Barkitecture: How to decorate your home with pets in mind

Forget cute blankies and doggie chaise longue and give pets more of what they naturally need

Their world is not your world. Dogs might sleep a lot during the day, but as pack animals they deserve company and comfort when you’re with you and when they are alone. Picture: iStock

CUTESY accessorising and cringy interior trending like antique furniture made into pet beds means nothing to them. 

Sensations, behaviours and reactions are hard wired into cats and dogs by millions of years of natural evolution. Even after a few short millennia adapting to being infantilised idols of our adoration, the wolf and the tiger is there in your living room.