mrshste ... and I thought I was alone in disliking en suites for the same reason! I said this to a real estate agent yesterday and he looked totally confused ... like I was a martian from another planet ... it did make me laugh. I also agree with you re modern bland supposed minimalism ... although I love the original concept of minimalism which was anything but bland or even very white.

I used to allow my Burmese anywhere and the wake up 'boofs' - cat talk for running up the bed and patting me on my face to wake me to feed them - were lovely. Then I started showing and breeding & got more cats. I'd wake to find myself on the edge of the bed while they sprawled out over 7/8ths of it! Now they all sleep in the kitchen, but kittens are due next month and will be born in my bedroom. No doubt my 1st time 'mummy' will bring them onto the bed one at a time, and I just can't wait!!!!!!

Children! I find dogs leave surface dirt (mud and hair) which can easily be mopped up or hoovered. My wonderful perhaps not so angelic children however, make a habit of throwing their food or wiping their paint covered hands in every nook, cranny and plain surface in the house. Sadly even Vanish can't compete with them!

Hi Helen, We have a selection of cat and dog vinyl wall stickers on our website. I don't have any customer images but `I can get an image of the stickers in a room if you would like one. We also have a selection of animal themed vinyl wall patterns Here is an image of of an insect themed one. I can get images of any of the patterns on our website in a room as well if you'd like, just drop me an email at fiona@inkmill.co.uk and I can send you more examples.