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…and your pet happens to be sitting on it). And second, the photo must be of decent quality. If it’s REALLY dark or fuzzy (from a camera phone) then it may not make the cut. Thanks! (Photos can be sent to desiretoinspirekim[@]hotmail[.]com and PLEASE don’t just send me closeups of your pet!!!)

“I really enjoy your blog, and think the “pets on furniture” column is so funny. I wanted to submit a few pictures of my Border Collie Rescue ‘Mazie’ sitting on my vintage Knoll desk chair. Every time I get up from my desk, she hops up and sits down for a rest……I really wish she would get some of my work done for me while she’s up there!”
– Christie

“I really appreciate your Pet’s on Furniture posts; love to see my 2 passions together: furniture and pets. Here are some photos for you: Olive loves hanging out in her Kartell Componibili. It’s a well designed hiding spot.”
– Stephanie

“I love your Pets on Furniture feature, but didn’t think I’d ever have a photo to send because we’ve been pretty strict about limiting our greyhounds to their own beds. But when Otis claimed the fainting couch soon after coming home with us last November, I knew it would only be a matter of time…”
– Amy

“I am enclosing a photo of my three cats Mahley, Scullie and Gustav on my aptly named “Big Animal” sofa from BluDot.”
– Laura

“This is my puppy, Starla, with Bear, sitting on my couch that my dad hates. It has a tree of life and a frigate on it, what’s not to love?”
– Cindy

“Please choose your fav- The girlzzzz look a little like conjoined twins on the cowhide and leather chair in our family room 🙂 They are Wheaten Terriers- Jane being the taller and sitting up in the above mentioned chair image. Frankie is the bad girl standing on the dining table- looks guilty doesn’t she?!”
– Julia

“My mischievous kitten Olive has found her favourite chair in the house, which also happens to be my favourite piece, our Louis XVI style chair.  Olive and ‘Louis’ enjoy the afternoon sun together beside my vintage writing desk.”
– Sophie

“I would like to submit some photos of my dog, Otis on furniture. The first two are of him on his “throne,” and the last two are from when I hosted Thanksgiving in our tiny apartment last year. He has a way of sneaking into every photo I take.”
– Lindsey

“This is Ruffle, my friend Laura’s sweet kitten.  She was rescued from a public park in Brooklyn, NY a few short weeks ago, and she likes to lounge anywhere from cardboard box beds to Laura’s upholstered antiques.”
– Bridget

“Too cool for school my siamese Kuzya didn’t even bother to look up while I was taking pictures. Figures, being chased after by a crawling little monster-baby is WORK 🙂”
– Nataliya

“Moose on the club chair (his breed is called Hungarian Vizsla). He just needs a fine single malt in one paw and a hand rolled cuban in the other.”
– Victoria

“it was suggested to me by a townhouse lady’s life that i submit richard to you…”
– Christian

“My friend’s dog Chie whom I was pet sitting – seems she felt right at home on my bed!”
– Jessica

“This is my Boston Terrier, Cooper, looking handsome on his favorite patio chair.”
– Meredith

I thought I’d slide a photo in here I took on Friday of one of my herd, Mimin. She jumped into one of the Expedit shelving units in my bedroom while I was taking photos of some rearranging I had done.

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Happy Friday everyone! I am off work today (YAHOO) and trying to get up the strength to start some of the projects that have been on my “to-do-as-soon-as-the-holidays-are-over” list. Or I might ditch all that and since it’s a balmy day (just above freezing) I may ditch my list and go for a walk down to some of my favourite shops. While I am contemplating life (and on a serious note, thinking about the horror in Haiti and people like this who are making a difference), I thought I’d leave you all with some lovely photos from the portfolio of art director and lifestyle stylist Lucy Berridge. There’s a couple ideas here that piqued my interest – the fridge built into the wall off in a corner, the thin red trim around the door frame, the lattice on a closet/armoire…

What can you do if you’ve got a space (or in my case an entire house) that is totally lacking any sort of architectural feature? How about some beadboard, trim, chair rail, paneling, moldings! A friend at work has been hitting up my twin sister and I for some decorating ideas for her blah dining room and she mentionned wanting to do some molding on the bottom half of the walls. I told her to got for it as her dining room is a square, with a window, and that’s it. I thought I’d dig up some dining rooms that have some sort of molding or paneling on the walls so she could get some ideas on how to go about it. I’m including some living rooms too because this idea is great for any room in your home (I’m pretty certain I’ll be trying a chair rail in my main bathroom as soon as I get around to renovating it).

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Frank Roop	Bolig Magasinet
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Michael Partenio

BKSK Architects

Stargo

Homes & Gardens

Steven Gambrel

Apartment Therapy

Kate Hume

Alexandra Angle Interior Design
Ideal Home


Sunset

Marie Claire Maison

Inspace Locations

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David Jimenez
Burcu Avsar
Nicolas Tosi
Living Etc.

Homes & Gardens

Continuing on the “small” theme, today I thought I’d showcase some small dining spaces. My favourite small dining space includes a built-in banquette – preferably in a nook. LOVE THAT. I am determined to one day buy a house that perfectly suits such a thing. I would spend every waking moment there – eating, blogging, reading mags etc. There’s a few banquettes below, among other seating arrangements.

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Residence	Polly Wreford
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Living at Home

Kelly Hoppen

Cottage Living
David Jimenez

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