Home and decor in Singapore

Posted on Wed, 11 Aug 2010 by KiM

Back in April I blogged about a magazine from Singapore called Home & Decor that our wee blog was featured in. My list of favourite shelter magazines from around the world is slowly growing, and this one tops the list. Singaporeans are some super stylin’ folks! They seem to love colour, light airy spaces, and modern furnishings. Here are some photos from their website that really caught my eye.

Charles de Lisle workshop

Posted on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 by KiM

Charles de Lisle Workshop is a San Francisco based design firm and it’s principal is a new favourite designer of mine. His experience spans the last 25 years working within the art of ceramics, metalwork, custom furniture, product design, decoration and interiors. His work has been featured in every major shelter magazine such as Interior Design, Dwell, Sunset and California Home + Design. While devouring his website, I came across the William Wurster Ranch in Portola Valley California and HAD to post this home here on DTI. It’s a mid-century modern and vintage masterpiece that is so full of character and intriguing furnishings and finishes.

Monday’s pets on furniture – part 2

Posted on Mon, 9 Aug 2010 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 me closeups of your pet!)

I’d like to introduce you to the lovely Beatrice Arthur. She currently lives in Los Angeles. We rescued her from the LAAnimal Services. And Her favorite color is white. I also featured her in one of my post at my blog Old Brand New.
– Dabito

This is my Burmilla girl Belle, who only sleeps on my bed AFTER I have made it.
– Jenny

Our Iggy, IKE, making himself at home at our friends’ house while we were on vacation. (Thanks, Brendan, for the photo!)
– Jen

This is the adorable Chloe sitting on my client Anne’s King modular sofa.She’s right at home with colour scheme we’ve just finished!
– Adam (Breakfast Point, NSW)

This is Bosco our newly adopted cat on the sofa (also new just got it from structube!) in my sunroom/office.
– Elisa (Hudson, QC, Canada)

Our pets spend their entire days on our furniture! We have Ruby on her throne.
– Amanda

Hello, I’m sending a picture of Nina that is a Rafeiro do Alentejo (Alentejo mastiff) a Portuguese breed. Of one morning that she manage to get in the house, and did what she likes to do, that is make the bed her own.”
– Pedro

photo of my cat from Israel
-Meirav

This is our 20 lb cat, Kitty, sprawled out on our bed in his favorite spot.
– Sarah (Houston, TX)

Monday’s pets on furniture – part 1

Posted on Mon, 9 Aug 2010 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 me closeups of your pet!)

This is my dog Chip 🙂 He basically lounges wherever he feels like it, and lately he’s taken a liking to our white eames lounger… He slept through the whole thing!
– Curt

This is a cat that was “ours” for a weekend in Matjiesfontein, (Karoo), South Africa. We stayed in a house built in the early 19th century with amazing interior.
Antonia & Desmond

This is Lula, my nearly-two-year-old cocker spaniel. She alternates sitting in my green $8 flea market chair and lying on the custom benches – just as long as she’s near the kitchen table and whatever food happens to be on it.”
– Rosemary (Little Rock, AR)

I’ve attached 2 photos of my sweet dog Yoda on the couch in our den. He loves to lie beside me while I browse all the amazing posts on your blog! Thank you for the constant inspiration!
– Nathalie (Calgary, Alberta)

My Maine Coon “Gabby” on our Eames Lounge.
– Kate (Little Rock, AR)

There are a lot of critters in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and as for the last 12 years our lazy lovable Brittney ‘Jake’ takes it upon himself to keep all of my grandparents’ property. Between his patrols he finds time to relax on the newly built front porch.
– Steve

Photo 1: Our older cat Camille (she’s 14) performing her chair hatching pose.
Photo 2: This is Kirin (yes, he’s named after the beer) and Ome, our recently adopted kittens sharing our version of the Ikea changing table hack, we made the bed smaller so it hides nicely behind the curtain.
Photo 3: Kirin and Ome on a cat perch made out of an old coffee table cut in half. We used all four legs to match the window height.

– Suzanne
  

Our bloodhound Rufus, bleary eyed and caught by surprise on the couch
– Colin & Jada (Washington, DC)

My, excuse me, Speck’s (our mini long hair Dachshund) favorite chair is this leather recliner.  Can you tell how comfortable it is?
– Mike