Hello everyone! So sorry this upload is late today - it was uploading for 6hrs! I hope you will enjoy this episode, I wanted a more natural feel, like you are walking around with me - so I kept the editing to a minimum. Let me know what you think x x Nicolas

Your interior doesn't seem like a flat, more like a country home. You've decorated your home in a lovely and comfortable style. Thanks so much for sharing.

Nicolas is humble and sincere. He does not mind to tell us that he is on budget.

I wish if all young people would be like you. Dress well, clean flat, have a beautiful decorations, and responsible for their bills. Your mom did a great job raising you as great person. Wish you all the best and huge success !!!

I appreciate people being honest when they’re on a budget. In an age of social media personalities “flexing” and pretending they have wealth that they don’t, this is refreshing.

im impressed by the discipline of waiting for the right art instead of setting just to have something up there.

Hi Nicholas, your interior is a mirror of your personality: sophisticated, harmonious, , beautiful and serene.

The flat that looks like part of a MANSION. Well done!

Your space is as lovely as you are ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing with us xx

Such an honest apartment tour. No show off, embraced all the flaws & showed your love for your house. ❤️ Really sweet.

Good decision not to paint the armoire, it really does ground the room & elevates the richness in an already pristine room.

Nicolas, I am fighting the urge to say the following sentence: “His mother would be so proud of him.”. as a person pushing 70, it is a pure joy to me to encounter such an elegant, eloquent and fine young fellow as you showing us his exceptionally fine decorating skills. I would hire you in a flash, but we are Norwegians in the very northern reaches of Norway who have an entirely different esthetic, ie; not many things to choose from that would give a refined English Homes and Gardens vibe.❤️

I woke this morning after a busy week, made a pot of Rose tea and then thought the most beautiful thing I could possibly do would be to find one of your videos. That’s who you are Nicholas, an enhancer of life who brings beauty, love and harmony. An authentic voice in a disturbed world of shifting sands. Never doubt yourself and what you're bringing. ⚓️

How refreshing to see a youtuber on a budget, who is saving $ and taking his time to find the perfect items for his space! I am in the same position. Certain parts of my home are waiting for furniture and decor that i have yet to find/afford. I refuse to just buy pieces I don’t love. This video makes me feel better, living in an “unfinished” space. Thank you for sharing your elegant, calming flat. Well done!

Decorating is my profession and I have to admit that your home looks very chic and expensive.You’re very talented and choosing the country chic in a french or an english way makes it elegant and cosy at the same time. You are also a very sweet and kind person. We love your channel. Greetings from Greece 💝💐

As a twenty year interior designer, it's really interesting to see style through your eyes. The interior design industry here in the states is pretty guilty of showing only highly modern style that it imagines is most appealing to younger people, but there is a lot of comfort and pleasure to be found in traditional design elements no matter your age or generation. Your design POV sets you apart in that respect. Bravo. Keep up the beautiful work.

There’s many people who would never show such personal things and yet you do it in a beautiful way without bragging. Thanks you for being so open with us and showing us your home.

Proof you can live in elegance and be on budget! Thank you for not being the typical KZfaqr with a fake lifestyle. We all have those spaces we have to wait and fill with just the right piece at the right time.

I love the kitchen, I think you'll find useful what I feel when I watch your videos from an aesthetic way. I feel that Vintage, Cottagecore, Edwardian-Victorian vibes, so your kitchen fits perfectly. I'd LOVE you to use that side of the kitchen, I find it aesthetically pleasing :):) On the other hand I LOVE YOUR SHOES :):) . PS: If you turn up the FPS (Frames per second, anything beyond 30fps) of your camera the slo mo's will look smoother :):) . Kind regards from North Spain.

You are a pure delight to watch and listen to. And your sense of style is so pleasant. So relaxing! Thank you for sharing with us all.

May your wish of having a house with a garden come true. In the meantime I think you have a very homey and well decorated apartment. Everything is very YOU !!! and I like that you always show your things with pride. 👋

This appartment is gorgeous! Especially compared to the ones in America. The only place I have seen appartments similar to this is in NYC for astronomical amounts of money.

i love how you place your lamps, your use of neutral colours, and you’ve styled your rooms with lovely things, your apt is cozy and yet elegant at the same time. Well done!

"I'm a nosy person" ☺ People watching is so fun

People watching is a good sport. That is why people frequent sidewalk cafés in cities.

