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Styled for sale
Sometimes when I'm real estate stalking I come across a house that I know just has to be styled for the listing. Who has tin cans and mineral water neatly lined up in the kitchen but no fridge? Who's...
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Now I want one of these as well
A vine covered courtyard with two butterfly chairs. And I don't even have a courtyard! Damn you real estate stalking! (Don't want that ugly BBQ though. The vendors can keep that!)
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Random on a Sunday
Hey folks. Things are a little nuts here at casa di cats so I thought I'd just show you some of what I've been doing lately. Hope you don't mind. First, I published a post on my page yesterday on the...
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Craig Steely
Clean modernist lines address the site and explore the relationship between the inside and out. Craig Steely Architecture, based in San Francisco and Hawaii, explores what is possible, sustainable and...
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Family pod
For when guests and extended family stay over. A perfect pod. Part prefabricated, part site built it is the work (again) of Craig Steely Architecture. Sitting lightly on a lavaflow site the modernist...
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Monday's pets on furniture - part 1
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...
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Monday's pets on furniture - part 2
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...
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Light and shadow
Photographer Simon Whitbread generously sent over his latest photo shoot. (See me posts on Simon here and here.) A small 2 bedroom house on Sydney's Northern Beaches sits snugly on a tight block but...
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CKR
Those Swedes are some talented folks let me tell ya! The trio behind architecture and design firm Claesson Koivisto Rune are at it again (Jo featured them here) with many more minimalist projects....
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Eclectic Swedish apartment
In keeping with the Swedish theme, Jeanette of Stockholm sent us this link to a funky Swedish apartment that is decorated dare I saw in atypical Swedish fashion. This one runs quite a bit more eclectic...
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Mountain Retreat
 Like a cave, rock on rock with primordial forest and majestic mountains. Luxuriously monastic and elegant in its simplicity. Serene yet strong. Raw and masculine. Scree, rock and gravel. Warmth,...
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Little ray of sunshine
Yellow that is. Love these photos by Sydney based freelance photographer Nicky Ryan. How about peony pink? Divine.
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I love this house!
Main reasons why I love this location home from 1st Option (some spaces admittedly need some work like the living and dining rooms):1. chandelier in hallway2. b/w photography framed in white with white...
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Commute Home
We concentrate primarily on domestic interiors on Desire to Inspire. It's all about the home. Actually it's all about the room porn for the home. Every so often, though, inspiration comes muscling in...
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Interior photography 101
My new photographer crush Russell Smith was inspired by my recent post to help us all understand how he takes such fabulous photos. I mean look at these photos! Don't you want to know how and why and...
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Stiff + Trevellion take 2
Stiff + Trevellion = leading UK architects featured by Jo about 2 years ago. Modern, clean lines and innovative designs. I can't get enough of the tiles in the kitchen above and bathroom after the...
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LOVE
Think I can convince my husband that we need one of these suspended wood stoves in our third floor office/media room? Love the wood cart too! via John Werich
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Tribeca loft
Soaring ceilings and seemingly endless space. A dream loft space in Manhattan. But how to make it work as a living space without losing the beauty of all that openness? Sliding partitions and walls of...
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moon
AC sent us an email this week to let us know about the architecture firm he works for based in Bristol, UK called moon. I really admire their work - it's real world designs that are fairly simple with...
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Home in a pyramid
Neko sent us an email with a link from a story that was featured in The New York Times about a year ago that I had to blog about since Jo and I love featuring conversions here on DTI. This one is...
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