would be like to have a studio audience. >> we have one today. they have piled? >> a bunch of people in our studios and -- including a group of people who are contest winners. thanks for coming, you guys. >> san diego, beautiful family there. thank you, everybody. >> so yesterday at 4:00, the nation was riveted and glued to the soccer match. >> yep. >> it ended up, as you guys know, the u.s. lost 2-1 in extra time, but at the end of the game, there was a guy who emerged as such a hero, you guys know him as the hero named tim howard. this guy made 16 saves, which is the most in world cup history. someone said since the 1960s and some said in world cup history. regardless, the guy saved 16 goals. he's incredible. and matt asked him earlier in the show, he said, was this the best game you've ever played and his answer was no, it wasn't the best game i've ever played because we lost. >> yeah. >> and he just shows he's a team player. >> yeah. >> and he's a great guy. >> everyone was watching into another moment that really touched me. >> what? >> i think the netherland's guy that accidentally hurt an american. >> i saw that. >> the time he spent with him and worried about him and lifting him up and caring for him, that's when i start to cry now. it used to be cruelty made me cry. so used to it, now when somebody is kind or a true sportsman i'm reduced to tears. >> that was the guy that had his nose broken a couple times. he was extra worried about him. >> it was a beautiful moment. >> i was thinking where to watch it and i needed a pedicure desperately. i brought my ipad and i was watching it while i was getting the pedicure. >> you just want to show your gorgeous feet. >> no. then they had it up on the screens but it was on mute and then that dreamy music that they have in salons. >> you mean because other people were there to relax, hoda? >> i rallied the troops that whole place we were into it. >> wasn't there one person at beginning -- >> stink eye, like i came here to get away from this and you brought it to me. i wanted to order in. why don't we order in and watch the rest of the game at the nail salon. >> did you? >> no, we didn't. other people tweeted pictures of themselves watching the game and it was -- it was ryan seacrest. he was like me right now. >> he put on the jersey. >> he did. >> wow. >> tom hanks and his family tweeted a picture. look at them all watching. >> that must be their place in colorado. >> wow. >> that was -- it was so close. hat office, team usa did a great, great job. >> they sure did. >> how fun to watch the growth of the sport in america. >> yeah. >> because they were -- you know, just -- frank gifford is any indication that this sport has made huge leaps. >> no kidding. >> he would have never ever in the past sat there for -- and they weren't just when america was playing. he was riveted. of course he doesn't have a whole lot to do these days in his life. right, honey? so in case you were wondering. >> guys like that. >> sirius xm, you guys, i think you know the "today" show is being broadcast on sirius xm to you can listen to us in your car. >> why would anybody want to, i don't understand. >> first of all we talk over each other, you can't understand what we're saying. >> we're on sirius xm channel 108 on three times. >> at 1:00, and if you missed us at 1:00 p.m., turn us on at 4:00 p.m. and if you miss that on your drive home from work listen to us at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> if you loved us the first two times and you can actually watch us at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. >> people are going to get sick of us. >> they already are. >> even extra "today" content with host jessica. >> you can follow us at today radio. >> didn't you do a sirius show while i was gone some. >> i did the highway. the country one. >> i know. >> did they let you pick your own? >> they let you pick your own songs and you got to do the part in between and talk for a while and then you said, this is hoda kotb on the highway. >> oh. >> i loved it. it was so much fun. i don't think i've ever had that much fun. >> will they let me do a retrospect. >> they'll let you do whatever you want. >> everybody is all going crazy about "america's got talent" last night. >> yep. >> some cowboy had a way with the rope shall we say? ♪ >> oh, lord. >> you know what? there's a broadway show -- a show that was a huge hit that won the tony called "will rogers folies" where the lead has to do a ton of rope tricks. that's that guy's next job. he should go on tour with the "will rogers folies." apparently he can rope pretty much anything. anyway. >> he's moving on to the next round as you can imagine. >> so is cameron diaz. >> she did an interview with "esquire" magazine. a great picture of cameron diaz. what is she 41? >> yeah. >> she's got a new comedy