Tiger tiger burning bright...

While in Lancaster at the fabric shop I didn't have much luck searching for curtain fabric suitable for our bedroom - but this is a very much evolving project - having painted the walls a florescent pink - slightly out of kilter with what I actually wanted - I will redo it at some point but its low on priorities at the moment- the rest of the room is settling into a mish mash or more is more in true 'slamitinrubystarrs' style. I found some rather bright yellowy orange bedding which didn't go but I loved and then I decided to take the plunge and revamp our perfectly serviceable but bland ikea furniture.

I love the Tigris Flame wallpaper by Emma Shipley but I'm not a fan of wallpaper on walls - its a bit repetitive for me and I'm very fussy about the actual pattern itself - I see odd wallpapers I fall in love with but its rare so I've been ruminating for a while as to where the tigris would sit in our house.

Its found its home and now adorns our wardrobe totally transforming it from a boring white box to an exotic chinoiserie tiger tiger burning bright - we added toy animals for handles and painted the unwallpapered buts with grey Frenchic paint. Its not everyones cup of tea but I just totally love it and fully intend to do the rest of the furniture to match - or complement - not sure at the moment - but I love the pink and orange together and the paper - although a little bit faffy to put on looks amazing!!!

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