Valentine's Day Bar Cart & Heart Scewer DIY

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">As I've discussed before, I love being able to decorate my apartment as feminine as I want (like my gallery wall<a href="http://tiffanyleighinteriordesign.blogspot.ca/2014/01/my-girly-gallery-wall.html" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #ea9999;">here</span></a>). This bachelorette pad thing is something I try to take total advantage of because I know I won't be able to do it forever. This year, I'm feeling especially excited for Valentine's Day, and it shows! Over the weekend I added some fun, easy, lovey-dovey updates to my bar cart:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORT4n9krA73eRg_TUuHr4jDdoEKRPGDMjwQsCANcpAfujfQ0Y6Y9V9G2KNvekeHpNMZXceOC6jbcd3yL9FRt66FrmlAPllufj0Lh-b65-Wme2Xtr52Wc_huVZ5pAPKEx3P1dCVhRLtTk/s1600/001+-+Copy+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORT4n9krA73eRg_TUuHr4jDdoEKRPGDMjwQsCANcpAfujfQ0Y6Y9V9G2KNvekeHpNMZXceOC6jbcd3yL9FRt66FrmlAPllufj0Lh-b65-Wme2Xtr52Wc_huVZ5pAPKEx3P1dCVhRLtTk/s1600/001+-+Copy+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpw60metJDFc6iDV3qyRpimnSB8fgR_9ZkUk8_7Js7AtgWqyiP1XDYOZi0kBJXEy0QOzjroaizh30tQ8ysZz0ipTk3lsu-R2wZij4s_OcksA43zHwqZpE-MmXwhsKMUXaTy7mzrYKDLmw/s1600/004+-+Copy+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpw60metJDFc6iDV3qyRpimnSB8fgR_9ZkUk8_7Js7AtgWqyiP1XDYOZi0kBJXEy0QOzjroaizh30tQ8ysZz0ipTk3lsu-R2wZij4s_OcksA43zHwqZpE-MmXwhsKMUXaTy7mzrYKDLmw/s1600/004+-+Copy+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q9Rr3JdHoTxS-CO0NvNRSPyal5zOASBBkuwPgPULtsSVLcIMxmgMAiTaAl2tOUL7GwcQ0kTHDG_2ZEj6-2FbtSPSRxPIU6IcWH5kt2tpO81Yi4pd842rmSbA5TPaw2GswcAF4qPJBro/s1600/025+-+Copy+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q9Rr3JdHoTxS-CO0NvNRSPyal5zOASBBkuwPgPULtsSVLcIMxmgMAiTaAl2tOUL7GwcQ0kTHDG_2ZEj6-2FbtSPSRxPIU6IcWH5kt2tpO81Yi4pd842rmSbA5TPaw2GswcAF4qPJBro/s1600/025+-+Copy+copy.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEotmTvWp-ieVm2y4unfg1EfAwr3sevarUFnBK8lKsoiomgyvPj2LAaLR0Lf33RiybSz5rWJAScVZLGeiOk8y5hqQcFvIi25FRdTNM5ABFp6BBiKeq2JdUI9801NWjnQ2p_gwunMNae8/s1600/002+-+Copy+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEotmTvWp-ieVm2y4unfg1EfAwr3sevarUFnBK8lKsoiomgyvPj2LAaLR0Lf33RiybSz5rWJAScVZLGeiOk8y5hqQcFvIi25FRdTNM5ABFp6BBiKeq2JdUI9801NWjnQ2p_gwunMNae8/s1600/002+-+Copy+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNUiI9Mng9okofRsbX8ytJCRfUg2qjTiHId6QK9eWKF04tfXIDPMjDUzoBphFTwo92AIwn3ZV51JAl_hoRDZlFlG4N8o5RHEnBMuwzABTbxhHndHNfL0wAFRduK8Kbuuv7oh-NNulIts/s1600/024+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNUiI9Mng9okofRsbX8ytJCRfUg2qjTiHId6QK9eWKF04tfXIDPMjDUzoBphFTwo92AIwn3ZV51JAl_hoRDZlFlG4N8o5RHEnBMuwzABTbxhHndHNfL0wAFRduK8Kbuuv7oh-NNulIts/s1600/024+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I made the little heart shaped straw toppers / drink skewers simply by cutting hearts out of construction paper and then gluing a toothpick in between 2 hearts. I think they are adorable! My XOXO pillow from Chapters Indigo (<a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/house-and-home/gifts/expression-pillow-xoxo/882709113294-item.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">on major sale!</span></a>) is also looking great with this theme! And I can't forget about my adorable<a href="http://shop.ashleybrookedesigns.com/sparkle-valentine-303.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;"> 'Cherry on Top'</span></a> cards by Ashley Brooke Designs. I had this one on my inspiration board and one day I opened it and found a hidden little love note from M. inside! He's so sweet.<br /><br />Do you decorate for Valentine's Day?<br />xox<br /><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></div>

