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

My cats, Izzie (aka The Biz) and Mr. Mischief Monkey Man Poopstinks (aka Monkey, The Poop, or Mischief P. Stinks) taking over the couch. 
– Kerriann (Norman, OK)

– Hanna (Tallinn, Estonia)

1. While shooting Emily Schuman’s incredible home, I was lucky enough to snap this shot of Luna… she is a sweet but shy kitty

2. This dynamic duo belong to crafty modern quilter Alissa Haight-Carlton, and they are not afraid to show you how cute they are.
– Bethany

This is Felix, my daughter’s cat. She would be so happy seeing it in your blog.
– João (Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil)

This is my little brother Bailey modeling the “new” mid-century chairs that my mom and grandma found on Craigslist, bartered down to an offensively wonderful price, refinished, reupholstered, and are shipping to me next week. Thanks Mom and Grandma Tiny! (I’ve included a “before” picture of the chairs.)
– Erika

These are my two dogs Charlie and Stella napping together on my Grandmothers leather wing chair that has been with our family for over 60 years! The chair has even lived in three countries (US, UK, Canada)!
– Alexandra Pagar (Cambridge, MA)

While I’m on the subject of pets, I have a couple of things to mention before I end this post. The first being Elfriede’s cat Gretchen that desperately needs a home.

I blogged the story of this adorable cat last Sunday (here). So far no one has expressed interest in being able to adopt her so I thought I’d give it another shot, because Elfriede and I are trying to avoid having this poor cat end up at the Humane Society. If anyone in the Ottawa area is able to give Gretchen a home, please email me @ desiretoinspirekim@hotmail.com. Or if you have any suggestions of where Elfriede can take Gretchen to be fostered or whatever please email me or leave a comment.

I received a really sweet email from Michelle the other day, who has been in the design business for over twenty years, and happens to be a fantastic artist of pet portraits (and an animal lover). Check out her blog, Ispirato Design, where you’ll find her design work as well as pet portaits. Here are a few I found that are sooooo cute:

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

This is our black lab Porter.  We’ve been fighting him for 9 years to stay off the furniture, but we’ve pretty much given up.  This is one of his favorite spots. 
– Carrie & Ryan

This is by far my cats’ favorite place to hang out in the apartment. The window overlooks I-90 and Lake Union in Seattle, so there is no shortage of things to look at, and facing west gives them a good amount of lazy day sun to enjoy (when we actually have sun, that is…).
– Rebecca

Our little guys name is MAX he’s an 8 year old Yorkshire terrier, and He LOVES our new Wing back!!
– Ashli

Penelope’s favorite spot in the house is our bed – she loves perching herself up at the end of the bed to watch youtube videos of other dogs on the TV. She also loves burrowing underneath the covers and finding a warm spot behind my knees. Sometimes we’ll come into the room and she has built a fort out of the pillows – and you’ll only see her eyes peeking over the top 🙂
– Jamie

Attached is a picture of Max, our 5 year old Mainecoon on one of our arm-chairs, sitting in his usual regal pose. The chair faces our front door, so the picture is representative of the first thing you see when you walk into our home. Also, our other Mainecoon, Gili usually resigns himself to the floor – you can see his tail in the lower right corner.
– Shruti

This is Oliver, our 7 year of Beagle who is so happy to have is newly recovered “favorite sleeping spot” back.
– Elizabeth (Dallas, Texas)

Attached are some photos of our cats Emma, Ollie, and Alfie. Although they’re a bit fickle about their favorite spots, one thing stays consistent: they prefer to sleep on a blanket that’s folded on top of a pillow that’s placed on top of the actual piece of furniture they’re sleeping on. (Divas!)
Photo 1: Emma relaxing on her favorite John Robshaw pillow in between the two boys; they have no manners and don’t worry about leaving room for us.
Photo 2: This is Ollie on an antique armchair upholstered in beige velvet. He prefers an extra pillow and a plaid cashmere throw to really get his nap on.
Photo 3: We rescued little Alfie last April; his youth on the streets resulted in some strange habits, such as his propensity for napping on the cable box.
– Esther and John (Brooklyn, NY)

Hortencia, a lionhead bunny, sitting on a vintage 1960’s bar chair, notice the fruits and onions in bowls behind her.
– Rebecca Sansom (Nashville, TN)

Our dog Harper is a Vizsla, and I have heard the breed called “Velcro dogs,” meaning they like to stick to people. This is very true for her, so usually if she is on furniture it means we are on it as well. However, this one time she decided to be independent and sit on her own. Out of all the seats available to her, she chose to curl up in our papasan chair.
Watson is a very inquisitive kitty, and was very interested as I re-styled our bookshelves the other day. He tried sitting on each and every shelf until he finally settled amidst my husband’s old college textbooks.
– Leslie

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

Miffy catnapping on my reclaimed wooden bar stool from the building site of a knocked down Dalston pub, against a backdrop of several years worth of vintage suitcases collected from car boot sales, skips, charity shops and the streets of London.
– Emilie (London, UK)

My king charles cavalier, Ginger doing what she does best…rest and relax on my living room sofa. Mohair is hard to resist!
– Jennifer (Summit, New Jersey)

I’ve got some pics to submit again. This time its my English Bulldog, Butterball. She always finds different places to snooze but i thought this was really cute. She’s lying on my “magic carpet” on my striped rug. All the colors came together so beautifully. So much viibrance and yet there she was in this vibrant setting sound asleep.
– Stephanie

