Monday’s pets on furniture – part 2

Posted on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 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 closeups of your pet!)

Here are three pictures of my Italian greyhound Bailey and my mutt Henny on my antique daybed… or should I say THEIR daybed.  We had a feeling this would happen, so we also bought a Mitchell and Gold sectional for us humans.
– Rica (Manhattan, NY)
  

This is Freddie and Mittens on a sheepskin clad Wegner lounge chair @ their home in North East London 🙂
– Robin

Attached is an image of my cat playing around in my new ikea expedit shelves!
– Claire

This is Cole in one of his favorite lounging spots in my mens clothing store in Toronto
– Joseph

The first picture is Radar & Buster inspecting Herman Miller’s new Sayl chair, the second is Radar being a ham in the Setu lounge chair, and the final is Buster in one of his favorite nap chairs.
– Teresa (Milwaukee, WI)
  

Ramsey pounces around my small victorian apartment in San Francisco.  I found this Thonet chair at a small estate sale in Napa.  
– Katharine

This is a pic of our new cat, Don Carlos, in our new ranch style house in SLC, UT.
– Jon

Our dear Shirley – built for comfort, not for speed
– Colleen (Pittsburgh, PA)

This is my cat Mika stretching after a nap. He is a 4 years old Main Coon mix.
– Marie-Michelle (Ottawa, ON)

This is Summer whose finds the greatest comfort is sleeping on a clean white towel lain on a animal print chair.  We try to explain her that it’s not a real animal’s skin, but, she seems to feel differently.
– Collette (NYC)

Monday’s pets on furniture – part 1

Posted on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 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 closeups of your pet!)

Meet Madison. She’s a 9 week old (absolutely adorable) West Highland Terrier puppy! Here’s Madi on a steel grey button back chair with a Florence Broadhurst ‘Aubury’ cushion.
– Annabel (Sydney, Australia)

I live in Torrance, CA with my husband and two cats Harris and Flynn.  The picture is of Flynn on our dining room table and Harris on the windowsill.  There is usually a nice sunny spot on the dining room table that both cats love lounging in. And the window ledge is great for watching birds at the bird feeder.
– Christine

my French bulldog Edwin on chair.
Tone

Franklin loves his Wishbone chair!
– Sandy (San Francisco, CA)

Once again, puppy Jack is not allowed on the furniture, though little Gordie is. Jack dislikes our double standards, and protests by getting only halfway on the furniture. (He says he is not really on the furniture if his feet are on the floor). Jack has been watching too many I Love Lucy reruns.
– Priscilla

Olive makes herself at home wherever she goes.  She’s seen her at her Grandma’s house in Brooklyn!
– Dennis (NY, NY)

Hmmm. not sure I like pets on furniture.But , I love to decorate as much as I love my dog.
– Theresa

This is ‘Tilly’, who started life on a dairy, but now enjoys the life of a spoilt, indoor cat.
– Zara (NSW Australia)

This is one of my 4 kitties, Penelope. She is on a 4-drawer chest in my entryway.
– Lana

Random on a Sunday

Posted on Sun, 19 Jun 2011 by KiM

So here is the latest scoop on my Sunday posts. Summers are very VERY short here in Ottawa, and I LIVE for a warm, sunny summer weekend. And now with my life in a bit more of a state of chaos than normal (house reno project making my stress level sky-rocket) I think I may skip out on some Sunday posts every now and then. I need a bit of a break, and I desperately need to be spending the time outdoors rather than inside on my laptop. Hope you all don’t mind too much. We’ve had fantastic weather the last couple of days and I managed to get out and enjoy it. Which means I did not have time to scour blogland looking for my blog favourites of the week. Instead you are stuck with a few photos I snapped Friday and Saturday that documented my outings. I figured I’d at least share those.

So Friday night my hubby and I walked down to the main strip of Little Italy for some sushi (at Kikko – some of the best sushi in the city)…forgetting it was the first day of the annual Little Italy festival. Luckily we scored a table on the patio which was cool because we got to stuff our faces and people-watch, while enjoying the view of some Lamborghinis (the festival always includes hot Italian sports cars on display).

Just before heading to dinner we stopped at Justyna’s home to pick up some vintage clothing I bought at her online shop (which she is unfortunately closing – so everything is 50% off if you’re interested…)

Yesterday we spent the day at my little sister’s cottage and the weather was PERFECT. I laid out on the dock most of the morning (and ended up a little fried – OOPS).

My little niece Gianna decided she was a bit thirsty and was up for a taste of my Bacardi cooler.

My sister warmed up some jalapeno popper dip I made – OMG this stuff is addictive, especially when alcoholic beverages are consumed at the same time.

Tomorrow we have some errands to run and then we’ll be heading out to my parent’s place to celebrate father’s day with my pops, and enjoy a little bit of this (after loading on sunscreen this time):

But before I get to do that I have to work on a little project my twin sister and I did not get to complete last summer.

Reader request – log homes

Posted on Fri, 17 Jun 2011 by KiM

You may recall this post from last month, where I blogged the home of Jack (a co-worker of mine) and his wife Shannon. In that post I mentionned that they were selling that house because they had just purchased a log home. !!!! Well, log homes are not the easiest to work with in terms of decorating and keeping them from being dark and dreary, as Shannon expressed in an email to me:
I am writing to request pics of…you guessed it…log interiors. My only issue with the logs in our new place is that I NEED light, airy interiors and log homes can be dark, dark, dark. That’s sometimes a function of lighting but also of having so much wood. We are planning to refinish and lighten the floors before we move in in August. Plus, I’ll be brightening all of the drywalled surfaces. There’s lots of darkish greens and blues. The kitchen is maple, but with a dark blue-green stain…I’ll eventually repaint that a creamy white, etc. I’m also going to update the lighting and add lots more lights. The master bedroom is actually a loft overlooking the living room and its 3 large west-facing windows (plus there are more windows in the back of the bedroom). I’m planning to paint the floor of the loft a glossy white and this will be the first place where I’ll try my big experiment: white-washing or bleaching the interior log walls. I plan to convert the place from “rustic Montana” to “Scandinavian bright”. Anyhow, if ever you have time, anything you find on log interiors would be helpful.

Here is a little peek at Jack and Shannon’s new home:

It turns out my stash of photos did not include many log home interiors. So I gathered up those and included some that feature wood panelling or whatever wood surfaces I could find that might help give Shannon (ok, and Jack – LOL) some options.


Aftonbladet
(LOVE this but i think they overdid it on the gloss – in fact this would look WAY better matte)

Le Journal de la Maison

Hus & Hem

Hus & Hem

Hus & Hem

Anna Kern

Hus & Hem

Sköna hem

Maison Hand

Jon Jensen

Louise Rastall

Deko – Plaza

Sania & Susanna Hus & Hem
Vårt Nya Hem Vårt Nya Hem
George Seper GP
Hus & Hem Marie Claire Italy
Deko – Plaza Mlinaric, Henry & Zervudachi

Last month I also blogged my sister’s cottage makeover where she started with a dark and dreary spaces and a whole bunch of white paint did wonders to brighten it up. Here’s a quick before and after:

Funky in Notting Hill

Posted on Thu, 16 Jun 2011 by KiM

London estate agency Domus Nova sent over photos from another one of their fabulous properties (see previous posts here and here). This one is a funky 2 bedroom garden maisonette, with open concept living space, long and narrow layout at about 1183 sq ft. HELLO white Panton chairs (my fav!), Flos Taraxacum 88 pendant lights, lavender sectional, rad artwork…