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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

Elegant crystal chandelier in grandmillennial style dining room

7 Tips for Grandmillennial Style in the Dining Room

flatlay design board with grandmillennial decor, including boxwood, chinoiserie, magazine clippings, tassels, ribbon, chintz, and wicker

8 Essentials for Grandmillennial Decor – Splurge vs. Save

Majolica display in bookcase

How to Style Majolica Displays

Affordable Chinoiserie decor on gold bar cart with fanciful landscape in background

Get the Chinoiserie Look for Less

Blue and white ginger jar floral arrangement with dahlias and fern on antique sideboard with books

How to Get the Perfect Ginger Jar Floral Arrangement

Whole home color scheme in blues and grays - how to choose the colors in your home color scheme

5 Simple Steps to Choose the Colors in Your Home Color Scheme

Get the Chinoiserie chic look with blue and white porcelain like this bowl for a jewelry catchall

Use These 3 Decorative Accessories to Get the Chinoiserie Look

Implement a home color scheme with these 10 easy action steps!

10 Action Steps to Implement a Home Color Scheme

Woman reading magazine in comfy bed made with best bed sheets from California Design Den

Get the Coziest Comfy Bed for Autumn

Chinoiserie Chic dining room with layers of pattern, texture, and decor.

5 Chinoiserie Chic Decorating Tips

Gingham and chintz harmonize in this traditional living room for a bright and airy space that is full of Chinoiserie details and Southern charm.

A Gingham and Chintz Romance in the Living Room

5 Interior Design Secrets from the Experts

Do It Yourself

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

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

Layout of the 10 most useful tools for holiday decorating

My 10 Favorite Tools for Holiday Decorating

DIY outdoor Christmas decoration - PVC joy sign lit at night by spotlight in front of white brick house

DIY Outdoor Christmas Decoration: Joy PVC Sign

Blue dining room after DIY crown molding installation

8 Tricks to DIY Crown Molding

Check out our simple powder room makeover! With a coat of paint and some serious scrubbing we made quite the transformation!

Powder Room Makeover

Create a floral table runner with this easy floral garland DIY

Floral Garland DIY

Holiday Décor

Spring & Summer

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

Mantle Style: Summer to Fall

Mantle Decor: Summer to Fall

American Ribbon Flag Craft Closeup

4th of July Decorations: How To

Christmas

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

Mix complex plaids with deconstructed plaids in your Christmas decor like this placemat with a wide spaced plaid and this more complex plaid tablecloth.

Guide to Mixing Plaid Decor for the Holidays

Christmas aesthetic influenced by mountain home with rustic, woodsy vibes

5 Tips to Create a Christmas Aesthetic True to Your Style

DIY Christmas wreath with fresh mixed greenery, including boxwood, cedar, and juniper hang on front door with plaid bow.

DIY Christmas Wreath with Fresh Greenery

Full view of preppy and plaid Christmas tree with traditional mantel decorated with boxwood, plaid ribbon, and blue and white ceramics

Preppy & Plaid Christmas Tree

Autumn

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

Welcome to my fall home tour 2017! Grab a cup of cider, wrap up in a cozy throw, and light that pumpkin spice candle...autumn is calling!

Autumn is Calling – Fall Home Tour 2017

Elevate your curb appeal by adding autumn charm at the front door with punches of purple, heirloom pumpkins, terra cotta pots, fall plants, and festive ferns.

Autumn Charm At The Front Door

Autumn feather wreath DIY

Autumn Feather Wreath DIY

Check out my fall home tour in the Simply Seasonal: Fall Edition blog hop. 9 bloggers share their fall decor ideas and seasonal decorating tips to make the season great.

Fall Home Tour with Simply Seasonal