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!)

Only the most grandiose piece of furniture in the house will do for my Papillon, Dita.
- Jessica

This is “Bebis” who moved with me across the ocean, from Toronto to Istanbul.
- Gokce

I do hope Peggy the miniature schnauzer from Glasgow can make the cut in out nursery!
- Tom

Please find attached a photo of Murray our 9 month old cocker spaniel on ‘his’ couch! Next to ‘his’ couch is our re-conditioned vintage telephone (Murray loves to bite the wires) also in shot are our polka dot and ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’ pillows (which at the moment Murray’s trying to hump!).
- Lucinda

This is Hector, my beautiful tabby companion. This represents my ideal work/life balance. My Mac, my kitchen and my cat.
- Jess (London, UK)

This is our 15-year old cat Mrs Murphy which we rescued two years ago from an animal shelter. She´s a true lady and glamour is her stock in trade.
- Carla (Germany)

our recliner
- Carol (Baton Rouge, LA)

Four kittens showed on our front porch recently. We’ve taken them in and are trying (desperately) to find good homes for them as we already have a houseful of pets! The first picture shows Oreo on a bamboo and rattan chair from Ethan Allen, covered in a cute pineapple-print fabric. He’s playing with Rascal. The second picture shows Oreo and Lulu in the back of a station wagon pedal car (I hope that qualifies as furniture) that my father restored. Lily is on the floor between the station wagon and the attached horse cart. If anyone in California is interested in adopting these great little guys, please e-mail me at echodak@bak.rr.com.
- Beth (Bakersfield, Calif.)

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 our little guy Gizmo. He’s obsessed with sitting on my pillow, never on the bed, just my pillow. Cute little guy ;P
- Aaron

This is Adelaide on a white Eiffel Side Chair with walnut legs, next to a solid 20″ cubed pine end table we had cut.
- Joshua (Raleigh, NC)

Here is a picture of our tomcat Sephiroth. He always enjoy the catnap on white blankets in Germany’s town Magdeburg.
- Karen & Andrew

Moka, our 18 month old Chocolate Lab, finds a comfy spot. She has a thing for leather chairs!
- Andrea

Here’s our dog Cergy on our new daybed, in our new home.
- Ameet (Prairie Village, KS)

1 – This is Chewie, the beloved Bulldog and sidekick of HGTV’s Antonio Ballatore. He was such a show-stopper it was ridiculously adorable. Photographed inside their downtown loft in LA for Apartment Therapy.
2 – These two puppies (Bernie and Henry) belong to Isabelle and Brandon. I shot them inside their amazing home in Echo Park, for Apartment Therapy
- Bethany

I send you the picture of  my two “pesti” , mean something like pestiferous pets. She wear perfectly this nickname. I really love her even if she have changed house 2 days ago, with all my infinity tears.
- Roberta (Sabaudia, a small town close to Rome)

This is one of our rescue Pit Bulls, Tamala Georgette, trying to beat the heat on a well-loved chair that I inherited from my great grandmother. She’s had no trouble adjusting from her previous life on the street to her favorite chair and AC!
- Anastasia (Brooklyn, NY)

This is our cat with our newest pet, the Eames bird.
- Brecht (Belgium)

mutsi the cat and my new living room
- Pat (Sao Paulo, Brazil‏)

This is a picture of our Portuguese Water Dog, Magellan. This is a normal place of rest for him and within perfect distance from the TV- he has his favorite shows too.
- Dave and Monica (Washington DC)

This is my english spaniel cocker, Charlotte. She’s six months and two years old on the photos. Unfortunately she passed away at the age of 3 years because of a cancer. She had a short and busy life, with several careers, among them, supermodel and art historian. She used to meditate on the sofa…
- Eléna (Paris, France)

This is my Scottish Terrier Rosie.  She is always on the go, until she just stops, and she loves this spot on the couch because it’s usually where I sit.
- Barbara (Columbus, Ohio)

