![]() ![]() Notice the absence of wall tile here in any trendy shape or form. I didn’t take a picture of the shower in the guest house so here’s a picture of Brooke and Steve’s bathroom renovation in Oxnard. Transition between the white oak floors and limestone in the guest house. Related post: The New Timeless Hardwood Floor Here’s how you know the floor you’re considering might be too grey: If the overall read of your floors are grey, then they are most likely too grey, but if the overall read is pale yellow or medium brown first, that’s how you know you’re on the right track. Installing hardwood floors with grey in them will instantly place your new build or renovation inside the grey trend.Īnd, I know it’s hard to find pre-made flooring WITHOUT grey in it, so a little is okay. Notice there is not a stitch of grey or charcoal anywhere (below). There’s very little tile or stone out there that doesn’t eventually date. There is no tile or stone anywhere except the limestone floors which transition almost seamlessly with the white oak floors. ![]() Here’s what makes this house so classic and timeless. This was a photo of the same pond styled for their beautiful book, Patina Farm. These were the very rusty and awesome upholstered outdoor chairs right outside our window in the guest house.Īnd here was our view from the guest house in the morning. This was where we spent the night, it’s positioned in front of their lovely pond. She immediately responded with an invitation to stay in her guest house (below). Brooke and I started our blogs at the same time in 2008. Then I scheduled one of my colour training workshops in Los Angeles last month so I contacted Brooke and asked if I could come by, see her place and review her book. It was easier to click once and gaze at her gardens whenever I needed to feel peaceful. I kept this post open on one of the tabs on my laptop for weeks afterwards. They have lived there now for three years since it was finished, but in the Spring of 2014, Brooke posted photos of her gardens here, only one year after it was installed. Many of us in blogland followed Brooke and Steve Giannetti when they built their dream home in Ojai, California and moved from their previous house in Santa Monica. Here is your Sneak Peak, you will thank me later.Roses from Brooke’s garden to greet us in the guest house Patina Farm is the must buy book of the season. It is truly a gorgeous, timeless, inspirational home that will forever have you coming back to study. Through careful attention to details they brought their vision of Patina Farm to life. Ideally the home would be situated entirely based on the sunlight, aware that the direction of the sun affects the quality of light in the home, while keeping the two very large oak trees into consideration. The take away? A refined European sense of a home that became the blueprint for their design. In love with Belgian design, the Giannetti's decided to take a trip to Belgium and Paris seeking information and inspiration from designers such as Greet Lefèvre of Belgian Pearls, (one of my favorite blogs) and visually absorbing the patina of cooper pots, tattered books, paneled doors in flea markets and the Marché aux Puces. They also own Giannetti Home, a curated shop in Brentwood, CA that sells furniture, lighting, and accessories for the home in their signature patina style. Brooke is an interior decorator, making the two of them a full service design team. Steve is a classically trained architect, who also had training in his family's ornamental plaster studio, which was a natural extension for inspiration for their home. I am pleased to say that in Patina Farm, we see every corner of the family home, as well as the guesthouse, gardens, greenhouse and a charming chicken coop. Hidden from view by an abundance of white roses, lavender, and citrus, Patina Farm is the vision of rustic elegance with an unerring eye for quality and of course, a gorgeous time-loved patina that takes a typical brick and mortar home into a life well lived. ![]() When Brooke and Steve decided to leave their suburban Santa Monica home to build a new life on a idyllic farm, they bought 5 acres in the heart of the beautiful Ojai Valley, California, a lovely wooded area with rolling hills and pink sunsets. Welcome to Patina Farm a beautiful, inspiring new book by Brooke and Steve Giannetti of the blog Velvet and Linen. ![]()
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