Sköna hem eye candy

Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 by KiM

It’s Sunday night, and I need a day to recup from my weekend. As usual. Weekends are just no fun anymore. I pack them with so many house projects and chores (and this time a shopping spree for clothes in Montreal) that I’m just pooped by the end of it. So due to my extreme fatigue and general laziness, I am simply going to choose some of my favourite photos from the latest issues of Sköna hem, one of the coolest mags on the planet that I wish came translated in English and sold here in Canada. That would rock my world.

Monday’s pets on furniture

Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 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 both pet and furniture takes centre stage. (Think of it more of a photo of a great piece of furniture…and your pet happens to be sitting on it). And second, the photo must be of decent quality. For example, if it’s REALLY dark or fuzzy (camera phone) then it may not make the cut. Thanks!

This is a photo of Bea. She is my boyfriend’s impossibly haughty miniature dachshund. I suppose when you are that beautiful, you can get a way with being haughty. She really has the funniest personality. When she comes over, she acts like she is literally the queen of the house. She sniffs around the apt (checking out her realm?) and then sets herself down on her throne. If anyone else tries to sit in the chair, she will stare them down until they move. Here’s one more showing her staring technique. Obviously, she’s queen for a reason.
– Steffan

I had two share pictures of my two dogs on their favorite pieces of furniture. This first one is Klaus, our white schnauzer, on his favorite nap chair ( vintage buy still waiting for refurbishment). The second is Olivia, our rescued mixed dog something between daschund and chihuahua), sitting in on a bench my grandmother gave me. She loves the colorful pillows around her although she especially likes gnawing on their corners.
– Georgia

Here’s our cat, Hammy, and our dog, Grover, hanging out on their favorite spot – the back of the couch! They both fight for that one spot.
Chelsey

I’d love to submit this photo of our cat Daisy lurking about on the shelves. It’s one of her favourite spots. It combines her love of climbing with her love of keeping an eye on us – the higher the vantage point the better!
Sam

This is my puppy Tessa. Okay so she’s hardly a puppy anymore, she’s about 14 months old, but she’ll always be my baby! She likes to spend her days ‘supervising’ me from atop the couch.
Emma

Here’s a few pics of my cat Murphy in her favorite spot. It’s a bit of a problem when we want to use the record player, but way too adorable to make her get down.
– Heather

I am sending you a photograph of my Cockapoo, Amber, for your consideration for the “Pets on Furniture” series.
– Louise

I wanted to attach a photo of my bunnies Pom Pom and Roxy, who know a comfy piece of furniture when they see it. Here they are laying claim to my father’s favorite chairs over holiday.
– Sarah

Here are a couple fotos of Geisha, my darling girl on a couple of lounging spots in the house. She rather enjoys anything that is made up (the bed) or super comfy (the sofa, any overstuffed chair..has to have our luxe cashmere throw on it though…) She’s definitely a lil’ diva but she can catch the little lizards here in Florida with the best of them. My little princess Tomboy. 🙂
Dree

Would love to submit this picture of my dog “Bernie” for “pets on furniture” Monday. Although not the nicest piece of furniture in my home, the ultra comfy Lazy Boy recliner is a favorite of both of the men in my family, Bernie and my hubby Joe.
– Lisa (**Editor’s Note: Although not quite following rule #1, if I had a La-Z-Boy I too wouldn’t want it displayed in a photo.)

A co-worker of mine, Irina, recently purchased an African Pygmy hedgehog and at my request she managed to get a clear photo of it sitting on one of her dining chairs. (She had a hard time getting it to stay still). Thanks Irina!

I had to add one from my home. It’s about 9:30 pm Sunday night and as I’m getting this post written up one of my cats, Cheeks, keeps trying to climb into my lap. He really likes my desk chair – an Eames upholstered armchair – and I knew he would not leave me alone until I gave up the freaking chair for him. I moved the chair over for him and grabbed my other Eames shell chair for me to use while I finished this post up. Phoebe also loves that chair. I recently threw a piece of batik fabric over it because I am sick of all the fur, and being the pain in my arse that she is, she jumped up next to Cheeks and dug under the fabric to lie down. And this is what is next to me while I type this.

Myra Hoefner

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 by KiM

Myra Hoefner Design, based in California, is about warm and soothing colours, sumptuous fabrics, French furnishings…creating a sense of grandeur and elegance. “It’s fresh and a little bit eccentric. Lots of oversize things. I like big things in small spaces — it’s so dramatic. I love mirrors, which make small spaces look bigger, and I use lots of white. I’m not one for a cluttered look. I think it’s all about comfort.

Me, my home, my cats and a mag

Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 by KiM

One day a couple of months ago I received an email via Flickr from a stylist (Mihaela Radu) who works for the Romanian version of House and Garden magazine called Casa si Gradina. She really liked the photos of my home on Flickr and wanted to use some in the magazine. I was given not much else in terms of details and I had no idea what photos she selected. WELL, turns out it was a whole bunch of photos…enough to fill TEN PAGES of the magazine! A reader of our blog and fellow blogger Annamaria Chitan graciously offered to send me a copy of the magazine and I received it this afternoon. There is an entire story about me living in my home with 6 cats and what I’ve done to fix up my home on a budget. Some of the photos chosen are not very recent (ie. kitchen without proper dining table) and OMG an entire page of a photo of me, but I ain’t complaining. It’s so cool to see many of my photos in print. 🙂 So here it is: