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HOW A ANIMAL PRINT CAN GO A LONG WAY

September 8, 2011
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Living room with super high ceilings, exposed beams, arched windows, herringbone wood parquet floors, a piano, and very neutral furnishings except for two upholstered zebra print chairs

I received an email from interior designer Martha Moos asking to sign up for the daily COCOCOZY email blast the other day. Her email signature had a link to her interior design site and of course I couldn’t help myself to do a little design hunting. While browsing through her portfolio, I came across these images of a home she styled in Westlake Village, CA.  The house is enormous…8000 square feet…and so is this living room!  I loved these photos of this living room with super duper high ceilings, exposed beams, arched windows, herringbone wood parquet floors, very neutral furnishings except for two upholstered zebra print chairs.  The chairs make the space…adding a punch of texture and bold pattern to the neutral space

I am personally terrified of animal prints. I bought one zebra lumbar pillow years ago and it comes out from time to time in my little den when guests come over. I like the hint of animal print here and there…but am overall terrified of it looking not quite right. My little pillow works.  That’s as adventuresome as I’ll get.  But I do like seeing a nice hide rug with a zebra print in a simply decorated room and I love the way Martha used a little more zebra print hide on these custom upholstered chairs.

Nice.

Close up of the zebra print chairs in a living room with herringbone wood parquet floors and neutral furnishings

Here are some small doses of zebra. Not all together for sure…but any one of which might work in decor or even maybe try adding a bit of zebra to your wardrobe (just a touch, just a minor minor touch)!

Zebra print Hadley Bench
Hudson Boston – Hadley Bench – $2050 (above)
Zebra Cushion
Barneys New York – Zebra Cushion – $165 (above)
Zebra print Cavallino belt
Saks Fifth Avenue – Cavallino Belt – $570 (above)

How much zebra would you put in your home?  Would you ever wear any zebra?  I might do that cute x-bench above in my den (replace the zebra lumbar)!  What do you think?  Hmmm…

Thank you Martha for the photos!

Happy Thursday!

xo
Coco

Photos: Kim Reierson

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8 responses to “HOW A ANIMAL PRINT CAN GO A LONG WAY”

  1. hikchik says:
    September 8, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    A little goes a long way. One pattern – no matter how big or how bold on one piece on a person or in a room is more than sufficient. Anymore and it gets down right tacky. And it better be a dang good imitation of it or real. No cheezy prints allowed!

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  2. tina harrison says:
    September 8, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    I do love the zebra print, I have a zebra throw over my leather sofa – very striking…..& I do own a pair of zebra shoes, looks very smart with black clothing…

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  3. Ryan K says:
    September 8, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    I agree, I love these zebra chairs 🙂

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  4. Karen T. says:
    September 8, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    I have a zebra skin rug in the den and love it! I also have a zebra-printed on cowhide- purse (it looks like the real thing) that I carry occasionally. When I carry it, the pattern in everything else that I’m wearing is pared down…waaay down.

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  5. Taylor Greenwalt says:
    September 8, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    I do like a little zebra here and there, but just a little. I do like how she just put it on the chairs. I think a little can be elegant, but to much and it just looks tacky.

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  6. SarahW says:
    September 9, 2011 at 1:46 AM

    A very little goes a long way and I think I might just have one chair. Two make quite a statement even in a large space. I think a zebra bench would look good:
    http://www.benchesbythebunches.com/IVG2/Y/ProductID-323374-.htm

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  7. jodi says:
    September 9, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    I like the look, but am an animal lover and the knowledge that an animal had to die for this decoration to be created makes me sad.

    In the cases where the animal print is synthetic, even the reminder of the practice kills it for me.

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  8. Ayam Berkokok says:
    September 9, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    nice

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