Flowerwild

I'm not usually very interested in floral arrangements, but this quickly changed when I discovered Kate Holt, the owner and lead designer of Flowerwild in Burbank, California via Decor8. Holy cow does her website and blog feature some beautiful arrangements. I swear I can smell all the floral goodness! Isn't this table setting featured in Sunset Magazine just lovely?? The red with the turquoise is always a winner with me!

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Chocolate and Teal Dining Room

Room Envy found this glamorous dining room full of teal goodness. Everything is so perfectly coordinated with the bold wallpaper. Love that centerpiece and ornate chandelier!

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Oh So Cheery

I am loving all the bright colors in this LA condo designed by Joe Nye and featured in House Beautiful. It is so feminine and fun!!

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Dining in Duck Egg Blue

I am in mad love with this dining room designed by Gary McBournie. That Dennis & Leen chandelier is something else!! Go here to see a bunch more images of this soft and romantic Palm Beach home that is featured in December's issue of House Beautiful.

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Indigo Blues

Getting us inspired for Thanksgiving, This is Glamorous and This is Love Forever recently posted amazing images from Gourmet Magazine. I can't stop looking at all the details! It is such an intense shade of blue, but I love how everything just goes together so perfectly. I adore that flocked wallpaper too. Bring on the turkey!

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Perfectly Styled

Desire to Inspire featured lovely images from the portfolio of British interior stylist Sophie Robinson. Love these rooms! I'd love to have a lunch at that beautiful table. Looks exactly like something I'd love to put together for my friends.

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Stacey Brandford

Thanks to Desire to Inspire, I discovered the portfolio of Canadian photographer Stacey Brandford. If you haven't checked it out for yourself, you must now! These images are just a taste of his skills. Such beautiful and inspirational shots! I especially love the first two of the dining room. So pretty!

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Retro Dining Room

I am loving the teal curtains in this image. They look so great with the colorful cushions and glasses against the neutral wallpaper. -HousetoHome

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VT Wonen is De Beste

I recently discovered VT Women, a magazine out of the Netherlands. I have no idea what anything says, but once I found their inspiration section, I was hooked. These images are all so pretty!!

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Turquoise Dining and Tagging Fun

Domino via Patricia Gray Interiors

I have been tagged by The World According to Jessica Claire! How fun...thanks Jessica!! This is my first time being tagged!

Here Are the Rules: Answer the following questions about yourself. At the end of the post you pass on the questions to 6 other bloggers and list their names. Then write them a comment telling them that they've been tagged and ask them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know that you've accepted the challenge and refer to your post.


1. What did you do 10 years ago?
I had just finished up my junior year of high school and had a really awful case of mono. We were also moving from Richfield to Bloomington (I really didn't have to help pack, which was cool), and getting ready for my dad and Diana's wedding. It was a very busy month. But I was soooo sick and entirely out of commission for most of it.

2. Five items on your to-do list today:
1. Update my color shopping blogs.
2. Bring old electronics to Best Buy to be recycled.
3. Mow the lawn.
4. Go to the mall and see if I can find something cute for Charlotte's party tomorrow.
5. Make (or purchase if I'm lazy) some sort of desert for her party. Cookies maybe. I haven't decided.

3. Snacks I enjoy:
I love strawberries. I've been eating them every day. That and string cheese. And like Jessica, I typically don't refuse anything salty or sweet. Yummy. I too love my cookies. And brownies.

4. What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Buy my dream home. Probably a fabulous loft in the warehouse district (decorated with plenty of turquoise, of course) or a nice home in the burbs. I'd also make some major improvements to my business, invest some, donate some, take care of my family, and lastly travel travel travel.

5. Places I would live:
1. Minneapolis. I already know I love it here.
2. New York City
3. On the beach in CA.

6. Bloggers I am passing the challenge onto are:
Just Imagine
Freckles Chick
Teal Chic
Villa Anna
Simply Grove
Precious Style

If you have been tagged recently and you don't wish to join in on the fun, you certainly don't have to! I hope everyone has a nice weekend! :)

Blueprint via Design Talk

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Miles Redd Eye Candy

Miles Redd is simply incredible. Love love love. -Miles Redd and j'adore decor

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Modern Oriental Dining Room

A chinoiserie-inspired wallpaper is the starting point for this vibrant scheme, Benches in turquoise linen and a sleek table act as a foil to the flamboyant pattern and encapsulate this modern take on a classic style. -House to Home

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Summery, Coastal Style Home

We had chosen the turquoise linen for the sunroom, but when I walked through the dining room and held the sample up to the wall, we both said, "That's it!" The turquoise brightened even the grayest of February days. It has great impact and sets a tone for the colors throughout. Turquoise on tinted linen wall fabric from Quadrille.

Beaded dinner plates from Ballard Designs are topped with striped salad plates from Target. Vintage turquoise sugar pot from Ruzzetti and Gow. Turquoise goblets and flatware from Ballard Designs. -From House Beautiful

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