25 Fanciful Rooms Featuring Animal-Motif Wallpapers
Wallpapers covered in critters from land, sea and sky bring out the wild side of every room in the house
Scientists have identified more than 1.5 million animal species in the world, and after combing through Houzz’s photo feed, we’d wager that dozens of them are featured on wallpaper. (Talk about a rabbit hole!) Why not pick your favorite critter and cover a room in its likeness? Whether you opt for bright and playful or subdued and sophisticated, animal prints add big personality to spaces of any size. Find inspiration in these wallpapered rooms that pay homage to the animal kingdom, from avian species to zebras. In the Comments, let us know which you’d welcome into your home.
2. Birds
Graceful swallows flit amid the clouds in this Lindsey Black Interiors-designed playroom, which is wallpapered in Hygge & West’s Daydream.
Graceful swallows flit amid the clouds in this Lindsey Black Interiors-designed playroom, which is wallpapered in Hygge & West’s Daydream.
3. Butterflies
In this laundry room of an Illinois home built by M House Development, Cole & Son wallpaper features beautiful blue-green butterflies that pop against a black background.
In this laundry room of an Illinois home built by M House Development, Cole & Son wallpaper features beautiful blue-green butterflies that pop against a black background.
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4. Cats
This Berkeley Hills, California, kids’ bedroom by Regan Baker Design is the cat’s meow thanks to the purrfect wallpaper by Hygge & West.
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This Berkeley Hills, California, kids’ bedroom by Regan Baker Design is the cat’s meow thanks to the purrfect wallpaper by Hygge & West.
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5. Dinosaurs
Mel Weber Interior Design picked PaperBoy Wallpaper’s Tyrannosaurus rex- and brontosaurus-populated covering for the walls of this kid’s bedroom outside London.
Mel Weber Interior Design picked PaperBoy Wallpaper’s Tyrannosaurus rex- and brontosaurus-populated covering for the walls of this kid’s bedroom outside London.
6. Dogs
A cute pooch has plenty of friends in this British boot room built by The Secret Drawer and covered in Osborne & Little’s Best in Show wallpaper.
A cute pooch has plenty of friends in this British boot room built by The Secret Drawer and covered in Osborne & Little’s Best in Show wallpaper.
7. Dragonflies
Allison Pidgeon Interiors designed this girl’s bedroom in England. Its black-and-gold dragonfly wallpaper (by AS Creation for Galerie) is sophisticated yet playful.
Allison Pidgeon Interiors designed this girl’s bedroom in England. Its black-and-gold dragonfly wallpaper (by AS Creation for Galerie) is sophisticated yet playful.
8. Elephants
Wallshoppe’s pink elephants prance around the nursery of a Manhattan Beach, California, home by LA Design Build.
Wallshoppe’s pink elephants prance around the nursery of a Manhattan Beach, California, home by LA Design Build.
9. Fish
A porthole-like mirror completes the aquatic theme in this Orange Moon Interiors-designed Florida powder room, which features Happy Fish wallpaper from Annie Selke.
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A porthole-like mirror completes the aquatic theme in this Orange Moon Interiors-designed Florida powder room, which features Happy Fish wallpaper from Annie Selke.
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10. Flamingos
Cole & Son’s Wading Flamingos wallpaper makes a splash in the entry of an Arizona home designed by Martin Grace Interiors.
Cole & Son’s Wading Flamingos wallpaper makes a splash in the entry of an Arizona home designed by Martin Grace Interiors.
11. Giraffes
Wallpapered in a giraffe print by Abnormals Anonymous, this San Francisco powder room designed by Love & Interiors reaches new heights of charm.
Wallpapered in a giraffe print by Abnormals Anonymous, this San Francisco powder room designed by Love & Interiors reaches new heights of charm.
12. Horses
Hipódromo wallpaper by Gastón y Daniela brings equestrians and their horses into the bedroom of a New York farmhouse designed by Haddock + Cotter Interior Decoration.
Hipódromo wallpaper by Gastón y Daniela brings equestrians and their horses into the bedroom of a New York farmhouse designed by Haddock + Cotter Interior Decoration.
