Steve Giannetti and Brooke Giannetti are an interior design team and owners of Giannetti Home, one of the top design stores in Los Angeles, and authors of Patina Farm. Their work has been the focus of countless national magazine features and has graced the covers of Veranda and Coastal Living. Steve is one of the most sought-after architects in California.
Three years ago, interior designer Brooke Giannetti started a blog
to document her projects and her inspiration. She didn’t think
anyone would read it. Boy, was she wrong. Today, Velvet Linen has
e-mail subscribers all around the world, and it routinely appears
on lists of must read design blogs. (The Washington Post included
Velvet Linen on its own top 10 design blog list in 2009.) The
success of the blog has catapulted Brooke’s career, as well as
the career of her husband and business partner, Steve, an
architect, furniture designer and painter. And, it’s helped land
their work on the pages of numerous magazines, including Veranda,
Coastal Living, New Old House, Romantic Homes and Country Living
Gardener.Followers of Velvet Linen are treated to daily doses of
design inspiration via the Giannettis’ aesthetic: an elegant, yet
unfussy, mix of antiques, natural materials and warm, neutral
colors (think soft creams, grays, blues and greens). The couple
designs with real life and families in mind, they say. Their
approachable interiors, which are both rustic and refined, blend
the beautiful with the practical and the old with the new (heavy on
the old). For them, the more weathered and imperfect, the better.
Brooke’s blog has also recently led to a book. “Patina Styleâ€
(Gibbs Smith, $35), which was published in August, is a crash
course in the Giannettis’ signature style and showcases the
couple’s homes and other design projects. The first printing of
the book sold out in less than a month. In addition to their
architecture, interior and landscape design firm, Brooke, 46, and
Steve, 51, have a home furnishing shop, Giannetti Home, in
Brentwood, Calif. Though the couple live in Santa Monica, Steve is
from the Washington area. He grew up in Prince George’s County
and graduated from the University of Maryland. Brooke was born and
raised in Los Angeles. In addition to their blog, their book and
their thriving businesses, the Giannettis have three children, two
dogs and five chickens.
*Washington Post*
Three years ago, interior designer Brooke Giannetti started a blog
to document her projects and her inspiration. She didn’t think
anyone would read it. Boy, was she wrong. Today, Velvet Linen has
e-mail subscribers all around the world, and it routinely appears
on lists of must read design blogs. (The Washington Post included
Velvet Linen on its own top 10 design blog list in 2009.) The
success of the blog has catapulted Brooke’s career, as well as the
career of her husband and business partner, Steve, an architect,
furniture designer and painter. And, it’s helped land their work on
the pages of numerous magazines, including Veranda, Coastal Living,
New Old House, Romantic Homes and Country Living Gardener.Followers
of Velvet Linen are treated to daily doses of design inspiration
via the Giannettis’ aesthetic: an elegant, yet unfussy, mix of
antiques, natural materials and warm, neutral colors (think soft
creams, grays, blues and greens). The couple designs with real life
and families in mind, they say. Their approachable interiors, which
are both rustic and refined, blend the beautiful with the practical
and the old with the new (heavy on the old). For them, the more
weathered and imperfect, the better. Brooke’s blog has also
recently led to a book. “Patina Style” (Gibbs Smith, $35), which
was published in August, is a crash course in the Giannettis’
signature style and showcases the couple’s homes and other design
projects. The first printing of the book sold out in less than a
month. In addition to their architecture, interior and landscape
design firm, Brooke, 46, and Steve, 51, have a home furnishing
shop, Giannetti Home, in Brentwood, Calif. Though the couple live
in Santa Monica, Steve is from the Washington area. He grew up in
Prince George’s County and graduated from the University of
Maryland. Brooke was born and raised in Los Angeles. In addition to
their blog, their book and their thriving businesses, the
Giannettis have three children, two dogs and five chickens.
*Washington Post*
Three years ago, interior designer Brooke Giannetti started a blog
to document her projects and her inspiration. She didn’t think
anyone would read it. Boy, was she wrong. Today, Velvet Linen has
e-mail subscribers all around the world, and it routinely appears
on lists of must read design blogs. (The Washington Post included
Velvet Linen on its own top 10 design blog list in 2009.) The
success of the blog has catapulted Brooke’s career, as well as the
career of her husband and business partner, Steve, an architect,
furniture designer and painter. And, it’s helped land their work on
the pages of numerous magazines, including Veranda, Coastal Living,
New Old House, Romantic Homes and Country Living Gardener.Followers
of Velvet Linen are treated to daily doses of design inspiration
via the Giannettis’ aesthetic: an elegant, yet unfussy, mix of
antiques, natural materials and warm, neutral colors (think soft
creams, grays, blues and greens). The couple designs with real life
and families in mind, they say. Their approachable interiors, which
are both rustic and refined, blend the beautiful with the practical
and the old with the new (heavy on the old). For them, the more
weathered and imperfect, the better. Brooke’s blog has also
recently led to a book. “Patina Style” (Gibbs Smith, $35), which
was published in August, is a crash course in the Giannettis’
signature style and showcases the couple’s homes and other design
projects. The first printing of the book sold out in less than a
month. In addition to their architecture, interior and landscape
design firm, Brooke, 46, and Steve, 51, have a home furnishing
shop, Giannetti Home, in Brentwood, Calif. Though the couple live
in Santa Monica, Steve is from the Washington area. He grew up in
Prince George’s County and graduated from the University of
Maryland. Brooke was born and raised in Los Angeles. In addition to
their blog, their book and their thriving businesses, the
Giannettis have three children, two dogs and five chickens.
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