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fess up friday - tiffany leigh interior design

Today's Fess Up Friday host is going places. Tiffany Leigh from <a href="http://tiffanyleighinteriordesign.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tiffany Leigh Interior Design</a> moved to a brand new city, all on her own to pursue her dream - a career in interior design. It has been so fun to 'go to school' with Tiffany and to see her shine is what is obviously her calling. Her <a href="http://tiffanyleighinteriordesign.blogspot.com/search/label/my%20art" target="_blank">sketches</a> alone make me want to hire her! So Tiffany, take it away.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnTbz2zIKZRgb7Pp-WvkelyrnVG3wfhpuY9IIwVcUgRrkibj8BxyDw8f-qCkbUp8I36-8XN_GYmD7HB_2b4RlCjeQrBx06twz9bCuZn6zlkaJBdAE1pnxO5SEusHn8JQ0PQ2NV37wFlvc/s1600/FessUpFridaylogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnTbz2zIKZRgb7Pp-WvkelyrnVG3wfhpuY9IIwVcUgRrkibj8BxyDw8f-qCkbUp8I36-8XN_GYmD7HB_2b4RlCjeQrBx06twz9bCuZn6zlkaJBdAE1pnxO5SEusHn8JQ0PQ2NV37wFlvc/s1600/FessUpFridaylogo.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Hi Everyone! I'm <a href="http://tiffanyleighinteriordesign.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Tiffany Leigh</span></a> and I'm thrilled to be here today Fessing Up my dirty little secret (literally...dirty). It's such a fun series Elizabeth has cooked up here, isn't it? My secret is as shameful as my love of The Bachelor. Here we go: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you follow my blog, you might have caught hints of this before, but today I'm laying it all out on the line with pictures. The horror! I live in what I call my 'studio apartment'. It's a lovely, yet teeny tiny little space where my living area and bedroom are one, but it does come with an extra large bathroom and walk in closet. Let me indulge you with some pretty before we get to the ugly:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVEIhoXvDizlZNLJmZWv3F_zMxztbIA2yPj76dUc32SwYttI_AHPfgOfQpVKw_ut3YwdLbqwCJC_D7g7EM8CwmX9bi6ZMyLeowdnXujmn1mDrO9z-LNtyH2-KQ2I7RAM4yPJpVt6BrV8/s1600/room+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVEIhoXvDizlZNLJmZWv3F_zMxztbIA2yPj76dUc32SwYttI_AHPfgOfQpVKw_ut3YwdLbqwCJC_D7g7EM8CwmX9bi6ZMyLeowdnXujmn1mDrO9z-LNtyH2-KQ2I7RAM4yPJpVt6BrV8/s1600/room+1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3eOm-q3A4_dIQgyd7btiyutrbZXippobu4J-T2w26yTB3mtw8iDOvx9VZCpzcipGvbA75VOXWP79NvKr75DaBnP0cBtMmyHuatbAKN7AyEjLWk5VXynu3fyajeKoRh5RBBS8niAy2N6M/s1600/gallery+wall+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3eOm-q3A4_dIQgyd7btiyutrbZXippobu4J-T2w26yTB3mtw8iDOvx9VZCpzcipGvbA75VOXWP79NvKr75DaBnP0cBtMmyHuatbAKN7AyEjLWk5VXynu3fyajeKoRh5RBBS8niAy2N6M/s1600/gallery+wall+1.JPG" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcri-1RpDIu4kJKFzSBhmxh7eRGzxIljTCEb7lVsMvMKFANhFY4Vf4M-vr-O4dVKmjS1QT_wm9qshtXvcbdlvvqa798XvQLkSi_LjOv-_RP3Gzen6tvSsSQ4bs2-_w10NneI30ftPiYtE/s1600/desk+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcri-1RpDIu4kJKFzSBhmxh7eRGzxIljTCEb7lVsMvMKFANhFY4Vf4M-vr-O4dVKmjS1QT_wm9qshtXvcbdlvvqa798XvQLkSi_LjOv-_RP3Gzen6tvSsSQ4bs2-_w10NneI30ftPiYtE/s1600/desk+1.JPG" width="640" /></a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UhnQGbNT45TKNJCbuwfnSCv7fBha6pLlZ4x9g6G6k6lRmTgxWaTfXJuldsUd4cMvPN3zRhsehKNghcRfcjQM1z9LHJ1FL8mu_oCl05rHhcZ6LAmVHSo7cc9lwspbIHquCTO_VcI6N6s/s1600/bar+cart+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UhnQGbNT45TKNJCbuwfnSCv7fBha6pLlZ4x9g6G6k6lRmTgxWaTfXJuldsUd4cMvPN3zRhsehKNghcRfcjQM1z9LHJ1FL8mu_oCl05rHhcZ6LAmVHSo7cc9lwspbIHquCTO_VcI6N6s/s1600/bar+cart+1.