This is Henry James, and as you can see he is as regal as his name.
- Angela

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 our little guy Gizmo. He’s obsessed with sitting on my pillow, never on the bed, just my pillow. Cute little guy ;P
- Aaron

This is Adelaide on a white Eiffel Side Chair with walnut legs, next to a solid 20″ cubed pine end table we had cut.
- Joshua (Raleigh, NC)

Here is a picture of our tomcat Sephiroth. He always enjoy the catnap on white blankets in Germany’s town Magdeburg.
- Karen & Andrew

Moka, our 18 month old Chocolate Lab, finds a comfy spot. She has a thing for leather chairs!
- Andrea

Here’s our dog Cergy on our new daybed, in our new home.
- Ameet (Prairie Village, KS)

1 – This is Chewie, the beloved Bulldog and sidekick of HGTV’s Antonio Ballatore. He was such a show-stopper it was ridiculously adorable. Photographed inside their downtown loft in LA for Apartment Therapy.
2 – These two puppies (Bernie and Henry) belong to Isabelle and Brandon. I shot them inside their amazing home in Echo Park, for Apartment Therapy
- Bethany

I send you the picture of  my two “pesti” , mean something like pestiferous pets. She wear perfectly this nickname. I really love her even if she have changed house 2 days ago, with all my infinity tears.
- Roberta (Sabaudia, a small town close to Rome)

This is one of our rescue Pit Bulls, Tamala Georgette, trying to beat the heat on a well-loved chair that I inherited from my great grandmother. She’s had no trouble adjusting from her previous life on the street to her favorite chair and AC!
- Anastasia (Brooklyn, NY)

This is our cat with our newest pet, the Eames bird.
- Brecht (Belgium)

mutsi the cat and my new living room
- Pat (Sao Paulo, Brazil‏)

This is a picture of our Portuguese Water Dog, Magellan. This is a normal place of rest for him and within perfect distance from the TV- he has his favorite shows too.
- Dave and Monica (Washington DC)

This is my english spaniel cocker, Charlotte. She’s six months and two years old on the photos. Unfortunately she passed away at the age of 3 years because of a cancer. She had a short and busy life, with several careers, among them, supermodel and art historian. She used to meditate on the sofa…
- Eléna (Paris, France)

This is my Scottish Terrier Rosie.  She is always on the go, until she just stops, and she loves this spot on the couch because it’s usually where I sit.
- Barbara (Columbus, Ohio)

This is Henry James, and as you can see he is as regal as his name.
- Angela

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!)

Please find attached an image of Lily the Graham’s dog – who often models for us on shoots
- Lizzy

Sweet pea waiting for a friend.
- Jill

This is Sprout – posing regally on a chair that belonged to my grandfather.
- Emily (Brooklyn, NY)

This is Dexter, a shepherd/husky rescue.  He’s not allowed on the living room furniture but he constantly leans on the furniture and looks at us as if to say “technically mom, I’m not ON it”.  The sofa is super comfy and big from Urban Barn, the end tables are from Crate and Barrel, the blue velvet curtains are from Ikea, and the blanket I made myself.

This second picture was allowed only for Desire to Inspire and it took me 10 minutes to convince him to get up on the chair!
The third picture is of Dexter sneaking a peak of the Desire to Inspire site!  If I’m too engrossed in an article he lays his head on the keyboard to remind me he’s there. Plus he has his own dog blog at www.dextersdays.com so he prefers me to read his blog
- Angela (Oshawa, Ontario)

This is our 2 year old great dane Jonas, sitting on our leather ottoman. He loves sitting like this on couches, chairs, or on our laps!
- Beth and Chuck (Kansas City, KS)

1 – This is our cat Penny, taking her usual late-morning nap. Ten years ago we found her abandoned at a rest stop outside Niagara Falls, wearing a collar with a Denver phone number. Thankfully, our phone calls were not returned.
2 – This one’s kind of fuzzy, but it’s her sitting on the footboard…
- Elizabeth

This tattered settee is in desperate need of recovering however Benjamin and Sophie, our 11 year old sibling Lhasa rescues, just won’t hear of it.
- Larry

This is Isaac (Newton) playing on his beloved sofa in my boyfriend’s apartment in Trieste, Italy.
- Giorgia

I would like to submit a picture of our family cat Willie Greene “the baddest pimp you’ve ever seen”. The picture I’m sending is of Willie Greene surveying his kingdom
- Aza

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!)

