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My definition of “luxury”!

September 25, 2017 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 15 Comments

luxury My friend who writes the blog "Splenderosa" asked us to write about our "definition of luxury"! Here is …

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Filed Under: Article, Blog, Design, Family, Friends, Gardens, Landscapes Tagged With: "grandparents day"', "my mommies wedding", animals, azalea, Balinese chicken coop, blogs, Brooke Giannetti, cats, chickens, chicks, creative friends, decorating, dogs, duckhouse, ducklings, ducks, family, friends, garden, grandchildren, habitat for quail, James Andrew, luxury, mentor, Nathan Turner, National Wildlife Federation backyard habitat, patina, pond, quail, Radisha, Splenderosa, Steve Giannetti, vacant lot, Velvet and Linen, you tube

French Country Style

May 29, 2016 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 26 Comments

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, French Country Magazine, Gardens, Home Tagged With: antique bathtub, antique linens, antique table runner, antique textiles, antiques, French Country Style, garden, gift from Oprah, lime wash, magazine/book, natural pigments, neighbor of Oprah, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, patina, pigments from Roussillon

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

A blogpost from Brooke at Velvet and Linen about me!

July 15, 2015 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 5 Comments

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 …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Friends, Gardens Tagged With: Anduze pot, animals, antiques, bantam chickens, Brooke Giannetti, decorating, garden, habitat, House Beautiful, Lars Bolander, patina, pond, Velvet and Linen

Patina!

September 2, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 61 Comments

First of all, I have to say how completely thrilled I am to be participating for the first time in Splenderosa's BY INVITATION ONLY! AND Also incredibly lucky to have been able to pick the topic!!! As some of you may know, I was  published in …

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Filed Under: Bedroom, Blog, Design, Gardens, House Beautiful, House Featured, Landscapes, Press Tagged With: "apotheosis of Franklin", "apotheosis of Washington and Franklin", 1785, antique toile, antiques, Eric Haskell, Fortuny, House Beautiful, old shutters, patina, Patina Style book, rust, Splenderosa, Venice, Winterthur

La Colombe d’Or in Saint Paul De Vence : an iconic hotel in Provence

May 23, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 16 Comments

In 1982 my husband and I went on our first trip to Provence together.  My favorite hotel I had ever seen was the "Hotel  de La Colombe d'Or." (I almost fainted!!!) It is  perched at the top of the most beautiful  mountain  village of St. Paul de …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Gardens, Landscapes, Travels Tagged With: art, beautiful pools, challenge of outside lighting, dovecote, downlights at Le Columbe' d'or, gourd down lights, gourd down lights in trees, honeymoon, La Columbe d"or lights in trees, mediterranean style, natural gourd lights, natural.....color of stone, patina, Patina Style, Penelope Bianchi, pigments from Provence, plastic wicker revolting outside furniture, Provencal style, Provence, research in Provence, St. Paul de Vence, stone walls, subtle outside lighting, understated elegance, vacation in Provence

Our Home Featured in French Country Style !

April 25, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 39 Comments

Yikes!  What an exciting week! Fifi O'Neill , the founder and editor in chief of this magazine/book,(and many others!  "google" her!)  saw our house and my friend Renee's house on my blog; ( she expressed interest in both of them)!  and Mark …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, French Country Magazine, Home, House Featured, Press Tagged With: antique bathtub, antique linens, antique table runner, antique textiles, antiques, French Country Style, garden, gift from Oprah, lime wash, magazine/book, natural pigments, neighbor of Oprah, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, patina, pigments from Roussillon

Thank you Tara Dillard, Velvet and Linen and Callie Grayson!

August 8, 2011 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 7 Comments

Thank  you so much to those who have posted three wonderful posts about us recently.  We are over the moon! You can view Tara Dillard's blog called Landscape Design Decorating about us, and this earlier post here! Brooke and Steve at the fabulous …

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Filed Under: Blog, Design, Friends Tagged With: Callie Grayson, patina, Tara Dillard, tera dillard, Velvet and Linen

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