It is no secret that each resident of the metropolis dreams of having his house in the village. Dmitry Nquestomov is no exception. Eight years ago, he became the proud owner of a country estate in just nine kilometers from Moscow. Author and performer of songs, television and radio host, laureate of music premiums and participant in festivals - a person busy, but always ready to allocate time to communicate. "A cup of coffee or tea?" - Offers the owner, and now you are already sitting at the bar with a feeling of complete immersion in the distant world of the Danish village. Interview of the artist from the February issue of the atmosphere magazine.
- Dima, how did you get a country house? Why did you choose this place?
- happened by chance. Friends told that they found the land very cheaply, then there were no no buildings here. By the time I thought up to buy a plot, the local architect had already begun to build houses on the territory, he had four projects. For his work, he took a neighboring house. Then we learned that he was planted for some fraud ... We drove into dysfunctioned housing - only naked walls and a ladder without a railing, I had to do everything from scratch.
- They turned for help to the designer?
- My girlfriend-designer helped us. But still it turned out our joint work. We were consulted, the materials were chosen together, discussed the details of the interior. I wanted a simple classic, without any beams, without gold, without Cupid. So that you can invite people with traditional glances and did not corded anything, it was not annoyed to be cozy and beautiful. I do not know, it turned out or not, judge friends.
Pictures from Beresta perfectly fit into the interior
Photo: Evgeny Vavrin
- Did you like her ideas? It often happens that the opinions of the customer and the designer do not coincide ...
- She brought a lot of things. On her advice, we made in the ground floor "Danish courtyard". I really liked that the interior was used wood, leather and ropes. A pillar in the middle of the room is a carrier construction, it was impossible to get rid of it, and we beat him - now looks like chimney from electrocamine. I am very advised: he and warmly radiates, and maybe just a decor, create a comfort. We now do not use a real fireplace. Previously, they bought special lamps that are burning with multi-colored fire, now I give preference to TV. And in old age, most likely, I will warm the legs by the fireplace, admire fire through panoramic glass. (Smiles.)
- What is more important to you - style or convenience?
- Convenience. It is important that the style does not interfere with living at home. Sometimes, coming to visit, I see "eclassen", which can not be washed or touched. What is it?
- Your business is reflected in the interiors?
- No. My life is permeated with music for all hundred. And to paint the walls with nottes or guitar is already busting. Although I know artists who love to do this. It seems to me that it will remind of unfulfilled work, losses, some problems. I prefer to decorate the walls to decorate the pictures that they write specifically for me - the window in the memories that I am expensive.
In the house of Nesterov, there are often guests who are happy to miss a party to billiards
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- Let's go back to the European House.
- We made everything in a single style of a binding tree with leather and ropes. This is such a style of rustic Europe, another XIX-XX centuries. Here is hanging atmospheric handicraft chandelier. She was familiar, and, as it turned out, they do not trade yet. So I have a superexclusive.
- How did the idea of the bar rack appear?
- There is a lot of guests in the house, and you need a place where you can cook coffee without breaking away from the conversation, and to make it where to put cups. By the way, there is still a sauna, here for this door. True, it has not been used for a long time.
- Some musicians are so tired of fans that the house is perceived as a secluded fortress. But, apparently, not you ...
- I love guests. If I am like Yuri Antonov, then, maybe I will also become a privacy at home. (Smiles.) Sit here and calmly relax with ten dogs. Although I do not think that all artists do that.
Winter garden pleases the eye. Many plants moved here from the artist's urban apartment
Photo: Evgeny Vavrin
- Do you have any stories with history?
"After a divorce for more than a year, I spent in solitude under the tire, having fun fishing, horse riding horses, and learned to do Nesterov's loop on the Yak-52 plane. These paintings from Berriest hung in that house on the banks of the Oka River. I bought them from local artists, and it turned out a small collection.
- They perfectly written in the interior. Deco-rational bricks on the walls seem to continue the topic of Beresta.
- Yes? I did not even notice. (Smiles.) According to the designer, these elements were supposed to personify the mazanka, create a mood of a European old house. We could not stick these pebbles, because the designer left somewhere and left them lying on the floor. I thought for a long time how to do it right, what glue should be bought. Just a few years ago, I decided to stick.
