Hi Alexander, love your channel. I'm very happy and proud for this video. I'm from Portugal, you never disappoint
@BobaSpringFlower5 ай бұрын
Thank you for including the history that the tiles were brought from North Africa🩷 Muslims so often see their history overlooked and credited to Europeans. Love your content!
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
We're glad we nailed it!
@darylvondunker3275 ай бұрын
Such a delightful presentation of a timeless tradition of beauty, grace and art! Thank you again for such a gorgeous video of a historical tile smorgasbord and modern articles we can read and drool over. Hugs and Loves!
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
We're so glad you enjoy it!
@sandraameliavilaca96635 ай бұрын
Alexandra loved this episode. I'm a portuguese living in England, and it's always so good to hear things about our country and culture. Portuguese azulejos are a beauty and can be seen all over. In train stations,churches,cathedrals, palaces and so many other buildings and streets. Thanks for sharing a little bit of my beautiful country 🥰
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
We're so glad you've enjoyed it!
@miatarraf34145 ай бұрын
Love that the fact it was North African is included in the story of how this style of tile became popular in Portugal
@CallMeErie5 ай бұрын
This video is loaded with beauty, including the eye-poppingly gorgeous tiles and colors, and your beautiful dress.😊💙
@anapontopina865 ай бұрын
I am Portuguese and have been your fan for a while, so listening this episode and how you honoured Portuguese culture while conveying a message was gold for me 🇵🇹❤️
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
We're so glad it resonated so deeply with you!
@Mrscorreia745 ай бұрын
I follow you from Portugal. This was a lovely surprise!
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
We hope we did Portugal justice!
@nancysavard43224 ай бұрын
Yes. That wallpaper you're standing in front of at 5:18 is what I installed as a back splash in my kitchen and I absolute love it!!!
@wayfair4 ай бұрын
Great minds think alike! Thanks for sharing!
@sharonbaptista11225 ай бұрын
Just came back from the Azores and the tiles were beautiful.
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
Sounds amazing!
@debsmcd99685 ай бұрын
I love this, as a Portuguese-American I think it's wonderful that other people are appreciating this style I've loved all my life. We were able to visit the Azores in 2019 and have so many photos of the various tile-covered buildings, and tile scenes. I am also a big fan of Alexandra Gater and have been for a long time. Just a suggestion, as I see this happens often: Portuguese pronunciation is different than Spanish and the "j" is not silent. Azulejos is pronounced ah-zoo-lay-zhews (like the z in zhuzsh). Thanks for the wonderful series!
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
J is not silent in Spanish either.
@chandrasutton46695 ай бұрын
Love your lovely blue and white dress, and the tile is nice, too!!!😊🎉❤
@joaovaranda475919 күн бұрын
Loved the video. Always nice to see portuguese heritage shared. If you allow me one petty little correction: at 3:13 is shown the beautiful wall and ceiling decoration of the master bedroom in Pena Palace, Sintra, which is not ceramic tile but rather painted stucco.
@nahaiatours5 ай бұрын
Alexandra Gater a falar de Portugal? 🤩 Sign me up!
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
We're all here for it!
@helenaribeiro98125 ай бұрын
Hello Alexandra! How you pronounce the " J" is not so important, at list for me. You are not an expert in languages but in decoration and a very good one, that is exactly why I like you and your work. And now back to the tiles, Your presentation on tiles in Potugal was very good indeed. I'm Portuguese, I live in Portugal, although I also lived abroad. Alexandra you are very welcome here to visit us our beatiful country, people, food and " TILES " 😂
@veracorreia47725 ай бұрын
Exatamente!!!!❤
@debsmcd99685 ай бұрын
Also, LOVE your dress and all the ways you educate and inspire! ❤
@cosmichouseofrose97885 ай бұрын
I love decorative tile!❤ Thank you!
@Mrscorreia745 ай бұрын
In Portugal, “azulejos” serve another purpose: they protect the exterior of our houses from “salitre”, from the sea.
@sidecharacter01673 ай бұрын
In Malaysia, Peranakan architecture also makes use of eclectic, colourful tiles. I wonder if the tile making is brought over by the Portuguese. Peranakan architecture and interior design is uniquely beautiful and worth looking at imo as it is a mix of Chinese, Malay, and European influences.
