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Sensory Overload: Snuggly Pets On Cool Furniture
Desire To Inspire

What's cuter than your cute sofa? Your cute sofa beneath a cute puppy!

 
 

Kim at Desire To Inspire does a feature every Monday called Pets On Furniture where readers send in their own adorable photos. I've sifted through the lot of them, happily, and have come up with my favorites. How do you feel about sharing your most beloved pieces with furry friends?

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I would share my furniture with any of those little guys! The doxies and the boston are especially cute! Unfortunately, pets aren't allowed at my apartment, so I'll have to live through these photos.

posted by vitamini on November 10th 2009 at 8:17pm
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argh! I have the perfect picture of our parrots on our old couch, sadly, you can't see much of the couch other than it's arm.

posted by dunklekatze on November 10th 2009 at 8:21pm
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I swooned when I saw the little frenchie standing on the eiffel tower chair. Perfect together...

posted by klt108 on November 10th 2009 at 8:38pm
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Well, one of the reasons that I'll never buy super-expensive furniture is that I never want to stress too much about my stuff getting banged or scratched up by my little family. My cats are welcome everywhere except on the table while we're eating.

posted by STH on November 10th 2009 at 8:44pm
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The beige couch with 2 cats and a dog on it ... their body language ... a picture IS worth 1,000 words! ha ha

posted by asdf3001 on November 10th 2009 at 8:53pm
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omg.. love the dachshunds..

posted by Virginia_Melb on November 10th 2009 at 9:03pm
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where are the big dogs?!
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/62/l_00d503694b24e7f7ebba3970fe624c50.jpg

i guess my furniture is pretty shabby.

posted by mattiemay on November 10th 2009 at 9:22pm
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haha that rabbit is ridiculous. I mean, they're all cute. but the rabbit just about made me chuckle out loud. Animals are so adorable!

posted by stylefyles on November 10th 2009 at 9:23pm
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wow, I'm a moron. Is that a chinchilla? Regardless, that lovable animal that isn't a cat or dog is what I'm swooning over.

posted by stylefyles on November 10th 2009 at 9:25pm
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Haha, I love that giant-hampster-rabbit thing too, stylefyles!

These photos are so great!! Thanks for the post!

posted by neefall on November 10th 2009 at 9:35pm
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This post should come with a warning: NSFTUP (Not Safe For The Unwillingly Petless). Talk about adorable. We're about to move, though, so maybe a pet will be an option in the near future and I can take my own cute-dog-on-a-cute-couch photo. :)


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posted by thebookie on November 10th 2009 at 9:49pm
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neefall & stylefyles- that is not a Rabbit but a very adorable Chinchilla. great post!

posted by LoriSF on November 10th 2009 at 10:09pm
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these are all adorable but the camoflage effect of #11 made me laugh out loud and the similarity between the dog's and chair's legs in #14 was striking!

posted by mkw on November 10th 2009 at 10:41pm
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Love to see photos of pets always :-)

posted by michpc on November 10th 2009 at 11:28pm
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That is torture! weiners & chinchillas are so cute!

posted by SydneyBristow on November 10th 2009 at 11:32pm
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Yes, stylefyles- that's a chinchilla!! His name is Skitchman Boo Radley, he is so precious, and he totally thinks he is in charge. Consequently, the doxie on the Eames rocker (Pepper) is also ours. :)

posted by CozyLittleCave on November 11th 2009 at 1:11am
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aaaagh feelgood post of the month

posted by thistly on November 11th 2009 at 3:10am
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I love that pitbull. A tired dog is a happy dog. LOL

posted by Bosse on November 11th 2009 at 3:57am
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Aww...mama and baby kitty on the chair are so adorable!

posted by msbetsy on November 11th 2009 at 3:58am
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dunklekatze - send me your photo! I don't think I've had a bird entry yet (my rules for showing alot of the furniture are often broken).

posted by kim.desiretoinspire on November 11th 2009 at 6:24am
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OMG - so cute. I don't have any pets because the apartments want a $300 pet deposit plus extra money per month, so I'm waiting til I can have a house. I really really love the picture of the frenchie!

posted by ChrisGal on November 11th 2009 at 8:33am
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What a great idea for a feature! I will have to link to the Pets on Furniture. (I write catsitterinthecity.com.) My cat Charlotte has access to every piece of furniture in my apartment, and I love nothing more than coming home to find her curled up on the couch or the bed.

posted by CatSitterintheCity on November 11th 2009 at 9:27am
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My boxer hangs out on the couches when my husband is not home - she knows that she can get away with it when it's just me, but as soon as he walks in the door she quietly slips off the cushions and heads for the dog bed on the floor.

posted by tmoore on November 11th 2009 at 9:28am
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The puppies get me every time... and the chinchilla!!!!

http://jeffrey-james-accessories-terrariums.blogspot.com/

posted by jeffnyc on November 11th 2009 at 9:47am
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I love that there is a bully breed dog on a design page! Normally you only see the teeny doggies looking cute on furniture. Thanks AT!

now i'm thinking maybe i should let her on the couch... shes 80lbs now though :( wouldnt be much room left for me.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=74305627&albumID=2768907&imageID=50013246

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=74305627&albumID=2768907&imageID=50013261

posted by dearly on November 11th 2009 at 10:39am
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That confirms it. Dachshunds are the cutest dogs ever.

posted by LittleEdie on November 11th 2009 at 11:06am
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Ha! I used to have a chinchilla and he wore that pissed off expression all the time! They are quite good jumpers and do look very cute perched on furniture, but they do leave poo everywhere and chew everything in sight when they are loose (which they have to be sometimes unless you have a very large aviary to keep them). They also live up to 20 years, so don't go getting one thinking it will be easier to take care of than a dog.

posted by Matilde on November 11th 2009 at 11:11am
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My boxer is a big snuggler and because we couldn't bear to ban her from curling up with us sometimes, we bought a designer sofa on Craigslist for our media room so that we could have something nice that we wouldn't mind her getting on. We have a nicer sofa in the living room that she is not allowed on, as I find life with pets much more enjoyable if you can sit on at least some of your furniture without either vacuuming it or changing your clothes first.

posted by Matilde on November 11th 2009 at 11:17am
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this post made me very happy.

posted by PRU on November 11th 2009 at 11:23am
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That first doggie....had me at a wink of his eye....

posted by bitdot on November 11th 2009 at 11:59am
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4062982148_99e076d726_b.jpg

technically he isn't ON the furniture... but he is snuggly as hell.

posted by photoatomic on November 11th 2009 at 12:00pm
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This was the subject of conversation at our table this morning. We've given up.

posted by ehy2k on November 11th 2009 at 12:45pm
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YAY! My little Wrigley made it onto AT??? Woot!!!

(He's the Schnauzer on the colorful quilt!)

I love Desire to Inspire's pets on furniture posts! Such a great way to start the week. :D

posted by Capree on November 11th 2009 at 7:07pm
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Does anyone know the source of the red / pink print shown in the first photo in this post?

posted by amringro on November 11th 2009 at 9:52pm
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Spanky the dog, with a kitty in the background on the french daybed. Cuteness personified! (Okay, I'm a little biased.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/julesschroom/4045519292/

posted by juliesroom on November 12th 2009 at 2:10am
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thank you for posting something that makes the dork in me shriek with glee

posted by formosagirl on November 12th 2009 at 3:26am
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