I think the view of people and cars passing by is comforting. Also reminds me of Mary Poppins for some reason 🥰

I get so much inspiration from the design of your home. It’s such a lovely, cozy and inviting home. I love the nooks and crannies of beauty that you’ve spread throughout. Thank you for sharing your home with us.

I love your flat! It has so much detail and character. You've decorated it beautifully.

I really enjoyed the tour. I love how you’ve decorated.

Nicolas ' face lit up with happiness and excitement when he entered his kitchen.

The epitome of class, elegance, and poise come to mind whenever you show us anything.

The decorative molding and the rounded shaped walls also adds a lot of great detail and interest to your living room. Really love your decorating style and your willingness to show how to make your space look beautiful even on a minimal budget.

Nicolas you can always put a large, very large mirror on that wall. Itll make the room appear larger.

Love your apartment. Mirrors could be hung on the empty wall to open the space. Mirrors you find at antique shops or flea markets can be brought back to life by returning them to their original state. Oriental artwork, chinoiserie, reupholstering your current sofa and chairs would refresh your apartment to your aesthetic style. I love to see talented young ones working at their passion and sharing it with others.

A beautiful and welcoming home Nicolas. You are refreshingly honest about having a budget but as my Mam would say 'Why be poor AND look poor' 🤣. Your home looks high end yet you are honest about many things being budget friendly. Keep up the good work ! X

Generous light, a spacious foyer, a handsome fireplace & white roses are the starting points. The expansive empty wall is such a wonderful thing to have - over the years you will be able to collect quality pieces.

Gorgeous flat! Your bedroom color is so calming.

Love your honesty about affording this or that. We all have limits. Your taste is exquisite.

Nicolas, your apartment is such a lovely reflection of you! I completely adore how you aim to create a beautiful space that also invites your guests to feel welcomed and relaxed!! We share the same goals. By the way, when Sophie barked, my little dog Ella perked up and responded with a hello, ha!🐶🤗

Nicolas, I adore how sincere you are! This is such a beautiful place and anybody could think that you have a lot of money! I love your talent and good taste. It was like being invited to your elegant and confortable home. Thank you do much Nicolas! 🌷❤️

Dear Nikolas, your voice sounds like a mother's lullaby, I don't know why😴. From Russia with love

I enjoyed your tour very much! And, you have a lovely flat! I have a suggestion for your bureau; you can enhance and change the back of your shelves by painting or wallpapering thin board cut to fit each shelf or just cutting pieces of thick poster board. You are such a wonderful artist that you could paint vines or scenes of your liking for the background. Wallpaper is a beautiful and easy way to lighten and change the look. Just wrap the boards and place them in. So easy and can be beautiful. And, so easy to change even with the seasons. I love decorating too and I think your taste is excellent! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us!💗

So hospitable of you to give us a tour of your flat, your home. I love the high ceilings and tall windows. And I love how you've decorated it; everything is lovely: the furniture, the accents, the perishing myrtle topiaries. It's all elegant but subtle enough to make it inviting, relaxing, and cozy. Functionality and grace is the key.

I just love the elegance and comfort of this home. So stylish but not in the least stuffy. Would love to move in tomorrow. Thank you for sharing. Love your style.

I love the minimalistic, tall ceilinged wall. It works because it feels expansive. Time to buy art someday, so for now it's lovely.

What a lovely apartment !! this video reflects that having a refined taste doesn’t always go hand in hand with money, there are certain things that money can’t buy , like having an innate good taste !! Have a great weekend!!

Hi Nicholas. Really enjoyed this video. Some suggestions for your to ponder on: How about putting the Buro between the two windows facing the street. You will still be able to see whats going on outside, but you will still have some privacy when working. Although it will cover the paneling, its not permanent. The Buro is a fabulous piece and the brown will also balance out the room. Another possibility will be to put the Buro against the blank wall in the middle with the two half white tables to balance the wall. The Buro is really beautiful. I have a very old Napoleon style study table with the small apartments and drawers to put in stationary. Open your desk up and put it in the place where the Buro is now. Again it will balance out the brown in the room. Some big bright flowerily pattern material for the sofas will brighten up the room. Love the console table in your lobby. Beautiful. A real old French mirror will round it off in your Foyer. Enjoy making your home beautiful for yourself!

You are the antidote to minimalism. We love your cozy cottagecore style. Please don’t change it. 😎

Hi Nicolas - I love your flat! Each room is decorated so nicely. That kitchen is awesome even if the fridge is silver. I agree completely with you that your windows remain open all day. It’s so nice to be able to see outside and I believe it is mentally healthy. I live outside the capitol of California so my windows are always open and only closed at night. Take care.

