Decorating
10 Gifts for the Discerning Collector
Exceptional vintage and antique gifts for even the most discerning of collectors! If you are hanging around Pender & Peony, chances are you yourself are a rather discerning collector, and I bet you know a few equally persnickety ones as well. We’ve got refined tastes and shrewd instincts, so the average pretty trinket doesn’t entice…
Read MoreFamily Room Design Plans
Did you ever have a room that you just couldn’t figure out? It stumped you six ways to Sunday? You’ve tried different furniture, different furniture arrangements, and different decor, but it still doesn’t feel right. Yes? Well…that is our family room for me. The space is long and narrow at 20′ x 13′ with only…
Read MoreFruity Festivity: Dining Room Christmas Decorations
When Spode’s Christmas tree pattern, classic plaid ribbon, and vintage beaded fruit meet in the dining room for a little fruity festivity you get one merry holiday look! In the dining room this year, I wanted to play with the juxtaposition of classic Christmas decor like Spode’s Christmas tree pattern and a traditional plaid with…
Read More10 Little Festive Touches for a Merry Home
10 festive touches to add to your Christmas decorating repertoire that make your home feel more merry and bright! Ok, you’ve decorated your Christmas tree and mantel for the holidays, but why stop there? Now it’s time to add little festive touches of Christmas cheer in unexpected places to make your home feel even more…
Read MoreA Grand Botanical Christmas Garland Idea + Video Tutorial
Explore my Christmas mantel decorations for the Grand Botanical look and learn step by step how I crafted this Christmas garland DIY with video tutorials. Well friends…my mantel garland sort of grew arms and legs and took on a life of her own this year. I ended up selling the first Grand Botanical garland I…
Read MoreMy Grand Botanical Christmas Tree
Embrace the joy of a botanical themed Christmas tree with pink and green gingham ribbon, magnolia, orange pomanders, red berries, sugar pine cones, Danbury Mint ornaments, and glittery fern. Don’t miss the two video tutorials for adding sugar pine cones to your tree and tying a ribbon tuft! Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree How…
Read MoreFirst Look – Christmas Decor 2025
The 2025 Christmas garland kits are here + I’m sharing a look at my Christmas theme for the living room and all the decor I’m loving to create it! I cannot believe that we are in the middle of October already and it is time to share what I’ve been dreaming and scheming for my…
Read MoreMy Design Tent for The Clinch River Antiques Festival
A look at my design tent for the Clinch River Antiques Festival and 5 tips for decorating a dining room with Grandmillennial style! Y’all, I’ve got to say I’m pretty proud of myself! I designed and sourced an entire room in about 6 weeks; set it up under a 15′ x 15′ party tent in…
Read MoreOur Antiquing Roadtrip North on I81
Loading up your 76 year old mother and 19 month old toddler in an SUV and a trailer to hit the interstate antiquing sounds cuckoo, no? 9 tote boxes… 5 pieces of luggage… 4 rolls of bubble wrap… 2 ice chests… and 1 stroller later we made it through: 19+ hours of driving… 14 antique…
Read MoreMushrooms & Oak Leaves: A Fall Mantel Garland
Explore my autumn mantel decorated with golden oak leaves, bittersweet, glittered fern, velvet mushrooms, and one regal pheasant for a stunning fall mantel garland. Come trip along the oak leaves, Gathering glittering fern, And spring from cap to cap, Where field meets forest and the pheasants roam into the verge. Oh…me and my mushroom mantel…
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