Here is a picture of Harry relaxing on a sunny afternoon in San Francisco!
- Sandy

Our 8.5 year old Saint Bernard Moose just had a bath and he knows it’s the only time he’s allowed on the sofa. Even his drool is no match for our 10 year old White IKEA Göteborg slipcover sofa!
Hansy, our 13 year old white “tiger” day dreams of chasing zebras in the jungle while resting high atop his throne…
- Cameron (Southern Virginia)

Here is our cat Fluff – who likes to perch up high on our mantelpiece.
- Christa and Graham (England)

Photo of Brooklyn, our Border Collie looking quite alert on our tweed lemon-lime colored sofa.
-Stephanie (Fountain Valley, California)

Meet Harvey the 7 month goldendoodle from Edmond, OK! He’s every bit as sweet and charming as he looks sitting on the vintage couch my husband had recovered for me as a wedding gift. His comparable looks to a Muppet suit his goofy disposition very well!
- Jessica

Henry, my 4-year-old Basset Hound chillin’ on my favorite vintage tufted sofa in Portland, Maine. Side note: Total cost of the sofa and fabulous print: $15
- Tara

I couldn’t resist sharing this pic of our kitty Coli on the first night after we adopted him, passed out rather adorably on our Sigurd Ressel falcon chair. He melted my heart right then and there.
- Christy (Melbourne, Australia)

This is a chair that my puggle, Oates never usually lays down on.  I moved the furniture around in my livingroom one day and right after I put the chair there, he jumped right up and made himself comfy behind the throw pillow.  I knew it was a pets on furniture moment in the making!
- Barb

This is Saga, she’s a seven yr old bullterrier, sun- bathing on the sofa. Her dreams must be great cause she sleeps all the time and have since she was a bebe. She’s my big love and I tell her everyday
- Louise (Sweden)

This is Finn who likes to sit on the sofa but when the sofa isn’t available, he squeezes into this antique Chinese chair.  Amazingly he never scratches  the wood.
- Debra

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 Jasper, my newfie, in my apartment in New York City. She was feeling sick, so allowed on the loveseat for the day.
- Jen

This is Nell, our retired racing greyhound on Pottery Barn’s Manhattan sofa. Above her is one of four original prints from 1891 issues of Harper’s Weekly – proposed renderings of the Columbian Exposition, which was built the following year.
- Brad and Melissa (Evanston, IL)

Kitty follows me around the house, but especially loves when I work in my studio so she can get comfortable on my custom made peacock chair!  We adopted her three months ago from a rescue organization. When she is not laying on the chair watching me, she likes playing fetch with plastic drinking straws (for real) or pulling upholstery nails out of the furniture!
- Kate and Andries (Shanghai China)

This is Lucille, the queen of the house. She is seen here in the first 2 pictures on my mom’s new bedding (a huge change from the last “pets on furniture” picture I had of Lucille) and then in my room yawning/hinting at me that she is no longer going to cooperate with the picture taking. Clearly we are (now) a household that doesn’t shy away from colorful and dramatic bedspreads!
- Sarah (New York City)

Lulu sitting on a  leather Butterfly chair in the Catskills.
- Audrey (New York, New York)

Here is Toby, my mom’s Yorkie mix, striking a handsome pose on a bench in her living room.
- Dina

Here’s my retired Greyhound Bel taking it easy on her cane sofa. She’s taken total ownership of the sofa and spends hours contemplating …  whatever…. here in the sculpture-studio sitting-room.
- Lindsay (Hokianga, New Zealand)

This is a picture of our baby boy Dakota sitting on an antique wooden child’s table and chair. He wouldn’t fit on it now so he opts for the loveseat instead.
- Canace (Bloomingburg, N.Y.)