13. Jellyfish
Covering the walls and floating onto the ceiling, Thibaut’s Jellyfish Bloom wallpaper creates an undersea sensation in this New York bathroom by Petrie Interior Designs.
Covering the walls and floating onto the ceiling, Thibaut’s Jellyfish Bloom wallpaper creates an undersea sensation in this New York bathroom by Petrie Interior Designs.
14. Leopards
Lionel the leopard leaps and lounges around this nursery covered in Scion wallpaper in a London home by JLV Design.
Lionel the leopard leaps and lounges around this nursery covered in Scion wallpaper in a London home by JLV Design.
15. Lobsters
Lobby the lobster wallpaper by Abnormals Anonymous looks snappy in this New Jersey foyer designed by Mimi & Hill Interiors.
Lobby the lobster wallpaper by Abnormals Anonymous looks snappy in this New Jersey foyer designed by Mimi & Hill Interiors.
16. Monkeys and Chameleons
Cole & Son’s Savuti wallpaper transforms this Sydney powder room into an African garden complete with hornbills, chameleons and monkeys (baboons, to be precise).
Cole & Son’s Savuti wallpaper transforms this Sydney powder room into an African garden complete with hornbills, chameleons and monkeys (baboons, to be precise).
17. Octopuses
Threshold Interiors turned a bathroom in a bayside New Jersey house into an octopuses’ garden by wallpapering it in a pattern by Wallshoppe and adding a barnacle-encrusted mirror.
Threshold Interiors turned a bathroom in a bayside New Jersey house into an octopuses’ garden by wallpapering it in a pattern by Wallshoppe and adding a barnacle-encrusted mirror.
18. Peacocks
This Florida dining room by A.Clore Interiors looks resplendent in York Wallcoverings’ peacock-covered Dwell Studios Plume wallpaper.
This Florida dining room by A.Clore Interiors looks resplendent in York Wallcoverings’ peacock-covered Dwell Studios Plume wallpaper.
19. Rabbits
This New Jersey nursery by Swati Goorha Designs is hopping with bunny-print wallpaper by Hunt Slonem for Groundworks.
This New Jersey nursery by Swati Goorha Designs is hopping with bunny-print wallpaper by Hunt Slonem for Groundworks.
20. Sloths, Otters and Badgers
House of Hackney’s Empire wallpaper, which features a sloth smoking a hookah (among other critters), lends a wild look to the entry of a Pennsylvania residence renovated by Harth Builders.
House of Hackney’s Empire wallpaper, which features a sloth smoking a hookah (among other critters), lends a wild look to the entry of a Pennsylvania residence renovated by Harth Builders.
21. Tigers
In an Atlanta home by Carl Mattison Design, York Wallcoverings’ Tibetan Tigers are on the prowl behind the bar.
In an Atlanta home by Carl Mattison Design, York Wallcoverings’ Tibetan Tigers are on the prowl behind the bar.
22. Turtles
Designed by Lola Interiors, this small powder room in a coastal Florida home goes big with Thibaut’s Turtle Bay wallpaper.
Designed by Lola Interiors, this small powder room in a coastal Florida home goes big with Thibaut’s Turtle Bay wallpaper.
23. Whales
Serena & Lily’s Melville wallpaper, which sports several species of cetaceans (though no great white whale), looks crisp in this Portland, Oregon, bathroom designed by House of Milo.
Serena & Lily’s Melville wallpaper, which sports several species of cetaceans (though no great white whale), looks crisp in this Portland, Oregon, bathroom designed by House of Milo.
24. Woodpeckers, Foxes and Owls
Featuring a menagerie of woodland creatures, Foret Noire wallpaper from French designer Nathalie Lété sets the mood in this Seattle kid’s bedroom by Heidi Caillier Design.
Featuring a menagerie of woodland creatures, Foret Noire wallpaper from French designer Nathalie Lété sets the mood in this Seattle kid’s bedroom by Heidi Caillier Design.
25. Zebras
Scalamandre’s classic leaping zebras frame the hallway of a New York residence by TW2M Design Build and architect John Locke.
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