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We’re Dominique and Gustave. Join us on our journey to the wine country of Central California in Paso Robles.

Do you like design and architecture? How about food and wine? Discovering Central California? Well, you’re in the right place! Learn more about us!

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Who doesn't love a cool banquet? ❤️ ・ Especially in this great blue color. Here we have a Spanish style home, but banquets can work in just about any style home, including farmhouse. Our Venice Rd Farmhouse will have a banquet for sure. ・ The little gold cocktail table is pretty awesome. Martini anyone? 🍸 😍 ・ We like banquets because they provide seating in a very space efficient way. Also the backrest, when done tall like this, is superb for acoustics, helping to absorb unwanted reflections. And banquets look super cool, a win-win! 👍 ・・・ #modernfarmhousestyle #modernfarmhousestyledecor #modernfarmhouseglam #farmhousedecor #farmhousestyledecor #homedetails #moderndesign #interiordesign #interiordesigner #veniceandvine

The Funk Zone - Santa Barbara! ・ Who else loves the Funk Zone? We sure do. ・ We try to go there whoever we drive through Santa Barbara from Paso to LA. A must do - for shopping, eating or a glass of wine. ・ If you live in Central CA, or are traveling through, definitely consider visiting the Funk Zone, you will be glad you did. Read more about this hip neighborhood on our blog. Go to our bio for the link. ・・・ #funkzone #santabarbara #visitcalifornia #californialife #californialiving #californiatravel #californiaroadtrip #centralcalifornia #californiacentralcoast #californiawinecountry #centralcoast #westcoastlife #veniceandvine

Shale Oak Winery in Paso Robles. ・ Another great boutique style winery in the area. We love the setting, though it was a bit chilly when we visited. The outside seating areas looked quite inviting though, I'm sure they are lovely now with warmer weather. ・ Shale Oak prides itself on sustainability, both in terms of the wine making process and the structures of the winery itself. Something we can relate to for sure. ・ These pics are in winter on a rainy day, which can be a very cool time to go wine tasting, don't rule it out. You will often have the place to yourself and be able to strike up a good conversation with whomever is working the tasting room. You can learn lot, just ask questions. ・・・ #modernbarn #barns #pasorobles #pasowine #pasowinecountry #pasorobleswine #pasorobleswineries #californiawinecountry #californiawines #vineyards #veniceandvine

HammerSky Winery in Paso Robles. 🍷 ❤️ ・ We went to visit one of our favorite Paso wineries again yesterday - HammerSky. It is located in West Paso off of Vineyard Dr. ・ Dominique and I judge Paso wines to a large extent by the atmosphere of their winery. We are not super discriminating when it comes to Paso wines, we like most of them. But we do appreciate a winery that offers a high quality tasting experience. And HammerSky definitely fits the bill. The place just transports us each time we go there. ♥️ ・ We brought along our friends Cassandra and Jason from LA. They loved it too! So much that they bought some wine. You can read more about HammerSky on our blog, link in our bio. 👆 ・・・ #modernbarn #barns #pasorobles #pasowine #pasowinecountry #pasorobleswine #pasorobleswineries #californiawinecountry #californiawines #vineyards #veniceandvine

More barn inspiration for Venice Rd. 🏡 ・ The way our Venice Rd modern farmhouse will be laid out, the barn is a prominent feature. Both from the road, and when driving up to the house. The barn is the first thing one sees. 👀 ・ For this reason we've put a lot to thought into the design for our barn. It is much more than just an "outbuilding". ・ This barn is clad in wood, where ours will be clad in Corten. But we love the monocolored nature of this structure, which is part of what makes it seem modern. The proportions are also nice, something that can't be said of all horse barn shapes. We cannot wait to build our barn! 🚀 🔨 🔨 ・・・ #modernbarn #modernbarnhouse #barns #industrialfarmhouse #modernfarmhouse #modernfarmhouseproject #modernfarmhousebuild #modernfarmhousebuild #moderndesign #buildingahome #buildingahome #newbuild #newbuild #veniceandvine

Paso Robles Vegetable Harvest! 🍅 🥕 🥬 ・ We set up to vegetable planters in the backyard at our Baby-Oak house. This is practice for the more expansive vegetable garden we have planned for our Venice Rd Farmhouse. Some of our plants turned out great, others not so much. 🤨 Mostly due to insects. We did build cages around the planters to deter little critters, but used a screen mesh with ample space for bees to enter for pollination. But that also let in white butterflies, who's offspring love to eat leafy vegetables! ・ So we learned that two types of enclosures are probably best. One for vegetables that flower and require pollination (tomatoes) and another type using insect screening for the leafy stuff (kale). ・ Our tomatoes arrived very late. The plants were already huge, but no fruit. Maybe because of the long cold Spring we had. But once they started cranking, stand back. More tomatoes than we knew what to do with. We made some great Tomato chutney! 🔥 ・・・ #californiagrown #cagrown #eatlocalcalifornia #eatlocalgrown #homegrownfood #homegrownfoods #growyourownfood #californiaboutiful #pasolife #veniceandvine

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