How does a country cottage look like in which the soloist of "Night Snipers" Diana Arbenina lives with her twins

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The stars of the domestic show business, making millions, as a rule, try to emphasize their status and financial position with elite real estate, building luxurious mansions in the style of "expensive and rich". But still, there are such celebrities whose houses look very simple and cheap against the background of the castles of their colleagues, but no less stylish and cozy. And we invite you on a tour to one of these houses. This is a country cottage on Pyatnitskoe highway, where a rock diva lives Diana Arbenina with their twins.

Diana Arbenina - Russian musician, poet, singer, leader of the rock group Night Snipers, artist, writer, with her star status, never even dreamed of living in elite apartments on Rublevka or Barvikha, made in a faceless hi-tech style.

Along with her concert activities as part of the Night Snipers group, Arbenina regularly gives acoustic solo recitals, participates in annual home concerts in Moscow and in collective concerts in memory of bards - Vladimir Vysotsky, Bulat Okudzhava, etc. She also performs at concerts of bard songs in Peredelkino, releases her own books of poetry and prose. Leads author's programs on the radio, writes pictures, sometimes goes on the stage as an actress. And, despite such a stormy creative life, which brings considerable income, Arbenina had to take a loan from the bank to buy her home.

A few words from the biography

Diana Arbenina (nee Kulachenko) (1974) was born in a small town near Minsk in a family of journalists. She spent her school years and part of the student body in the Magadan Region, where she went with her parents as a child. There, Diana received her elementary musical education. In 1991 she wrote her first musical composition "Frontier".

Since 1994, she continued her studies at the University in St. Petersburg. A year before moving to the northern capital, Arbenina met Svetlana Surganova, with whom they created the Russian rock group Night Snipers. Initially, the girls performed as an acoustic duet, later the group was replenished with other musicians. According to legend, the idea of such an unusual name for the group was submitted by a taxi driver, who in the late evening gave a lift to the girls from the concert and took musical instruments in cases for a sheathed weapon.

For some time their concerts were produced by the leader of the group "Winter Animals" Konstantin Arbenin, with whom Diana entered into a fictitious marriage in order to obtain a residence permit in St. Petersburg. After a while, Diana divorced, but left her husband's surname. Over the years of creative activity, the rock group changed its members, but Arbenina remains the undisputed leader of the group to this day.

In 2010, at the age of 35, Arbenina gave birth to twins in one of the specialized clinics in the United States: her son Artyom and daughter Martha. The father of the children, according to the singer, was an American businessman with Russian roots. A strong-willed woman, accustomed to taking full responsibility for her life, now single-handedly brings up children and provides them. It’s hard to believe that before the appearance of the heirs, the singer, according to her, led an almost nomadic lifestyle.

And after their birth, many thought that the rock diva would plunge headlong into the long-awaited motherhood, but Diana managed to combine the joyful event with touring activities. Already in the second month after giving birth, she flew to concerts. Moreover, we must pay tribute - for the first year and a half, Arbenina breastfed the children, passing milk through her assistants, musicians and just caring people.

Home for St. Bernard, which the singer chose by smell

The leader of the "Night Snipers" group bought her house in the Moscow region 15 years ago for … a dog. Once, having written a song about St. Bernard, Diana received a puppy of this breed as a gift from her fans. At that time, Diana rented an apartment in the center of Moscow. With furniture and walls, a growing dog named Robespierre quickly “dealt with”, and the owner of the property asked Arbenina and her four-legged friend to go out. Then Arbenina made a decision: it was time to acquire her own housing. And, taking a loan, the performer moved out of town:

When choosing a new home, she was almost immediately attracted by a two-story red brick cottage with an attic, built without any frills, located right by the road. - this is how the singer recalls the background of the purchase of her cottage.

By the way, this house had wonderful owners. They built it themselves, lived ten happy years. But it so happened that the husband of the mistress of the house died tragically, and she did not have the opportunity to maintain suburban real estate, and therefore sold. The singer, in turn, never regretted her choice. In the cottage, according to Arbenina, the energy is incredibly positive, in it, she says, the spirit of love of the previous owners still hovers. …

Arbenina liked this housing so much that at first she did not want to change anything here. I even used the furniture left over from the previous owners. The singer, not used to making a fetish out of her home, decided not to spend money on expensive repairs.

And when the twins were born, Arbenina had to rent an apartment in Moscow for a while, since it was very inconvenient and costly to take the kids from the Moscow region to the capital's kindergarten every morning. Arbenina made the decision to return to her cottage on Pyatnitskoye Highway when her son and daughter grew up and were preparing to go to first grade. Now they go to school in Krasnogorsk, which is nearby.

Minimalist interior

True, before moving out of town, Arbenina first had to do not only major repairs in the house, but also redevelopment. Firstly, there were no separate children's rooms in it. Secondly, the living room, decorated by the previous owners in the Victorian style, did not quite meet the requirements of the singer's family. Diana, who supervised the renovation work remotely, decided to focus the designer's project on minimalism - more space and light.

The renovation has radically changed the appearance of the mansion. The interior design of Arbenina's house turned out to be restrained, but at the same time very stylish and cozy. There are no unnecessary furniture and "dust collectors" here. And now the cottage is very spacious, and this is despite the division into rooms: a sleeping area, two children's rooms, a kitchen area, a dressing room, a rehearsal room and a bathroom.

The color scheme is selected in calm light beige tones. The spiral staircase is painted black. Martha's children's room is designed in delicate shades of pink, and in Artyom's room - in white and gray tones combined with wooden elements. And there is also a large kitchen, where the friendly Arbenin family gathers every week on Sundays.

- the singer admits. Arbenina's bedroom is located on the second floor. The tall windows offer a picturesque view. There is a large bed in the middle of the room. Diana basically prefers a hard mattress and opaque curtains - all this helps to fully relax and recover after an exhausting tour.

It is also worth noting that the entire household in the singer's house is essentially supported by her assistant named Zakar. The singer honestly admits that without him she is like no hands. And the grown up children, Marta and Artem, became completely independent - their daily schedule includes not only a comprehensive school, but also a music school, as well as boxing and swimming.

What does Diana Arbenina dream about and what is her hobby?

Firstly, the singer dreams of picking up a guitar and going around the country, says Diana.

Secondly, looking into the future of her children, she has great hopes: - adds Arbenina.

Thirdly, the singer plans to adopt a child from an orphanage and raise him as a family, as she believes that there are no other people's children. Marta and Artem support their mother's decision and also dream of a big family. Also, the artist still cherishes the hope of meeting a life partner who will accept her children as family and become a support for herself. But dreams of the latter are illusory. According to her, hardly any of the men will be able to get used to her irregular work schedule.

And recently Arbenina, in addition to writing poetry, took up brushes and paints.

This is how the leader of the Night Snipers rock group Diana Arbenina, a mother of two children, a woman engaged in charity work, who is rightfully worthy of both respect and love of her fans, lives now.

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