This is photo documentation of my living room, just in case I forget what it looks like in later years? I was just spinning taking pictures from a centre point in the apartment but there the little cutie, Frankenstein, is, hanging out on the most comfortable futon ever.
- McKenzie (Eugene, Oregon)

Attached is a picture of Tucker, our Goldendoodle, who fancies himself a great protector.  Just a few minutes before this picture was snapped, he was laying on the futon “keeping watch” on the insides of his eyelids, but then he heard a noise and decided to snap to attention. 
- Bev (Maple Shade, NJ)

After my friend Amanda had her two fluffy darlings Alfie and Andi exposed to internet fame i thought I would send through a little slice of a day in the life of my cat. His name is Ali, as in the boxer. he was named as such after being rescued at five weeks old from under the concrete floor of a boxing gym by the fire department. As you can tell by his size he is probably supposed to be a street cat (probably going by the name of Cassius Clay). As he did not grow up with a mother he is a little bit mental and sometimes lives up to his name. In fact the vet actually registered him officially as Ali Mohammed. He likes to sleep in weird places, eat and pull things off the fridge door. I am particularly fond of the photo where he is imitating a pez-dispenser (despite it’s blurriness).
- Jodie

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!)

Our dear friend Paige took picts of our new boy
In our new house
Of course keeping him on this stool was nearly impossible
I’m not even sure he would fit now
Samson is a boxer mix we found at the post office.
Total dude. Totally in love.
- Andria (Denver CO)

bella- my assistant. bella likes to investigate anything different, rearranged furniture, flowers, or anything new that comes into our home. here she wants to climb on the ladder for a closer look.
- Cheryl

This is my carved wood Louis the XVI nailhead chair covered with Belgium linen and my 14 year old little white Schnauzer Oliver. He loves chairs!
- Patricia (Dallas)

Hamlet, my Wire Fox Terrier, on his favorite chair, a reupholstered street find from before the bed-bug era…
Here he is joined on the chair by his boyfriend, Buster. (Not as good a pic of the chair, tho )
- Mark (Inwood, Manhattan)

I’ve attached a shot of our dear Sophie on a vintage wing chair. (A dead ringer for Carol Channing) as well as Olivier on our front porch.
- Larry (High Falls, NY)


This is my 6-month-old Modesto chair from Arhaus with my 3-year-old cat, Xander, doing a faceplant on it. Of course his preferred napping spot is velvet and requires a daily defuzzing.
- Kim (Chicago)

I’ve just recently started a blog and while trying to do a tour of my living room, I could not get my dog, Opie to leave the room.  I affectionately call him our guard dog.  That’s quite a misnomer because he is probably the most laid back dog you’d ever meet..
- Suzy (Greensboro, NC)

This is my 2 year old cat Aster on top of a cabinet that once belonged to my grandmother. She loves to get up there to get away from the other 3 cats.
– Pam (Cincinnati, OH)

Here is Hamish (the Scottish Fold) sitting in my husband’s study – on his bookcase. Hamish is a rescue pet who has fallen on his feet. He is 3 years old and has been with us for a few weeks. He adores my husband Jim.
- Jill and Jim (Northcote, Vic.)

This is our rescue cat, Poppy, lounging in the late afternoon sun on the bay window in the dining area of our kitchen diner (kind of furniture, kind of not..tenuous link?!). We’ve been in our bungalow for 7 months now and are slowly renovating it. You’ll notice the georgian effect windows (new!) contrast nicely against the cream wood-chip wallpaper and HIDEOUS floral curtains (old!).
- Kate (Hayling Island, Hampshire, England)

And not really related to pets on furniture but just pets, below is a photo I took to document the cat drama my husband and I have been dealing with since Friday morning. See the full story here.