out called "sex tape" and for the first time she bares all in a movie with jason segal. >> i was sort of surprised by that. i didn't think -- i don't see every cameron diaz movie but what took her so long? i don't know. >> anyway, this -- there's a picture in "esquire" she looks great. >> yeah. >> and she explains something, i guess she was asked why she decided not to have children and she says, it's so much more work to have children, to have lives besides your own, that you're responsible for. i didn't take that on. that did make things easier for me. a baby, that's all day, every day for 18 years. not having a baby might make things easier but doesn't make it an easy decision. she was explaining why she decided not to have kids. it did cause a controversy. because some people saw it as her being honest and some people saw it as sort of being selfish. i don't want to spend time with something other than me. >> there is one side to this, which is a lot of people don't realize the cost of either the financial cost or the emotional cost of raising children. if you're going to be a parent, be a good one. a lot of people just bring people into the world and don't even think about what -- and then once they have the children, they're not willing to invest the time and care. it's the hardest job you'll ever have no matter what you do for a living and it's also the greatest reward you'll ever have i think in life. so it is a big decision to make, so i mean i'm not going to judge another woman's choice, but she did give her an awful lot of time freed up in the gym and that's why she looks so great and can be naked in her movie. if i can find half an hour in the gym three times a week, so you know what, thank god we can choose to live our lives the way we want to. >> and talk about them. you have to take people criticize that's part of the game too. >> you know what breaks my heart? >> what? >> i love she calls me chrissy, it's her best friend. whenever she calls me that, i feel better. >> you have karen and i have chrissy. anyway, and i have you, hoda woman, what drives me crazy is people have beautiful children and abuse them and then you see wonderful people who struggle with infertility and what they would give to -- they'd give anything. >> absolutely. >> you're right. >> it's so unfair. >> all right. >> moving to broadway a new musical coming out. >> yes. >> it is called "the first wives club." it's been announced. i loved this movie for many reasons but one reason in particular, there was an outstanding cast, but also a cameo of one person in particular. >> standing here talking to three amazing women but i have to ask you, is it true, somebody told me that the idea for this whole thing started because each of you had a husband that left you for a younger woman? >> oh, yes, yes. >> they are amazing women. >> good for you. >> used to cut me out. >> i stole president mo every. >> and tom stole "jerry maguire". >> the two of you. >> what i say about that, that part is freakin' freezing february morning so cold, i had flown that night from florida, because regis and i had been down there shooting and imagine your first film role in a major film and you got to say your lines in front of diane keaton. >> yes. >> goldie hawn and bette midler. >> were you freaking? >> i was freaking and they were so sweet to me. what i really do remember a lot. >> what? >> little kids that were extras were freezing. >> right. >> goldie was going to every single one of them and rubbing their hands and just loving on them and say go inside for a minute. she was very earth mother. >> all three of them. >> they were all great. but yeah, bette went to her trailer. how are you doing? >> enjoy. >> the show will have a broadway engagement in chicago in 2015 and planning to go on broadway in 2015 and 2016. some of that motown music and stuff. >> sting's musical "last ship" got lovely music in chicago. apparently there will be some tash lights. >> ever been in a public rest room and don't know if someone is in the stall because the door is closed and you bend over and you can't see because the doors are so low. sometimes you can see through the skinny crack and i'm always afraid someone is looking through. they have the answer to it. lights above stalls. >> led lights. >> green or red. you know which one to open and one is opened. >> one of the worst things in the whole world when you think you have locked doors and you haven't and someone pushes it open. i mean -- >> how would it know? >> the panic attack you get, you know, depending on what you're doing. >> but i don't like when it flushes by itself and it doesn't -- you're supposed to back away from it and it's supposed to flush and it doesn't so you're bobbing and weaving around the toilet bowl and step out and back in. >> all right. the classic television show