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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.comand PLEASE don’t send me closeups of your pet!)

“This afternoon I photographed a wonderful home, and the Peaches the family bulldog stole the show!! This whole house is cozy, warm and well styled…it really felt like the set of a Nancy Meyers film. Their 7 month old baby bulldog followed me from room to room stepping in to frame, as if she was art directing the shoot for me.“
– Bethany

“Nestled on his preferred sofa, Murray enjoys a holiday slumber with his red cashmere blanket.“
– Jennifer (New Jersey)

“This is our English Springer Spaniel, Razi.  She will be 15 in February!  Isn’t she adorable on our red chair?“
– Carly + Elizabeth (Michigan)

“One of my beautiful eight cats, Vassourinha, her name means broom in Portuguese ( when she was little she loved to play with the broom). Here she is resting at my green pouf.“
– Vilma (Oporto, Portugal)

“This is Hurley, our Olde English Bulldogge.  The only furniture he is “allowed” on in our house is our master bed, but I always find him curled up somewhere he shouldn’t be!“
– Erin (Boston, MA)

“Here are two pictures of my Siberian Husky, Tsuga, on my new daybed (she’s still learning to read and thought the box said “dogbed”). Also a snap of her wrangling her toys from underneath.“
– Coral

“I would like to submit these two photos of my Boston Terrier Twinkie on my brand new Pottery Barn chair. She knows it is off limits to her but when the sun is shining in she can’t resist and then she knows I am too much of a softee to make her get down!  How can you say no to that face?“
– Julie (Corning, NY)

“It is Kuzja. He likes to observe of all. Here and now, when I worked at the computer, it has climbed on a shelf and watched my work.“
– Oksana (Syktyvkar, Russia)

“This is flash! My three year-old, Caymus, named him after his love for super heroes! Caymus calls him his brother. Flash loves to play and lay around on his favorite sheep skin rug!
Furniture: rug, since he is a puppy he isn’t allowed on any of our other furniture! Don’t let his looks deceive you- this one is wild…“
– Jacy (Houston, Texas)

I remember finding photographer Amanda McLauchlan’s portfolio a few years ago and being blown away. What’s better than a stunning portfolio? A stunning portfolio updated. This Australian photographer has it. Gorgeous shots full stop! Serene, rich, evocative.

My weekends are being devoured by new old house jobs. The painters start on Monday and to ensure our weekend is action packed my husband has hired a rubbish skip for the week. Think of me as the rain pelts down, lugging stones and rubbish from the backyard and removing old flyscreens and strange bits of timber nailed to walls for unfathomable reasons. The next old house before video is up on my page as well as a few of my recent thrift  and secondhand store finds like my new murano glass bowl on a thrifted ikat. That glass is almost edible! Yum!

Happy Friday everyone! I am spending the day cleaning house and rearranging furniture and panicking a bit as tomorrow there is a wee photo shoot at my humble abode. Since the hubby moved into my (now our) WAY too small home in May things have been in a bit of an uproar and I’m trying to make sense of it all. Regardless of the chaos I am super stoked for this shoot and can’t wait to see the outcome (a little peek of my living room here). I’m a bit lacking in free time as a result so I thought I’d do a simple post today and showcase some photos from a French Canadian magazine called Décormag that I’ve featured a couple of times in the past (here and here).

Whether rock star, boho or everyday home, stylist Joe Maer nails the look. Colour and quirky finds, personal mementos and clever upcycling. It’s all there loaded with inspiration. Pucci bedskirt anyone? Love it!