![]() Continuing to learn and being able to share the love of animals with others is priceless.” - Beth Lloyd “Cosmo” is the first male in an all female environment! We have three more cria due by the end of the year. We had our first cria born at Patina Farm on April 17, 2021. ![]() With their big eyes, long lashes and incredible fleece, the alpacas will never cease to amaze me. The challenge of raising and taking care of ten alpacas along with the goats, chickens and donkeys is not for the faint at heart! Each day has been a blessing and an adventure. After months of researching, planning and designing a barn for the new animals, my first alpacas arrived in June of 2020. There are very few alpaca farms in Mississippi, so I traveled to Tennessee, Virginia and Texas to visit other Alpaca farms and learn as much as possible. I instantly fell in love with these magnificent and interesting creatures, and loved the idea of using their fiber for fashionable merchandise. And so it began! I started researching all types of animals and alpacas piqued my interest. “Ever since I was a little girl, I have always dreamed of living on a farm, and in the early months of 2019 we had the opportunity to make the plunge and move to the country. Combining her talents in interior design and retail with her love of all things furry, Beth began dreaming and planning what would soon become Patina Farm. In early 2019 Beth and her husband Bob decided to build a home and live permanently at Cameron East. Having changed hands in ownership a few times over the past century and a half, Cameron is still known for its abundant deer and turkey population and is a fixture of agricultural and social history in Madison County.Ĭameron East was established in 2001 and has served as a weekend retreat and hunting camp for the Lloyd family. Quail, dove, turkey and white-tailed deer have thrived at Cameron since the wildlife conservation efforts were implemented. The land now known as Cameron East was originally a part of Cameron Plantation which was established 1841, and has been meticulously managed for wildlife since the early 1980’s. Here is your Sneak Peak, you will thank me later.Situated just south of the Big Black River, Patina Farm consists of 1,350 acres of hardwoods, wildlife habitat and agriculture fields. 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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