zebra madness

i have to give a shout out to my gal, the hottest chick in the flooring industry - ever! and she is backed by some fabulous co-workers who just 'rock' - wink, wink. anyways.... i had this dilemma..... my little monkey is the king of the jungle, sea, farm - you choose - and wants to be a zoo keeper when he grows up. so.... we were trying to figure out how to make his day and incorporate his love of Les animals - in a minimalist modern designer way. how? why? isn't it our house and not the little guys?

i'm not a lover of animal prints by any means but i broke down, we got this, via interface flooring. it beyond works like a gem with the black board walls, crisp white walls and ikea shelves. it is a little dizzifing [is that a word? dizzying], but he is the grand master of the zebra carpet and is in animal heaven, it's commercial grade and woven if i may add.

it was that or succumb to an all out zebra patterned area rug from pottery barn kids that woulda put us out $400.00 [CAD] bones plus 15% tax. no designer discounts from them either and if i got tired of the animal magnatism i couldn't really justify tossing it or passing it onto another jungle master. so, when we put two and two together and figured out how it would work - interface saved the day. besides, when it overwhelms me; it gives me a great excuse to move to another area of calmness and lay down....for a minute until the rhinoceros arrives, grunting.

interface born free carpet tile [modular tile], glass back, 1m x1m, black and white only. hot!

let's face it, even though they have a residential carpet tile line available in showrooms through out northamerica thier stuff can be used anywhere. if you have the eye, you can make it work.

[fyi: Interface is the worldwide leader in design, production and sales of modular carpet and a leading manufacturer and marketer of broadloom carpet, panel fabrics and upholstery fabrics. Headquartered in Atlanta, Interface has manufacturing locations on four continents and offices in more than 100 countries.
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