Interior Design Sense

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 closeups of your pet!)

This is my Brussels Griffon, Alma, on a Room & Board couch.
- Lauren (New York City)

My boyfriend wanted it black, I wanted it white, so we bought a grey sofa. The cat’s loved it anyhow. Leon (on the armrest) and Idde.
- Ylva (Swedish, with a Norwegian boyfriend, living in Australia)

I am submitting photos we took during our recent vacation at Casale Monticchio in Umbria, Italy.  One of the resident cats, Jasper, often came to visit us in our apartment, a 17th century converted outbuilding, which originally housed stables, pigsties, wine presses and a bread oven. 
- Sarah

This is my dear French bulldog/shih tzu mix, Bo. She sits in her favourite corner of our well loved, down-stuffed leather sofa. Inevitably the pillows she is perched on are dramatically shoved off moments after she jumps up to rest her nearly hairless belly on the cool leather! For such a silly little dog, she certainly looks serious in this picture.
- Jen (London, Ontario)

My cat (Nancy Raygun) chillin’ on my bed. Artwork in the background is: bird print, tree print, mermaid, beard couple, swimmer
- Kelsey

I snapped this recently of our cat, Smokey, enjoying a few minutes of peace on our couch. Our daughter was born 7 weeks ago, so life in our house has been a bit crazy! Smokey didn’t really appreciate my interrupting her nap but I couldn’t help it
- Barbara

I send the picture of my cat, I know that the furniture ( table) is not clear, but i simply think that is a perfect picture for a halloween pets post, a black cat and a BOO! He is Rasputín, my 5 months cat, we live in south Spain, and I was printing some printables for the halloween decorations and he decided to appear behind the computer.
- Nuria

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 closeups of your pet!)

I am sending you a picture of my dog Dyrgja (14 years old). I just finished furnishing my sisters apartment and desire to inspire has been a great help. Thank you! I actually found the inspiration for the ‘Hi!’ in the picture on desire to inspire. When you blogged about Mark Zeff in September I was instantly in love with the ‘Vicious’ sign on the wall and it looked like something I could DIY, so I decided to make a big sign for my sisters living room – this is how it turned out.
- Annette (Germany)

As stately as King sometimes is and Lord over his manor, his favorite chair and best hangout spot ever seems to be under his State portrait beaming for all the world to see…
- Arthur (Washington, DC)

On photo there is my 6 years old french bulldog Maximus…he loves comfortable furniture and this is my ikea chair:) and he loves me and my writer boyfriend.
- Arnela (Slovenia)

I’ve attached a picture of my cheweenie (chihuahua/dachshund mix) named Ty for your consideration. I was taking pictures of my patio for my blog when Ty just hopped up on one of the lounge chairs. He posed himself in every shot and I think he really added to my photo shoot. Don’t worry though. He hasn’t let the fame change him.
- Cheryl (Baton Rouge, LA)

This is FannieBelle (named after my great grandmother) my pet hedgehog! Here she is pictured on an antique bedside table that I painted silver. She loves running around around my room but if I take my eye off her, even if for only a second, she quickly scurries off to explore new nooks and corners.
-Sophie

This is Hudson, he helped me study for the Bar Exam all summer. As you can tell, it was exhausting.
- Rebecca (New Orleans, Louisiana)

This is a photo of my cat Ripley, she is looking very elegant here but moments before I took this she had literally just pushed her sister off the table with her paw. Sibling rivalry at it’s best
- Giulia (London, UK)

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 closeups of your pet!)

