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 and a brief description can be sent to desiretoinspirekim[@]hotmail[.]com and PLEASE don’t send me closeups of your pet!)

“Hi, my name is Ana Ferraz, I’m from Brazil and this lovely pet is Bijou, one of my four adopted cats. She is a delicate white princess, an angel with blue vivid eyes. She is so beautiful (I’m a proud mother…rs) that I consider her a essential part of the decoration.”
– Ana

“This is my dog, Seiko. Doing what she likes the most… yawning”
– Karina

“I’m sending you a photo of my cat Sofia Coppola on my retro furniture.”
– Johansen (Olomouc, Czech Republic)

“Is this furniture??? The Kitty thinks so. She likes to perch here and look out at the garden…… when she’s not lounging on my floor cushions…. or trying to blend into the sofa. It’s a rustic hand carved bench from Bali. Too big for my house really, but I can’t part with it….or the cat! — We found “Kitty” when she was just a kitten. She’s deaf and was stranded on our roof after a typhoon. She’s 10 years old now and fat!”
– Tamara

“This is Ponyo, on his favourite look-out spot on our tatami mat. Watching the world go by.”
– Min & Eugene

“This is our cat Houdini caught plotting his escape!“
– Alexis & Alex (NYC)

“My friend Adelaide, sitting inconspicuously in the morning sun, on a forest green Thalya Chair from Kartell. Hope you like!”
– Joshua

“Attached are two photos of my German Shorthaired Pointer, Lucy, with our king-sized bed all to herself—a rare occasion. Every night, the bed holds my husband, me, Lucy, and our two other German Shorthairs ….”
– Karen

“Here is a shot of our recently departed, beloved mini schnauzer, Mariah, monopolizing her favorite (and my husband’s, too) red leather chair, passed down from my husband’s grandfather. Sometimes you just have to stretch out and enjoy the ottoman.”
– Terry

“Here is June with her Buddha. We’ve used an antique twin head board to create a little altar.”
– Melissa

“Here is Miro, my Great Pyrenees, lost in his thoughts…”
– Danielle

“This is Omni, who was desperate for attention while I was working feverishly on my dissertation!”
– Heather

“Ruxo, 9 months Yorkshire with green and yellow clothes ready to cheer for Brazil’s World Cup Football ! The background wallpaper sold in TokStok www.tokstok.com.br”
– Rodrigo

“Here is our rescue cat, Mickey, on our rescue sofa from Craigslist.”
– Danielle

AND BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS HILARIOUS….

“On Monday’s Pets on Furniture, I suspected Jeanette had cleverly photoshopped Baron’s image. Which, as you can see, I’ve restored. (ha)”
– Priscilla

hoxtonbelle2001

noriko.stardust

Super*Junk

A Browner Brown

saucy dragonfly

inca girl

angelicshakti

tekstu

Aaron Benson

anitajuneparker

Drifens

greyavenuegirl

lookiloos

MalkalnTheCloset

lauriemcclellan

texturejunky	thecuriousholiday
niki.mosaic	lakbdesign/fergusandme
~anjie	Dey

Jane Martino wanted to share a home with our readers that her husband (designer and artist Matt) crafted in Daylesford, Australia, and is available as a vacation rental. It’s about an hour and a quarter from Melbourne, has the most spectacular views and the landscape is heavenly. This 4 bedroom home is set in the country but the interior has modern touches which make this space a perfect blend of old and new. Additional accommodation is available via the “Stables” which houses a four poster bed and freestanding bath; ideal as a luxury wedding suite or intimate couples retreat. (I’m getting married next month – I’ll take it!!!) It’s so perfectly designed – a nice bright white kitchen, a dark and moody sitting room, cozy bedrooms with country touches. If you want more details check out COMMA’s website.

(Photos by Dianna Snape)

Here is request #2 from Jeffrey and Julia of Stamford, CT: “I found your site when trying to come up with ideas for my small but master bathroom. My wife and I have three kids and are stuck with a bathroom that needs gutting and we have no idea where to start with picking colors and textures to do this project (on a dime, too.) The space is approx. 100 inches long and 60 inches wide. The sink and toilet is on the left, just as you enter this rectangle space and we have about 32 inches of shower space where we want to convert into a tub. I am at a total loss for what to do. I just know the shower wall is rotting and needs to come out. That causes me to loose all the other walls, too so it has become a total re-do, therefore leaving me with a blank canvas. All I know is that it needs storage and I want it to be the center piece of our already black wood furnitured-home, with white walls and ceilings, and natural-colored wood parquet floors. Ugh. So I write you in desperation for inspiration for something to do with our (god-awful) space and need for our simple family of five.” Yikes. That is quite a small bathroom, and a master at that. I personally would try and leave the shower instead of a tub because a shower will save space (plus how do you fit a tub in 32″?). Here are some very small bathrooms that I hope can provide you with some ideas on where to go with your teeny tiny space.

James Shanks	Bolig Magasinet
voon wong & benson saw	Sköna hem
Rachael Smith	Bo Bedre
Bolig Magasinet	Urban Spaces
The Selby	Zuzana Fischer
Retrouvius	The New York Times
Home & Design	Living Etc.

Dwell
Jonathan Clark Architects
Lawrence Group

Time for another reader request. This time I thought I’d get through 2 of them since I noticed a couple in my list had to do with bathrooms. The first comes from Sandro, who says he’s renovating his bathroom and is struggling to find a very masculine look. Now this post is a bit subjective as some people may wonder what makes a bathroom “masculine”..a lack of pink perhaps? So here is my interpretation of what I think could be categorized as masculine bathrooms. (Stay tuned for request #2)

Greg Natale

Murdock Young	Beach Studios
Lagerlings	Luce Studio

Found Associates
Target Living
Target LivingPhilippe Starck
Homes & Gardens
Jordi Canosa
Luce Studio
Marie Claire Maison
Bruce Bolander