about nothing, not that there's anything wrong with that. >> celebrating 25 years of "seinfeld" and john o'hurley is coming to play who knew. >> what are your plans for holiday weekend. all your entertainment covered. >> i want to see "tammy". >> this is the weekend to do that. is 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weekend. three kids find a little alien, a robot, but he's kind of like e.t. because he phones them on their phones and he wants to get home. >> okay. >> so this is a sound footage movie, kids documenting it on their cell phones. it's adventure, a little science fiction. >> is steven spielberg going to take offense? >> no. i think he has enough money nothing like this offends him. >> talk "tammy". >> melissa mccarthy, the movie she stars in. she made it with her husband. >> and they wrote it together. >> and she plays a woman who losing her job, wrecks her car, loses her husband on the same day. >> still got a grammy. >> and she goes on a road trip with her grandma played by susan sarandon. >> a little "thelma and louise" reference. a lot of comedy. that's what mel lisa does so well. it has a heart. oh, i've caused an accident, i'm so sorry. >> talk "begin again" looks like a great movie. >> this is mark ruffalo and keira knightley. he plays a record executive who loses his job. she plays the girlfriend of a rock star played by "the voice's" own adam levine. they meet up in new york city. she's singing a song. make a record in different locations all over the city, record it live. it's about beginning again. >> all right. talk music. fish? >> fish. >> are they -- >> fish, they are around again. they are back on the road. >> i'm going to have some fun but not see fish. >> not going to see fish. okay. well the fourth of july and fish go together. nothing like fireworks at a fish show. the jam band of -- kind of the grateful dead of the moment. playing in saratoga this weekend. >> katy perry is on the road. >> katy perry's world tour named for her album "prism" has come to america. this is the big production. she's so richly visual. this is like seeing a couple broadway shows wrapped up into one. >> cassidy has been to a whole bunch of the concerts and says katy by far is the finest live singer she's ever heard. >> wow. >> it is rare to see somebody brings these kind of production values and all of that who can actually sing the way she can. >> yeah. >> beyonce and jay-z. >> touring together, husband and wife on tour together for the first time, playing stadiums on the "on the run" tour. i don't know if you saw the beyonce arena tour when it was around but it was amazing. >> extraordinary performer. >> dierks bentley, what's he doing? >> out there singing country songs. >> we love him. >> one of the country acts in the states out touring. willie nelson has the annual fourth of july picnic but if you can't make it to austin for willie's picnic, see dierks bentley, sing his new single "drunk on a plane" a cautionary tale. >> one would hope. >> dave mathews is out there. >> in a different tour. no opening act for dave right now. dave goes out and sings with the dave mathews band and does a solo set. you're getting twice as much dave mathews for your money. >> he puts a long good show on. >> motley crue, my personal favorite. >> motley crue are back. >> those of us who grew up in the '80s. this is supposed to be their farewell tour. >> didn't they sign some deal? >> signed a legal document saying we're never going to tour again, go out now until 2015 and hang it up on the road. >> the macy's day fourth of july festivities. >> fourth of july festivities hosted by nick cannon, enrique iglesias, lionel richie. what turns 200? >> the -- >> star spangled banner. >> helping celebrate that. it will be fun. >> we have to go. >> happy fourth of july. >> happy fourth to you too. >> joe levy. >> before you head outdoors for all your holiday fun we will tell you how to protect yourself from lyme disease. it's real. >> spectacular, "seinfeld's" john o'hurley plays who knew with us. >> play along with us right after this. new one a day vitacraves with energy support. the only complete gummy multivitamin... ...that supports energy and mental alertness. new from one a day. sfx: car unlock beep. vo: david's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i love the music. >> back now and minutes away from playing who knew, celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of tv's funniest shows featuring, jerry, george, elaine and cramer. >> taking us on a stroll down memory lane is john o'hurley, you know him and love him from daytime soaps and "dancing with the stars," but he's most famous for his role as elaine's boss j. peterman. take a look. >> you have to help me out. >> not on my watch. i won't have you turn my office into -- get -- >> mr. peterman! what are you