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A Look Back! Living The Dream In 1996

November 10, 2018 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 10 Comments

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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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Dining Room, Home, House Featured, Kitchen, Living Room, Montecito Gardens, Press, Video Tagged With: decorating, decorator, Dream Living 1996, French Regency, interior design, Montecito, Pasadena, pavillon, Video

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

Trumeaus: Lovely mirrors that were formerly part of paneling.

September 11, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 13 Comments

My very favorite mirror above a fireplace or console is a "trumeau"! A "trumeau" either has a painted scene or some lovely carving.  They were always part of the "boiserie"  (paneling) in a french house; and are very popular here, especially in " …

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Filed Under: Blog, Dining Room, Living Room, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: antique, antique mirrors, boiserie, French architecture, French paneling, French pavilion, Los Angeles House by Tim Street-Porter, mirrors, painted panels over mirrors, Santa Barbara sStyle by Diane Dorrans Saeks, trumeau

Indigo Seas: My favorite store in the world

February 1, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 9 Comments

"Joie de Vivre!" Pretty much describes the owner and spirit behind Indigo Seas:   founder and owner of the shop:  Lynn von Kersting. Lynn is the personification of the expression:  "Joie de vivre".  It means "joy in life";  it is a rare and …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Friends, Living Room Tagged With: "joie de vivre", Capri, color, India Irving, indigo seas, Ivy at the Shore, lynn von kersting, style, The ivy

Slipcovers!! Seasonal slipcovers save your furniture!

August 12, 2016 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 92 Comments

Seasonal Slipcovers! What I love about slipcovers is so many things!! My mother was from the "South".  (Lucky me in so many ways having particularly to do with the "HOUSE!") She taught me to have four.........yes four...... seasonal sets of …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Home, Living Room Tagged With: antique needlepoint, antique paisley shawls, antique tapestry pillows, antique toile, bunny williams, change seasons, chic dog beds, collecting textiles, collections, Etsy pillows, fall and winter slipcovers, fall colors, fine upholstered furniture, Fortuny, Indian appliqued bedspreads, Kathy at "Pillow Beach" easy pillows, layering a house, oriental rugs, seasonal slipcovers, slipcovers, spring slipcovers, summer slipcovers, toile

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

Montecito Sea Meadow, my dream once-in-a-lifetime decorating job!! [repost]

February 3, 2015 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 78 Comments

  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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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 I DID!! It is kind of blurry, …

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