A Gracious Traditional Dining Room

Decorating a gracious traditional dining room with aqua blue walls, wainscoting, french provincial details, and luxury fabrics

We have been in our new house almost 10 months! Wow! I can hardly believe it. We have accomplished so much least of which is new wiring, new kitchen appliances (the old ones all quit within about a week-ha), and about 40% of the wallpaper is gone! I’ve been slowly working on decorating plans for…

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Rattan Bar Cart DIY: Inspired by Society Social

Rattan bar cart DIY in navy blue - perfect for chic entertaining

Get the charming sophistication of a Society Social bar cart with this bar cart DIY for under $40 Ask any hostess with the mostest and she will tell you a bar cart is an essential entertaining tool, especially if you don’t have a built in bar. Bar carts are functional, offering storage for your liquor…

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Autumn Feather Wreath DIY

Autumn feather wreath DIY

Welcome your Thanksgiving guests with a festive, harvest themed wreath. This autumn feather wreath DIY is simple to create but really makes a statement at the front door. The wreath is pretty and elegant, and who doesn’t love feathers? Materials for the Feather Wreath DIY: White Styrofoam Wreath Form Various Feathers – Pheasant, Peacock, Turkey…

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Organize Your Kids’ Clutter: How to Stay on Top of It

Organize your kids' clutter with these 7 easy strategies.

Ever feel like you are drowning in clutter? Is a lot of it related to your kids’ toys? Today, I’ve invited Kate from The Home Design School to P&P to discuss strategies and tips to organize your kids’ clutter. Kate has an amazing blog full of decorating advice and de-cluttering tips. She suggests that we…

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Open Concept Decorating: Lessons from Fixer Upper

Step 1 to Open Concept Decorating- Unify Design and Decor. Get the 4 step formula for bright and inviting open floor plan

Alright lovely peonies, let’s talk about open concept decorating. Open floor plans are immensely popular right now as we well know. There are endless examples in design magazines and if you watch HGTV, which be honest we decoristas all have a slight obsession with, then you’ve seen designers knocking down walls left and right like…

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Bring Chinoiserie Chic Style to Any Space

Elements of Chinoiserie Chic. Bring this decor style to your home with these easy decorating tips.

Are you a fan of the collected interior, de Gournay accessories, and rooms by the likes of Bunny Williams and Dorothy Draper? Well then, you are sure to love Chinoiserie chic style – a design aesthetic evident in all of the above. What is Chinoiserie? Chinoiserie /shin-wahz-ree/, French for Chinese-esque, is a design and décor…

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Fall Home Tour with Simply Seasonal

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.

Come on in y’all and welcome to my fall home tour! I’m glad you hopped on over from All Things with Purpose. Don’t you just love Sarah’s bright and cheerful home? I’m excited to share my fall home style this week along with 8 other fabulous ladies in the Simply Seasonal blog hop hosted by…

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Fall Décor to Halloween – Add a Little Spook to the Front Porch

Transition your porch from fall decor to halloween in just 3 easy steps.

Transition Fall Décor to Halloween in Just 3 Easy Steps Fall is officially here and pumpkins are springing up every where! There is a decidedly different feeling to the air in the morning even though the afternoons are still hot. Doesn’t it feel amazing? I like to leave up my fall decorations until Thanksgiving is…

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Home Tour: Safari Glam Meets Industrial Chic Decor

Home Tour: Safari Glam meets Industrial Chic Home Decor Styles

Two distinct decor styles, Safari Glam and Industrial Chic, find the perfect harmony in this industrial building turned home. I was so excited when my good friend Kim agreed to open her home to P&P readers. She has an eclectic, refined style that I’ve labeled safari glam meets industrial chic. We spent a fun filled…

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Improve Your Seasonal Vignette with This Simple Decorating Tip

This wagon filled with pumpkins and gourds creates the perfect fall vignette. Use varied texture to make your seasonal decorating more interesting. Learn how on Pender & Peony.

Every seasonal vignette needs varied texture. This one addition to your holiday vignette will elevate your decor, making it more visually interesting by adding depth and dimensionality. Texture is one of the simplest ways to improve your seasonal vignette. What do I mean by texture? In most basic terms, texture is how things feel or…

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