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Monterey Colonial!! "Progress!" "More Progress coming next" This is the "Interior progress" midway! UPDATE!!!

October 25, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 34 Comments

Well;  again, instead of just launching into the " update" on our "Montecito Monterey Colonial";  because of my new subscribers, I am repeating the "during" published in January! With three children relocating from Europe; all the things I had done …

Monterey Colonial!! "Progress!" "More Progress coming next" This is the "Interior progress" midway! UPDATE!!!Read More

Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Home Tagged With: "jack and jill" bedrooms, "pool plaster" bathrooms and showers, 1934, bed alcove, best fake shake roof, Brooke Giannetti, change, classic proportions, classical architecture.Farrow and Ball, designing architecture on an iPad, doing things right, Farrow and Ball sample pots, importance of simple tile, improve, Joseph Plunkett, Montecito, Monterey Colonial, porte-cochere, preparation in painting, restoring a classic, Steve Giannetti, the opposite of " McMansions", update, Velvet and Linen

Monterey Colonial "During"!! again before the "present" to be posted in the next few days!!! Exterior!

October 23, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 56 Comments

Hi there again! I am going to post the "present pictures" of our Monterey Colonial;  however, it has been so long since I have posted; and I have many new subscribers; so I decided to republish the  last  post"during"  a day or two before the …

Monterey Colonial "During"!! again before the "present" to be posted in the next few days!!! Exterior!Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: 3 exposures in a room, architecture, beautiful views from every room.before, daughter, during and after, edwards and plunkett, floor plan, french doors, front door, grandchildren nearby, importance of exposures, Joseph Plunkett, light in architecture, Montecit, Montecito, Monterey Colonial, one room deep, real shutters, restoration of fine architecture, shutters, trim color, warm family house, white house, yellow house

What was James Wearing in Santa Barbara?

September 16, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 41 Comments

One of my very favorite bloggers is the elegant , handsome, and charming James Andrew of the very popular blog,  "What is James Wearing?"!! He and his delightful partner Scott McBee planned a really fantastic "California Adventure" with help from …

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Filed Under: Blog, Friends, Travels Tagged With: Bacara hotel, bravura, Brooke, california, Casa del Herrerro, cats, chickens, Coral Casino, Creed, dogs, Hollye Jacobs, Lola, Madame DuBarry sphinx, Montecito, Rolex, The Silver Pen, Tom Ford, Velvet and Linen

The Olive Allée!!!

June 10, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 54 Comments

Definition: (from  Wikipedia) "Allée is traditionally a walkway  with a line of trees or large shrubs running along each side , which is used, as its French source venir ("to come") indicates; to emphasize the "coming to," or arrival at a  "focal …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: allees, Anduze pot, Bianchi, cypress, focal point, Grace Design, Margy Grace, Montecito, Oak allee, olive allee, on axis in the garden, South of France, Southern plantation, symmetry

A lovely post by a friend and blogger!

March 28, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 15 Comments

    My friend and fellow blogger Tracey Jackson came to Santa Barbara to visit her mother;  and came over to visit! (These pictures were taken last Spring!  Not by Tracey)     Tracey is a screenwriter, and that is one reason …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Friends, Gardens, Home, Landscapes, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: birds, chickens, ducks, dust baths, floating duck houses, getting rid of crows, interior decorator Montecito, interior designer, Montecito, nature, Paradise, Penelope Bianchi, Penny Bianchi, Tracey Jackson, writer

A lovely post by a fellow designer!

December 13, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 20 Comments

   Yesterday,  I was stunned when I received a post by my new friend, Julie of TG Interiors! She wrote me to ask if she could speak to me about how I started my career; and she wanted to see if had had advice for young people thinking about …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Home, Landscapes, Living Room, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: architecture, backyard pond, black-tie dinner parties, creative process, decorator, design school, European, French architecture, garden for nature, interiors, Julie Taylor, McCormick interiors, Montecito, mother's influence, Pasadena, Penelope Bianchi, slipcovers

The most beautiful thing about blogs!! Just wait till you hear!

November 19, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 43 Comments

  Hi my friends and followers!  And thank you to the new followers........I am struggling and my assistant is helping! By the way;  I am working on the second edition of "during" with the Monterey Colonial!  I have a new assistant......I …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Home, Living Room, Press Tagged With: "Dream Living" on tv!, blogging, blogs help "tribe members" find each other all over the world!, Brooke Giannetti, Crete, decorating, helping people reach their dreams in their house, House Beautiful, inspiration, making friends on blogs, Montecito, the joy of blogging, Tiffany magazine, Tone on Tone blog, traditional home, Traditional Home magazine

Monterey Colonial Restoration in Montecito: "The Before!"

September 7, 2012 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 25 Comments

For two years, we knew our daughter and her family were moving back this fall; and wanted to buy their "first house" !   Time to buy their first house!  Yikes! I have looked at just about every family house in Montecito!  And I saw some wonderful …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Home, Montecito Gardens Tagged With: adobe, Brooke and Steve Giannetti, california, Frances Elkins, Joseph Plunkett, Montecito, Monterey California, Monterey Colonial, oval entry hall, Pasadena, Pebble Beach, pool plaster bathroom, Reginald Johnson, Roland Coate

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