Velvet and Linen

I hope you enjoy the rest of the tour of our gathering space, The Shed !A few additional details:•Contractor: • Steel Window by the Potterie: • Reclaimed wood: Window treatments and kitchen undercounter curtains: • Architecture: •Steve’s pool table: •Kitchen Sconces, Faucet and Cabinet Hardware: Range: .usa • Dining table: • All other antiques and accessories: • Iron Triangle/Dinner bell: To stay up to date on events at you can sign up for our news letter and blog announcements on our website. Link on my profile page.If you missed the first part of my Shed , you can find it on my profile page.xxBrooke•

When and I decided to move to in Tennessee, we planned to renovate the existing 1850’s log house to live in while we built a new home. When we moved into the cabin, we fell in love with its quirky charm and smaller spaces and decided to make it our permanent residence. Instead of building a bigger home for ourselves, we decided to build The Shed, a larger gathering space we could use when for family visits and community events.Construction of the Shed is now complete, and we are excited to give you a tour. The walk through took a bit longer than we thought, so we decided to break up the tour into a few videos that I will be sharing over the next week or so.A few details from Part 1:• Construction: • steel window with view of the Potterie: • reclaimed wood: • Kitchen faucet, sconces, cabinet hardware • large lantern: • windows and doors: Marvin • Dining table and area rug: • All other antiques and decor: A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the completion of the Shed with a special event. It was a very meaningful event for and I, filled with gratitude for the opportunity to connect with community. To learn more about our Shed events, subscribe to our newsletter and blog. Link in my profile page!We hope that you will be able to attend one of our future classes or harvest dinners in the future!xxBrooke•

Every morning and I walk up our hill and talk about the day ahead.At the half way mark, our little Bee Village comes into view. Our bees are wonderful neighbors, sharing their honey with us as sweet payment for their lodging.Limited quantities of our Patina Meadow honey are available in our shop in Leipers Fork and will be available online again next week.If you’d like to learn more about our beekeepers and of check out the latest issue of Steven and Claire will also be offering a honey tasting class in our Shed at the end of September. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified about classes 🍯 💛 xxBrooke•

We as humans have been given an extraordinary gift. Designing and growing a garden is an act of transformation. As I stroll in Bloomerie garden I feel a change in my emotional state. I am uplifted. I suddenly feel connected to this beauty, and I want to share that feeling with everyone…Whether you live on a farm or in a townhome in the city, we all can plant some sort of garden to enjoy. It’s an act of prayer and gratitude.xxBrooke• •

This moment…
In a world filled with an overabundance of “information” this place is where I find my highest truth…
I need not look any further for inspiration or for proof that I am where I am supposed to be.
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Brooke
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Every morning at brings a new symphony, each one distinct from the last. The day often begins with the lively chatter of our Guinea fowl, up at dawn to catch the worms and insects crawling through the dewy grass. The roosters soon join in, their crowing a joyful reminder that it's time to start the day.As I open the barn door, Bonnie and Clyde, our barn cats, add their gentle purrs and meows to the morning chorus, blending with the piggy squeals, sheep baas, and goat bleats. While I prepare breakfast for the herd, the animal serenade softens into background music, mingling with the rhythmic ping of pumpkin and sunflower seeds and the deep crunch of chicken feed in my scoop.The ring of the triangle bell signals breakfast, quickly followed by the clatter of dishes and the playful clicks of goats dancing on their wooden shelf. As the barn brigade settles into their meal, I head to the coop, where I’m greeted by a flurry of flapping wings and squawks as our flock eagerly rushes out to enjoy the scattered mealworms and seeds.Each day begins with this symphony of sounds, a melody unique to our farm, setting the tone for the beauty that unfolds. Wishing you a beautiful day filled with nature’s song…xxBrooke. • •

