Penelope Bianchi
Exciting news! The new issue of Veranda March-April has the 2020 Outdoor Living awards. The first time ever! And our garden was selected to be one of the eight awardees!!! The talented garden designer who originally designed our landscape came …
Veranda’s First Ever Outdoor Living Award For The Montecito Garden Restoration ProjectRead More
luxury My friend who writes the blog "Splenderosa" asked us to write about our "definition of luxury"! Here is …
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 …
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, …
This was a post a few years ago by Brooke Giannetti at Velvet and linen! an evening with penelope bianchi and lars bolander... Having never attended school for interior design, I've always wished that I had a mentor. There have been a few …
A blogpost from Brooke at Velvet and Linen about me!Read More
The gardens have been worked on extensively for the past few months! Huge improvements!!! Not too much has changed in the front; Things are starting to bloom! The real changes are on the side.... what was a shady mess where nothing much …
Garden update on the Monterey Colonial in Montecito!Read More
This picture is right after they hatched!! April 13,2013 And this is today!! May 25,2013 All 11 ducklings have survived; in 10 more days they will be able to fly!! They are a little hard to distinguish from …
Quick duckling progress story!!! First ducklings of the Spring!Read More
