Inside Yolanda Hadid’s Modern Texas Ranch

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Hi, AD, this is Yolanda Hadid,

and welcome to my home in Texas.

Come in.

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My overall vision for this house was industrial, modern,

relaxed, enjoying life, put your boots up on the table

and not worry about anything,

and just enjoy this beautiful Texas.

I designed this house myself.

My partner took me to Fort Worth on our first date,

six-and-a-half years ago, and I fell in love with it.

It's the mecca of cutting horses and cowboys,

and I just love the culture, the people are extraordinary,

and we've built such a beautiful community,

and I just feel home here.

I love this space because it has the big fireplace.

What I do here is my work on my iPad, or I read a nice book,

have a nice coffee with my friends.

It's a nice little cozy entertainment area.

I love every knickknack on these shelves that I designed.

I really designed it with all the items in mind

that I've collected over the years.

These pieces, I've had for a long time,

and I'm very into crystals.

I have a huge collection of old books

that I've collected for the last 30 years, from Europe,

from Holland, and friends, and Sweden.

And here, finally, they have a home.

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I wanted something really industrial and I couldn't find it.

So, I designed this table myself

and had it made by a steel artist in Fort Worth.

I think it came out pretty cool, I'm pretty proud of it.

We have friends over, I love to cook on Sundays,

and we have dinner parties, we play games, we play cards.

This is like kind of the heart of the house.

The kitchen design, I really wanted something big.

I wanted an island where everybody can sit around,

the whole family.

So, I love it when everybody sits around,

and you're cooking and talking,

and I think that's a very bonding experience

for us as a family.

I did everything open this time.

I started the inspiration actually,

of finishing was this mushroom board.

This is recycled from old mushroom crates

where they grow mushrooms in, and every seven years,

they have to redo the crates.

So, these are old planks.

My partner, Joey, is 39 years sober.

So, first I wanted to do a tequila bar,

but that wouldn't be appropriate in our home.

So, instead I did a honey bar,

which I'd like to collect different honeys

from wherever we travel.

We like to make organic coffee, and we use all our honeys.

A lot of the honeys we made, you know,

all the HH are the ones that we make at home

in Pennsylvania, we have our own bees,

we make our own honey.

We make our own maple syrup of bees we made at home.

So, as everybody knows,

my fridge is probably the most famous fridge in America,

from what?

12 years ago when I was on the housewife show.

So, I didn't wanna repeat the same story,

I'd wanna do something else, and I found these,

which was really hard to find something that was matte black

because I think black is really good,

but they can't be shiny black

because then it's very Las Vegas.

So, I wanted it to be very industrial-looking.

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This is my beautiful new pantry.

I love it because I like to see everything I have.

I'm a little bit isolated.

It's not like living in a big city,

so you kind of have to have everything at home.

I wanted it to be industrial, yet colorful.

Obviously this is inspired for my granddaughter, Khai,

when she comes because she loves candy.

So, I said, oma will make you one little section for you.

I mean, all the kids when they come,

they love different things,

so I have a little bit for everybody.

So, I didn't know that when you come to Texas,

you have to have a tornado room.

I've never been in a tornado.

So, come inside, come and see.

So, this pantry, this is made from cinder blocks,

so this is also a dorm room.

I'd have some blankets up there, so if we get in storm,

I'm gonna make myself a little bed and eat all my candies,

and I think I'm gonna do just fine.

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This is my little slice of heaven.

I designed this half-moon fireplace

because I wanted to sit around here

and just look at the view.

The view in the summer is amazing.

There's cattle that comes down, and they walk into the river

and drink water, and it's beautiful.

I love having just a casual dinner here.

We sit, we use it as a table,

and just look at this magnificent view.

I build a house in Mexico for my children years,

20 years ago.

But I had done these beautiful carpets in stones,

so I wanted to recreate this here.

As you see, it's a stone carpet with little flowers,

and that's the stuff I love to do.

I just sat here with my knees on a pillow

and just laid these little rocks.

And that's the creative part of building a house

that I really love is, I'm hands on,

I've been on the job site every day, building this house,

working with my incredible crew from Texas,

and it was a beautiful experience.