This is my 3 years old Yorkshire terrier Frodo siting at our bedroom’s Luis inspired chair and on our bed. I am an artist, so you can see one of my blue sky series paintings hangs on bedroom’s wall.
- Hristina (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Hi there, here’s a photo of our Tonkinese cats asleep together on their favourite chair.  
- Helena (New Zealand)

Here are my kitties, Riley and Josie in our mid century living room.  The couches were a great flea market find that I re-upholstered and they seem to have each claimed their own

- Ann Marie (Chicago)

I have attached a few pictures….The first one is of Hank, our dog, laying on the couch. Our cat Leroy is behind him. Hank is ten and has 3 legs. He’s the sweetest dog on the planet. The second one is Annabel. She is a dog that comes over for some dogsitting. She likes this chair cause it’s right next to the bed. The last one is of Leroy in the bathroom sink. I know it’s a close up, but our bathroom is teeny! He likes to sleep in the sink on occasion.
- Rachell

This is my buddy Fang on my favorite reading chair, in Ogden, UT. He looks like he’s about to call an important meeting to order.
-Jen

Here’s a shot of Whippet Shanti reclining on Dennis Battler’s loveseat in Toronto, an outtake from a mini house tour.
- Chris

Here are our two sacked out dogs, Daniel Louis and Kayla Rae Sunshine, leaving no room for the people that own this couch. They do this quite often. We found the couch with terrific Mid-century bones at a local thrift store and had it re-cushioned and upholstered.
- Maggie (St. Louis, Missouri)

Excuse the blurry camera phone photos; Farlee the 1-year-old Blue Heeler and Duke the 5-year-old Corgi won’t allow me to venture into the next room to grab the real camera… they follow my husband & I everywhere!  Here they are on the genuine leather “dog bead” that we bought for our first wedding anniversary last year.  They have broken in the leather very well & I know our comfy couch will hold up great once our first 2-legged offspring arrives in February! 
– Chelsea, (Austin, TX)

Our Vizlas William shared his chair with his company. We dog sat Will’s Mom, Miska and his Sister, Diva last week. A family reunion on furniture.
- Karen

my pup Alice…on “her” Barcelona chair
- Jenna (Washington DC)

While commuting to work this morning I received this photo of our 2 year old Chessie, Gus… and I ABSOLUTELY agree with his attitude about Mondays!! (of course taking full advantage of a recently made bed as well)
- Taylor

This is our cat Cosmo enjoying our new table.
- Daniel (Los Angeles)

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 closeups of your pet!)

This is my mother’s white cat, Harry, sleeping on her bed in her Greek house. She has one of the last unrenovated but lovingly restored and maintained traditional houses in the village.
- Selina

Sasha Kilmouseky posing regally on a chair I found 20 years ago in Melbourne at an exhibition for Art Park fabric designs. 

- Karina (Sydney, Australia)

This Ella Fitz. on our new chair, in Trondhjem, Norway. The chair was found in a second hand shop and painted with our favorite color. Ella is happy as long as she stays in the centre of attention, a spoiled little lady.
- Lars & Kristian

I thought you might enjoy a photo of my new burmese kitten Sprocket on our gorgeous handmade Windsor Chair. We bought the chair as part of our wedding gifts ; it has been handmade using Australian native timbers and it is just beyond gorgeous (and the kitten is very sweet too).
- Nikla

This is my baby Stella sittting on my favorite chair from Goodwill.
- Tara

This is Mindy, my 1.5 year Miniature Pinscher, on one of our newly upholstered bergere chairs.  Normally a blur in pictures, I am very proud of her for staying still and looking at the camera… without the intent of investigating and playing with it.
- Pearl

This is Lucy the sweetest cat ever, who loves to lay in the sun on the desk in my studio
- Pati

Here is a picture of my cat, Robert lounging in the sun in his favorite chair. The chair belonged to my grandfather and it has traveled with me to 4 states and 8 apartments!
- Elizabeth (Kansas City, MO)

This is Jaffa, a creme Ragdoll kitten 8 weeks old, inside a chinese stool. This stool is from Shanghai, an elderly lady was sitting on it in a shop and I asked her if she wanted to sell it, and she did. No no no, said my husband, but later he was happy too
- Leena (Finland)

This is my boyfriend’s dog Tessie. We just moved into a house together and this is a temporary bed while we get our bedroom painted and carpeted. She and this bed (well futon) were made for each other!
- Lindsay

Upon arrival, our cat Mischa immediately claimed one of the new eiffel side chairs.

