Displaying posts from March, 2011

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!)

Our cat Sneeze in her favorite room. I secretly think it’s because her coat looks so nice with room.
– Katie (Detroit, MI)

1 – My maltese, Pietra, appreciating the view from our all-white contemporary sofa!
2 – My maltese, Pietra, catching some rays on our contemporary rattan chair (with white leather cushions)!
– Joanna (Stamford, CT)

– Jessica (new york, ny)

Here is our warmth-loving 10 month old cat Tarts on the living room table. The laptops ventilation is working on full speed trying to ventilate itself under the 4 kilo Tarts who is actually enjoying the hot surface and the hot artificial sun! Our home is in Estonia, where we have cold winters up to -30 and we all seek for the warmer place! 😉
– Kätlin (Estonia, Tallinn)

I’ve chosen several pictures of our four cats at various pieces of furniture in our very tiny apartment (29m2). Two grey ones are a boy – Precel, and our only girl – Pchla, the black one it’s Behemot, our oldest one, and the one in socks it is Pafnucy.
– Malgosia (Krakow, Poland)

1 – This is Jay “The Great” Gatsby hanging out around the house on his favorite chair. The brown leather chair was purchased in Kansas City, MO about 4 years ago.  Gatsby is like the chair; small, sturdy and durable.
2 – Gatsby the french bulldog puppy sitting on a red swivel chair that I purchased 6 years ago.  I enjoy owning one bright piece of furniture, because it breaks up my neutral wall color and instantly adds life to a rather boring area of my home.
– Scott (Hutchinson, KS)

Cyrus, the six month old bullmastiff, is the new member of our extended family since Saturday. He’ so sweet that he got along well with Ozzy (the beige pug and self proclaomed king of the house) faster than any other dog. They are sleeping on our new sofà…They are so cute…  Ozzy is 2 years and half old and Nena is one year old.
– Giusy and Mauro (Milan)

This is a pic of my furry child, Mr Cat – once a thin and scraggly stray who adopted us, now a fat and contented (read: fat) very spoilt part of the family. The blue velvet deep buttoned headboard was inspired by the bedroom that Don and Betty Draper share in Mad Men.
– Vicki

This picture of lizzie the ladylike greyhound was taken in brooklyn on my friend’s fresh-from-the-upholsterer’s newly covered sofa. The satin and fur pillow was new also. Lizzie was 13 years old at the time.
– Priscilla

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!)

This cat belongs to Natalia Ortega, a Dominican clay artist who lives in Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone. I dropped by her house the other day and snapped a picture of this chill little guy. Natalia designed the chair; the cat dropped in her lap by sheer luck.
– Rab

1 – chippy caught on film. chippy, my large maine coon cat, sits on one of the kitchen table chairs looking like he has been arrested for a crime.
2 – fort sheridan. this chair belonged to my boyfriend’s grandmother.  now it belongs to our cats.
– Dawn (iowa city, ia)

This is Harry the 2 year old French bulldog. He is sitting on a folded Woolrich blanket that is on a Wegner Sawbuck chair. In the background is a collection of vintage McCoy pottery from the 1930’s and 40’s. The wall color is Farrow and Ball Railings.
– Aaron (Williamsburg, Brooklyn. NYC)

This is a picture of Sluggo squirrel watching from his favorite spot on the ottoman.
– Aimee

Here is our one year old Mörkö (Bogeyman) bathing in the sun in a IKEA corner sofa.
– Outi (Laukkoski, Finland)

1 – This is my rescued pitbull Raelie sitting on my favorite piece of furniture: a loveseat donated to my new apartment from my neighbor. It’s “her chair”; she uses it to love and mush people. 🙂
2 – My cat Sylvia just passed away in October. This chair was only mine during dinner time. For the rest of the day, it was hers. 🙂
3 – My friend Gail’s kitten out of a litter of 10. She had just opened her eyes moments before.
– Tara (New York, NY)

This is Beatrice Hall in my boudoir.
– Alexandra

1 – Milli helps with making sure the spacing is just right with the mix of bed pillows…and yes, she is smizing with her eyes
2 – Milli finds her way in the mix of bed pillows so that she’s not only super cozy, but has a fine view of the Hudson River…and pigeons.
– Jason (NYC)
  

Palika doing what he does best. Even though Crate and Barrel calls this a “chair and a half”, it only seems to fit one gray cat.
– Jon & Melissa (Seattle)

1 – This is Daisy and Duke, both 2 years old but not related. One of their favorite places to be is the back of any couch looking out for anyone to bark at.  I caught Duke, a little tired in the second one.  🙂
2 – This is Duke. Every now and then when I return to my bedroom after showering in the morning, I walk in to this…. At least it keeps me from crawling back under my warm comfy sheets. 😉
– Jennifer

And as a little bonus, I wanted to share this cool multi layer stairs for humans and their cats‏ that Sonia blogged recently on Pawesome.

Excited by the the latest book from Richard Powers and Dominic Bradbury to hit the shelves – New Natural Home published by Thames & Hudson with French & Hungarian editions also available. “New Natural Home is a far reaching survey of some of the most enticing and eco-friendly homes from around the world. These are houses that are beautiful, well designed, flexible and that will inspire greener ways of living. Combining practical information, wide ranging texts and beautiful photography, New Natural Home is all about the next generation of pioneering, seductive and sustainable houses.” If these teaser shots are anything to go by it looks gorgeous! You can grab a copy here.

Shortlisted for the Australian Interior Design Awards in the interior decoration category is this Pearl Beach house by Tom Ferguson (TFAD). It’s easy to see why. Extensive renovations to this 60s beach house have created a too cool, old school pad. Love the expanses of white juxtaposed with timber walls, the combination of mid century classics and beach shack hand me downs,  the walls of glass and of course that fireplace. Simplicity and style. The perfect combination.

As I mentioned in my last post, here are some favourite random photos I took on my trip to Puerto Vallarta – which, might I add, is a VERY safe city, unlike what you hear all the time on American news channels. Yes, there are some unsafe cities in Mexico but the news always generalizes to ALL of Mexico, which is really unfortunate. Not only is Puerto Vallarta safe, but gorgeous, incredible restaurants at every turn (I’ve got photos!), and perfect weather. (I should mention that some of the photos below were taken in the awesome surf town of Sayulita).