Look what I found! I was on a delightful television program in 1996! It was called “Dream Living”; and it was about people who live in their Dreamhouses. I had seen our house in Pasadena when I was 13 and was determined to live in it someday. And …
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Montecito Gardens: Our house featured in Santa Barbara Seasons magazine!!!
GLORIOUS GARDENS: FRENCH COUNTRY STYLE MEETS CALIFORNIA COOL Penny Bianchi Interior Decorator and photos by Amy Barnard When Penny and Adam Bianchi bought a modest slice of undeveloped land off of East Valley Road 20 years ago, they had a golden …
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New tv show! “The Real Houses of….”
Our house is featured in an episode of "The Real Houses of....." on the W network in Canada! The series of shows were filmed this last Spring; and were shown this fall season. We were in the episode "Southwest USA"; and we thought they did a …
Question: “Do you follow trends in decorating?”
(Don't forget to click on the title!! To see the whole post!) "Do you follow trends in decorating"? That is the topic on "By invitation only" on the blog: splenderosa.com. Everyone is different; but this is something I decided many years ago …
Montecito Sea Meadow, my dream once-in-a-lifetime decorating job!! [repost]
Well, there is a "secret place" in Montecito. Honestly; even close neighbors barely know it is there! One can only see it from the water......or walking on the beach going from the "Biltmore" east towards the "Miramar"! It was the …
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Monterey Colonial!! "Progress!" "More Progress coming next" This is the "Interior progress" midway! UPDATE!!!
Well; again, instead of just launching into the " update" on our "Montecito Monterey Colonial"; because of my new subscribers, I am repeating the "during" published in January! With three children relocating from Europe; all the things I had done …
Patina!
First of all, I have to say how completely thrilled I am to be participating for the first time in Splenderosa's BY INVITATION ONLY! AND Also incredibly lucky to have been able to pick the topic!!! As some of you may know, I was published in …
The magical things that can be created with paint effects!
Sometimes people ask me about "faux" wall finishes. The walls in our house are not "faux" anything! They are lime washed. Lime (which is mined out of the ground); is mixed with natural pigments also mined out of the ground in Roussillon, …
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