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
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 …
When attorney David Cohn and his wife, Debby, came to Montecito from Bakersfield, they connected with two key people who helped make their dream home a reality. After buying a remodeled 1960s-’70s ranch-style house, they …
Montecito Foothills Meet French Country Chic! Our clients house in SB Seasons magazine!Read More
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 …
Montecito Gardens: Our house featured in Santa Barbara Seasons magazine!!!Read More
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 …
(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 …
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 …
Montecito Sea Meadow, my dream once-in-a-lifetime decorating job!! [repost]Read More
This story has been a long and winding road! Anyone following my "blog" knows!! Rather than publishing the three former installments; if you haven't seen them, you can click on the "search" box on this blog, and write "Monterey …
Another update on the "Monterey Colonial"! Interiors and exteriors!Read More
