Monday Design Inspiration: My Love AFFAIR of Turquoise & Orange

My Love Affair { TURQUOISE & ORANGE}

Kendall Wilkinson

Tobi Fairley

Homes & Gardens

Southern Living

Emily Followill

Palmer Weiss

sketch42

Just Imagine

Elle Decor

House Beautiful

Michelle Morgan Harrison

Cote de Texas

Palmer Weiss

Gorgeous Shiny Things

Just Imagine

House Beautiful

La chica del solitario

Jane Coslick

Francesco Lagnese

Southern Living

Tobi Fairley

Kendall Wilkinson

Turquoise and orange is certainly a cheery pairing, one that I absolutely love love love! It  can be used in so many different design styles, as you can see from the huge range of rooms above. Whenever I see it though, I automatically think of Howard Johnson's because of this quote by designer John Willey in House Beautiful: "Don't take this the wrong way, but that room reminds me of 1960s Howard Johnson's colors — that wonderfully intense orange and aqua — but modernized a bit. It's such a terrific vintage palette and I have to admit, I love orange."

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Oprah's BIG Secret REVEALED! HER RATINGS SOAR -

Oprah Winfrey scored her best ratings in nearly six years with Monday’s show during which she revealed that she had a half-sister she never knew. WHAT!!.....LOL.... The broadcast averaged a 9.6 household rating (according to metered market weighted averages). That’s the highest episode since Winfrey’s post-Oscar party installment on February 28, 2005, according to Reuters.

Can YOU SEE A Resemblance??

Winfrey teased the big reveal on her show last Friday promising a “shocking family secret” that she said “literally shook me to the core.”

Winfrey’s younger half-sister Patricia was given up for adoption by Winfrey’s mother in 1963. At the time, Winfrey was living with her father and did not know her mother was pregnant. In the past, Winfrey has used her daytime show to reveal she was molested as a child and lost a baby at 14......OMG.....join the population OPRAH!....you are not the only one who has delt with CRAP......

SATURDAY EDIBLES: MY CORN MUFFIN RECIPE!!.......

YUMMY CORN MUFFINS (with BACON & CHIVES)

Sometimes my kitchen resembles Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory. Ok most of you know that I love to cook  and how painful it has been for me, since I put myself on an ALL FRUIT AND VEGGIE DETOX DIET for the next week followed by a 3 day juice fast!......I needed to detox after all of the holiday festivities over December!!.......LOL..But i couldn't help myself. The past few days I've stitched food together (HEALTHY VEGAN FOOD) - chopped it, steamed it, sauteed it and then chunked it at the dog!!.....Unfortunately I CHEATED last night and made something....time-saving and DELICIOUS!...with minimal effort. As usual!!

I found a box of cornbread mix and the mad scientist / CHEF rose up in me. I'd used all the bacon for a pasta recipe i was making for my family on Thursday, but I found a package of *real* bacon bits in the fridge. I added a few chopped chives, a farm egg, and 2% milk.

Twenty minutes later, my experiment was ready. Nothing groundbreaking, but they were very good and at least I didn't catch the stove on fire........LOL.......don't laugh Ricardo......you know i can cook!!  The bacon pieces worked better than pan fried bacon (no grease and the texture held together); the chives added a hint of onion.

SO HERE IS My Recipe!!!

Corn Muffins with Bacon and Chives

1 box Old Glory cornbread mix (or Jiffy, Martha White, etc.) - Preferably sweet corn bread

1/2 bag Hormel Real Bacon pieces

4 T chopped chives (fresh--and finely chopped)

1 jumbo egg

2% milk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease muffin tins. Add milk and egg to mix. Spoon a layer, then add bacon and chives. Add another layer of cornbread batter. Gently stir each "cup."

Bake 20 minutes.

LOVE IT, ENJOY IT, DEVOUR IT!

FASHION EXTREMETIES!! - LOVE IT OR HATE IT

FASHIONABLY EXTREME

This is Taking Fashion to a NEW LEVEL.......Either you Love it or HATE it........So Much for pushing the envelope.........THIS Fashion has knocked over the whole dang mailbox!!!

LOVE THE COAT BELOW!!!

EXTREME JEWELRY

SHOES SHOES SHOES!!!

GO CRAZY OVER BAGS!!!

GET IT JLO!.....LOVE HER!.....

HAD ENOUGH???

Design Inspiration: Atlanta Loft - Milk & Honey

MILK & HONEY

Can somebody please buy me this amazing loft near Atlanta? Please. I would pack my stuff up immediately and move here in a heart beat!!!   Extremely feminine, colored in “milk and honey”, with amazing vintage decoration. Simply adorable.

{the living room}

Perfect job by the stylist Thea Beasleyр featured in “Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles” magazine.

{the office}

{the kitchen / dining room}

{the bedroom}