From trendy teen to college dorm dweller, few décor styles are as hot as zebra prints. When combined with a vivid color to create purple zebra print bedding, there’s just no stopping the stampede!
Stodgy old interior designers often counsel using restraint when incorporating animal prints into bedrooms. After all, bedrooms are supposed to be calming places where sweet dreams occur. However, we’re only young once, and if there’s any style that conveys youth and energy, it’s purple zebra bedding.
Sleep On The Wild Side With Purple Zebra Print Bedding
Of course, we’re not talking about actual purple zebras. Those really would be horses of a different color! No, we’re talking those familiar zingy zebra stripes on a purple background that makes a truly bold fashion statement.
In fact, zebra stripes attract the eye like few other animal prints. While most people think of zebras as strictly black-and-white creatures, in the wild one can find brown-and-white zebras, tan-and-white zebras and even on occasion an albino, or white-on-white, zebra. The pattern is so familiar as a fashion accent that people often forget that in the wild, a zebra’s distinctive pattern is meant to give it good camouflage from predators.
One thing that zebra print bedding will definitely say about its owner is, “Here’s someone who refuses to be tamed.” That’s because zebras are one of the few species that humans have failed to domesticate despite thousands of years of trying. Whatever their demeanor, zebras just aren’t going to give up their independence, and the same could be said of many people who choose this style of bedding for their rooms.
That said, it’s good to remember that a pattern as strong as purple zebra bedding will automatically become the bedroom’s focal point. It can be as simple as a comforter, or it can be an entire bed-in-a-bag approach. The latter technique is sure to evoke images of hundreds of horses in striped pajamas thundering across the African savanna.
One example of the bed-in-a-bed style is the Purple Zebra Bed In A Bag Comforter Set by Karin Maki, starting at $110 for a twin-size set suitable for a child’s or a teen’s bedroom. This set backs the zebra stripes with leopard spots on the reverse, all against a purple background. Accessories include pillows and drapes in the same prints. Another design sold on eBay combined panels of zebra stripes with contrasting panels of purple and black fabric.
With emphasis this strong on the focal point, it could be wise to adjust other decorating elements to keep from galloping over visitors who don’t share the occupants love of stripey wild equines. For example, if the current décor involves floral prints and demure white wicker furniture, a total makeover will be necessary to keep the room from looking like a jumble sale. In other words, purple zebra print bedding deserves the right accompaniments in paint, furniture, wall decorations and area rugs. These forms can be more naturalistic than purple zebras, or they can be in forms and colors than echo the bold focal point.
Either way, keep the focus on those stripes and that bold color and you can’t go wrong.