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About a month ago my husband and I took on a quick project in our home that was literally life changing. I wanted to share it with you all now that I finally have photos thanks to a bit of free time over the holidays. My house is quite small as I have complained MANY times here, and has no decent storage. We eat at home alot, and despite having a fabulous new kitchen, there was still not enough storage for food after our trips to the grocery store. Another dilemma we have with this house is there is NO closet on the main floor. When you walk in the front door you are smack in the middle of the living room. This is Ottawa, so having no adequate space to dump wet snowy jackets and boots was beyond annoying. There is a room at the back of the house just beyond the kitchen. We decided to turn the space into a pantry/cold storage(LOL)/coat room. Here is a post of it when I redecorated and made it my office. I am so freaking happy with the space now. We have FOUR Ikea shelving units to store the majority of our food, some dishes, and office supplies! YESSS!!! My husband also built a storage unit to house all of our coats, boots and seasonal accoutrements. 🙂 A dump of a space turned out to be one of the most useful in the house, and it’s pretty cute to boot! (Sorry, I took an overabundance of photos)

This room is not wired for lighting so we had to improvise and bought some cute clamp lights for the top of the shelves. We can finally see in there!

A photo by my friend Maura and my beloved South African Wonki Ware dishes from Green Light District

The microwave is plugged in and now lives on the firt shelf so it’s easy to get to. LOVE not having it on the kitchen counter.

We bought 7 or 8 of the hanging baskets above – they’re GREAT!

Thanks to all this shelving I was able to utilize a bunch of my vintage storage containers (I’m a bit obsessed) – apple baskets, metal locker bins, crates… and that’s Pheoebe. I could not find a black and white runner anywhere so red for now.

I found an old can of charcoal grey paint in the basement so I painted 2 walls with it, as well as the front vertical sections of the shelving.

I didn’t want the table above in the space but I brought in that succulent planter for the winter and had no other place for it, and one of my cats Lucky adores that hammock so it had to stay. It needs a paint job (we found it in the AS IS section at Ikea for about $50). The white shelving to the right is the cat perch made out of an Ikea baby change table that we chopped in half and mounted to the wall.

The back door is now our main entrance. And that’s Felix. He’s huge.

My husband whipped up this unit out of some plywood one afternoon. It’s been over 6 years since I’ve had a proper place to hang my jackets. 🙂 I decided to leave it unpainted because it was too damn cold out and I like raw plywood.

Felix (and Mimin’s tongue)

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If you’d like to send me photos to include in next week’s “pets on furniture” post, please ensure your photos follow my 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, if the photo is too dark or unfocused then it may not make the cut. Photos, your name, location and a brief description can be sent to desiretoinspirekim@hotmail.comand PLEASE don’t send closeups of your pet! Thanks!

I live in Oakland, pictured is Morgan.  And I’m lucky to have a husband who loves me enough to allow pink upholstery in the house.
– Clara

This is Trapper on a 60’s Knoll chair. He is 65 pounds but likes to curl up in small places!
– Qi (San Francisco, CA)

Here are reluctant brothers Ricky and Archie. Ricky loves the vantage point the Queen Anne secretary gives him over the living room while Archie takes the opportunity to “customize” the sock drawer in my Mitchell Gold Ming dresser. He always makes sure to leave it messier than he found it.
– Bethann (Falls Church, Virginia)

I rescued this sweet little kitty over 5 years ago and she the loving and playful kitty I’ve ever met! We are so lucky to have her as our pet 🙂 Here is Anabelle looking like a little present under the tree and sitting pretty and posing for the camera!
– Lauren  

I snapped this quick photo yesterday. My cats always look so damn comfy. I would have much prefered curling up on the sofa with Lucky rather than sitting at my desk working.

If you’d like to send me photos to include in next week’s “pets on furniture” post, please ensure your photos follow my 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, if the photo is too dark or unfocused then it may not make the cut. Photos, your name, location and a brief description can be sent to desiretoinspirekim@hotmail.comand PLEASE don’t send closeups of your pet! Thanks!

Here is my cat Lynx relaxing on one of our dinning chairs. He is normally not allowed in the dining room so he is making the most of it while he can. 
– Nathan (Perth, Western Australia)

This is Fancy Nancy on my beloved Featherston R160 Armchair.
– Paul

This is our Max on his favourite blanket. Love your blog! 
– Viliam & Katherine (Ottawa, Canada)

I had to share this photo of Frannie the West Highland Terrier sound asleep on our sofa during our holiday party last year. She actually belongs to my in-laws, but comes to visit often and always makes herself right at home!
– Christine (Washington, DC)

– Petra (Prague, Czech Republic) 

Lloyd likes when mom accidentally leaves the bedroom door open.
– Mary Ellen (Portland, OR)

Lily had a case of the Mondays. 
– Emily & Lily (Atlanta)

Dorothy finds a chair that’s a perfect fit!
– Liz (New Orleans, LA)

My dog Shaggy makes himself at home in my new chair.
– Shannon (Memphis, TN) 

I wanted to share a photo with you all despite it not abiding by my MPOF rules. On Friday I paid a quick visit to see this little monster. 

His name is Wilbur and I rescued him a couple of months ago (if you follow me on Instagram you would have heard/seen this story). A lovely Ottawan, Gabriella, who follows me on IG saw a photo of him and agreed to take in this little grump. My husband builds cat structures (he has an Etsy shop) so we dropped off a prototype for Wilbur and his roomie Sheldon, and to see Wilbur enjoying his new home. I could cry to think that this adorable cat could still be out on the streets right now fighting to stay alive in -25 celsius weather and 4 feet of snow. I just wanted to share this because in winter weather it’s horrifying to know there are cats out there who have no home and are suffering. I hope this helps someone out there to take that step to try and help a stray. Wilbur looks pretty grateful I’d say. And Gabriella gained a new best friend.