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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

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

Another important elevated essential of this preppy traditional mantel is natural elements done here with boxwood topiaries and a fern.

Elevated Essentials: Preppy Traditional Mantel

Refresh your throw pillows to update your bedroom styling

Sweet Dreams: Bedroom Styling Refresh

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

Home Decor Picks Under $100

 

Do It Yourself

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

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

DIY Supplies

 

 

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

Spring & Summer Decor Picks

 

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

Christmas Decor Picks

 

 

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

Autumn Decor Picks