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 designed this chair and it has become the perminant nap spot for my dogs Oliver (left) and little 9 month old rescue Chihuahua Henry (right). Dogs know furniture! There is never room for me on this piece. After 8 months, Oliver, now age 14, is finally allowing Henry to share it with him. Henry is now a very proud little dog with the best seat in the house!
– Patricia (Dallas, TX)

A photo of my Lions Head Rabbit, Harriet, on our vintage velvet chair. It is her favorite spot in the house.
- Brit

Lily from Austin, Texas. 
- Elise

Photo 1 is my American Bull Dog, Stella. Photo 2 is my mom’s Frenchie, Annie Baby. Photo 3 is my Frenchie, Georgie. Photo 4 is our English Bulldog, Gus. !
- Doub (Philadelphia, PA)
  

This is our cat “Jacky” some years ago and nowadays. Meanwhile she’s an old lady, already 15 years sharing our family life.
- Mano

1. This is a photo of my five month old kitten, Slouchy sitting on my new chair which I found on a nature strip during hard rubbish! In good condition, I thought it would be perfect to keep my handbag on. My other cat Eva, is looking on.
2/3. This is Slouchy and Eva hanging out in our bedroom. They love to sleep on the bed because the heating duct is in the roof and blows directly down. Very comfortable during winter. This is my favourite patchwork quilt cover, by PIP Linen.
- Georgia (Melbourne VIC)

Attached are photos of my cats approving (or rather, indifferently noticing) the new Eames-style chairs gracing my dining room.  I have no design sense at all, hard as I may try, so I am mostly sending this on the insistence of a dear friend who does have style and got me hooked on Desire to Inspire.  I simultaneously love and fear color, but these orange babies were love at first sight.  The wide-eyed tortoise-shell kitty is Linus (he can do the Puss’n'Boots big-dewy-eyed stare that can melt steel) and the black kitty is Cimarron (a fierce foster cat who has a thing for sleeping on people or my violin case).
- Mugino
  

This chair can fit two people. It’s Archie’s favorite chair. He’s a 3 year-old Giant Schnauzer/Italian Spinone mix I adopted from the ASPCA. Or maybe he adopted me?
- Wendy (Manhattan)

I HAD to include this “entry” from Lolita: I just came across this picture on craigslist and thought of (bad) Pets on Furniture.
(Thankfully the seller was offering this chair for free)

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!)

We bought a leather couch just because of our dachshund, Tucker.  We wanted to avoid the vomit, snot, and other liquids that seem to seep out of our animal from ruining our furniture.  Success!  Now if only we’d thought of the damage his nails would cause.
- Michelle (SLC, Utah)

This photo is my 5 year old Shih Tzu, Oscar, on my Grandmother’s antique orange velvet chair.  You can also catch a glimpse of her beautiful record player next to it. Oscar always makes himself right at home; He has never met a chair he didn’t like!
- Melanie (Austin TX)

In the past few years since moving in to my downtown Toronto loft I have made many furniture purchases. I often take a photo to track the transformation of my space or share with friends and family. My bengal cat Argos is usually the first to make use of any furniture in the house. This is the new sofa and area rug, cat approved.
- Michael

We rescued Mon when he was a puppy. He loves this armchair, which can be rotated so he can keep an eye on us at all times.
- Juan José (Sada, Spain)

Maxwell, our chocolate lab, is not supposed to be on the couch. Sometimes Maxwell is bad.
- Donna (Boulder, Colorado)

I’ve sent in a little pic of my two furry babies Alfie (left) & Andi (right)… loving life on the faux fur throws we use to ‘snug-up’ our King Furniture leather lounges during winter.
And couldn’t help but include a pic that truly highlights Alfie’s love of sitting atop any throw/scatter pillow he can find…. no matter it’s shape (or more challengingly for me – it’s value !)
- Amanda (Bar Beach (Newcastle), Australia)

Locksley thinks, ‘She REALLY needs to get this chair covered.  AND hang this picture!’
- Cyndie

I’m sending you some pics of my lovely ginger girl – Pannacotta.
- Justyna (Warsaw, Poland)

Here’s a picture of Cocoa-Puff on the Lazy Boy – how appropo!
- Maggie (West Palm Beach, Florida)