I am bringing the work week to a close with this beauty I found by interior designer Sayre Victoria Ziskin of SVZ. It has masculine vibe with blue and black accent colours and some hard edges and industrial furnishings, but then throw in an overly (in a good way) tufted velvety sofa and the vibe becomes just a bit more feminine and playful. Overall this home is cohesive and edgy and I love it – especially all the plants, my favourite addition to a room. And check out the amazing planter in the corner of the dining room! 

Some time ago I received 2 sets of table legs from an awesome Swedish company called Prettypegs to make some tables from. I was really excited about this for a couple of reasons. First, finding cute/cool table legs is a serious pain. Second, my husband (Daff Design) has gotten into wood-working over the past couple of years and this was a great excuse to get him to make me some tables, because there are never enough tables! It took an embarrassingly long time to organize this project but I am stoked to say my tables materialized and they are DAMN FINE if I do say so myself. The first set of legs I picked out are the August legs (perfect height for coffee/side tables or sideboards). I went with the teak/blue finish but now I see they have an ash/black combo that would have been ideal in my grey room. YAY for options! The saffron yellow is gorgeous too if you’re looking for some spunky colour. 

Turns out my husband made the table top out of hemlock which I don’t love with the teak legs so I may paint the teak part black or dark grey eventually. Regardless I LOVE this! These legs are fantastic and have a funky Scandi modern vibe. It is now a table that houses this rather large plant next to my sofa. 

(The hanging light is the Aim pendant by the Bouroullec brothers for Flos, the kilim pillow is from the Third World Bazaar, the ferals have scratched the crap out of my leather sofa and we have yet to purchase and install trim since our floors were refinished because the projects in this house are never-ending so don’t look too closely)

I also picked out the Estelle legs in black ash/brass that are the perfect height for desks, kitchen tables and in my case, console/sofa tables. These come in 6 finishes but I think the black/brass combo I chose is my favourite. A few of my cats are always hanging out in my windows watching the birds and squirrels so I thought this was a great opportunity to make a table that fits right under the windows in my living room at the front of the house. We went to a local wood supply shop and I found the most incredible piece of spalted maple that had distinct black patterns and some worm holes. The table looks amazing, the cats love it and now I have a new spot to house some of my plants. 

(Cowhide is from eBay, the faux fur stool is from Homesense, the leather and wood chair is from Green Light District, the Jieldé lamp I bought off a DTI follower, and the clay vase is by le lou ula, walls are painted Downpipe by Farrow & Ball)

Thank you Prettypegs!

I have featured projects by Vancouver’s Fox Design Studio in the past (here, here and here) and I continue to marvel at their talents at creating contemporary, eye-catching, spaces with incredible attention to detail. Each room in this home shares a similar colour palette of greys and white with touches of black and then pops of blue. It’s a soothing, relaxing vibe that flows throughout this beautiful, rustic home. I want those sheep statues on my porch too!

In need of a little Tuesday pick-me-up? A break from the everyday? A virtual vacay in paradise? As much as I would love to be on a plane headed to Saint-Tropez to brush up on my French and my faded tan and relax, I will take this dose of eye candy of Les Parcs designed by Mis-en scène 40. Glorious! You’ll probably find me on the premises drooling over those cactuses, or lounging on one of those Bertoia Bird chairs. (A couple more features on this firm here and here)

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. Thanks!

This is our sweet Brooky in her favorite look out spot.
– Lizzy (Salt Lake City, UT) 

1 – One of Amae’s many hiding spots
2 – Leon’s eyes matching the rug
3 – Amae was recently lost for 7 days. We found her down the street living in a drainage ditch. This is her happy to be home!
4 – Oscar under one of my favorite paintings
– Hillary (Birmingham, AL) 

1 – Boo Boo modeling Pier 1’s Papasan chair
2 – Daisy takes a respite between chapters of Erin Gates book, ‘Elements of Style’ under the table I made out of Hawaiian Sugi pine wood and hand painted legs
3 – I am not kidding: I ordered my couch to match my cat. Less visible hair. 
4 – Daisy deciding whether she prefers West Elm’s pillows to Z Gallerie pillows, instead of her usual teal bamboo blanket above
5 – Bear and Daisy relaxing on their coastal inspired deck
– Liz (Kamuela, Hawaii)

Eli is a Beagle Spaniel cross now 5 months old, these pics were taken a few weeks ago. He’s posing on our comfy leather sofa, and on our bar stool.
– Judy (Red Deer, Alberta) 

A couple of random ones from me. It’s been chaos in my house for the past 5 weeks or so with lots of decorating projects so I have been slacking on trying to capture my cat herd on furniture. I found the following on my phone:
1 – 3 of the little monsters (Lucky, former feral Frankie, Felix) are curled up together on our king-size bed while the rest of the bed was unoccupied
2 – While Lucky isn’t technically on furniture, I really like this shot of him on a sheepskin in the home-office side of the living room.