Displaying posts from July, 2010

Messy perfection

Posted on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 by midcenturyjo

 

I love this house. I love the large rooms and wonderful light streaming in. I love the history, the architectural details, the old wooden floors, the dark bathroom with the tub as centre of attention, the art leaning against the walls, the old dining room table and believe it or not, the mess. Hallelujah a real house! There are dishes in the rack, shoes in the bathroom, the throw rug is not artfully draped and a pile of coats in the hall. This London house is from 1st Option locations. You see it warts and all. It can be perfect when the stylist comes to straighten and preen and the photographer to compose and crop. Any other time a family lives happily here. I wish it was me 😉

Susanne’s Swedish pad

Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2010 by KiM

We received an email from Susanne Lindgren the other day who wanted to share with us the Stockholm home her and her family had built which happens to be for sale (see listing here). It is ideally Swedish and perfection in every way. It is staged so beautifully I can’t imagine it not being snatched up immediately. The kitchen is incredible – I LOVE the black wall with black uppers. I love the concrete floors on the lower level and the whitewashed timber floors upstairs. I love all the carpets, love the bench in the hallway, and love the overall sparseness. I reeeeeeally wish I could live like that, without so much STUFF everywhere but it seems impossible. (Thank you Susanne!)

Stalking in Melbourne

Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2010 by midcenturyjo

Little would you know what waits behind the very traditional facade of this North Fitzroy, Melbourne home. It’s clever, it’s bespoke, it’s the home of an architect (Buro Architects). Love the stair. Almost more of a sculpture than a series of steps. It’s a narrow space but a very sophisticated design solution. This is why I like virtual stalking. I would walk straight past this modest exterior in real life and never guess.

Monday’s pets on furniture – part 2

Posted on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 by KiM

If you’d like to send us photos to include in next week’s “pets on furniture” post, please ensure your photos follow our basic rules: First, the pet must be on a piece of furniture. And said piece of furniture must be clearly visible in the photo, so it takes center stage rather than your pet. (Think of it more of a photo of a great piece of furniture that you want to show off…and your pet happens to be sitting on it). And second, the photo must be of decent quality. If it’s dark or fuzzy (from a camera phone) then it may not make the cut. Thanks! (Photos, your name, location and a brief description can be sent to desiretoinspirekim@hotmail.com and PLEASE don’t send me closeups of your pet!)

P.S. There will be no pet post next week as I’m getting married this weekend and taking a few days off, but keep the photos coming as the pet posts will continue the following week. Thx!

Here are 2 of my 3 big boys. The orange one is Fuzzy and the black and white is New Guy. All are rescue kitties. As you can see they enjoy spending time on our wrap around porch or veranda and are occasionally seen on my blog. In these photos Fuzzy can been seen on my rocking chaise lounge that I scored at a thrift store in San Diego about 5 years age and on in my daughter’s room on her pink vanity chair. He truly has no shame. New guy is also on the veranda on a white retro bench that I picked up at the Alameda Antique Fair a few months ago.
– Leah
  

Here is my little ginger kitty Daisy. She sleeps all day and stays out all night! Such a party animal.
Eva

We have three store dogs at our clothing boutique, V.O.D. In this photo, only our baby Daphne sticks to her own furniture – Diego takes a cozy nook in the bookcase while Rudy lounges on a Mies van der Rohe Brno chair!
– Jackie & Liz

Pup name: Mrs. X
– Jeff Nash (Albuquerque, NM)

My 1 year old English Bulldog, loves to sit on any couch and pillow possible.  If it’s soft and cushy, he’s all about it.  Here he is laying on my living room sofa in front of my favorite striped wall!
– Kelsey

These floor cushions are Daisy’s favorite napping spot. We think it’s very ‘The Princess and the Pea’.
– Lora (Cary, NC)

THIS IS RUXO, A 10 MONTHS YORKSHIRE, IN YOUR SAARINEN TABLE, WITH THE SWAN  ARMCHAIR PRINTINGS IN BACKGROUND. RUXO LOVES THIS TABLE, MAINLY IN THE BRAZILIAN SUMMER , WHEN HE REFRESH IN THE MARBLE.
Rodrigo (São Paulo, Brazil)

Fiona on a slate West Elm club chair. CB2 napkin as an arm cover (to cover up some scratch marks of course).
Joshua

My two Bichons, Cotton (on the left) and Wilson, on my white slip-covered Fradusco sofa (hence the Argentine poncho throw-over…).  Wilson is fine, but he insists on helping Cotton cure her injured leg by licking it, so for the time being they both have cones and run around the house crashing into furniture.
– Deb (an Australian living in Mendoza, Argentina)

Our Black & White Mini Dachshund Lulu & Sadie visiting CT for the weekend. We have their full attention when we eat.
– Joomi (New York City)

Monday’s pets on furniture – part 1

Posted on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 by KiM

If you’d like to send us photos to include in next week’s “pets on furniture” post, please ensure your photos follow our basic rules: First, the pet must be on a piece of furniture. And said piece of furniture must be clearly visible in the photo, so it takes center stage rather than your pet. (Think of it more of a photo of a great piece of furniture that you want to show off…and your pet happens to be sitting on it). And second, the photo must be of decent quality. If it’s dark or fuzzy (from a camera phone) then it may not make the cut. Thanks! (Photos, your name, location and a brief description can be sent to desiretoinspirekim@hotmail.com and PLEASE don’t send me closeups of your pet!)

P.S. There will be no pet post next week as I’m getting married this weekend and taking a few days off, but keep the photos coming as the pet posts will continue the following week. Thx!

French Fry on my Tiger rug in the safari themed corner of my apartment.
– Stephanie

This one year old Finn on my wingchair in my bedroom.
– Nicholas

Attached is a photo of “Baby” my darling little pug sitting on an Ektorp ikea chair and white slipcover sofa in the background. She is always ready to pose at a moment’s que.
– Jessica (Long Beach, CA)

This is a photo of Teddy, our 12 month old Pekingese.  At different times of the day, he sleeps in different chairs.  This is his afternoon nap chair.  And yes, he always sleeps with his head sticking out!
– Julia

Hi, this is our 10 months old cat Olivia. She is relaxing on our ikea pouf at the coolest room of the house…here it’s 35°.
– Alessandra & Riccardo (Venice, Italy)

Attached is “Mr. Kitty” making himself comfortable on a hall table.
– Dawn

This photo is of my two dogs jude (as in hey jude) and ella rigby on a vintage sofa that was given to me by my friend.
– James (Ottawa)

Jasmine reclining in a non-recliner.
– Adrienne

Please find attached some photos of my dog Dizel… Dizel is an aristocrat and he likes to look down at us from this vintage – style footrest. He invades all rooms, and his favourite sleeping spot is our bed, of course.
– Agnieszka (Lodz, Poland)
  

Here I have a picture of my cat and of one of my favorite chairs!
Luis