Back in May of last year I blogged the Spanish home of interior designer and artist Javier Requejo. To my delight he emailed the other day with photos of his holiday home in Ourense, 15 minutes outside Galacia, Spain (where his primary residence is). It has the same rustic charm as his other home but this one is filled with even more of Javier’s creativity and colour. And he even has some pets strategically placed in a couple of the following photos which always does it for me.

This next reader’s home belongs to Dana. I featured her Italian villa last year, and today I’d like to share her lakeside home (“darsena sul lago” = dock on the lake) on Lake Como. It’s 35 sq m, with wooden beams and white walls, furnished with antique Asian furniture and flea market finds. There is a steel trap door in the floor to access the private boat dock and a cantilevered terrace with incredible views of the lake. So lovely! Not sure what I love more – the views or that kitchen!

I’ve got a couple reader’s homes for you today. This first one belongs to Jennifer Sowa, a young German interior and media designer who lives in a tiny 19th century home in Wiesbaden city close to famous Frankfurt am Main. It’s adorable, I love her wood floors (!!!) and she’s got a really pretty backyard. (Check out her website, which she plans to have an English version of soon, and where she will be showcasing her sewing projects and other creative stuff). Thanks Jennifer!

P.S. Bhavna is looking for a new identity/logo for her blog An Indian Summer and in exchange for help is giving away a box of goodies from India! Details 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[.]com and PLEASE don’t send closeups of your pet!)

Please find attached an image of Lily the Graham’s dog – who often models for us on shoots
– Lizzy

Sweet pea waiting for a friend.
– Jill

This is Sprout – posing regally on a chair that belonged to my grandfather.
– Emily (Brooklyn, NY)

This second picture was allowed only for Desire to Inspire and it took me 10 minutes to convince him to get up on the chair!
The third picture is of Dexter sneaking a peak of the Desire to Inspire site!  If I’m too engrossed in an article he lays his head on the keyboard to remind me he’s there. Plus he has his own dog blog at www.dextersdays.comso he prefers me to read his blog 🙂
– Angela (Oshawa, Ontario)

This is our 2 year old great dane Jonas, sitting on our leather ottoman. He loves sitting like this on couches, chairs, or on our laps!
– Beth and Chuck (Kansas City, KS)

1 – This is our cat Penny, taking her usual late-morning nap. Ten years ago we found her abandoned at a rest stop outside Niagara Falls, wearing a collar with a Denver phone number. Thankfully, our phone calls were not returned.
2 – This one’s kind of fuzzy, but it’s her sitting on the footboard…
– Elizabeth

This tattered settee is in desperate need of recovering however Benjamin and Sophie, our 11 year old sibling Lhasa rescues, just won’t hear of it.
– Larry

This is Isaac (Newton) playing on his beloved sofa in my boyfriend’s apartment in Trieste, Italy.
– Giorgia

I would like to submit a picture of our family cat Willie Greene “the baddest pimp you’ve ever seen”. The picture I’m sending is of Willie Greene surveying his kingdom 🙂
– Aza

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!)

Here is a picture of Harry relaxing on a sunny afternoon in San Francisco!
– Sandy

Our 8.5 year old Saint Bernard Moose just had a bath and he knows it’s the only time he’s allowed on the sofa. Even his drool is no match for our 10 year old White IKEA Göteborg slipcover sofa!
Hansy, our 13 year old white “tiger” day dreams of chasing zebras in the jungle while resting high atop his throne…
– Cameron (Southern Virginia)

Here is our cat Fluff – who likes to perch up high on our mantelpiece.
– Christa and Graham (England)

Photo of Brooklyn, our Border Collie looking quite alert on our tweed lemon-lime colored sofa.
-Stephanie (Fountain Valley, California)

Meet Harvey the 7 month goldendoodle from Edmond, OK! He’s every bit as sweet and charming as he looks sitting on the vintage couch my husband had recovered for me as a wedding gift. His comparable looks to a Muppet suit his goofy disposition very well!
– Jessica

Henry, my 4-year-old Basset Hound chillin’ on my favorite vintage tufted sofa in Portland, Maine. Side note: Total cost of the sofa and fabulous print: $15
– Tara

I couldn’t resist sharing this pic of our kitty Coli on the first night after we adopted him, passed out rather adorably on our Sigurd Ressel falcon chair. He melted my heart right then and there.
– Christy (Melbourne, Australia)

This is a chair that my puggle, Oates never usually lays down on.  I moved the furniture around in my livingroom one day and right after I put the chair there, he jumped right up and made himself comfy behind the throw pillow.  I knew it was a pets on furniture moment in the making!
– Barb

This is Saga, she’s a seven yr old bullterrier, sun- bathing on the sofa. Her dreams must be great cause she sleeps all the time and have since she was a bebe. She’s my big love and I tell her everyday
– Louise (Sweden)

This is Finn who likes to sit on the sofa but when the sofa isn’t available, he squeezes into this antique Chinese chair.  Amazingly he never scratches  the wood.
– Debra