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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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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8 Tricks to DIY Wainscoting

DIY Wainscoting in the Dining Room. Learn the tricks to putting up molding on penderandpeony.com

Progress is finally being made on our renovations! Progress you can really see! Over the weekend S. and I completed our dining room DIY wainscoting and chair rail project. Who am I kidding? S. did most of the work; he is a jack of all trades: a mechanic, a carpenter, and one hell of a…

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Color Scheming: Why I Chose a Home Color Scheme

515 Vista Color Scheme. See more at penderandpeony.com

Choosing paint colors, as I’m sure you agree, is one of the most fun and difficult aspects of home decorating. You get to play around with color and use your imagination. Plus paint collections have such creative names, who doesn’t want their walls tradewind blue or sea salt gray or indigo batik? But this is…

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The Benefits of a Home Design Collage

A Home Design Collage is really useful. Learn more at penderandpeony.com

I heart Southern Living, and I know y’all to do! This month’s issue featured the Southern Living 50th Anniversary Idea House. Its gorgeous. Go check it out if you haven’t. Anyway the spread inspired me to do an actual home design collage or mood board instead of just a digital one for my whole house.…

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Mantle Decor: Summer to Fall

Mantle Style: Summer to Fall

I like the idea of multi-purpose, and I bet you do too. If one decoration can be used for two seasons, I am all for it. Cotton boll garland has this versatility, and it is perfect for fireplace mantle decor. See how to take this garland from summer to fall in just a few easy…

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