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PITStop FUN! MODERNICA’S PETS ON FURNITURE CONTEST 2011

Furniture Manufacturer & Designer’s perpective on modern furniture & lighting.

Pets On Furniture 2011

2011 JANUARY 3

by Renee Massaro

It’s a brand new year and we want to start it off in style and what better way than with modern furniture and your wonderful pets? Our search for the best photos of pets on furniture officially begins today! Send us an original image of your furry, feathered or scaly friends now through January 31, to win the popular vote from friends, family, blog readers, facebook and twitter followers and the chance to win one of our four fabulous prizes:

Noguchi Coffee Table, black

Saucer Bubble Lamp (sm, med or lg)

Noguchi Dining Table (black or white)

Easy Chair (in stock)

Here are some contest tips:

Must be a photo of a pet on modern furniture

Pictures should be clear & the furniture must be recognizable (avoid close ups of your pet’s face)

Photos must be original no borrowing copy written photos without permission

A medium shot is better so we can see the furniture, pet & interior (we want to see your style)

Include your pet’s name and furniture designer/description (if applicable)

ENTER NOW TO WIN: Official rules/upload photos.

We wish you the best of luck and know that all of your beloved pets are winners regardless.

DDR Cares about CATS TOO!: The Scratch Lounge

Editors Note: The donated space for DDR Kennels are located in the Modernica Factory. One of the Modernica founders is also active in the cat rescue community, 10% of the SCRATCH LOUNGE profits go to spay/neuter provider, THE AMANDA FOUNDATION.

Dear Scratch Lounge Folks ,

I thought you would enjoy this photo of SEVEN cats sleeping together in a Scratch Lounge.

Mamma Chiara (on the right) is a foster cat rescued from a high-kill shelter by Milo Foundation of San Rafael, CA. She was close to being euthanized, and also extremely pregnant when Milo Foundation rescued her. Our family agreed to foster Chiara for Milo Foundation and on Easter Sunday we were all very excited when she gave birth to SIX little kittens. Here you can see the whole family reclining in a Scratch Lounge. This has become the kittens favorite place to rest, sleep and…nurse! Mamma Chiara manages to fit into the Scratch Lounge too…We thought you would enjoy this photo of seven cats in a Scratch Lounge.

The kittens will go off to their forever homes in about a week…we will miss their fun and antics but know they are moving on to happy lives.

We thought you would enjoy seeing how much they love the Scratch Lounge!

If you use this photo on your web-site, it would be great if you could mention the Milo Foundation.

Thanks,
Katie

Katie Murphy
El Cerrito CA

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SCRATCH LOUNGE FOUNDER: Daisy N. McKitty

Life wasn’t always a cakewalk for Young Daisy N. McKitty, the owl faced Calico revered by Kitties the world over for her invention, the Original Scratch Lounge. She came up the hard way, fending for herself in the hardscrabble “Bungalow Heaven” neighborhood of Pasadena where the back alleys are ruled by well fed crews of Norwegian Forrest Cats. Hers is a story of a young kitty who knew that with hard work and perseverence she could one day achieve the American dream. It all started with an epiphany that Daisy had while laying on a flat cardboard scratcher in her newly adopted Hollywood home. As she lay there she started pawing against the wall. Soon a prototype three sided scratcher was built, and then another, and then another. Over the course of the ensuing winter months, Daisy burnt the midnight oil, working impossibly long days testing and refining this new kind of scratcher. An absolute perfectionist, Daisy vetted hundreds of prototypes until late one spring afternoon she simply got up from her test model and announced with a […]