doing? >> elaine, you're out of control. >> oh, love it. >> memories. >> oh. i know. when i think of things in terms of quarter of a century blocks it makes you feel old. >> you're holding well up. >> she has gone to pot but so great. >> there they are. >> your cute little son. how old is he? >> little boy is 7 1/2 now. hi, will. >> he's adorable. >> i won't give my wife's age. i'm a politer man than that. >> 25 years. does it seem like a blank? >> there are moments it still seems like yesterday. every time i see the show, i remember everything about it. that was one of the things i said about it. i said any time, if you were playing an extra in a scene, i want you to remember the script, keep it, i want you to write notes about what you're wearing, because this is a show you will be watching with your grandchildren. so far i have been proved correct. >> does your son watch it? >> he does. he has watched "seinfeld." he watches everything. >> is he going to follow in daddy's shoes? >> over the last year he's starting to develop this sense of himself on television. i wouldn't be surprised if he does a cartwheel and interject himself in the segment. >> did that show change the trajectory of your career. >> it really did. prior to that, i was always in a sitcom or something like that. something about being on "seinfeld" and it was because they created these iconic characters. >> yeah. >> all of the characters, i was just happy to be one of the kids on the bench there. but the characters were so ridiculous. they could not have existed on any other show. >> yet such a germ of truth about them. that's why it worked so much. >> absolutely. >> we will give everyone a question to get us started with the game we will play. take it away. >> all right. my first question here, what did j. peterman say -- excuse me why did j. peterman say "you're fired" to elaine. a, she was a bad dancer, b, she failed a drug test, c, she ate his cake, d, she hated "the english patient." >> all right. think about it. we're going to play along with the crowd after your local news. is he doing cartwheels yet? >> so good even reading that on the card. >> didn't make a mistake. >> you're perfect. ♪ ♪ ♪ sweet chair, chariot. coming forth to carry me home. ♪ ♪ sweet chariot, coming forth to carry me home ♪ ♪ >> children are dying everyday from hunger and sickness. innocent children just like this one. these children are facing death right now but with her accept support and just .50 cents a day, we can save them. please go online or call this number and join the us fund for unicef for only $15 a month. it's just .50 cents a day and you'll deliver emergency medical care, vaccines, and life saving nutrition to the children who could die without it. it's just .50 cents a day but it will mean the difference between life and death for a child waiting for help right now. reach out to that child so they never have to look into the face of death again. go online or pick up the phone now. and we're back with more of "today" on wines day wednesday. ready to play our trivia game called who knew. saturday marks the 25th anniversary of "seinfeld." we're going to test your knowledge of some classic characters and episodes. kathie lee is across the street at the nbc experience store. she's ready to hand out $100 to anyone that gets the questions right, to those who don't, they're still winners because they get a kathie lee cd and a "seinfeld" dvd. >> oh. >> no, they don't, hoda. >> whatever. >> bring the cds over. >> just a dvd. >> john o'hurley is back with us. >> seduced and abandoned over there. they came for the "seinfeld" dvd and not getting it. >> john, before the break we asked this question, why did j. peterman say you're fired to elaine, was it she was a bad dancer, she failed a drug test, she ate his cake, or she hated "english patient"? what's the answer? >> the answer is, of course we need this in the form of a question, the answer is, what is d, she hated "the english patient." >> ding ding ding. >> anybody get it over there? >> well -- >> we're going to ask, kathie lee will ask our first question. >> lovely lady from kentucky. the pilot episode was not called "seinfeld." what was its title, "signs of "seinfeld," "the seinfeld chronicles"? >> i think it's "the seinfeld chronicles". >> yeah. >> it's interesting to see the way the show evolved over the first season. new characters added, some were removed, the parents were changed around a little bit. i often think that today they wouldn't have had the patience to let the show evolve as long as they did and evolve as really deeply as it did. again, changing characters around, usually that's a death for a series. >> we're glad you stayed. let's go, kathie lee. >> okay. lovely lady from indiana. this year jerry seinfeld and jason alexander were together at tom's restaurant which