Valentine's Day Bar Cart & Heart Scewer DIY

As I've discussed before, I love being able to decorate my apartment as feminine as I want (like my gallery wall here ). This bachelore...

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Light my Fire: Pretty Matches

<div style="text-align: center;">How ugly/always-out-of-fluid-when-you-need-them/ gives-the-impression-that-you-are-a-smoker are regular plain old BIC lighters. I mean, don't we deserve something a little more lovely to light up our deliciously scented candles? I think so. Enter pretty matchboxes and matchbooks. There is something so classic about a match, no?<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzov9XcMl1y7oXWwG58mikATm5cA53mwLSDFLuNB_7_V-yemEnct5d2pk8GYWYd3IvqpU5UeqZQJ3RY-1v0KT95TN2f-lVVgb1jXD2SwNpTfW4LyQ5_sbXJJNoBXVWkL6gYIkHZPIm54/s1600/matchbook+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzov9XcMl1y7oXWwG58mikATm5cA53mwLSDFLuNB_7_V-yemEnct5d2pk8GYWYd3IvqpU5UeqZQJ3RY-1v0KT95TN2f-lVVgb1jXD2SwNpTfW4LyQ5_sbXJJNoBXVWkL6gYIkHZPIm54/s1600/matchbook+2.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://parisnightsandnewyorklights.tumblr.com/post/69167939937" target="_blank">via </a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbaejp8wtXWQrokmZ-z0s0Vi2pXZ-yxhEv9SrK6gWgV2w-HsnaUB0ksoSV-Q2SxQm9wMTiIiAImaYrcI3Gef05uqL2kpcmonsGIzhHo44Q_ZifudJt-S5HpNWmHmeY5wvxawDeTZ7Fl6c/s1600/matchbook+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbaejp8wtXWQrokmZ-z0s0Vi2pXZ-yxhEv9SrK6gWgV2w-HsnaUB0ksoSV-Q2SxQm9wMTiIiAImaYrcI3Gef05uqL2kpcmonsGIzhHo44Q_ZifudJt-S5HpNWmHmeY5wvxawDeTZ7Fl6c/s1600/matchbook+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://katiearmour.tumblr.com/post/19582409069/happy-clutter-taken-with-instagram" target="_blank">via Katie Armour</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIp9m34vAY66MTVmu27dUlD3p1r7wMy1SiUDTOhEB9eiwgQNJ5Q8wzCiJqxPmLKznR0o2nlj8tBYF23vkCDLxnC-C23MZR9biRTE772wZmDNanHKWTib-Aiv_hcuJRWq4QrbH9GTPYgU/s1600/matchbook+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIp9m34vAY66MTVmu27dUlD3p1r7wMy1SiUDTOhEB9eiwgQNJ5Q8wzCiJqxPmLKznR0o2nlj8tBYF23vkCDLxnC-C23MZR9biRTE772wZmDNanHKWTib-Aiv_hcuJRWq4QrbH9GTPYgU/s1600/matchbook+3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source