Displaying posts from October, 2010

Kevin O’Shea emailed yesterday with a submission to the next Monday’s Pets on Furniture post, and I noticed his signature included a link to Kevin O’Shea Designs. Turns out Kevin is an interior designer based in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts. His firm is brand spanking new, having only been launched in the summer of 2009. He’s got a great eye and believes in creating comfortable and timeless spaces. Below are photos from his portfolio including info on a HUGE project he’s currently working on (and a few “before” photos). I cannot wait to see how it turns out!!!

Curious about Kevin’s HUGE project I mentionned? Here is some info in his own words:

“As you probably saw on the website I am currently in the throws of renovating an 18th century house (The Martin House) on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The property was a restaurant for the past 30 years and then sat vacant and rotting for the past 4 years. My partner and I found it in the spring and I have spent the past few months transforming it back to a single family home. Incredibly a lot of the architectural details in the house are original to 1750 including gorgeous wide pine floors and UNPAINTED mantels and wainscoting! We are about 5 weeks from the completion of construction and then the fun part begins! I will be continually updating the progress of the house on my company blog and hope to have it completely finished by the Spring.”

I am so jealous. To have a house with architectural details maintained from the era it was built is amazing. (My 100 year old home completely lacks any architectural detail whatsoever). I am definitively going to be keeping an eye on Kevin’s blog to check out the progress. Wishing you lots of luck with it Kevin!!!

Malcolm Patterson designer, stylist, producer and owner of this fab pad! You may know him from photo shoots he has styled for magazines such as Style at Home but more likely you’ve seen his work on HGTV where he was Senior Stylist of Pure Design starring Samantha Pynn. This is the home he shares with his partner that appeared in Style at Home earlier this year. Your can find out more about what he did and why he did it on his blog where you’ll find a walk through he did for Cityline.

I think I could use a little dose of some gorgeous photography to get me out of the Thanksgiving-ate-too-much-long-weekend-is-over-already blues. You may recognize David Tsay‘s name of photos from the pages of magazines such as Domino, Martha Stewart Living, Cookie and Real Simple to name a few – and he was the photographer of the famous Betsey Johnson pink New York apartment spread that I still think is one of the coolest pads ever.

Two tiny terraces in Sydney today. Both with a masculine touch, both with a traditional hint of luxury but both with a contemporary edge. Both with teeny tiny courtyards. You’ll find the first one here but you will have to wait till after the jump (and scroll to the bottom) to see a stylish garden no bigger than most living room rugs.

Did you like the sleek white lines of the first home?Or perhaps the next terrace is a bit more to your liking. You’ll have to scroll to the bottom for the teeny, tiny garden but in the meantime you can find the link here.

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.comand PLEASE don’t send me closeups of your pet!)

*****HAPPY THANKSGIVING fellow Canadians!!!!*****

“Jitters is catching a little sun on the vintage folding chair that my mother re-weaved! It also one of my few salvageable pieces that went through Katrina.”
– Heidi (Hattiesburg, MS)

“This is my whippet Marvin. I love him. The smiling couch photo was taken while I was photographing something else and he kept nudging me to get my attention. So, I turned around and he was laying there smiling at me. HILARIOUS. The bed photo proves that HE believes it is ok to sleep, nap, lay on top of my bed. Although, as a rule in my house, it is not.”
– Danielle (Durham, North Carolina)

“Winnie and Bendel wanted me to share with you some candid shots from over the weekend.
Winnie – French Bulldog, 10 months. Bendel – Toy Yorkie, 2.5 years.”
– Scott & Jess

“Here’s my silly Yorkie named Marley. I think he thinks he’s a cat— loves to be on the furniture with something soft underneath him! This is his current favorite spot in the house.”
– Katie (Knoxville, Tenn.)

“Beatrix surveying the room from the top of our wing back chair”
-Jessica (Austin, TX)
  

“This is my cat sitting on top of the red locker.”
– Annelie (Umeå , Sweden)

“I have gone back so many times to your sofa that you built yourself, and have kept saying to myself “I can do that”. I’ve been searching forever for the perfect sleeper sofa with no luck. Mine is nothing like yours, to be honest, but you insprired a fellow Ottawan to give it a shot. I found fabric that I couldn’t pass up and just had to do SOMETHING with, and I came back your post again. It’s finally finished and being lived on by my cat Doug.”
– Erin (Ottawa, On.)

“This is Guapo. He loves being on furniture, whether its our vintage leather club chair, radiator cover or coffee table.”
– Anne

“I enjoy reading and viewing your Monday’s posts featuring pets. They are so cute. I wanted to submit two pictures of my miniature pinchers for feature in next weeks ‘pets on furniture’ post”
– Marilyn

“This is our 5 month old German Wirehaired Point, Otto, who was caught yesterday sitting on the living room chair. He’s taken a liking to this chair as it’s just his size and of course, the lightest colored piece of furniture that we own, now covered in brown hair. 🙂”
– Kristin (Denver, CO)

“At my mother’s urging, I am sending you a picture of Jake – our 6month-old Weim/Lab puppy – on our Ikea leather couch. He’s a big (and getting bigger) Cubs fan!”
– Amanda

“Violet and Coco, my perfect pair of library bookends! 🙂”
– Debbie (Michigan, USA)

“Double Trouble, Mandy (Panda) and Jack Black Daniels, A Pirate (the little one, yes, thats how he’s registered) enjoying the cool leather on a hot summer night”
– Mel (Tampa, Florida)

“Our lovely Ollie relaxing in his favourite spot on the mohair, suede and leopard print niche in our kitchen where he relaxes every day whilst we cook. A far cry from when Ollie first turned up on our door step as an escapee farmdog who wouldn’t even come inside and slept on our doorstep!”
– The Carey Family (Umbria, Italy)