Interior designers may counsel restraint when using animal prints in bedrooms where sleep-inducing environments are recommended. However, a trend that’s a horse of a completely different, well, stripe is zebra bedding.
Few other styles, even with animal prints, make the kind of bold style statement that zebra bedding does. Some home decorators like the way its black and white pattern serves as the foundation for striking accents in deep colors. Others enjoy the earth-friendly feeling of zebra bedding that gives homage to a species that’s still untamed after millennia. Still others like bringing a touch of African wilderness into their homes without taking a single animal’s life.
Show Off Your Stripes With Zebra bedding
Whatever the decorator’s rationale for choosing zebra print bedding, it can be can be visually overwhelming when it looks like a herd of hundreds galloping across the African plains. That’s why the best way to use zebra bedding is as a focal point.
Consequently, to make zebra bedding the bedroom’s center of attention, other aspects of the décor may need adjustment. Who can imagine zebra bedding against white wicker and floral prints? In order for zebra bedding to make the right bedroom statement, it has to be complemented with the right furniture, paint colors, draperies and wall art. These can be forms that carry out a more naturalistic theme, or they can take off from the focal point of zebra bedding for a distinctive fashion statement.
For instance, it’s always best to start a redecorating project by painting the walls. What does your mind’s-eye see with zebra bedding? If the bedding is brown and white, as are some zebras in the wild, would it look better with the subdued earth tones of the African plains? Or would bright-white walls bring out a bold black and white zebra pattern? What colors seem to contrast best with zebra bedding: warm colors such as red and orange, deep browns or rich jungle greens?
Decorating with zebra bedding in children’s rooms allows much more playful color schemes. In fact, zebra bedding with hot pink backgrounds is a hot trend right now for girls’ bedrooms. Some versions come in purple, green or turquoise for really fanciful designs. Zebra bedding sets feature comforters and shams, sometimes a bed skirt and sheets, or they can be full-blown with drapes, valances and wall hangings.
Boys aren’t left out of the zebra trend, either. Any young man who sees himself as a vine-swinging jungle hero would be delighted to have a traditional black-and-white style zebra bedding set. Another option for a boys’ version of twin zebra bedding is to use separates in brown-and-white striped patterns, echoing those unusual members of the zebra herd. Zebra bedding for a boy’s room might include faux fur comforter over solid color sheets of chocolate brown, deep tan or leafy green.
So what’s your zebra pleasure? Just a touch of zebra bedding? Perhaps a couple of pillows and a comforter? Or will you completely re-do the bedroom using zebra bedding as a focal point for a bold fashion statement? Whatever your choice, the time is definitely ripe for some stripes.
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