stalinist house. Together they built and furnished a summer house in the suburbs, and then in Montenegro. The husband supports and shares the woman’s love for books, travel, gatherings in the company of friends and outdoor activities.
My home is my castle
Despite the fact that Natalya Barbier is a well-known and respected expert in the field of interiors and decor, she herself does not like window dressing and does not understand why to make repairs every season. Although she regularly changes the curtains and rearranged the furniture from time to time, she really likes. She tried to furnish her apartment in Moscow, which she loves very much, in the spirit of the Russian intelligentsia. Although it is not very large in area, it is only 72 m 2 , but it is equipped in such a way that it is convenient to live in it. Barbier loves to read, in her house there are a lot of books on the shelves almost to the ceiling, as well as a lot of all kinds of souvenirs and postcards brought from different countries, family photos and other trifles dear to the heart. In this interior, everything is in place.
But in a Mediterranean house in Montenegro, bought back in 2002, a completely different interior. This apartment became one of the first famous people in the whole Russian settlement. And she attracted Natalia and her husband with her low cost and the silence of the town.
According to Natalia’s professional beliefs, each interior reflects the identity of its owner. On it you can get an idea of the nature and preferences of a person. All the activities of this journalist are aimed at instilling in the population a good taste in the interior, a desire to convey that it is not necessary to spend a lot of money to arrange an apartment and create comfort. It’s enough to show your imagination, walk around flea markets, search, and the necessary piece of the “mosaic” - the interior detail - will certainly be found.
The presenter is convinced that the interior, among other things, is dictated by the location of the housing. For example, the European interior is fundamentally different from the Russian one, due to weather conditions in the first place, as well as the traditions of each particular country, the available materials, and the surroundings. As well as within the limits of one country, the situation of a city house will radically differ from a village one.
Thus, Natalia Barbier became one of the first people to carry the ideas of decorating art and interior design to the public, and created a new professional branch of interior journalism.