@fabienneroure99955 ай бұрын
Hi Alexandra, I enjoyed the video.💙🤍 The tiles are beautiful and your dress is very pretty!💙🤍🦋
@katefitzgibbon42705 ай бұрын
How lovely to get the history, love your dress too ❤
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
Do you prefer subway tiles or Portuguese tiles?
@lindywallace95405 ай бұрын
Portuguese tiles
@lindamoon42555 ай бұрын
Great dress, Alexandra!
@lechatbotte.5 ай бұрын
I’m tired of subway tile. But the Portuguese tile is timeless
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
@@lechatbotte. It's a classic!
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
@@lechatbotte. both are timeless but subway tile right now is being overdone, that is why it feels trendy.
@Lily44445 ай бұрын
Love them and have them in my house over 20 years❤❤
@amyweaver74135 ай бұрын
Great video Alexandra!👏👏👏
@cmartins7455 ай бұрын
In Portuguese you pronounce the J in azulejo. In your video you had a Spanish accent. You can hear the j in google translate even tho it’s in a Brazilian accent. In any case, great video!
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
also in Spanish, the J is pronounced.
@shirleymcneil44105 ай бұрын
Alexandra could you please tell me the name of the app you use to place all your ideas? I need it!
@fraurosenthal29585 ай бұрын
I was at lisbon this year and saw the maritime mural in this video.
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
You're living our dream!
@maxinejacobson40065 ай бұрын
I had a tile “carpet” laid in my sitting room, everybody loves it, including me! It has a border and is surrounded by plain grey tiles.
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
We love that innovation!
@BobbyBermuda19865 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, you pronounced the J in 'azulejo' as an H sound, which is Spanish 🫣 J in Portuguese is pronounced as in French, so a ZH sound as in 'measure' or 'treasure'.
@AshleyOliviaDaCosta5 ай бұрын
I’d be more upset about it if I hadn’t also heard her try to pronounce isopropyl alcohol. 😂 IsoPoPo. We love you, girl. 😂
@Michelle344855 ай бұрын
I didn’t realize and didn’t know that she needed a grammar police to correct her pronunciation and grammar of how she pronounces certain words. 😱😱😱😱😳😳😳😳😳
@monicagim25065 ай бұрын
I came here to say this too. Unfortunately the use of Spanish language pronunciation for Portuguese words is a very common mistake across English speakers. In this case, the problem is a lack of research and prep from the writers and producers of this video. Maybe a bit of cultural awareness. Mixing Spanish and Portuguese is one of the things that bothers Portuguese speakers (myself included) a lot! I promise I'm not hating on Alexandra. 😊
@AshleyOliviaDaCosta5 ай бұрын
@@Michelle34485 it’s not grammar. It’s culturally insensitive at best and offensive at worst.
@Eloiseat65 ай бұрын
Pronunciation police here. The “th” in “aesthetic” is pronounced. It’s not reduced to a “t.”
@noraemma68095 ай бұрын
Love Portugal Irish coleen in Salem Mass ❤❤
@lucretiaweil752 ай бұрын
In Portugal we love Ireland as well 💚💚
@dianahb05 ай бұрын
Dear Alexandra, I know you don't speak portuguese, but as a Brazilian person that does, it kinda anoying to hear you speak "azuleJo" with an spanish pronuciation 😂. But i like the video and the history behind portuguese titles!!! PS: my english may be broken, but I'm not doing a video.
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
she is pronouncing the J but a bit more American, it is not a silent J in spanish
@leeprochazka54205 ай бұрын
We noticed a lot of strange stuff on wayfair. What happened to the high dollar pillows and closets?!?!
@PS-bs8oeАй бұрын
In ur azulejos style dress u so much look like a portuguese menina ;-)
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
Funny that I have always being into all of these and seeing people going gaga like it is their first time, is so bizarre to me. To me it goes way beyond trends, it is a lifestyle and a state of mind.
@lorenaburgess90975 ай бұрын
Did you see the hack they put blue tape on wall then put peal and stick Tile over the blue tape .😊
@Eloiseat65 ай бұрын
There’s a disconnect here, in that if azulejo (why are they called azulejo? Because they’re blue?) tiles are assembled to tell a story, where do the purely decorative, mismatched tiles fall in this history? I see the decorative tiles on Portuguese buildings but they don’t take us to, for example, the mixed tile decoration you’re sitting in front of, nor are they assembled to tell a story. Also, what are they made of and how are they attached to surfaces to make them “earthquake-proof”? I realize you have limited time to talk about them, but these seem like important points.
@lucretiaweil752 ай бұрын
The Portuguese and Spanish word AZUL (blue) comes from the persian lazhward (lápis-lazúli).The word azulejo is derived from the Arabic al-zillīj, zellij meaning "small polished stone" because the original idea was to imitate the Byzantine and Roman mosaics. Blue and white azulejos only began to be created massively in the 18th century influenced by Chinese porcelain and Dutch tiles (influenced by the Chinese as well). The mixed tile decoration are used in Portugal (and worldwide) in contemporary design, which she didn't refer much to.
@patriciacaceres31675 ай бұрын
LOVED IT!!!!!
@rachelpitt-u4o5 ай бұрын
Alexandra, is that you? Old Aussie fan asking. ❤
@gottathinkupanewone5 ай бұрын
I love your dress. You look like you were made by hand in Dresden.
@popovka5 ай бұрын
Versa*TILE 😊
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
We see what you did there!
@CarolinaSanz-qy3hz5 ай бұрын
We tile everything
@moniquemanspeaker78035 ай бұрын
Like your dress
@gurujiwan5 ай бұрын
Why note Spain?
@CarolinaSanz-qy3hz5 ай бұрын
Spain too.
@Tantejuju655 ай бұрын
A style is born? Really. Portugal is ancient, it has been popular forever...
@helenareid50845 ай бұрын
Yes, but she is talking about the popularity of Portuguese tile in design trends currently.
@eugenianovillo41365 ай бұрын
I prefer Moroccan, then Portuguese, then Mexican and last subway tiles😂❤
@starveartist5 ай бұрын
You keep using the Spanish pronunciation (same spelling and different pronunciation in Spanish and Portuguese.) Azulejo has a Portuguese zs like ZsaZsa Gabor or Je in French.
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
well, that is how it is pronounced in Spanish so that is what she is using, nobody made her aware of that for the video.
@starveartist3 ай бұрын
@@vaderladyl yes, but it is the wrong pronunciation for what she is talking about... PORTUGUESE tiles.
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
@@starveartist she is trying, let her be. Better than most Americans could ever do.
@starveartist3 ай бұрын
@@vaderladyl PSSST (she's not American....and even has British parents!)
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
@@starveartist her cultural makeup seems American. Her accent is totally American, which is what everybody is critiquing so...
@Martianista4 ай бұрын
It is pronounced "azulezhos", as in "zhuzh". Portuguese is different from Spanish ;)
@anabeladelgado41095 ай бұрын
How did you not Google translate how to say the word azulejo 🙈
@restauradosporamor78725 ай бұрын
If the first language is not Portuguese or Spanish, she is going to sound with a accent
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
she is doing an American accent with the pronunciation in Spanish
@dyutibasu4541Ай бұрын
This is all true and well researched but i still say the tile capital of the world is Uzbekistan.
@dtulip15 ай бұрын
would that be Vers a TILE 😆
@wayfair5 ай бұрын
You said it, not us! 🤣
@Nclk6195 ай бұрын
You are pronouncing azulejo wrong. We speak português not Spanish
@vaderladyl3 ай бұрын
she is using the Spanish pronunciation with an American accent,
@TheDecimusic3 ай бұрын
we've been doing this trend before covid girl! hahahha...just admit it. everyone wants to be european:) lol. love from amsterdam
@carlap4805 ай бұрын
Im portuguese and live in Lisboa and unfortunatly they are beeing stolan and sold .
@lucretiaweil752 ай бұрын
Not so much nowadays. It was worse years ago.
@Koko708162 ай бұрын
By whom? Why would people steal tiles
@canis00212 күн бұрын
This is a sure way to trigger a Portuguese person... its Azulejo with a soft "J" , don't pronounce the "J" like it's Spanish.. we use a sof J.. like Juliet, or Japan . Not that Throat sound the Spaniards use.