unknown</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKGPNIanibiSBAxq3DnjsIw59BNFQtVliMn8GmIpqCc0ShbzFcnCCHGEOu1UmVQ3O9_HXBMkIlBj9RAoS4bMOVk2Rqoszgkik-W33__CyPyPYxKmjtPhbkaLj_8E_qKbiIepNIoPb04s/s1600/matchbook+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKGPNIanibiSBAxq3DnjsIw59BNFQtVliMn8GmIpqCc0ShbzFcnCCHGEOu1UmVQ3O9_HXBMkIlBj9RAoS4bMOVk2Rqoszgkik-W33__CyPyPYxKmjtPhbkaLj_8E_qKbiIepNIoPb04s/s1600/matchbook+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.livecreatingyourself.com/2012/11/my-old-apartment-tour-restyled-before.html" target="_blank">via Live Creating Yourself</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKVKVyUxaZXOM-V8WedFef87lyHFO2kAlzF_CJutKDnFhiQgEyO7o9HFjbEzgTCLwTKj9QIEzWs3_e5_qUl8LaF-DAGKm_L88wdRu34kNQ65WN9ykxbYMjAv3jySyVd32w9Pn1zMtCUU/s1600/match+books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKVKVyUxaZXOM-V8WedFef87lyHFO2kAlzF_CJutKDnFhiQgEyO7o9HFjbEzgTCLwTKj9QIEzWs3_e5_qUl8LaF-DAGKm_L88wdRu34kNQ65WN9ykxbYMjAv3jySyVd32w9Pn1zMtCUU/s1600/match+books.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designdarling.com/products/worcester-jar-matches" target="_blank">via Design Darling</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Well, I know I said I was going to buy less in the New Year, but I've had a little slip up. Jackie from <a href="http://www.yorkavenueblog.com/2014/01/on-my-wishlist-spots-matchboxes.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">York Avenue</span></a> posted a picture of these matches and the price was right and I just couldn't resist. Jackie! I thought we were in this together!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiPcaQv6eROOm0p-kSYO4yjCRSVAKBihe3lUX1TerqVYKd5h_B47EBSmLBfVcL5kBD0FGFKJ5eqQA6j0zhKyo6OgNQoNOACzZL267qwYDirij7MV9hKjmO4NT9f_VcNVhTNGU_74-oJw/s1600/matches+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiPcaQv6eROOm0p-kSYO4yjCRSVAKBihe3lUX1TerqVYKd5h_B47EBSmLBfVcL5kBD0FGFKJ5eqQA6j0zhKyo6OgNQoNOACzZL267qwYDirij7MV9hKjmO4NT9f_VcNVhTNGU_74-oJw/s1600/matches+collage.jpg" /></a></div>Now they are mine, all mine. Well, I had to pre-order them, so soon they will be mine.<br />Get 'em at <a href="http://www.shopwaitingonmartha.com/products/black-spotted-matchboxes-set-of-6" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Waiting on Martha</span></a>! <br />xox<br /><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></div>