served as the exterior for the show's monks cafe. what were they doing, shooting the "sign field" movie, a super bowl commercial, planning a new tv series or they missed the salad. >> i think it was a super bowl commercial. >> we know "seinfeld" trivia. >> very good. the sets on that show were absolutely extraordinary and they were -- they are as iconic as the show is. >> you're night i had a dressing room, believe it or not, i never went to my dressing room. i lived in the j. peterman office on the show. if you were to open any one of those drawers all of my stuff was there. >> we loved my favorite thing one of my favorite things on the show, your monologues. >> oh, yes. >> speaking of "the english patient" and eating my cake, elaine was -- i remember the close of the episode after she had eaten my priceless piece of wedding cake and replaced it with a $2 slice of entamans, thank you very much. i said elaine, do you have any idea what happens to a butter based frosting after six decades in a poorly ventilated british basement. i have a feeling what you're about to go through is punishment enough. good day. >> yes! i love it. kathie lee, over to you. >> what a memory. so sad for the people trying to win a prize. pick up a lot of time there. from washington, d.c., where were the four main characters in the last scene of the "seinfeld" finale in 1998? a courtroom, jerry's apartment, monk's cafe or jail? >> jail. >> yep. >> ding ding ding. yeah. jail is the spot. >> jail is the spot indeed. it's funny, i remember the last thing i said to elaine was, i walked up to her and said elaine, take it from me, it's going to be bad in there. but if you need a blanket, you know we've got some dandies. >> i love you. another one from kathie lee. >> lovely man and his beautiful boys from florida. larry david, cocreator of "seinfeld" wrote and starred as himself in which of the following series, "curb your enthusiasm," "louie, "community "or "it's always sunny in philadelphia". >> a, "curb your enthusiasm". >> if you close your eyes and listen to "curb your enthusiasm" you hear the genius of "seinfeld." jerry was fabulous but larry david's influence that made "seinfeld" what it was. >> all right. we have time for one more. your son out here. >> will, come on out here. >> will, will, will. will just wants -- nothing like seeing a father and his son together. thanks for hanging out with us. catch john touring across the country with the musical "chicago." we're talking about lyme disease and one woman will share her story and patriotic party decor using what you have around the house right after this. sfx: car unlock beep. vo: david's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. the mustard seed that makes french's yellow mustard. 100% natural from me to you. with 40% more free, there's more to love. french's. naturally amazing. take them on the way you always have. live healthy and take one a day men's 50+. a complete multivitamin with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. age? who cares. every year about 30,000 cases of lyme disease are reported to the centers for disease control and prevention. as we know it's transmitted through a tick bite that leaves a bull's eye mark on the skin. >> lately we've been hearing about something called chronic lyme disease. 41-year-old darcy spent months in pain without a definitive diagnosis. listen to her story. >> in january of 2013 i started to have some leg pain and the leg pain then led to migraines and insomnia. i would have stabbing muscular pain that could last anywhere from 15 seconds to 15 minutes. i also had cognitive issues where i would get lost driving, wouldn't know where i'm going. laundry, i couldn't carry a laundry basket up the stairs. never felt that way before. i was a very, very healthy, ate healthy, exercised. very mentally and emotionally exhausting to not know why. the doctors thought it was ms, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue. they said i was lazy, it was all in my head, i was crazy. which then led me finally nine months later to get myself tested privately for lyme disease. and it did come back positive and we started treatment right away. i was never bitten by a tick. never had a bull's eye. i didn't have the typical symptoms of what you would consider lyme. they say you can get bit by the smallest tick which i think is consider a mite and you never would see it. the medications will manage the symptoms. i've learned patience and to be persistent, you have to keep looking for what is wrong, and not just taking that first diagnosis. >> wow. dr. richard horowitz is the author of "why can't i get better solving the mystery of lyme and chronic diseases" and a scientific board member for the bay area lyme foundation. welcome. so many people are struggling with this. >> yes. it's a terrible problem, it's an epidemic spreading worldwide at this point. >> she said she didn't see the tick bite or bull's eye. that's supposed to be a tell-tale sign but not necessarily? >> no. the ticks are so small this time of year, they're like a pencil head you can hardly see them. half the people don't get a rash and half who do get a rash it doesn't look like the bull's eye. looks like you got bit by a spider or doctors think you got an infection in your skin. they miss the diagnosis. >> we've heard so much about lyme disease i would think when you have some of these symptoms that a doctor would think immediately, let's test you for lyme disease and isn't it just a simple blood test? >> it is. the problem is that the tests are just not reliable. if doctors do some of these tests and it's negative they tell the patient they don't have it. but the first test that they do, it misses about half of the people who have lyme disease. >> good grief. >> what should you do and feeling her symptoms, fatigue, and the doctor says no we've tested you for lyme disease, you don't have it? >> one of the most important things is to take a good history from a patient. for example, if you have good and bad days where your symptoms are coming and going and moving around your body, one day you have muscle or joint pains in the shoulder and do two days later in your hip and three days later in your knee, tingling, numbness and burning moving around your body and walk into a room and can't remember why, forgetting people's names and phone numbers, you're very tired, you a stiff neck and headache, you're sensitive to sounds and light, you can't fall asleep, keep waking you. >> we're nodding. >> yeah. >> yes. >> we got that. >> what do you do? you have all that. >> you have those symptoms, lyme is multisystemic, causes many symptoms at once. you have these symptoms you should get tested. there's a second test, and on the western blot that tells you if you've been exposed. >> tell us what to do. if a person has lyme disease, what's the remedy? >> well, if you get it early you can cure it. take certain antibiotics early on you can knock it out of your body. if you don't get it early in the first month or two it goes on to chronic lyme disease and that's where the controversy lies, what is chronic lyme? the doctors are debating at this point. treat it with antibiotics, don't you treat? what i have found it's not just lyme, these ticks are containing multiple bacteria, viruses, parasites like malaria organisms and that's why people are staying sick. not just the lyme. it's all these other bugs getting into people's bodies. >> okay. >> wow. >> interesting. >> a lot more. >> it's terrifying. you want to be outdoors this time of year. i live outside. everybody does. so you can put per meth ran sprays on your clothes. take them outside and spray them to protect yourselves. deet, in case it's really a problem and you always do tick checks when you come inside. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. all right. great taste never goes out of style. >> how old is becoming new again when it comes to home decor. >> if you haven't planned your fourth of july decor we have fun ways to work in the red, white and blue right after this. >> okay. >> let two of the biggest names in weather forecast your whole day. it all starts with wake up with al with america's favorite weather man al roker 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made in the usa is brought to you by jc penney. when it fits you feel it. back now with a special series "made in the usa" as we count down to the country's birthday. >> gearing up to decorate in red, white and blue we will save you some money showing you new ways to use things you probably already have around your house. >> production and budget design specialist stacy nelson here with fun ideas. >> happy fourth. >> great to see you again. >> love your ideas. >> thank you so much. i'm all about saving money first. if you have items scout your house, go through your holiday decorations, kids' toy chest, even your own cabinets. kids toys are great for the fourth of july. just a little sand pale, fill it with decorations. what about this flyer. amish made american flyer. what you can do is fill it and use it as a party serving station. >> line it for the ice. >> that's right. >> you use ice then line it. >> that's not really ice. >> that would be right. >> also, if you have watering cans in red or blue that works great. a funky cheese greater. that home spun taste of fourth of july. lot of us have burlap laying around from halloween and american parties. all made in the usa. wrap your bottles, embellish with a paint pen. >> or ribbon. >> make a table runner. >> very cute. >> and liners, not just for baking anymore. make a little sign in the front of the table, flatten them out, put on peel