Displaying posts from October, 2011

Love the low bookshelves framing the dining table.

Love this neutral, pretty bedroom.

Love this staircase/desk/shelving.

{All via MICASA}

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 closeups of your pet!)

This is my mother’s white cat, Harry, sleeping on her bed in her Greek house. She has one of the last unrenovated but lovingly restored and maintained traditional houses in the village.
– Selina

This Ella Fitz. on our new chair, in Trondhjem, Norway. The chair was found in a second hand shop and painted with our favorite color. Ella is happy as long as she stays in the centre of attention, a spoiled little lady.
– Lars & Kristian

I thought you might enjoy a photo of my new burmese kitten Sprocket on our gorgeous handmade Windsor Chair. We bought the chair as part of our wedding gifts ; it has been handmade using Australian native timbers and it is just beyond gorgeous (and the kitten is very sweet too).
– Nikla

This is my baby Stella sittting on my favorite chair from Goodwill. 🙂
– Tara

This is Mindy, my 1.5 year Miniature Pinscher, on one of our newly upholstered bergere chairs.  Normally a blur in pictures, I am very proud of her for staying still and looking at the camera… without the intent of investigating and playing with it.
– Pearl

This is Lucy the sweetest cat ever, who loves to lay in the sun on the desk in my studio
– Pati

Here is a picture of my cat, Robert lounging in the sun in his favorite chair. The chair belonged to my grandfather and it has traveled with me to 4 states and 8 apartments!
– Elizabeth (Kansas City, MO)

This is Jaffa, a creme Ragdoll kitten 8 weeks old, inside a chinese stool. This stool is from Shanghai, an elderly lady was sitting on it in a shop and I asked her if she wanted to sell it, and she did. No no no, said my husband, but later he was happy too 😀
– Leena (Finland)

This is my boyfriend’s dog Tessie. We just moved into a house together and this is a temporary bed while we get our bedroom painted and carpeted. She and this bed (well futon) were made for each other!
– Lindsay

– Nat (Cambridge MA)

Here is a picture of my new cat named Baker.  I found him as a 4 week old kitten at the showroom in High Point, where I am a sales associate.   He is now about 4 months old! Baker is perched on our Stately Homes silver chest, along with a Laura Kirar Syro table lamp by Baker.
– Dale (High Point, NC)

Not your usual Scandi boho apartment. Not the shabby chic meets edgy urban meets industrial with mid century splashed with neon bright colour/black, grey and wood with square tiles in kitchen and bathroom. (Have I left out any Scandi combinations?) Yes it’s white but think easy elegance. Gustavian. Relaxed traditional. Old world, old money but in a bijou modern apartment. Not your ordinary everyday Scandi boho but instantly recognisable a Swedish none the less. Not so shabby at all. Link here.

I was thinking about doing a blog favourites post today as I typically do on Sundays but I am a bit too distracted to spend the time blog surfing. You see, back in April I mentioned (ok, bitched about) a French oral test I had at work. Unfortunately I did not get the grade I needed, and since then I have had no French training (due to lack of a training budget). All of a sudden on Tuesday I found out I am permitted full time training for the month of October, then I have to take the test, and once again I need to pass the freaking thing or potentially lose the position I have been working towards for the past 8 years. No pressure or anything. So if I have any spare time for the next several weeks, I need to have my nose buried in my French notes. *insert expletives here* The joys of working for the government of a bilingual country.
I was trying to figure out what post I could do relatively quickly, and realized I had some photos saved of “wood walls” – inspiration for my house when it finally gets renovated (on that note, we’re now considering tearing it down and rebuilding, which has thrown me for a loop, as that was never the plan when I bought this house). I want a rustic touch to the place, and what better way than a wall covered in wood slats…or maybe panels, but I’m leaning towards slats. Here are some photos with walls of wood that I really like. (See also this post on wood panelling)

House To Home

H&D Homes

Le Journal de la Maison

Design*Sponge

Avotakka

Design*Sponge

Yatzer	Apartment Therapy
Deko	Katarina Malstrom Brown
Design*Sponge	KITKA design toronto

Dwell

Twig Hutchinson

Design*Sponge

Style At Home

La Vallée Blanche

RUM

Dana Meilijson

MESH Architectures

Design*Sponge

Design*Sponge

Jo – Hey honey my anti-virus thingy expires in 14 days. Should I renew or buy a different one?

Kelvin – I’ll get D (my stepson) to install a different one. I have an extra licence.

Jo – Thanks honey.

That was Wednesday. 4 days later and I’m still without my computer. They decided to change my operating system and screwed it up once and after 6 hours today apparently we are still waiting for “number 3 of 4 to install…do not turn off your computer”. Or was that 2? God I hope it isn’t 1. Then we still have to install that illusive security software. You know. The one in the conversation above. The one mentioned 4 days ago. I can’t get near my files, my Photoshop, my Snagit, my bookmarks. (Help I’m lost without my bookmarks!) Those who are tech savvy will shake your head at my inadequacy but I’m like most of you. I drive the bus. I don’t build it or service it.

Long story short I’m on my teeny tiny netbook and it’s another stalking post. They’re easy to do especially when you don’t have all the fancy tools you’re used to having at your finger tips. Hopefully I’ll be back to normal tomorrow…. or the next day…. or the next.

Oh the house. I almost forgot. Who could believe that behind its tiny unassuming facade is such a lovely house? Favourite bits? The spiral staircases, the garden and the wine cellar. I could live and die in a wine cellar I do believe 😉 Link here while it lasts.