Patina Meadow Animal Barn

When we were preparing for our move to , our priority was to make our animals transition to their new home as smooth as possible. With that in mind, the first structure we built on Patina Meadow was our animal barn. Originally we were hoping to renovate the original barn on our property, but it was too unstable to save.
Instead, we decided to salvage the parts and build a new, sturdier, more efficient barn.
We were also able to locate the new structure so we could see all of our herd from our cabin
The new location also allowed the barn to be connected to the pastures.
Thank you to !
Please feel free to ask questions in the comment section.
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Brooke
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A Patina Meadow Animal Update!
Well the Tennessee summer heat and humidity has arrived early at but our animals don’t seem to mind it as much as our human herd does!
All of our animals are too busy enjoying the green pastures to be bothered by a little thick hot air!
I hope you enjoy this visit with our sweet animals.
For those of you who are curious about the salves we use on our donkeys to keep the flies away: we use a combination of and farriers wife belly salve.
Our beekeepers are and from
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Brooke
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Happy Summer…
When designing and creating a garden, patience is a necessity.
I constantly reminding myself to enjoy the journey, appreciate the successes and learn from the failures.
This is our second year , and we are now seeing the gardens take shape.
They are starting to “feel” the way I imagined they would.
I can see in my mind how they will mature, getting fuller and more lush as the years go by.
I look forward to sharing them and their evolution with you.
Happy Summer!
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Brooke
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The Attic Guest Room at Patina Meadow…
We have a lot of in process projects going on at , so it brings a sense of accomplishment to share completed projects with you! I’m sure all of you who have gone through a construction project understand.
With this in mind, I thought you might enjoy a short tour of our completed guest room.
I’ve shared most of the detail on our blog Velvet and Linen
https://www.patinahomeandgarden.com/blog
A special thank you to:
for always making each space architecturally gorgeous (and Happy Father’s Day 😘)
for showing up every day and turning every crazy idea we had into reality
for her gorgeous wallpaper and fabrics.
for all of the antique wood.
For more info, please check out our blog post.
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Brooke
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As the week passed, our newest family members are getting used to their new home. They now explore with confidence, paying little attention to Blue, our hefty Anatolian, or our barn cats, Bonnie and Clyde.
Sundance, Billy, Butch, and little Annie, deftly wind their way through the flock of guinea fowl and chickens that join them in the orchard.
Soon this area will be off limits to our new charges, as they begin to nibble on the sweet new growth of our fruit trees, but for now their exploration is harmless… and brings joy to us all.
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Brooke
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I walk out my front doors. The warmth of the sun touches my face as I take in the view of the blooming tulips. We chose varieties of deep amethyst and merlot to complement the worn wood of our cabin, a big departure from the masses of white roses at the front of our previous home in Ojai.
The air is sweet, an aroma of damp grass and the perfume of my tulips…
As I reach the barn, the scent is more earthy, a combination of hay and our herd. To my nose, this smell is just as intoxicating, filling my mind with happy thoughts of my dear animals. With our move to Patina Meadow in Tennessee, my morning routine in the barn has remained a constant… filling bowls of grain for our boisterous goats to nibble, sharing fresh butternut squash with excited piggies and gentle donkeys, and scattering a feast of mealworms and seeds on the ground for our flock of chickens and guinea fowl to enjoy.
I relish each morning at our farm, knowing that they will not go on forever.
Time marches on, but for today, I will appreciate the squeal of Hank, our piggy, getting a belly rub and the happy grunts of Pepper, our goat, as I rub his neck…
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To learn more about our life on Patina Meadow, please visit our blog, Velvet and Linen. Link on my bio page 🐐 🐷 🐔 🐑 🧑‍🌾 💚
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Brooke
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It’s been a crazy couple of months, but our little cabin addition is almost complete.
I hope you enjoy the tour.
Please feel free to ask questions in the comments.
I’ll answer them as soon as possible (I’m working today!)
A few details:
Architecture:
Contractor:
Wallpaper:
Sinks:
Plumbing fixtures:
Antique mirrors:
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Patina Meadow Attic Guest Room Update!
So much progress has been made over the last week!
Thank you
Next week: lighting and cabinetry.
Soon: Draperies
Cabinet hardware
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Please visit my blog to read the latest blog post for more info on specifications for this room!
Link to our website 😊www.patinahomeandgarden.com )on my bio page.
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Brooke
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Patina Meadow: Attic Guest Room Update!
We are making some great progress in our little attic room.
Tile by
Sink by
Wallpaper by
Next steps will be:
• Install stone around wood stove
• Install wood stove
• Paint all wood siding
• Wallpaper
I’ve shared a lot of the details about this room in previous posts. You can see them on my profile page.
Have a beautiful day!
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Brooke
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Patina Meadow Bloomerie update!
Good Chilly morning.
I wanted to pop on to let you all know what’s going on here. This video is truly a behind the scenes look! We are still very much under construction everywhere you look, but we are trying to live as normally as possible through the construction debris 😊
A few items to notice:
• Our Bloomerie steel doors by will be installed this coming week.
• We will be adding storage shelving around the sides of the middle Bloomerie room for all of our garden supplies. A lantern will hang in the middle of the space.
• Our greenhouses are by We added the local stone and the shelving.
• Our citrus trees 🍊 are wintering in the greenhouses.
• I planted carrots 🥕 , beets, fennel, and broccoli 🥦 in this first greenhouse. I’m planning on planting some flowers 🌸 on the other side.
My next video will be an update on the Attic, our little guest room above the new garage.
Until then, I hope you are having a joyous holiday season 😊
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Brooke
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A Patina Meadow Log House update!
Although we are still living on a construction site, I thought you all might enjoy a brief update.
As most of you know, and I have decided not to build a new house and plan to live in our 1850’s log house.
In order to stay happily married (😉) we are going to expand our closet and bathroom as well as add a small powder room and mud room. All of this will be located in the space that is now between our new garage and the existing cabin.
As you’ll see in the video, our sauna and cold plunge have been installed behind our home. We have plans to create a lovely outside space. I’ll share more details soon about the gardens as well as these new interior spaces !
Thank you to and our wonderful farm team Dan Meeks, .carpenter11 for helping us create Patina Meadow!
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Brooke
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