Preppy Decor is not monograms and pink and green.

Preppy Decor speaks, more than any other decorating style, about a lifestyle.  Waspy, established, successful and members of the country club—what kind of homes would these people have?

I will try to paint a verbal picture.

• Hearty furniture, grounded in antiques passed down like the pedigree
• Collections from world travel
• Wallpaper will always be in vogue in a preppy house.  No  concern about later removal;  that job is hired out.
• Natural materials like wool and silk and rattan
• These are busy people, so functionality is as important as design. 
• A little untidy, but never, ever dirty.
• Preppies are yachters, so nautical themes are as natural as the air that fills the sails.
• Colors are never trendy, but could be found as easily in Grammy’s house as their own.

Who is the quintessential maven of Preppy?  Martha Stewart.