Pattern of Time

Cheetah print, is it a trend?

Hmm, let’s ask the cheetah.

He says no. He has looked this good for thousands of years.

Except for that one time in the ’70s …

 

And then, of course, there was that phase in the ’80s …

And then I heard he got all into the whole chevron craze for a while …

Silly cheetah. Trend come and go, but nothing beats the original. And animal print is the best because can be so many things at once. Trendy and timeless, neutral and edgy, a star on its own, or a supporting player in a room full of color.

Let’s observe this chair for example. It was upholstered in a muted pastel fabric, reminiscent of a teacher’s lounge sofa. Definitely past its prime. But look!

Jessica at Domicile 37 replaced it with animal print and it looks so glam!

(I realize that this is leopard print, not cheetah print. But by the time I noticed my mistake, I had already spent so much time sloppily photoshopping Chevron Cheetah and his friends that we are just going to go with it, OK? OK.)

Check out Jessica’s blog for a thorough how-to. You may think that reupholstering a cantilevered chair is impossibly difficult, but she makes it seem easy!