and stick letters. the kids have fun with them. >> the kids happen to be here. >> a bunch of them. >> red, white and blue tape and ribbon is the best way to quickly enhance your house. this tape actually this is from scotch. it's a new line and it is all made in the u.s. it is fantastic. the kids have a great time with it. >> they sure are. >> look at this. >> they are having fun. >> you can just wrap bottles and jars and vases. have them make an american flag. >> that's really good. >> love it right here. >> don't forget your bandanas if you have them around the house tie them together. >> we have to get to this big mob of kids. what's going on here? >> the fourth of july. >> yeah. >> you know, have them decorate their bikes. they can ride down the neighborhood, they can be part of the local parade. keep them busy for hours and what's more american than having your kids decorate their bikes in red, white and blue and drive down the middle of your street. >> proud. >> that's right. >> how cute are all these. >> happy independence day, everybody. >> thank you. >> all right. >> all right. >> how about a party decor, now about your home decor. >> fresh takes on retro styles. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >> yeah. right now, somewhere in america, there's an animal being beaten. another being locked in a cage alone and left to die. these scared, innocent animals don't realize there's any hope for a better life. at the aspca, we're committed to searching every dark corner to find them and to help heal the deep physical and emotional wounds that have been 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you can work into your decor is designer and lifestyle expert vanessa. >> hi. thanks for having me. >> sure. >> back again? >> back and better than ever. >> okay. >> now, after years of colored appliances like reds and pops of colors from the '70s, '80s, '90s i mean stainless steel appliances were the thing. no more. >> okay. >> george foreman got on the train. >> love george foreman. this is the george foreman four plate removable plate grill. >> it's amazing. >> okay. >> multiple colors. how gorgeous is this. >> he has made such a fortune off these grills and he's a sweet guy. >> they're amazing. >> yeah. >> now this is the oster. you can get this at target by the way. now this one here is multiple colors, same thing. oster products available at kohl's. you can mix it with the george foreman. >> mix the colors up. >> absolutely. >> not so much. >> you could. >> your kitchen cabinets and cabinets are the same a pop of color won't hurt. >> all right. these pillows are great. now what's nice about this hundreds of years as you know wallpaper and couches and sofas all blended, the colors together and all floral. now updated and beautiful, better than ever, these are available at wayfair, from 30 to $60. you can't go wrong. you can change it out. what's nice about that. >> throw it on a white couch or something, right? >> yep. >> after years -- i mean in the 90s, feng shui -- >> i have buddhas. >> good luck. >> i study feng shui. in the 90s were huge. this figurine is available at wayfair, $49. can't go wrong. and they're good luck. >> okay. what's this? >> this is the buddha, available at overstock.com. this is $161. the other side, there's a buddha, this side, you want to switch it up for seasonal purposes that's great too. >> what do you do with it. >> smart. >> room divider. >> absolutely. >> okay. so after decades and decades of dark wood being in vogue. >> i like light wood. >> pines, birch, all the light colors of the rainbow are back. what's nice about it, you don't have to throw away your old wood colors. bring it in, a mix here, this is available at ikea, $49. >> hoda loves ikea. >> is great. minus the huge carts trying to get around. >> minus the assembly. >> i like to get around. >> snacks are good. >> and the meatballs. >> the best. >> this is also a nice light color. this is available at urban outfitters, $98. three tiered piece. gorgeous. >> great. >> bathroom. >> absolutely. >> tell us about what's behind here? >> this is awesome. wallpaper has been the trend for the last few years. but it now has gone to another level. this is a grass cloth wallpaper available at home depot, $49 a roll. can't go wrong. accent walls. put the entire room, fill it up. ceilings, i love doing creelings. >> all right. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> appreciate it. coming up tomorrow, performance by country music singer tyler far. >> and our ambush makeovers and we're counting down it's almost here to hoda's big 50th birthday party. 38 days away. >> not almost here. >> have an awesome wednesday. >> not even close. >> tick tock. op its way. >> i'm here to help. you and i will get throu this together. ♪

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