If you would like to participate in the Monday’s pets on furniture series please send photos, your name, location and a brief description to kim[@]desiretoinspire[.]net, or hashtag your photos #DTIpetsonfurniture.

You’ve featured my kitty Lulu before. Here’s another pick if you wish to post. (YES!!! This is one of my favourite pet entries EVER!!! – Kim)
– Sandra

Early last week we were contacted by the Country Cat Sanctuary because they had taken in a Siamese named Maurice that needed some special care. His owner had gotten herself knocked up and kicked him and his sibling out into the garage ALL WINTER. Before anything else awful could happen to him Gwen (who runs the sanctuary) offered to take him but being caged up was stressing him out, and he was overweight, so she thought we could help. We picked him up Wednesday and he is an absolute sweetheart. He was totally relaxed within 10 minutes of being at our house and now follows us around like a dog. He is declawed on all 4 paws (AGH! Don’t ever do this to your cat!!!) and is HUGE. And we love him. But we’d love for him to find a permanent home so we can continue to help out with fostering. If anyone out there is interested in adopting him give me a shout. 

I took this photo about a half hour after we got him. 

Later that day when former feral Frankie got his first glimpse of him. LOL!

Yep, he settled in no problem. 🙂

What was once an abandoned and half demolished farmhouse in Ampurdán, Spain is now a glorious contemporary home in concrete, plaster and stone. Rustic living at its finest! designed by Eva Martínez, via Nuevo Estilo. 

San Francisco designer Jeff Schlarb describes his style as simply “rad elegance”, and that is precisely how I would describe this home he designed for an art collecting client. The artwork is bold and quirky and very much whimsical, and he managed to pair it with bold, modern, elegant furnishings for an overall look of cohesive radness. LOVE!!!

Hello English style kitchen in all your sage green goodness. And hello to you too sunny dining area. It’s Edwardian era style meets a touch of industrial and theatre. Love this house full of personality and fun by London-based interior designers Spencer & Wedekind.

The best little weekend getaway is right here in Olympic Peninsula, Washington with views of the Sol Duc River. The design of this cabin by Tom Kundig is absolutely brilliant. This 350-square-foot cabin is a small perch for its occupant. It is located in one of the few temperate rainforests in the world, and “rainforest” here means wet and rather cold, as opposed to wet and hot. Putting the cabin on stilts protects it from the clammy dampness and occasional flooding. The owner is an avid steelhead fisherman. The design allows him and his wife to arrive at this remote location, open the place up, and get to fishing as quickly as possible. The shutters are operated manually via custom steel rods. The large panels slide on hardware that was originally designed for sliding barn doors, attached to the steel roof beam structure.