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I love living there, except for one tiny detail... </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My apartment lacks one thing - A private kitchen. There is a kitchen in the building but I share it with five other girls. Five loveable but messy girls. As someone who values cleanliness, I avoid the kitchen at all costs. It's a dirt pit. I'm talking once I found decomposing fruit on top of the fridge. I'm talking we had a cockroach problem this fall.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm talking I have to leave notes like this all the time:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnOldanfu9qDF-OLUBW47GVlIDgSJcrwe-dzfY62xCaQzHQlpsuWJBxZOhxxBm_9J8O44Gxswu1TZJq_mUj2EM4y2PgDN3GShwD_e5PnYfhAkg5CDFZF9KPGFWHzuCjtT3Lxluf1FEZw/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnOldanfu9qDF-OLUBW47GVlIDgSJcrwe-dzfY62xCaQzHQlpsuWJBxZOhxxBm_9J8O44Gxswu1TZJq_mUj2EM4y2PgDN3GShwD_e5PnYfhAkg5CDFZF9KPGFWHzuCjtT3Lxluf1FEZw/s1600/006.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Please note this is my fourth note this month asking the culprit to wash their dishes. Still no change!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is a look at the dish situation in the kitchen on a typical day. Most of these are clean, but doesn't anyone know how to put something in the cupboard?!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioCV41uGVzZWm6xKsWi_AvJXQbdXC0jBHsewfQSdsT-JYBX0MPxvXV83CKr65kDt_HWzu9yoZzmz2fxVkc7ZxhRWvFnhtz_hWGoTnHJr-3Mr9yDYdPvowy0tpsz_LV6I5l_hpelziRjU/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioCV41uGVzZWm6xKsWi_AvJXQbdXC0jBHsewfQSdsT-JYBX0MPxvXV83CKr65kDt_HWzu9yoZzmz2fxVkc7ZxhRWvFnhtz_hWGoTnHJr-3Mr9yDYdPvowy0tpsz_LV6I5l_hpelziRjU/s1600/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc90cTLPvYRMIo5TwKr6EZ4MsFnvt3_2WhoiqKXsJK4un2uLumR55nEST9XltiEUFxSsr-46IFJ0zNOnznHcXcDfqLsNQr-FCKhyphenhyphens-QNaQOFig0giAylWWO2We_kQNuWFv-gj6Ly5O23M/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc90cTLPvYRMIo5TwKr6EZ4MsFnvt3_2WhoiqKXsJK4un2uLumR55nEST9XltiEUFxSsr-46IFJ0zNOnznHcXcDfqLsNQr-FCKhyphenhyphens-QNaQOFig0giAylWWO2We_kQNuWFv-gj6Ly5O23M/s1600/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Sighhhh. Fed up and frustrated with this whole student living thing! I cannot wait until I graduate from Interior Design School and can have my very own clean and organized kitchen. So there! I confess. My living situation as a whole isn't as pretty as I let on. Thank goodness my individual apartment is my happy place (and that I don't have to share a washroom with these slobs!).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Come on by <a href="http://tiffanyleighinteriordesign.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Tiffany Leigh Interior Design</span></a> and say hello! Thanks so much for having me Elizabeth! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/?action=view&current=Tiffany-27.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/Tiffany-27.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh Tiffany, I've been there! Does this bring back memories for anyone else?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Don't forget to enter my <a href="http://thelittleblackdoor.blogspot.com/2014/02/wash-away-winter-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Wash Away Winter Giveaway</a>!</div></div>