- I see that you love nature. In one of the rather, you have a winter garden.
- We always had many plants. Part moved here from my urban apartment. A lot of indoor flowers presented fans and friends. Relatives support winter garden. The most important thing in caring for plants is to regularly water and fertilize them.
- And you also have a big aquarium ...
- I had aquariums since childhood. Just like dogs, parrots, snakes, hamsters and other animals. I love it all. I wanted to make an aquarium with unusual fish. And my friendship with "Autoradio" gave fruit. (Smiles.) Exotic fish brought me one of the DJs. Somehow I myself bought for shooting three small gold fish rare breed "Black Comet". And two really turned out to be black comets, small submarines, and the third rose to the size of the carp. And now it is my favorite aquarium fish. So it turned out a non-standard aquarium - as I wanted.
The dog flock was gathered gradually for six years
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- When did you make repairs, took into account the presence of dogs?
- No, they did not take into account. The dog's dog was going for six years - and their six too. Now I help me to care for them, because I have a little time in connection with concert activities. With homemade pets you need to walk three times a day, they must be fed, combing, communicating with them. Naturally, large dogs can jump on the sofa with dirty paws, because it is not always able to keep track of them. But I wanted to be bright furniture everywhere. After the birth of Puppies, it was necessary to change it - the kids shreddly literally every armchair in the house, even a billiard table did not spare.
- And you bought a bright furniture again!
- I like the bright. Red and black tones seem aggressive.
- But here there are many prizes who got your pets ...
"All prizes are only one dog, her name is Bahachi, the full name - Sunhil Ridges Bahaty. This is the breed Rhodesian Ridgeback. I was presented with a little puppy and promised that I would no longer grow. But it turned into a large thoroughbred dog weighing forty-five kilograms. We started an exhibition career with her, and I got carried away. It turned out to be a little show business with his stars. My dog managed to win a few very large exhibitions, became the winner of the World Cup. We planned to knit her, found a very beautiful dog. At that time we had a fence, and when I went to walk from Bahachi - she suddenly disappeared somewhere. It turned out that on the road our girl covered a healthy faded male. But the next day we brought it with a thoroughbred dog, from which initially planned litter. Lucky - thoroughbred puppies were born, we did just in case the DNA test. One, Lelenka, left himself, another, Eve, took a friend fishing, Master of the game "What? Where? When?" Victor Sidnev, who initially denied love for dogs, calling himself a cat. So now we have two Rhodesian Ridgeback. And in the Moscow apartment lives the Third - Gerda. She was thrown into the street. I then found her former owners. It turned out, they bought a new home, was lazy to transport the dog, and they started two little chihuahua ... I was very upset, undermine such cases faith in people. I restored the pedigree dog, it turns out that her name is Beverly Zlatto Rus, now she received the title of champion of Russia.
Fireplace - an indispensable thing in the cold winter evenings
Photo: Evgeny Vavrin
- You have a lot of interesting interior details. Do you buy or give fans?
- A lot of gifts - from meager baubles to huge paintings. The canvas that hang on the second floor, presented the artist Alexey Evstigneev. He recently assigned the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. I congratulate it with the well-deserved title! He gladly presents my work to me, but sometimes takes away - only to supplement his exhibition. I also gave me a portrait of "Ivan Grozny at the icon of the Kazan Mother of God" in human growth, the picture was lucky only in the third taxi. As a result, I hung her in the Moscow apartment. I was presented with her birthday, anniversary. So I call my 36th anniversary - two times to eighteen.
- Apparently, is it the most memorable gift?
- Yes.
- And there is some kind of subject, very nice, which you presented?
- Give a lot ... Unfortunately, I can not call anyone and offend someone. Most pleasant gifts - from mom. She has a needlewoman and sometimes gives me surprises made by their own hands.
- Do you have a dream home? Perhaps you already live in it, or maybe you want something else?
- I recently saw the house on the water, I liked it so much! I have a dream so that my house can travel around the Moscow River. But the main dream is to live outside the city - already implemented. And very soon, the fans will see the neighborhood of my house in a new video for the song "Russian Earth" in a duet with "Buranan grandmothers". By the way, in this clip my favorite Sonata horse starred.