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This is the mud room, this is where the cowboys arrive.

You sit here, you take your boots off, you hang your hat,

you know? This is where all the gear is.

I ride every day.

In the summer, we get up at four, 4:30,

have a cup of coffee, go riding.

I wanted this mudroom to look very stockyard-feeling,

like industrial, but yet warm.

I love all the old antique trunks that I found,

antique shopping, old bridles, old saddles.

It's a cowboy's dream.

That bench is a very old church bench.

I actually bought eight of them at a clearance sale once,

and I have a bunch of them here

and a bunch of them at the farm in Pennsylvania.

The hat collection is Joey and mine.

Some of them are actually vintage,

like those are very vintage.

Cowboys need different cowboy hats,

like some are summer hats, winter hats, different colors.

This is what cowboys do.

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So, this is the bunk bedroom,

it was inspired by my granddaughter, Khai.

I just wanted to make her something really cute

where she can bring friends,

and I'm hoping for two more grandkids

that can sleep on there, and my oldest one coming there.

I just wanted, you know,

a cute place where they could all be together.

Mama Gigi can sleep in the bed, Khai can sleep there,

Bella and Anwar could be upstairs or my new grand babies.

Anyway, I just wanted it to be a happy space

and have a western feeling, but be very cozy

and a great memory for her,

a place where we can create memories.

I found this old little saddle at the flea market.

These are Khai's first cowboy boots ever

when she was a little baby.

And these were, I think her second ones.

So, and she really wore them, you know.

I mean, what a great memory to have.

From the whole house, I think a lot of people

think that this is the favorite room.

I mean, these little boots, look how cute.

I mean, how adorable is this?

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This is the powder room.

This is where the guests come

and can freshen up after a fun night.

I had this beautiful cover wall at my farm in Pennsylvania,

and I just wanted to bring something homey for my children,

and bring it here and have one wall

that is kind of part of our home, and I'm very proud.

Obviously, I'm super proud of my three children.

I just thought this was a cool little display of Gigi,

Bella and Anwar.

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This is the primary room.

I wanted something super cozy.

I wanted to see the water from my bed.

This is my side of the bed, so when I'm in bed,

I can literally see everything

that's happening on the Brazos.

I can see the little boats go by.

Yeah, I just wanted it cozy.

I found these beautiful baskets in Africa,

so I kind of built these shelves to fit those.

And then that was kind of my color theme.

On the walls, I used, again, the mushroom board.

The beams in the ceiling are all old reclaimed beams

from Canada.

The accent walls just brings some sort of a warmth

and a nostalgia with the feeling in the room

because it's not new, it's been used already,

and it just brings some charm to it, which I love.

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This is my bathroom.

I wanted to do a, his and her side with sinks,

because I like to have all my own drawers and stuff.

And then we share his and her shower,

we enter from both ways,

but at least it's fun to shower together.

This is the first time I designed my own bathtub.

It came out beautiful.

It's just a little skinny, but it's super comfortable

and I'm very proud of it.

I love the platform with the light at night,

it's very mooding, everything is on dinners,

I love candlelight.

It's just a beautiful ambiance and feeling in here.

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This is my dream closet.

I've been dreaming of this my whole life,

and I finally put it together.

I gave my design to a company called Molteni,

which is a company from Italy.

They just do extraordinary work.

I just love the simplicity

and the modern lines of their work.

I love all the glass and the wood.

I wanted something that went all the way

from the floor to the ceiling,

just so I have also faces to decorate.

This is my partner, Joey's side.

You know, he's not as organized as me.

Mine is always perfect

because I like organization that keeps me good in my brain.

He is not as organized,

so sometimes I just have to go whip through here

because all of a sudden he'll have blue with purple,

and purple with green, and you know,

not good for my neurotic brain.

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But I think he's learning to really appreciate it,

I love it.

He's won some belt buckles here, that's why we're here,

is to compete in the Cutting World.

I love to sit here with Joey, you know,

we have conversations here.

It's a space, it's not just a closet where you have clothes.

It's a space where we communicate and hang out,

and it has a lot of character, I think.

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Well, thank you for coming, guys,

but I gotta get back on my horse.

I'll see you later.

Bye.

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