Where Can I Find Animal Print Home Accessories?

As we become more culturally and globally aware, so does our taste in home design. Bringing home the wilds of Africa in the form of animal prints is a great trend in home decor, and exciting finds are fairly easy to hunt down. Whether your style is modern, traditional, minimalist, eclectic or rustic, animal prints always feel at home. Mix animal prints with luscious organic fabrics and you may find yourself in an eco-chic jungle. Using fabrics, accessories, art work and even lighting in an animal print will add a fresh splash to any room.

Accessories

Accessorizing with animal-related items is fun these days because there are so many products on the market. Find great animal print accessories at Kirkland's, TJ MAX Home Goods, Steinmart and even Target.

Add faux animal skin rugs to cozy up a room, or change the look of your kitchen with a set of dishes in a painted leopard design. Any wild animal print looks great as a throw over an otherwise boring sofa or chair. Jazz up your lighting with some wildlife lampshades or toss a few exotic pillows on your sofa.

Bedding

If you want to bring the jungle into your bedroom, there are excellent choices. Take a look at Specialty Linens for the perfect comforters, sheets and linens in zebra, giraffe, leopard, jaguar and other Serengeti renditions. A bedroom in these prints will bring out your inner beast, especially if you toss down a faux bearskin rug.

Domestications, by catalog or online, is a good place to find reasonably priced bedroom linens in matching sets.

Ana's Linens, Bed Bath and Beyond and Linens and Things all carry an assortment of animal print comforters, sheet sets, pillows, rugs and artwork, as well as kitchen and bath accessories.

Artwork

Decorate your walls with animal prints. For a child's room you may want to paint a wall with a zebra black-and-white stripe or a giraffe pattern. If you find a great piece of fabric, frame it for interesting wall art.

Customize a bathroom with an animal print wallpaper or border. Check Home Depot and Lowe's for hundreds of wallpaper options.

Hang artwork of African scenes, wild animals or tropical flowers. Tapestries are another excellent choice for covering a large wall space; try Designer Wall Tapestries online.

Fabrics

In the dining room, a ho-hum table can look spectacular with a tablecloth of zebra stripes, set with bold red and white pottery. Or reupholster the dining room chair cushions with faux hide. Joanne's Fabrics, Hobby Lobby and other fabric stores have lots of animal print fabrics. Buy extra yardage if you intend to create a cornice board above a window to match your chairs. Other uses for the fabric could be a table runner or drink coasters. Cover an old lampshade with an exotic print by gluing fabric to the shade and trim around the edges. Change the entire look of a room with 10 yards of fabric. Allow 1 yard per chair seat.

Other Animal Accessories

Branch out to some beautiful wood carvings, beadwork, woven baskets and other accessories from Africa at Africa Direct. Masks, jewelry, and ebony sculptures make great additions to a home decorated with animal prints.

References

• Specialty Linens
• Bed Bath and Beyond
• Steinmart

Resources

• Designer Wall Tapestries
• Domestications
• Africa Direct