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Monday, January 7, 2013

Zebras might be my dream animal

Ah, zebras, you have everything a girl could want: stripes, black and white and smaller versions of horses.

My mom is obsessed with black and white animals and growing up we were surrounded by toys and pictures of her favorite animals: panda bears, zebras and snow leopards.

Snow leopards and pandas are fine, but zebras are my jam.

So when I saw this white lamp at Home Goods I knew what had to happen.

Stripes

And florals, of course.

And baby zebra matches perfectly in the family room/ parlour/ living room/ library.

And clearly, between my two preferred home decor aesthetics, I've veered more towards the loud, brash, pattern on pattern type.

Now, when it comes to shoes, specifically Jeremy Scott sneakers, then we can talk pandas.

I'd wear these so fast.

And maybe get front row seats as a Reward.

Who knew roll top desks could be so dreamy?

I don't have a 'Before' shot but just imagine a plain dark brown roll top desk that I bought on Craigslist and then image that I have tons of free time because I moved to a new city and don't know anyone and so I start to paint to fill my time.

And here are the phases for my Roll Top:

I considered writing a quote about Alabama or the South on the front but then I decided that would be too forced for me, so I settled on my trusty purple prince, Prince.

And because I cannot stop using contact paper on everything. . . I added more pattern and color via my best friend, sticky, shiny contact paper.

I tried her in the bedroom but I wanted her to be seen by my fellow Prince lovers, but mostly I needed a catch-all in the main room. Plus, this space was eventually needed for a second rolling rack.