Thank you for sharing your home, Nicolas--it's beautiful and comfortable and your tall ceilings are gorgeous.

So.... it turns out I am very much a "before" kind of person. I love everything about this "country home" elegance, and can imagine kicking my wellies in the corner, hanging up the dog leash, pouring a good cuppa and toasting my toes in front of the (ethanol) fire. Your later iteration of home is lovely too, but these rooms havemy heart.

Nicolas your apartment is gorgeous! It has elegance, harmony, warmth, beautiful flowers 🌸, perfect decoration! Thank you for share this video with us. 🙏🏻🌹

Dear, dear Nicholas, your flat is so cozy and comforting. I could curl up in that armchair with a book and forget my troubles. As the tour continued I didn't see those 40 gorgeous framed botanicals you had framed from an old book you purchased. We're they on that blank wall at one time? They were so interesting and unusual. I so enjoy all your videos, blog and newsletter...and eagerly await my weekly portion of gracious living. Love!

Hello Nicolas, wow, what a wonderful tour, your flat has a beautiful light and look peaceful , warm, thank you for sharing, Bravo, Thank You.I know it is a lot work to do videos. see you in you next one. have a good week-end.

Ah, Merrie Olde Englande--or even Bonnie Auld Scotland. Where fresh flowers are everywhere. In my neck of the woods, I have to make do with cactus. Quite a prickly problem!

I’m new to your channel. Thank you for all of the lovely ideas. Your home is just beautiful. It’s nice to know that much of your decor can be accomplished on a budget. You’re just wonderful!!!

Love to you Nicolas!! You you bring joy, and beauty to the world🥰😘

Honestly glad you talked about affording those paintings for the blank wall, makes you relatable

Nicolas, I really enjoy your channel. I am sure there are many girls like me who would just love to sit in your cozy flat and be nosy together watching people pass by. Thanks for the bit of peace and loveliness you never fail to deliver.

My mom comes from a traditional Mexican background and I noticed that our house never looked like most Mexican homes I visited in terms of aesthetics and decor. After watching your video I just realized she was enamored with the English aesthetic all along, your home looks similar to the one I grew up in!

Absolutely love love your place the kitchen is beautiful, everything is lovely

I knew it! An ugly secret! Oh, the humanity! How can Nicolas show his face on KZfaq ever again. Thank you for sharing your living space, you amazingly wonderful person.

I really love those two easy chairs. And in a time where everyone wants to design sleek ultra modern, I much more enjoy this cozy style. It is so nurturing.

Have not been her for a long time. So happy that you got your audio fixed. Absolutely love the little dogxx

Nicolas: Your home is dedicated to relaxing/having good friends feel welcome. Also living within a budget, WOW!

I was one of your subscribers that wondered why you never showed your kitchen :-) Your kitchen is adorable and perfect, not too small at all.

Delightful! I hope my “like” aids in acquiring some of that art sooner than later. Thank you for reminding us to enjoy the present moment and that some of the “finer things” needn’t be expensive.

What a lovely home, but even more impressed with your budget conscious tricks, tips and finds. Thank you for being so kind to your audience to share your home with us. When I moved into a new home a few years ago, my sister recommended that I sit in the house for one week, totally empty and then build piece by piece. I took her advice, and I love my home so very much. Everyone who visits speaks of the comfort and feeling they have when they walk through my front door. That's the way a home should be. You have achieved that in your lovely furnishings that embrace your personality.

I love the British classics and the French classics as well. So thank you for this. I know you love the classics too. QUESTION: Would you consider reupholstering. A club chair is about as comfortable as they come and if you like the overall profile of it, why not keep it. If the base is good, all the more reason to keep it. Quality costs.

Your apartment is gorgeous, while being comfortable, elegant, and cozy.

Nicholas Fairford you are just so honest and clean. Your house reflects your calm, simple yet elegant personality.

I loved this video🥰 thank you for showing us around. Your flat is absolutely beautiful and timeless. I completely understand you on the empty wall, I myself have a few empty walls because I’m trying to search for just the right decor. Sending you a huge hug and lots of love from Costa Rica🇨🇷❤️.

Topiary require a lot sunlight therefore don’t live inside. Bring them outside for at least 4 hours a day.

I just love everything about this flat! The interior design is timeless and elegant, it feels organised yet homely. Definitely very jealous! Also, Nicolas, I think you would make a great therapist, your voice is very soothing 😍

Thoughtful, practical, comfortable and tasteful.

That bare wall would look amazing with a decorative mirror. The added bonus of a mirror is that it is another way to add light and a feel of more space. 😊

Beautiful place! I could live in a place like that very easily. Thanks for sharing your home with us here in the US!

Beautiful, elegant, sophisticated, tasteful and aesthetically pleasing! This describes YOU and your home.

Thank you for not playing background music throughout, I find the videos very calming with just your descriptions🤗

A blank wall offers so many opportunities! A person who lived in this home before you made films, wrote, cast & directed a few. Use the wall as a projection backdrop. You can download a movie to you laptop & project it onto the wall like a cinema screen! Pop some popcorn or make some crunchy salty snacks like Carmel kettle corn & enjoy.

Loved the tour and all your budget-friendly decorating. Thank you! Your style is so appealing and every room has such different "personalities." Your bedroom was my favorite room with the kitchen and living room tying for a close second. Enjoy your weekend! :)

Your apartment is beautiful! 🌺 🌺 🌺 Thank you for the tour 💕

You are my favorite Nicolas. Genuine and gentle soul. Thank you for taking us on a tour.

A fun way to add affordable art to your big wall is to buy a large map of an area/town/country that is meaningful to you. Then use tea to age the map. You could even tear the edges some. Then buy a pre-made frame (much less expensive than a custom frame). I have three maps on a dining room wall - one is the metro map I used on my first trip to Paris 49 years ago, one is a map of northern France that my grandfather brought home from WWI, and one is a vintage map of the USA written in French. We rode our bicycles across the USA so that is why that map (which I bought in Paris) is meaningful to me.

Nicolas, they do make leg extenders for tables. They’re probably plastic or rubber and I doubt cost very much. Wish you would “interact” with Sophie. I have an almost identical Shih Tzu named Suki who just turned four. Your decor is always lovely.

I have apartment envy, my current abode is a small room in my parents house that is currently a pillow fort, better than nothing though lol.

your aura is so calming and genuine, I could listen to you talk for hours. 💫

What a lovely tour! I felt like I was on a personal tour. Always love seeing sweet Sophie in your videos. Love the idea of using images from books for framing. I have saved calendars with beautiful images to so the same.

For your empty wall: take black and white photos of your favorite local places. Enlarge some and get inexpensive frames. Find old frames from a junk shop and chalk paint and hang them empty. Amazing.

I love these house tours. You have a beautiful home!

Awww so sweet Nicolas. Thank you for sharing your home with us.

Such elegance with beautiful small touches in every room; warm and cozy

Your apartment is lovely! Enjoyed the tour very much. Have a blessed weekend!

This was a very interesting video to watch. First, I have to say, the wall in the living room, the very first thing that came to my mind was a large tapestry. I can actually see the color and style that would look so good on that wall. I'd have it at least with a medium border to balance out the cabinet across the room. Btw. whoever told you not to paint that were absolutely correct. Your kitchen looks great, and I find it functional and well done. Living in the US, people put huge sums of money into kitchens, because it's that important here, and I have to say from that perspective, your kitchen is well done, and that refrigerator is well placed and not an eye sore at all. It really looks like it belongs there. I love how you do things on a budget, but know how to make it look good, that's a great trait to have. Thanks for a fun video.

I am SO looking forward to seeing your new table. I would think it will be lovely and a game changer in your life.

I admire that you're so well-spoken and dignified (one thinks you may have been trained in deportment) yet you don't mind sharing your little bargains. Classy yet modest. Wonderful!

Nicolas, love your flat !!!! You have made a small space so cozy and inviting ! Can't wait to see the inside of your closet !

I also have some empty high walls in my home at the moment. I've thought about a wall sculpture, but I'll need to save my pocket money for such extravagance.

I do the same thing with the fabric! I have a chest freezer in my dining room, it's very ugly, but just throw a piece of nice fabric over it and it doubles as a serving station. Also, A tip for budget art is to buy posters and then get them framed. A bonus of doing it this way is that it's easier to coordinate the frames to your own tastes and what you already have. Some of my most admired pieces were posters I got from a sale when I was in college!

The house is the reflection of the soul of its owner, each space is beautiful, welcoming as well as elegant, with an eclectic and romantic taste, each object placed there with the delicacy of an artist, an invaluable treasure where the most beautiful dreams are woven. Thank you. for this tour.