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Business Cards & Guest Post

<div style="text-align: center;">This Saturday is <a href="http://www.blogpodium.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Blogpodium</span></a>. I'm so excited, and also a little bit nervous. This will be my first blogging conference and I can't wait to finally meet so many of my local blogging friends here in Toronto (not to mention hear all the great speakers including Sarah Richardson and my girl <a href="http://www.stephaniesterjovski.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Steph</span></a>).<br /><br />One 'must' for every blogger is a well designed business card. I made the careful decision to custom design my own using photoshop and have them printed. I love how they turned out! The little watercolor zebra I painted is my favourite touch. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphTE4lI1AyYVRwMJiGHJNeR-mxxAvi1X6uEEUzmBYbxSUnKI1EvdKSg3-LLsET6zdmOO0L5i4EtnGvB2DYdCh476rmmX3O6sm89oQd7jsbxSpm3mWNg_xHiIDE5mHL_sJsRv568hli-o/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphTE4lI1AyYVRwMJiGHJNeR-mxxAvi1X6uEEUzmBYbxSUnKI1EvdKSg3-LLsET6zdmOO0L5i4EtnGvB2DYdCh476rmmX3O6sm89oQd7jsbxSpm3mWNg_xHiIDE5mHL_sJsRv568hli-o/s640/026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-PIrx5vx8sZLB19DHpF6NMi2pgdoizBE_IYDbMoKJtnhAgnEmRJz9ReiW6D88mHDRADkBzWBdxx23vPQg8L2LekfbgspQa-erDvtfFKyxutLAenxmmAMfySAXpE-4rmArW8rUaRtoXA/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-PIrx5vx8sZLB19DHpF6NMi2pgdoizBE_IYDbMoKJtnhAgnEmRJz9ReiW6D88mHDRADkBzWBdxx23vPQg8L2LekfbgspQa-erDvtfFKyxutLAenxmmAMfySAXpE-4rmArW8rUaRtoXA/s640/028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHJoeheAp84Akm4IEn2a_iLtwKbkhhQ1X2rJWvOUhMski4QGYfk9fpX2DwA9301bjMXZ_8FCZ5qHHGLE_nnObH2Spf3Ia-7EXKK4P6rhw7Etyop_ePPjo9tBE8_WhDLDJx-8Ms5kVCJc/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHJoeheAp84Akm4IEn2a_iLtwKbkhhQ1X2rJWvOUhMski4QGYfk9fpX2DwA9301bjMXZ_8FCZ5qHHGLE_nnObH2Spf3Ia-7EXKK4P6rhw7Etyop_ePPjo9tBE8_WhDLDJx-8Ms5kVCJc/s640/022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdO-hhIRJXWMFZaJVM7b_bBO1fWljdmGhU3HgMIdgXYY9pN4kYlp3jAuqYQy-WSGuzLp2nIiE8K8tYVOdRGPf2wyHgFoPIvTdKmhLB0pqNo9JIXSU1QDHGLwpPP1Y_D4lKZ5ZdeEbJv0/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdO-hhIRJXWMFZaJVM7b_bBO1fWljdmGhU3HgMIdgXYY9pN4kYlp3jAuqYQy-WSGuzLp2nIiE8K8tYVOdRGPf2wyHgFoPIvTdKmhLB0pqNo9JIXSU1QDHGLwpPP1Y_D4lKZ5ZdeEbJv0/s640/024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I spy me in one of these pictures...can you spot it? Amateur hour over here. Also, you can see that I started to gold leaf the edges for an extra touch, but my beloved gold leaf pen ran out of ink. I will have to get another one. I also used my gold leaf pen to add the leopard sports to the little lucite tray that I'm using to display my business cards, which you can read more about <a href="http://tiffanyleighinteriordesign.blogspot.ca/2012/11/diy-leopard-acrylic-tray.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">here</span></a>.<br /><br />Speaking of girls I'm dying to meet at <a href="http://www.blogpodium.com/" target="_blank">Blogpodium</a>, Sweet Elyse from <a href="http://www.peoniesandbrass.com/2013/09/the-hack-i-heart-most-tiffany-leigh.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Peonies and Brass</span></a> is going to be there and I just so happen to be blogging over at her site today about my favourite furniture hack.<br />Do you have an guesses what it is? Head on over to find out!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.peoniesandbrass.com/2013/09/the-hack-i-heart-most-tiffany-leigh.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBpJSdlmtpr-fmtMx5nwzoscrXUwkv85EunJf8ONR-NK4Bs1HeU4Y5HM2v4r_c9P_Sek6554YysKmC8cg2x9asLVbXWw6qbDsag-JxzrIYAzgtvWpoPvQS1sLoXvGu2QgW0Qx31YRogg/s640/peonies+and+brass+logo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Will I be seeing any more of you on Saturday? I hope so loves. <br />xox<br /><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></div>

Business Cards & Guest Post

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Favourite Furniture Fridays: Michaela Noelle Designs

