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A lovely post by a fellow designer!

December 13, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 20 Comments

   Yesterday,  I was stunned when I received a post by my new friend, Julie of TG Interiors! She wrote me to ask if she could speak to me about how I started my career; and she wanted to see if had had advice for young people thinking about …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Home, Landscapes, Living Room, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: architecture, backyard pond, black-tie dinner parties, creative process, decorator, design school, European, French architecture, garden for nature, interiors, Julie Taylor, McCormick interiors, Montecito, mother's influence, Pasadena, Penelope Bianchi, slipcovers

The most beautiful thing about blogs!! Just wait till you hear!

November 19, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 43 Comments

  Hi my friends and followers!  And thank you to the new followers........I am struggling and my assistant is helping! By the way;  I am working on the second edition of "during" with the Monterey Colonial!  I have a new assistant......I …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Home, Living Room, Press Tagged With: "Dream Living" on tv!, blogging, blogs help "tribe members" find each other all over the world!, Brooke Giannetti, Crete, decorating, helping people reach their dreams in their house, House Beautiful, inspiration, making friends on blogs, Montecito, the joy of blogging, Tiffany magazine, Tone on Tone blog, traditional home, Traditional Home magazine

Monterey Colonial Restoration in Montecito: "The Before!"

September 7, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 25 Comments

For two years, we knew our daughter and her family were moving back this fall; and wanted to buy their "first house" !   Time to buy their first house!  Yikes! I have looked at just about every family house in Montecito!  And I saw some wonderful …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Home, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: adobe, Brooke and Steve Giannetti, california, Frances Elkins, Joseph Plunkett, Montecito, Monterey California, Monterey Colonial, oval entry hall, Pasadena, Pebble Beach, pool plaster bathroom, Reginald Johnson, Roland Coate

My wonderful surprise! A reprise for Mother's Day!!!

May 14, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 24 Comments

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!! I ran this last year on Mother's Day, and for anyone who didn't see it, you might enjoy it!! I had a wonderful Mother!!  She was the creative behind my own creativity;  although my father, (whom I cannot remember)  was …

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Filed Under: Blog, Family, Home, Video Tagged With: 1934 ford convertible, creativity, Daddy, daughter, discovery, encourage gifts children have, film, marry, Mommie, mother, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2013, moving pictures, reel of film, reprise, wedding, wind up movie camera, Yuma Arizona wedding

Spring is Springing in Santa Barbara!

April 15, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 28 Comments

I posted the very beginning of Spring a while ago.  Some people say we have no "seasons" in Southern California!" Yes we do!!  Spring is in full swing!! DO WE HAVE SPRING??? YES!!!!! We have a handsome new deer trophy!  (wrought iron)  in a …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes Tagged With: Anduze pot, arbor, baby chicks, bantam chickens, Boston ivy, cat fur in the bushes for helping birds make nests, dovecote, duck house, ducks, faux bois bench, focal point, fragrant roses, gravel, Janus et Cie, old roses, olive allee, Penelope Bianchi, Provence, Rose Story Farm, roses, Santa Barbara, slipcovers, spring, Spring in Santa Barbara, spring slipcovers, trophy deer, trophy deer heads, vines in trees, wisteria, wrought iron deer head

Thank YouT&G Interiors !!!! for such lovely compliments!

April 7, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 11 Comments

 Here or click on the image above …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Living Room, Marcel Vertes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: antique toile, art, bedroom, casual elegance, garden, indoor/outdoor room, Marcel Vertes, mccormickinteriors, Montecito Ca., painted ceilings, Penelope Bianchi, Santa Barbara Living, style, T&G Interiors

Early Springtime in the garden 2012

March 30, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 35 Comments

These pictures were taken two weeks ago, around the middle of March! Many people think we don't have seasons in Santa Barbara;  but I am going to show you that we do! You can see the wisteria; which not only looks beautiful, but smells sublime! It …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes Tagged With: backyard habitat, chickens, duck house, ducklings, garden, gravel garden, hardenbergia, herbs, heron, iris, lavender, mallard, National Wildlife Federation certified backyard wildlife habitat, native garden, petrified wood steps, potato vine, seasons in Santa Barbara, spring, wild garden, wildlife, wisteria, wood duck

"the top 10 most romantic homes in the world in 2012"

February 13, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 23 Comments

Oh my goodness!!  Imagine my surprise when our agent sent me this! This is an annual list released once a year!  These houses are selected each February and are publicized all year! No one can apply for, nor purchase this advertising! I feel …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes Tagged With: 10 most romantic homes in the world for sale, barrel tile roof, bird refuge, chicken coop, duck pond, ducks, flag iris, Francophile, French farmhouse, grand hall, handmade terra cotta floor tiles, interior decorator Montecito, interior designer, magical romantic french farmhouse, Mille fleur chickens, Montecito California, nature preserve, orchard, Penelope Bianchi, Provencal home, quail, romantic homes, Valentine, Valentine's Day, vine-cloaked walls, vines, wildlife habitat, wood ducks

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