I hope you all had a great week! Steve and I just got back from Palm Desert. Steve had a site meeting for a project, and I had a fun time with my Mom. Steve and I spent the night at the La Quinta Inn. The original buildings were built in the 1920's, so the architecture is fantastic...
I shared some of my photos from our weekend on Instagram, which has become one of my new obsessions. I've started to share quick pictures of my client's home, Patina Farm site meetings, and anything that is beautiful and inspiring. I'm "velvetandlinen", if you want to follow me.
(a pair of beautiful paneled doors at La Quinta Inn)
This week's Patina Farm update is about palette. As all of our materials have started to arrive at the site, I've become the palette police. Steve and I selected finishes that all have a pale chalky tone.
The roof tiles and the wall stone both arrived and look beautiful.
During our site meeting this week, we laid out all of the materials. After many production samples, our French White Oak floors arrived pale and golden, like the first sample we chose.
Unfortunately, our French limestone arrived way too pink and shiny. We are now having to sandblast the stone and figure out a way to tint or acid wash each piece so that it matches our original sample :(
We tried putting tea on the stone sample on the left, but ultimately it didn't work. We will be trying some other options tomorrow (The original sample is the tiny square in the middle of this picture).
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We also chose some chalky blue gray paint colors. The darker color is similar to
Farrow and Ball Pavillion Grey. It will be used on all of the steel windows and doors as well as the antique wood doors for Leila and Nick's rooms.
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The lighter color is the same color as one of our antique Swedish cabinets. It will be used on the antique doors in my office as well as the French paneling that will be installed in Leila's room.
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The White Oak windows and doors will be bleached and lightly whitewashed. The finish will look like the long narrow piece of wood to the right in this image.
We've also selected a few of the fabrics. Most of the pieces will be neutral. The other fabrics will be used as accents.
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This week, they started to stack the roof tiles on top of the house. It's important to weight the roof before the plaster and stucco are applied to avoid cracks.
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It was so exciting to see the tiles up there! You can get a sense of the texture they will add to the house.
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The importance of palette becomes very obvious.
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During our weekly site visits, I always enjoy walking around the house to see the progress. Our general contractor, Harold Rody (a.k.a. "Rody"), lives on site with his dog, Sammy. She always leads the tour!
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As I peaked into Leila's room, I was greeted by the sight of drywall boards and wood subfloors.
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This is the view inside Leila's room, looking back towards her entry doors and the doors to her bathroom. These are the antique doors that will be painted the lighter blue gray color. They will be lightly sanded before and after the paint application.
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Here's a closer image of Leila's bathroom doors that I bought from Loi at
Tone on Tone.
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Both of our children's rooms are glassed in at the back, to allow maximum light into the rooms. These are some of the White Oak windows that will be bleached and lightly white washed.
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Inside Nick's room, I found Steve and Rody discussing a trim detail. Because they have built several houses together (including our Santa Monica house), Steve and Rody have a shorthand when discussing details.
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This is the view inside Nick's room looking towards his bathroom and entry doors. The antique doors used for both Nick and Leila's entry doors were purchased from
Eloquence.
Nick's bathroom is inside the stone tower, which is why the walls are covered in mesh at the moment.
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A skylight will allow light into Nick's room from the tower.
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The galvanized finish will look fantastic on the gray stained wood (this garage door hasn't been stained yet).
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Now it's time for me to rest and deal with the head cold I'm enjoying this week (yes, that is sarcastic).
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Stay well and have a Happy Week!
xo
Brooke
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