<div align="center">Hello to The Designer Lifestyle readers! I'm Michaela and I share my life as an interior design student and lover of all things lavender and pretty over at <a href="http://michaelanoelledesigns.blogspot.com/">Michaela Noelle Designs</a>. I'm thrilled to be over here today showing off one of my favorite pieces of furniture.<br /><br />At the beginning of last school year, I moved into a new house with some friends in Seattle.  Turns out that the room I would be living in is really the dining room of the house, so I had a serious transformation on my hands! I decided to try not to buy any furniture from "standard" superstores {target, ikea, etc} and instead, hunt for the perfect furniture at flea markets and consignment shops. I found my dresser at a local Seattle consignment store and took it home, only to stare it at for a few days blankly. It needed <i>something</i>. New knobs were a must- but it was calling for something else to make it really sparkle.<br /><br />My love for chevron is very apparent if you pop over to my <a href="http://michaelanoelledesigns.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, so I decided to take my favorite pattern and paint it on my dresser. After a few hours of measuring, taping, painting, touching up and adding knobs, here's my favorite dresser:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkI7mqioDmeXP4xqyRllKTGhv7jNhyphenhyphenOK8PfvgqCzsPuj3y4U6t5GtuLbVRbWmLQ4-UERSnApgdNRkoZAmp0YNzagUPyG2uGJTkmwgmk20f3IPb4uHzcx14yg8KGW6Sr7LIlRy5CbPdh5I/s1600/chevdresser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkI7mqioDmeXP4xqyRllKTGhv7jNhyphenhyphenOK8PfvgqCzsPuj3y4U6t5GtuLbVRbWmLQ4-UERSnApgdNRkoZAmp0YNzagUPyG2uGJTkmwgmk20f3IPb4uHzcx14yg8KGW6Sr7LIlRy5CbPdh5I/s640/chevdresser.jpg" width="426" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1xGXfGy9JMXWPF3NkUNG2VIXNETijG9SSqgnEVyCBRS-JZduwLZ6jF6hXYfUCpxxTRdgmd9jDEhSFKTinQvy5pOUWrelUcs10kB-Qi4hjchc36VPbfJuqLhx4ODN9uSAsSuZgB5fjQc/s1600/dresser2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1xGXfGy9JMXWPF3NkUNG2VIXNETijG9SSqgnEVyCBRS-JZduwLZ6jF6hXYfUCpxxTRdgmd9jDEhSFKTinQvy5pOUWrelUcs10kB-Qi4hjchc36VPbfJuqLhx4ODN9uSAsSuZgB5fjQc/s640/dresser2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTqudEtHf1YVyfICR0OOyfob5ngSaiqEEig50Vu3LJzoC-kUP-nEPhiOduQLV42ZJpApbCjTgx7_j72xthzB3thZQEMOSDHp73-YKs3h00dXr_l9sDj59EBchZYw8XstDvJXBOd9xwnQ/s1600/IMG_5299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTqudEtHf1YVyfICR0OOyfob5ngSaiqEEig50Vu3LJzoC-kUP-nEPhiOduQLV42ZJpApbCjTgx7_j72xthzB3thZQEMOSDHp73-YKs3h00dXr_l9sDj59EBchZYw8XstDvJXBOd9xwnQ/s640/IMG_5299.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>While some may feel chevron is overdone or trendy, I beg to differ and happen to think it will be here for a long while! It's one of the earliest patterns to be created, and just adds a touch of zig-zag to the ever-classic stripe. Have I convinced you yet?! :)<br /><br />Thank you, Tiffany, for having me here today!<br />xo<br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g149/ashleylaure/michaelasignature.png" /></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Michaela is one of my fave bloggers! She is so down to earth, and talented (clearly!). Please give her some love! Thanks so much for sharing girl!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuoXCQtNLTcvFA0pQeLywo7m96xLIoOwCgVuBe65-2IselzjXwRfDwyPQKxslDQfc1y0F6Lfp629nfTtigMqdha_6_EaqHt5jLmduEnMh7ijJaoJoBk6ZG3pLbbcoX9O7mGMLPzrmbCQ/s1600/Favourite+Furniture+Fridays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuoXCQtNLTcvFA0pQeLywo7m96xLIoOwCgVuBe65-2IselzjXwRfDwyPQKxslDQfc1y0F6Lfp629nfTtigMqdha_6_EaqHt5jLmduEnMh7ijJaoJoBk6ZG3pLbbcoX9O7mGMLPzrmbCQ/s200/Favourite+Furniture+Fridays.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">If you have a piece of furniture that you'd like to share, please e-mail me at thedesignerlifestyle@gmail.com<br />xo Tiffany leigh</span>

Favourite Furniture Fridays: Michaela Noelle Designs

Hello to The Designer Lifestyle readers! I'm Michaela and I share my life as an interior design student and lover of all things lavender...

