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Rising From the Mud and the Ashes – Restoring Montecito

August 30, 2019 By //  by Rena McDaniel 16 Comments

*This post was originally published on The Art Of Outdoor Living by Margie Grace We hear about disasters around the globe on a daily basis, but it’s hard to imagine that such devastation will ever hit so close to home. In early December 2017, the …

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Filed Under: Article, Design, Family, Friends, Garden Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: disasters, Margie Grace, mudslide 2017. rebuilding, The Art Of Outdoor Living

Montecito Gardens: Our house featured in Santa Barbara Seasons magazine!!!

January 24, 2018 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 4 Comments

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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Filed Under: Article, Bedroom, Blog, Design, Dining Room, Gardens, Home, House Featured, Kitchen, Landscapes, Living Room, Montecito Gardens, Press, Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine Tagged With: birds, butterflies, decorating, gardens, Montecito, national wildlife federation, nature, wildlife

My definition of “luxury”!

September 25, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 15 Comments

luxury My friend who writes the blog "Splenderosa" asked us to write about our "definition of luxury"! Here is …

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Filed Under: Article, Blog, Design, Family, Friends, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: "grandparents day"', "my mommies wedding", animals, azalea, Balinese chicken coop, blogs, Brooke Giannetti, cats, chickens, chicks, creative friends, decorating, dogs, duckhouse, ducklings, ducks, family, friends, garden, grandchildren, habitat for quail, James Andrew, luxury, mentor, Nathan Turner, National Wildlife Federation backyard habitat, patina, pond, quail, Radisha, Splenderosa, Steve Giannetti, vacant lot, Velvet and Linen, you tube

The inspiration for our French chickens!!

September 13, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 5 Comments

Our granddaughter feeding the chickens! About eighteen years ago;  my husband Adam and I went on a trip to France. I had read a lovely review of a new hotel opened in Burgundy that sounded wonderful. The name was” Chateau Vault de Lugny”.  The …

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Filed Under: Blog, Landscapes, Travels Tagged With: baby chicks, bantam mille fleur chickens, Chateau Vault de Lugny, chickens in a taxi, French chickens, garden, geese, grandaughter feeding chickens, peacocks, predator-proof coop, roosters, turkey

The Garden Sphinx

August 15, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 9 Comments

This is an updated version of a post from 2011! Our house was briefly on the market then.  Then we took it off!  So glad it didn't sell!     I have always been a lover of gardens, especially the wild ones!  I love statues, birdbaths, …

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Filed Under: Blog, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: animals, antique terra cotta, decorating, entrance, garden, garden statues, gardens, history, Madame DuBarry

Monterey Colonial garden update! Big difference!!!

May 24, 2016 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 3 Comments

Hi there!  I have had a lot of requests for more updates on the Monterey Colonial our daughter purchased a few years ago here in Montecito! The previous posts are at the end of this post! She removed some shrubbery crowding this beautiful …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: Anduze pot, boxwood, gardens, Joseph Plunkett, Montecito, Monterey Colonial

New tv show! “The Real Houses of….”

October 19, 2015 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 7 Comments

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 …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Dining Room, Gardens, Home, House Featured, Kitchen, Landscapes, Living Room, Radisha, Video Tagged With: decorating, decorator in Montecito, French farmhouse, monograms, patina, pigments from Provence, provencal farmhouse, Provencal home, Provence, Radisha, tv show, Vertes

Question: “Do you follow trends in decorating?”

February 10, 2015 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 18 Comments

(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 …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Dining Room, Gardens, Home, Kitchen, Landscapes, Living Room, Montecito Gardens, Press Tagged With: antiques, appliances, classics, family heirlooms, furniture, lampshade, landscape designer, Mario Buatta, Montecito, plumbing fixtures, rugs, tile, timeless decorating, trends, trompe l'oeil, troupe l'oeil

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A Look Back! Living The Dream In 1996

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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 opportunity to build a custom home in the heart of Montecito. The property sits at …

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