I was feeling slightly less convinced about zebra--I mean, by definition its pretty bold: the contrast! the scale! But I was just paging through the new issue of House Beautiful when I saw Carson Kressley featured in their bedroom column. In regards to the pillows on his bed, he has this to say: "Not that you asked, but I consider zebra a neutral."
What do you think?
From Domino:
From Lonny:
From House Beautiful:
And one awesome sofa from my all-time fave interiors book, New York Living:
Are you with Carson? While not exactly neutral, does zebra function as a neutral?
Also, an informal poll: leopard or zebra? Spoiler alert: I'm leopard, for sure.
Leopard for sure!
ReplyDeleteI do think zebra is a neutral, but I'm not so sure a zebra sofa is so neutral. ;-)
Thanks for the shout out!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah...Zebra is a neutral just as much as leopard. See, black is a neutral and of course so is white, which by default makes zebra neutral. Your photos prove it. But only faux zebra...the real thing would not be a good thing to do!
As far as publishing my 'list', well it's certainly something I've thought about. Probably would need to clean it up a bit though...and somethings might need a little explanation!
Great post!! Your photos definitely prove that zebra can be a neutral - but I agree with the first comment...zebra sofa is pretty daringly non-neutral :) I think it's the organic look it has -- zebra seems much more neutral to me than a black and white striped pillow/rug/couch/print.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good point. I wonder though if it's a neutral because it's used so much lately? Are we too accustomed to seeing it? I've often considering getting a hide rug but worry about this...has it been overdone?
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