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Happy Easter

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Happy Easter</span> to all of my dear followers. Just like on </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1879558350859399781#editor/target=post;postID=788844982530075148" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" target="_blank">Valentine's Day</a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> when I left you an inspirational pink room, today I'll leave you with the most perfect pastel room that you ever did see, dressed in all the tones of spring and Easter. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's the living room of Ana Antunes, and I'm a little bit obsessed with it.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR91H7EYt0u3i5JO4lKt24QD6kTRqrV-ZSp2n-UiHzJ9y2sOqWn47IEIK1Mq6lm-nmjLmAB_JbgifDcnEcoJcIt6GNN9XWpVhqMUYPGMpPWJXSJ06gRahvZ_1oWFuLi3OjoDD8NqfmciM/s1600/pastel+room+ana+antunes.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR91H7EYt0u3i5JO4lKt24QD6kTRqrV-ZSp2n-UiHzJ9y2sOqWn47IEIK1Mq6lm-nmjLmAB_JbgifDcnEcoJcIt6GNN9XWpVhqMUYPGMpPWJXSJ06gRahvZ_1oWFuLi3OjoDD8NqfmciM/s1600/pastel+room+ana+antunes.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://home-styling.blogspot.ca/p/my-home.html" target="_blank">via </a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Have a blessed day.<br />xox Tiffany Leigh</span></div>

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all of my dear followers. Just like on Valentine's Day when I left you an inspirational pink room, today I'll leav...

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If this dress were a couch {# 2}...

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieog1fR1FydKEphZmFtDQ_WWHmsIMliUFw2EJzxQBaa_nvX-iJGm6F3DJ6Hw_SyhyphenhypheniwXYPT8EWSiomQu7U9OiXqsapCMV76YIiY6136WwBLj_wXp7ebagu_ZraQBRYSK-mCCPlbcwDfUw/s1600/sparkly+dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieog1fR1FydKEphZmFtDQ_WWHmsIMliUFw2EJzxQBaa_nvX-iJGm6F3DJ6Hw_SyhyphenhypheniwXYPT8EWSiomQu7U9OiXqsapCMV76YIiY6136WwBLj_wXp7ebagu_ZraQBRYSK-mCCPlbcwDfUw/s640/sparkly+dress.jpg" width="441" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">If this dress were a couch...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyNu2_EiArnUtUk2U0ykRCv7Mmucr9DslxVHl6aZpEPD-7P2MZDmMh5ClxxVgzh2Gch1SZc4rdGrhz6YuyBnm01JOMxRPrMv3KsWFG8pcXVzOq1v46W71jTk0GWZsBjf6ANDfIJKvx9U/s1600/satin+settee.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyNu2_EiArnUtUk2U0ykRCv7Mmucr9DslxVHl6aZpEPD-7P2MZDmMh5ClxxVgzh2Gch1SZc4rdGrhz6YuyBnm01JOMxRPrMv3KsWFG8pcXVzOq1v46W71jTk0GWZsBjf6ANDfIJKvx9U/s400/satin+settee.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It would be a barely there creamy satin settee with a deep scoop back and some fabulous glittering gold pillows.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Now the only question is, how does one move in such a short little number? xox Tiffany Leigh<br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">ps. Check out part one of this series <a href="http://www.thedesignerlifestyle.blogspot.ca/2012/03/if-this-dress-were-couch.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>

If this dress were a couch {# 2}...

If this dress were a couch... It would be a barely there creamy satin settee with a deep scoop back and some fabulous glittering gold pillow...

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