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Gracious living - decorating a delightful home - living room in beige and pale green from the Cashiers designer show house 2018

An important part of gracious living is creating a home that delights you…

A home that provides respite…

A home that feels cherished!

Whether you live in a quaint bungalow, a 3 story walk up, or a suburban colonial, you can have a home that feels welcoming and charming!

At P&P I want to help you create a home you love with decorating tips, DIY projects, and holiday decor ideas.

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Decorating Tips

@societysocial always excels at a grandmillennial style with chinoiserie accents

When Grandmillennials Use Chinoiserie…

Small white pumpkin nestled in dried hydrangea blooms surrounding an orange and white Chinese vase filled with orange berry branches

Dressing an Elegant Fall Mantel

Katherine places Chinoiserie plate on mantel to complete the look

What I Learned From Redecorating Our Family Room

Ida Floreak art works in Goetze's bedroom

Choosing Art for Your Home with Amanda Goetze

Blue and white family room reveal - after

Reveal: Blue and White Family Room with Birch Lane

5 ways of decorating with Rose Medallion porcelains - flat lay collage of Famille Rose plates and tableware

Decorating with Rose Medallion

Family room refresh mood board for planning

Planning for a Family Room Refresh

Vintage bar cart decor with brass cart, Art Nouveau screen, and classic barware

Elevated Essentials: Bar Cart Decor & Basics

Katherine places pretty tin tray with glasses down on table

You Need a Tray for That!

A grandmillennial coffee table style with 5 traditional decor staples

My Recipe for Coffee Table Style with Traditional Decor

My grandmillennial living room decorated in green, white, blue, and pink with chintz and gingham window treatments, wicker furniture, and colorful accessories.

Decorate with Green Grandmillennial Style

Flatlay with grandmillennial decor showcasing how to decorate with pink - boxwood topiary, pink gingham bow, botanical florals, rose medallion, wicker, Wedgwood, and needlepoint

When Grandmillennials Decorate with Pink

Home Decor Picks Under $100

 

Do It Yourself

Take a simple mixed evergreen wreath from Target and transform it with white and red blooms, plaid ribbon, branches, and gold leaves for a festive bespoke Christmas wreath

Transform a Mixed Evergreen Wreath from Target with Blooms

detail of snowflake ribbon bow and white bells hanging from faux pine swag on mantel

Tutorial: Creating a Cozy Christmas Mantel

Chintz fabric Christmas ornament DIY with Lee Jofa Althea hollyhock fabric in blush

Chintz Fabric Christmas Ornament DIY – No Sewing, No Gluing

Katherine hangs botanical art in grid gallery wall

5 Tips to Hang a Grid Gallery Wall

How to frame a painting with offset clips - finished landscape painting in gold frame.

The Simple Way to Frame a Painting with Offset Clips

Floral and greenery materials for Williamsburg inspired magnolia & citrus Christmas wreath laid out on table

DIY Williamsburg Inspired Magnolia & Citrus Christmas Wreath

Katherine's Wedgwood Jasperware tabletop Christmas tree in dining room

How to Turn Trinket Dishes into Ornaments

Grapevine autumn wreath with fern and antler

A 3 Minute Autumn Wreath

DIY Supplies

 

 

Holiday Décor

Christmas

Katherine of Pender & Peony welcome to my colorful traditional Christmas home tour

A Colorful Traditional Christmas Home Tour

My traditional Christmas decor these après ski at the Christmas lodge

Après Ski at the Christmas Lodge

My living room decorated in Grandmillennial Southern Christmas in pink and green

My Grandmillennial Southern Christmas in Pink & Green

Grandmillennial Southern Christmas inspiration flat lay with plaid ribbon, magnolia, vintage baubles, and Althea Hollyhock Lee Jofa fabric

Two Traditional Christmas Decorating Ideas for the Grandmillennial

a green pagoda lantern decorates the coffee table in my very Chinoiserie Christmas living room

A Very Chinoiserie Christmas – It’s a Colorful Life Home Tour

Katherine in camel sweater and gold pleated skirt lights candles on tartan meets chinoiserie traditional Christmas mantel

Tartan Meet Chinoiserie Traditional Christmas Look

Blue and white Nativity set on silver tray with cedar garland surrounding and silver framed Bible verses in background - top view of Baby Jesus

A Joyful Nativity Scene Decoration

Georgian Chinoiserie Garden Christmas Decoration inspiration shown in flatlay, featuring camellia prints, Wedgwood, pink gingham, Rose Medallion, greek key trim, feathers, and velvet ribbon.

2 Ideas for Chinoiserie Christmas Decorations

Christmas Decor Picks

 

 

Autumn

Small white pumpkin nestled in dried hydrangea blooms surrounding an orange and white Chinese vase filled with orange berry branches

Dressing an Elegant Fall Mantel

Delicious autumn decor inspiration for the grandmillennial - flatlay of fall themed antiques, decor, tableware

Delicious Autumn Decor

Candle light glows at this front door at dusk. Decorate for Halloween this year with a witchy front door by adding a witches hat, broom, and lantern to your autumn decor

A Witchy Front Door for Halloween

My formal living room all dressed up for the It's a Colorful Life Autumn Home Tour

Fall Decor But Make It Vintage – Autumn Home Tour

Double happiness temple jar nestled on fall mantel

My Fall Mantel with Ginger Jars & Velvet Pumpkins

Fall inspiration collage flatlay with floral chintz background, pumpkins, pink mums, teal goblets, leopard print shoes, and champagne

Fall-spiration

Decorate coffee table for autumn with a fall dish garden

3 Ways to Use a Fall Dish Garden

Autumn tablescape with budget friendly pumpkin centerpiece, Mason's ironstone, striped table runner, glass hurricanes, fall florals, and copper mugs.

Budget Friendly Pumpkin Centerpiece Fall to Halloween

Autumn Decor Picks

 

 

Spring & Summer

Collage of Chinoiserie wallpapers - samples from Schumacher, York, and Sanderson

My Favorite Chinoiserie Wallpapers

gingham bow and bunny ribbon on fern wreath

Little Touches of Spring

Green finds for your wardrobe, home, and tabletop! Collage of shopping guide picks.

Green Finds Shopping Guide – It’s Easy Being Green!

My grandmillennial living room decorated in green, white, blue, and pink with chintz and gingham window treatments, wicker furniture, and colorful accessories.

Decorate with Green Grandmillennial Style

Summer decorating ideas: new floral art in my entry by Nancy Thompson Mills.

Colorful Summer Decorating Ideas – Home Tour

Spring mantel filled with Staffordshire figurines for my colorful Southern home tour

Blooming for Spring: A Colorful Southern Home Tour

Get in a summer state of mind with this nautical summer mantel with vintage decor, featuring a sailboat, coral, seashells, and wicker.

Nautical Summer Mantel Inspiration

July 4th decorated front door with red, white, and blue DIY patriotic rosettes and star twinkle lights.

July 4th Front Door – $5 DIY Patriotic Rosettes

Spring & Summer Decor Picks