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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

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

Waverly chintz cornice boards and gingham curtains were my decorating solution to large windows

5 Decorating Solutions For Design Challenges When You Cannot Renovate

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

7 Tips for styling a china cabinet

Tips for Styling a China Cabinet

Bedroom corner with vintage vanity styled with gilt mirror, glam lamp, vintage boxes, and flowers.

Vintage Vanity Style

Top down perspective of varied vintage plates laid out on rug with hammer, nails, and measuring tape. Great way to curate a plate wall display.

How to Curate a Plate Wall Display

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

Colorful Summer Decorating Ideas – Home Tour

Natural elements with a magnolia wreath and fresh florals play a major role on this mantel

Elevated Essentials: Grandmillennial Mantel Decor

Home Decor Picks Under $100

 

Do It Yourself

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

Katherine reaches out to fluff flower in autumn floral centerpiece

Autumn Floral Centerpiece Video Tutorial

A fall tablescape with DIY pretty chintz tablecloth edged with bullion fringe

Sewing a Pretty Chintz Tablecloth with Bullion Fringe

China cabinet with wallpaper backing - Waverly Savoy pattern in coral

Update Your China Cabinet with Wallpaper – Easy Tutorial

DIY Chinoiserie panel above vintage brass bar cart with rose medallion, crystal, and antique silver

DIY Chinoiserie Panel with Thrifted Bamboo Frame

Tools and materials needed to install plate wall using my secret method

My Secret Method to Install a Plate Wall

DIY Supplies

 

 

Holiday Décor

Christmas

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

White ceramic houses on this Christmas mantel suggest a snowy winter village

My Whimsical Christmas Mantel + DIY Garland

Front entry table with white poinsettia floral arrangement in blue and white ginger jar

My Colorful Christmas Home Tour

Katherine hanging an ornament on colorful Christmas tree

A Chic & Pink White Christmas Tree

Boxes, candy, little toys, ornaments, and twine mingle on this poinsettia paper for the supplies to make these advent calendar present ornaments

DIY Advent Calendar Ornaments

Christmas Decor Picks

 

 

Autumn

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

Transition your blue and white mantel decor from fall to Christmas in just a few easy steps with pops of a seasonal accent color. Switch the orange for red and decorate for two seasons with little effort!

Blue and White Mantel Decor: Fall to Christmas

Decorate for autumn with a cheery blue and white fall mantle adorned with mini pumpkins, fall foliage, Staffordshire spaniels, monograms, and blue and white china!

My Blue & White Fall Mantel + DIY Monogram Sign

Autumn Decor Picks

 

 

Spring & Summer

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

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

Bring spring inside with fresh dogwood blooms for a stunningly simple spring mantle.

For Love of Dogwoods: A Simple Spring Mantle

Make decorating your front door for Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day easy with these DIY reversible door tags.

DIY Reversible Door Tags: Valentine’s to St. Patty’s

Spring & Summer Decor Picks