Rove + Dwell

Rove + Dwell All Natural Paint and Stain Specialists
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Rove Café & Kitchen

Curated simple ingredient milk paint using milk, lime, earth pigments, and other natural ingredients

09/26/2025

Sharing the heart behind this kitchen dream… I’ve always admired old French kitchens, but after watching The Taste of Things I fell completely in love. Since then I’ve been gathering every stone-walled inspiration photo I can find 🖤

What’s one design element you’d bring from an old-world kitchen into today’s?

09/26/2025

Two years later… the glow-up was hiding under plaster all along 🖤

“How did you make that garden photo?!”I’ve been getting this question so much since sharing the front garden plan in sto...
05/12/2025

“How did you make that garden photo?!”

I’ve been getting this question so much since sharing the front garden plan in stories last week — so here’s the honest, slightly magical answer:

I didn’t start with a finished photo.
I started with a feeling.

Lavender spilling toward the grass, blush roses climbing the stone walls, peonies nodding their heavy heads in the morning light.
Something that felt like it had always belonged here.

So I worked backward from that vision.
I mapped out the beds.
Layered the plants by height, season, and scent.
Chose colors like old oil paints — soft, romantic, quiet.

Then, with a little help from ChatGPT and a few carefully chosen tools, I brought that vision to life — not in the soil (yet), but in a visual.
That’s the photo I shared: a dream rendered visible.

Now I’m planting it for real.
Gravel paths, climbing roses, bench nooks under the trees — the garden I’ve imagined for years is finally taking root.

If you’re dreaming of something similar, I’m sharing everything I used to get here: the full layout, plant list, printable tags, timelines, and path map.
You don’t need a landscaper. Just a clear vision and the courage to start.

The garden isn’t real yet… but it will be.

Save this post for when you’re ready to start planning your own. And if you want the full PDF kit, just DM me — I’m happy to share it.



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10/18/2024

This magic little thing makes my life SO much easier when baking!

It's a little "broom" of testers! You simply break one away to test the centers- no need to use a knife anymore or all the pesky toothpicks (i tend to drop the entire box anytime I use them)

I got this little tool at from Chrystals store behind the Café! I'm obsessed with everything she has in there- go check it out!! 💓

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Old Barn Living features our popular Old Barn Milk Paint, One-Step-Stains, Organic Interior Paint, and Clay + Mineral Paints! Our flagship store is located at 177 E 3rd Street, here you can see all of our interior finishes along with plant based and eco-conscious home decor items that reflect my own boho farmhouse style! I offer workshops on plants, furniture painting, interior painting, and have a few openings for Interior Design clients for summer - fall - winter 2019. Don’t forget to check out our restaurant, Old Barn Kitchen located on the corner of 3rd and Main in downtown Chico, just a couple doors down from our shop! Can’t wait to see your beautiful faces!

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Chrystal