Black & Blue & Read All Over

I am looking every where for kitchen inspiration...

before my cabinet makers get ready for my job.

Time has me

 re-visiting black cabinetry

via libraries.

Trust ME to leave no kitchen un-turned

no inspiration ignored

before my kitchen ever gets done.

I like how light and dark

is combined in this room above.

Amazing how a pop of color

lightens black cabinetry.

There's something about the comfiness of libraries

I want to implement in my kitchen.

Love this...

a lot!

Lovin' It,

Lisa

Is It Only Me

I really love the new paint in my dining room;

Classic Gray/Benjamin Moore.

I love it so much

I had intended on painting my great room the SAME color.

UNTIL...

my hubby kindly sampled it on my walls.

Is it only me...

or does it look NOTHING like the color in my dining room?

Cannot get over how BLUE it is...

and

LOOK at the difference in color

Left & Right of the mirror.

Yes, it is the exact SAME paint!

Holy Cow!!

Is it only me?

Hot In Cleveland

Mad Girls
MadMen

Growing up in Cleveland,

my friend Peggy & I were raised on some of the same ethnic foods.

We decided to have a few friends join us

around our childhood dinner table.

It was an 1960's "ethnic" MadMen meal

served up in our grandmother's "dusters".

The Girls table:

Curlers held paper towel napkins &

shower caps encased hyacinths.

The Boy's table(s):

TV trays (of course) circling the TV

Dessert table:

Authentic Cleveland streudels & kolaches.

Signature Drink:

A "Joe Collins"

The Guests:

D & Kim

Margaret & Kim

Scott & Scott

The Main Meal:

Stuffed Cabbage & Chicken Paprikash

served on paper plates.

Fabulous Nite!

Lovin' It,

Lisa