Restraint, intelligence and high intellectual component - here it is, Natasha Barbier. Journalist, publisher of Mezzanine magazine and TV presenter. Real name - Natalya Vladimirovna Troepolskaya. With a pseudonym, Natalia chose the name of her grandmother … Has a right. She is a Woman with a capital letter, an aura of charm, gentleness and homeliness comes from her, but at the same time she has a deep mind and thoughtfulness in everything. And such a lady surname Barbier is more suitable than Troepolskaya.
Childhood
Natasha Barbier is a Russian designer, and a sense of style is her lifestyle. Barbier was born in Kronstadt, then the family moved to Saratov. The third of September is the date of her birth. According to the horoscope, Virgo is soft, gentle, clean, but firm in her intentions and knows how to achieve her goals. Natasha’s father, Vladimir Borisovich Troepolsky, is a sailor, and therefore she refers to herself only as a “captain’s daughter”. Natalia’s mother is a teacher, she taught English, and Natasha owes her perfect pronunciation to her. She often recalls her childhood, which, according to Barbier, was happy. Therefore, she says that offending or angry her is almost impossible. Natasha Barbier, whose biography began in the coastal city, did not connect her life with seafaring or what related to it. She went a completely different path and did not seem to lose. She loves her work and is not shy about talking about it.
Training
Our heroine graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. Then she entered graduate school, acquiring the specialty of "art critic." Then Natasha trained on the BBC channel.
Career
First there was Literary Russia, where the future celebrity worked as a correspondent, then the magazines Ogonyok and Domovoi. Apparently, the passion for home and interiors began with the latter … In 1998, Barbier took over as editor-in-chief of Mezonin magazine, the first Russian decor magazine, and does not go down from these heights. She was often invited and invited to television. For example, Natasha Barbier has long been a leading, and part-time expert in the programs “Interiors”, “Ideal Repair” and “House with a Mezzanine”. So she found her vocation - interior decoration and everything connected with it. Ms. Barbier became the co-founder and president of the Association of Interior Decorators and regularly, every year she organizes and conducts exhibitions "Decor Week", "Garden Week" and "Table Decor". Before her, virtually no one had dealt so deeply with this topic. Natalya was literally the founder of interior journalism in Russia, so Barbier has very tightly mastered her niche, and today few can compete with her. She is thoroughly and a lot ready to tell her viewer about everything that she understands and what she is sure of, gladly shares her experience with her audience and gives valuable advice.
Character
Natasha Barbier stood at the origins of the so-called interior journalism, trying to systematize the housewives' aspirations for home improvement. All indifferent to the arrangement of their inner space and those who love to embellish and modernize it, will not remain indifferent to the person of Natasha Barbier.
Live with soul
She is well versed in what is good and what is bad in terms of interior. She decided for herself a long time ago that it is not necessary to make repairs at home every year. You just need to throw away the excess (or remove it away) and put things in order, and Natasha does this regularly. And it's true - the interior will sparkle with new colors, it will be transformed! After all, things bear the imprint of a person’s personality, and it would be criminal to throw them away or change them (they do not part with husbands, parents and children, they are unchanged).
Preferences
Natasha Barbier hides her year of birth with female coquetry, but she was born around 1960 - in the photo young Natasha is in the first grade of the Saratov school, and this is 1967.
But biological years are not the main thing for a woman, the most important is the age of her soul, which is always young when she has something to want. So, she is the editor-in-chief of the Mezzanine magazine, considers designer Alexander Rodchenko, artists Tatlin, Malevich and Lissitzky to be great masters. Natasha very much complains about the still not obsolete “industry” of design in Russia (or maybe this is a Russian stereotype) that we can’t break out of these shackles, from the perimeter of provincialism. But all this, according to her, is due to history, and no one is to blame. She advocates the art of decor and hopes that someday the elegant decorations of both the interior and the dining table will be naturally perceived by the Russian people and will no longer come from the mezzanine on holidays, and will constantly accompany the inhabitants of the apartment or house. Natasha Barbier, whose personal life is covered by a veil of secrecy (she really does not like to spread this topic in the press), is sincerely offended by everything that is unaesthetic and not done with love. She believes that it’s beautiful - this is not when you put Gucci and “Louboutins” on people, but eat from plastic dishes at home. Beauty for Natasha Barbier is a state of mind that is constantly and does not change under the influence of circumstances … A man of high art - there's nothing to be done, she is! Moreover, the items do not have to be very expensive, the main thing is that they must be perfectly assembled together and look harmonious. And this is real art, Natalya believes. At her home lies an old set of copper pendants from the Amsterdam flea market and silver fish appliances, which once belonged to the Dorchester hotel in London, and an old chandelier moved to it from the Izmailovsky flea market for permanent residence. And to all this there is both time and place.
Personal life and beloved spouse
The question of a house by the sea has long been decided by Natasha Barbier. Her husband, Alexander Galushkin, fully supported her, and together with their friends they acquired housing in Montenegro in the city of Ulcinj. This is an inexpensive and not populated by Russian city. The first house they bought for 14 thousand euros, and it was inexpensive compared to neighboring Italy. Their house at one time laid the foundation for an entire Russian settlement located in Ulcinj, so many representatives of Russian bohemia live here. Little starry Russia in Montenegro - that’s how this area is called! Stars prudently purchased real estate even when it was inexpensive, and now they can enjoy the wonderful climate and sea all year round! They have been living with her husband for a very long time, love each other, support and understand. Love reigns in their family. They are pleased to come to their home. This, Natalya believes, is the key to a strong and happy married life, as she sees an ideal family.