- Nat (Cambridge MA)

Here is a picture of my new cat named Baker.  I found him as a 4 week old kitten at the showroom in High Point, where I am a sales associate.   He is now about 4 months old! Baker is perched on our Stately Homes silver chest, along with a Laura Kirar Syro table lamp by Baker.
- Dale (High Point, NC)

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 closeups of your pet!)

Twizzel taking a cat nap in his new home.
- Sunny (Chicago, IL.)

This is the world’s best cat Lyman from Vancouver, Washington (US) – relaxing in the sun on the back of the couch….
He loves to lay in the sun on the kitchen table and he always looks so cute I can never kick him off!
- Meg

Our 3 cats (Walleed, Otta, Dwjareb) just love sleeping on our red cinema chairs.
- Judith (France)

Tippi is 15-ish. I tried to get a pic of her on the sofa but she would not settle down! Eventually I snuck up on her sleeping on the rug. (The sofa is Restoration Hardware Fulham. I am on the lookout for better pillows).
- Christa

Our rescued Jack Russel mix – Scottie sitting on our vintage mid century modern chair in the sunlight (A Saturday ritual).
- Luke (Madison WI)

This is Sucata (it means Scrap in portuguese), our Basset Hound. She loves this chair but she is not allowed to sleep there. In face of that…she pretends to be camouflaged.
- Carlos (São Paulo, Brazil)

Frank & John
- Tracy

Meet Barkley, our dear Pug. Here are pictures taken during the Christmas time, posing beside our Christmas Tree. He loves to be the first one to receive gifts on Christmas Eve. Then the other pictures is Barkley during the summer time relaxing on a Muskoka chair.
- Pamela (Toronto)

Knowing how every Monday makes my day and how I enjoy watching all the cute pets you are posting, I want you to meet my cat Marko…energetic, yellow pattern cat that loves cuddling, sleeping on every peace of furniture at home and playing hide and seek every moment of the day )))
- Mira (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia)

This is Misha my 14 year old cat. She loves to sleep and eat, basically those are her activities during the day. She’s been with me almost half my life. Here she is in my bedroom’s tabouret trying to get away from my other young and playful cat.
- Pamela (Mérida, México)

this is our old shihtzu who really had thoughts he owned whole house, till cockatoo Sugar made Pierre his personal perch! both were fine with the arrangement and would frequently nap that way! under close supervision of course, as both had cantankerous tendencies!!!!
- Kathy (Fort Gratiot, Michigan)

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 closeups of your pet!)

Although she isn’t technically a ‘pet’, this is Olive an orphaned wombat which my parents hand-reared and released into the wild at their Farm in North-east Victoria. Here, Olive is pictured on one of the furniture pieces designed and crafted by my father. 
- Hana (Lima East, Australia)

Pete…my 20 year old cat on “his” couch. I don’t even try to sit on it anymore.
- Stephanie

Here is my cat Harris lounging on my Danish hutch that I found at the Salvation Army amongst my mid-century ceramics collection.  Luckily he isn’t really able to knock anything over since it is all earthquake puttied down.
-Christine

We just got a new couch – antique, blue velvet… yum.  Our cat, Maggie, clearly approves of our choice!
- Jen

Mid-Century Modern Hepcat at home on his Eames Aluminum Group Sofa Model 3473.
- Martin (Edgewater, NJ)

This is George, our 3 year old British Blue.  He’s not very clever, but he strikes a good pose! 
- Jenny and Jason (Camberwell, London)

Mr. Lucky Waggers in the morning light‏
- Shannon

This is my foster cat, Blossom. She’s sitting on a chair I reupholstered with hand-dyed fabric. Blossom is up for adoption (details HERE), and I hope she finds a forever home with lots of comfy chairs.
- Jen (Toronto)

His name is Odin, a Great Dane/Saint Bernard this is his favorite spot to nap. To give you an idea of how big he is: I am 5’4″ and I can curl up in that chair!
- Dezi (Washington State)

Wanted to share my two cute and fluffy cats that always find the most random places at home to hang out.
- Cassandra (La Jolla, CA)

Lucille on her floral thrift store chair
- Louise (Greensboro NC)

The golden girl sisters lounging on the sectional.
- Peg