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Veranda’s First Ever Outdoor Living Award For The Montecito Garden Restoration Project

March 30, 2020 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 4 Comments

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 …

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Filed Under: Article, Design, Garden Design, Gardens, Montecito Gardens, Press Tagged With: animals, baby chicks, bantam chickens, birds, chickens, duck house, duckhouse, ducklings, ducks, floating duck house, garden, gardens, habitat, Montecito

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 Foothills Meet French Country Chic! Our clients house in SB Seasons magazine!

September 25, 2018 By //  by Penelope Bianchi Leave a Comment

    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

Filed Under: Design, Uncategorized Tagged With: antiques, Chinoiserie, decor, French country, landscape, Montecito, remodel, seasons magazine, stone house

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 …

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

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

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

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 …

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

Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Dining Room, Gardens, Kitchen, Landscapes, Living Room, Montecito Gardens, Sea Meadow Tagged With: "dream decorating job", "Sea Meadow", aesthetic director, Berkshire Hathaway, Brittany style, Charlie Munger, Chumash Indians, country floors tile, faitage, fishing village in Brittany, French Normandy architecture, French Normandy style, gated community, Hammond meadow, hand-painted tile, lovely landscaping, Molly Munger, Montecito, Montecito beach, Normandy village, Oceanside, Pasadena Mutual Savings bank, Penelope Bianchi, quality development, Reginald Johnson, sacred Indian burial ground, slate roofs, St Malo fishing village in Brittany, St.Malo, surfing spot

Another update on the "Monterey Colonial"! Interiors and exteriors!

November 20, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 23 Comments

  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

Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: gates, house evolves with people in it, Joseph Plunkett, landscaping, MIKE WHITE, Montecito, Monterey Colonial, poppies, restoration, Santa Monica, School of Rock, scrapbook, work in progress

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A Look Back! Living The Dream In 1996

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, …

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

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