Pattern passion: Oversized Houndstooth

PK at Room Remix is having a Pattern Inspiration Party ? and it just so happens that there?s a particular pattern passion that I have at the moment :-)

This is the room that got me started on my current pattern obsession?

Nina Petronzio, Plush Home

 

I love everything about this living room. The colours, the lucite coffee tables, the fireplace mantel and screen? all gorgeous!! But what I love the absolute most are the chairs ? the combination of solid and patterned fabric is fantabulous, and the oversized houndstooth is super-fantabulous!! I can?t tell you exactly why I love it, but I do!! I love it A  LOT. It?s big, it?s bold, it?s graphic ? a great modern take on a classic pattern.

 

Nina Petronzio, Plush Home

 

Houndstooth checks originated in the Scottish Lowlands. Traditionally, houndstooth was black and white.

   Image source: Momoy

Image source: Cococozy

1stdibs

Image source: House to Home

Gotta love the groovy lamp in this room!! :-)

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Image source: Nicole Jane Home

Now houndstooth comes in an amazing array of colours. Love the dog bone-shaped cushion on this chair. So appropriate!!

Kravet

Image source: Material Girls

Image source: Decorpad 

Serena & Lily

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Image source: Porchlight Interiors

More groovy lamps, and love the side tables and the sunburst mirrors. And of course, the turquoise houndstooth cushions :-)

Tobi Fairley

Pretty Pink Tulips

Fran Keenan, image via Heidi Claire

Not only has houndstooth broken out from the traditional black and white, it also comes in a variety of materials.

Claire Barclay, ?Houndstooth (Red)?: Dundee Contemporary Arts

 

Todd Oldham

These cool tables designed by Kirsty Whyte fit together to create a fun and unique houndstooth pattern.

Hound Tables via Modeco Design

Pied de Poule Rossa ? a houndstooth tile floor!!

  Bisazza Mosaico

This prototype houndstooth screen would be a fun and whimsical addition to a modern loft space.

  Courtney Skott

And finally, a lovely brown & white houndstooth rug used in two completely different spaces. First with lots of other pattern?

     High Point 2009 via Barclay Butera

And then as the only pattern in this masculine room.

BIDS

I just came across this beautiful living room designed by April Hamilton that I HAVE to add. Love the houndstooth AND the armillary sphere :-)

Ready to add some houndstooth to your home?? Robert Allen Square Pegs fabric comes in a number of colourways, including my favourite, Kiwi.

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Be sure to head over to Room Remix to see what other patterns are being featured in PK?s Pattern Inspiration Party.

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