Here is Pumpernickel, four months old, sitting on my amazing “As is” IKEA find (200$ instead of 400$). The second photo was taken by Daniel Kudish, pet (and wedding) photographer, when she was about two months old.
– Magali (Montreal)

-Joanna (Chicago, IL)

Jamal (11yo rat terrier/chihuahua mix) and Kitty (3yo DLH) don’t agree on much but they can both agree that this love seat is their favorite piece of furniture to lounge on.
– Caroline (Tulsa, OK)

Here’s Good Girl Kitty on the dresser in my entry. She loves to look out the front door from her perch.
– Elizabeth (Nashville, TN)

This photo was a before and after feature on my blog. The couch that Oliver is sitting on was a hand-me-down, but I updated it’s look with new cushion covers from Saffron Marigold. You can view the post here. I live in Oklahoma and Oliver is my energetic yorkie (caught in an unexpected calm moment in the photo). The credenza in the background is actually one of my favorite finds. It is teakwood, Dutch and in a mid-century style, I found it for just $300.
– Caitlin

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

This is Igby! My four month old Shih Tzu.
– Jessie

Here’s our rescue beagle, Molly Ivins, on two of my favorite pieces of furniture: the consignment shop Century Furniture club chair, and the faux-grass estate sale chair. Though these are family heirlooms, both
are greatly improved by the addition of Miss Molly!
– Jenny

Pls find attached the photo of our family dog. It is called Enzo and he is 6 years old.
– Maria Jose (Mallorca, Spain)

My husband and I just adopted our little 3 year old Beagle/Foxhound named January from the Ottawa Humane Society 2 weeks ago and we love her.  She has made herself right at home on our 2 vintage turquoise arm chairs.
– Jennifer B. (Ottawa)

Mollie, my soft coated wheaten terrier, loves to nap on our red leather sofa, preferably with a pillow.
– Jo

Here’s Trifolio, a 8 years old pet with no defined race. He loves the Cine Boeri sofa, but he believes the 50’s chair belongs to him.
– Silvana (Brazil)

I took these two pictures the other day of my 3 year old tabby cat, Izzy, also known as Lumzy Lou or Izzy Lou Who. I was on the couch reading your blog & she just watched the screen the whole time, I love how the green in your blog header makes her eyes look so bright! Thought I’d put two pics in one since the computer screen one makes it a bit of a close up, so at least this will show our beautiful new Macy’s sectional as well.
– Jessica (St. Pete, FL)

this is a photo of my cat Dalila. she loves sleep on the couch. now she is 9 years old. its a member of my family. this is other picture with Dalila and my old dog Berny on my couch. there were very friendly.
– Milagros (Cordoba, Argentina)

My lazy cats Miki & Minni spend most of the time sleeping during the winter.
– Kadri (Estonia)

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 that you want to show off…and your pet happens to be sitting on it). And second, the photo must be of decent quality. If it’s dark or fuzzy (from a camera phone) then it may not make the cut. Thanks! (Photos, your name, location and a brief description can be sent to desiretoinspirekim@hotmail.comand PLEASE don’t send me closeups of your pet!)

This is Simba our abyssinian kitty, he’s very adventurous and loves to climb this 8 foot ladder we have in our house. This picture always makes us laugh, imagine him singing, fa la la la la!

– Leah (Kailua, Hawaii)

This is Ringo our Manchester Terrier sitting on HIS chair in the kitchen, where he watches us cook dinner. I bought it from Vinnies for $15, re-upholsted it and painted it white.
– Gemma (Sydney, NSW)

Brothers Toby and Nicholas in Sydney. Toby is on the Chair.
– Thomas

Ella is a Mini Foxy, just 12 months old now! She loves to cuddle up on my favourite vintage cane chair in my office while I work! The chair was originally cane coloured but I sprayed it white to suit my office! It was once my Mum’s! I know it’s something I’ll have forever!
– Louise

This picture shows my cats Maya and Peeps. Maya is sitting on my Room and Board sofa and Peeps is sitting on my CB2 rug. The coffee table was made by my boyfriend who makes custom furniture. The top pillow is Tugboat for Urban Outfitters and the carpet square on the table is from Galbraith & Paul.

– Michelle (Philadelphia)

This is Charlie, he loves to sleep on these Chilwick place mats. In fact he has rejected every soft, cozy, warm thing that I have ever brought home for him! Silly Cat.
– Tina (Vancouver, B.C.)

Sophia Rescue Dog extraordinaire. Basset/German Shepard Mix. Yes came from a shelter backround but now prefers to sit on furniture.
– Grace

Here a few pictures of my cats sitting on furniture, they prefer to sit/sleep together. The first one is their favorite sleeping spot at the moment (they change over the year, in bed, on top, on the side table, under the side table, etc) Now it’s fashion to be on top of the side table, both, which doesn’t fit properly but they persist so we sometimes wake up from a cat falling down but it jumps up again until it’s morning and we go up… crazy animals. The second one is made this week on my new coffee table, I made it from salvaged verge collection stuff; the frame is made from a bed base, the legs were from an old broken greenish table, the mirror was cracked and the glass top came from an old desk. The shells I found at random over the world. I am so proud of it and so are the Pookies!
– Wilma (Swanbourne (Perth), Western Australia)

Sadly, shortly after this taken, Snookums, 16 1/2, passed away (left).  Target still enjoys sleeping in his chair but not as much without his buddy next to him.
– Stephanie

1. Bowie loves to sit on the cupboard of my deceased grandmother

2. Grandfather Casper in his louis XV chair 

3. Lovely kittens making a mess
– Katrien and Tom (Belgium)