fess up friday - tiffany leigh interior design

Today's Fess Up Friday host is going places. Tiffany Leigh from Tiffany Leigh Interior Design moved to a brand new city, all on her own...

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one room challenge - where are they now

Today is a fun 'this is your life' kind of day. My friend Linda, <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/" target="_blank">Calling it Home</a> fame and creator of the One Room Challenge, is having a <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2014/02/one-room-challenge-now.html" target="_blank">party today</a>. Everyone and anyone who has participated in the One Room Challenge over the years will be giving updates on their rooms.<br /><br />Projects that were unfinished, changes that were made, or just the general state of the room today will all be shared.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_nq2XrwVUxQWIDOSzxv9Q_LtuLS0p9F83mM48koCVxtUSS33gXwQCA9SX0N2DkWb95RrGPfbDf-1tX1-j5vDNfc3YQZjIzwONh13oM_sRQnIkdofuWY0LCQ1A201jym5OXIuprwFP1ZG/s1600/GirlsRoomWideShot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_nq2XrwVUxQWIDOSzxv9Q_LtuLS0p9F83mM48koCVxtUSS33gXwQCA9SX0N2DkWb95RrGPfbDf-1tX1-j5vDNfc3YQZjIzwONh13oM_sRQnIkdofuWY0LCQ1A201jym5OXIuprwFP1ZG/s1600/GirlsRoomWideShot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />As for me, not much has changed in the <a href="http://thelittleblackdoor.blogspot.com/2013/03/one-room-challenge-reveal.html" target="_blank">girls' room</a> by way of additions or changes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfCrdgmfCszam_WxATGuKQvOf08HTpbSrEVrmV9HFYGaJjVRRnS-gVRAnmjI6Und3Ce92q5N1AXNUbm1IC9h6a443T_la5Y_LCpE2A4k9abVQcJ2s_fEqhToaRSQBs9oMjPfLiQVTtAw3/s1600/MessyGirlsRoom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfCrdgmfCszam_WxATGuKQvOf08HTpbSrEVrmV9HFYGaJjVRRnS-gVRAnmjI6Und3Ce92q5N1AXNUbm1IC9h6a443T_la5Y_LCpE2A4k9abVQcJ2s_fEqhToaRSQBs9oMjPfLiQVTtAw3/s1600/MessyGirlsRoom.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br />Full disclosure it looks like this most of the time. True life. (my mom is horrified right now).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLIi_EMGIxNs6mVHXicKhR_jsHSy6uzQe9prIN2cxvpy53xusgoQNiITP6pcl67FHh6mdq2a590tAMQk222JqqqKjMmT5lNiz6ASKj5C_Hrh9uCVxcIK8oOJ-r52QsK9nV80BQ7g0edzm/s1600/DeerHeadFlowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLIi_EMGIxNs6mVHXicKhR_jsHSy6uzQe9prIN2cxvpy53xusgoQNiITP6pcl67FHh6mdq2a590tAMQk222JqqqKjMmT5lNiz6ASKj5C_Hrh9uCVxcIK8oOJ-r52QsK9nV80BQ7g0edzm/s1600/DeerHeadFlowers.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br />Herbie did get some new bright orange poppies which he is very happy about.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGIlYc1BIeDU1DZ4uH0HRBOPAGFa2MtByJzQPL-e-LsIQHvexBCE4KjiG_30AqpjWC9okRznfOp7ObFUsnMV6xb7QEqSqOQ-uBZvkxBL4wW0CB788LgoyRBOzmU7ZFQHZUgp-LFoSzg0t/s1600/Pompomtieback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGIlYc1BIeDU1DZ4uH0HRBOPAGFa2MtByJzQPL-e-LsIQHvexBCE4KjiG_30AqpjWC9okRznfOp7ObFUsnMV6xb7QEqSqOQ-uBZvkxBL4wW0CB788LgoyRBOzmU7ZFQHZUgp-LFoSzg0t/s1600/Pompomtieback.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br />And I did get a pom pom garland on clearance after Christmas that I'll use as a tie back for the corner window. Current version styled by my three-year-old assistant.<br /><br />So the girls still love the room, I still love the room. The room is well loved.<br /><br />The <a href="http://thelittleblackdoor.blogspot.com/2013/11/one-room-challenge-week-6-aka-reveal.html" target="_blank">family room</a> is pretty much the same story.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nszBkjL71gTi36VqKpxC4b1eRVeoBYKKgqiI3HvBAAnRKpalPfm2YZ91A7va5kIxNoZyxe0ViE4TrtI0dDJBuC17ekKpbNmkPg7fhms0yk5eMuwOwdXGFZNTtQm5l4vYgpmL3iMMIXMy/s1600/familyroomfinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nszBkjL71gTi36VqKpxC4b1eRVeoBYKKgqiI3HvBAAnRKpalPfm2YZ91A7va5kIxNoZyxe0ViE4TrtI0dDJBuC17ekKpbNmkPg7fhms0yk5eMuwOwdXGFZNTtQm5l4vYgpmL3iMMIXMy/s1600/familyroomfinal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />All the major players are still in place, it just has a more...lived in patina now. I won't blind you with the general state of toy tornado that that room seems to be in. Even I have my sharing limits. :)<br /><br />So that's my ORC update. All is pretty quite on the western front. Be sure to go over to Linda's to see what <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2014/02/one-room-challenge-now.html" target="_blank">everyone else's rooms are up to now</a>. I can't wait to check them out!<br /><br />And don't forget to sign up for my <a href="http://thelittleblackdoor.blogspot.com/2014/02/wash-away-winter-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Wash Away Winter giveaway</a>! You could be smelling sweet in no time.<br /><br />

one room challenge - where are they now

Today is a fun 'this is your life' kind of day. My friend Linda, Calling it Home fame and creator of the One Room Challenge, is hav...