animal instinct

Once upon a time, the most you’d do to make your home a pet-friendly space might have been to buy a scratching post or add a cat flap into the back door. But there’s a growing phenomenon for designing spaces with special architectural and built-in features for the four-legged members of your family in ways we’ve never seen before.

Undoubtedly, it’s in part spurred on by the popularity of these ideas on social media. In fact, it’s Pinterest that has dubbed the concept ‘barkitecture’ in identifying the biggest trends of the year on the platform.

But more than just a novelty, there’s a kernel of self-care in designing