Animal Print Home Decor

Show your sense of adventure with animal-print accessories in your home.

Decorate with touches of animal prints to demonstrate a fun sense of adventure in your home. Look for this decorating trend in art, pillows, furniture, bedding, rugs and other home accessories for every room in your house.

History

People have been decorating with animal skins since the earliest civilizations. Kings may have had the skins of exotic animals hanging on their castle walls, and the earliest people wore animal skins to keep them warm and protect them from wind and the sun.

Availability

There is no need to travel to exotic locales to hunt animals for your home decor needs. Most places that sell accessories for the home carry animal-print fabrics and faux animal skins.

Personalization

Don't feel like you have to use authentic-looking animal prints. Dress up a dorm room with a fuchsia and black zebra-striped area rug. Consider a giraffe-print lampshade. Stylized animal prints are contemporary and fun.

References

• Animal Print Decorating: Animal Print Decorating at Its Best!
• Art Institute Insite: Dorm Decorating Goes Designer