You may have noticed that I like animals. And I live with lots of them—some real and many others representations.
Decorating with animals can be tricky. It's easy go too cartoony or childish. That's fine if it's the look you want, but if you're going for a more elegant style, you have lots of higher-end options.
Of course, the first place to start is with the king of kitsch himself, Jonathan Adler:
West Elm is another purveyor of humorous yet stylish animal decor. A pair of these cuties live on my living room console:
Using art is another way to inject some animal style into your decor. I've blogged about this picture before, but it's such a striking image: