We all have that friend. The one who’s perennially in-the-know on the hottest trends in home design, fine cuisine and fashion.  The one who can point you towards a caterer for your dinner party, help you find a paisley lamp shade to match your new sofa and recommend a bohemian-chic hotel in Mexico that won’t break the bank. SB Digs is that friend. The ultimate insider’s guide to what’s new and undiscovered in home design, fashion and entertaining. Once you subscribe, you’ll receive our weekly emails which dig up all the must-know resources for your impeccable lifestyle.

SB Digs’ been-there, seen-it descriptions, photographs, contact info and web links put the secrets to stylish living right at your fingertips. Brush up on what’s hot this week, or browse our archives for recent tips on:

Homes and Gardens
Take a visual tour of remarkable properties created by leading Santa Barbara-area designers.

Design Professionals
Discover the area’s most highly sought architects, interior designers and landscape architects. Find an au courant kitchen designer, upholsterer or lighting consultant.

Food and Entertaining
Get a taste for our favorite caterers, private chefs, locally made gourmet foods and floral designers.

Classes, Tours, Events
A calendar of intriguing local and even global events, including culinary workshops and antiques lectures, historic home tours and garden walks.

Shopping
Be the first to see weekly updates on local merchants’ latest shipments of garden fountains and tableware, plus a listing of private boutique home sales and trunk shows. From vintage lighting to fine art to outdoor furniture, exquisite objects bring character to your living spaces.

Nancy Salvucci is founder of the popular online resource guide for home and garden, SBdigs.com. A Native of Santa Barbara, her past experience includes 10 years as a gallery owner and art consultant to interior designers. She owned and managed Garden Lane, a tour company that drew patrons from throughout Southern California to visit exquisite homes and gardens in the Santa Barbara/Montecito area for over eight years. Tours were led by such well-known professionals as John Saladino and Nancy Goslee Power. Ms. Salvucci also arranged lectures by top interior designers and respected trade personalities Diane Dorran Saeks, Barbara Barry and Pamela Burton.

As a result of her long association with top architects and landscape designers throughout Santa Barbara County, she served as House and Garden Contributing Editor for several Southern California magazines, working with Santa Barbara Magazine, Santa Barbara Seasons, Distinction Magazine and Dining and Destinations.

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