Tropical Hues are HOT!
Mango, persimmon, tangerine and orange spice are the hottest hues in the Dog Park.
A key color direction for the Pet Staycation Trend , the brights will add a punch of zest to the lazy Dog days of summer.
Spice Orange Pups Poolside. Image: APTL Dogs
Perfect for spicing up your home décor or for hanging out by the pool with your pup, the sunny colors shined at the recent Global Pet Expo.
For a slice of poolside comfort, you can’t beat the Bowsers’ Contour Lounge Dog Bed.
In tangerine, the Dog Bed packs a tropical punch.
Contour Lounge Dog Bed. Image: Frontgate.
If you’re a regular reader of the Interior Design Hound, you might remember my post on Mariachi’s recycled Pet friendly rugs. (You’ll find the post here.)
Created for the outdoors, the Pet friendly Mad Mats are available in a variety of styles & colors including this salsa stripe.
Pet Friendly Mad Mat. Image: Mariachi
It’s a good idea to change your Pet’s collar every season and this paisley pattern is spicy-haute!
The Douglas Pacquette design is Fashion Hound worthy, with flip-flops to match the Dog collar & lead.
Dog Collar & Flip-flops. Image: D. Pacquette
Crypton® Super Fabrics, the company responsible for putting the F U N into functional, turned up the heat this season with the awning stripes on their La Plama Pet Bed.
The Crypton® Dog Bed wins the trifecta for performance: it’s stain, moisture and odor resistant.
La Plama Dog Bed. Image: Crypton
Today’s high performance fabrics are perfectly Pet Friendly.
Savvy Interior Designers have been using them for years on upholstery, for window treatments and to create bedding.
The fabrics are available in every price range and style, so if you share your life with Pets, you should really check them out.
St. Tropaz, from Schumacher’s Plein Air II Collection, is an indoor-outdoor fabric woven of Bella Dura®. The modern interpretation of the classic Greek key pattern is available in 7 colorways.
The Pet friendly fabric offers performance, style and is environmentally sustainable. How many fabrics do you know that can do that?
Trina Turk’s Santorini. Image: Schumacher
Designer Trina Turk’s vivid collection of fabrics for Schumacher are Pet friendly, modern prints that will hold up to the elements & your family…indoors or out.
The Santorini print shown in Persimmon, is available in 5 colorways.
Bravada Salsa Stripe. Image: Sunbrella®
H O T stripes from Sunbrella® are Pet friendly, soft to the touch and will stand up to the elements.
Persimmon Muse Damask. Image: Waverly
Muse Damask, shown in Persimmon above, is from Waverly’s Sun ‘n Shade collection and was designed to resists mold, mildew, soil & stains.
Pet friendly, indoor-outdoor fabrics will hold up to whatever your Dogs toss their way…
Which brings me to this high styled & high flying Dog dish called the ThrowBowl.
The splash-proof, convertible Dog bowl goes from dish to flying disc in a snap.
The double-duty ThrowBowl even floats making perfect for water loving Dogs on-the-go.
Bring on summer.
It is snowing here today so I’m beyond ready for some tropical punch! How about you?
Later, I’ve got to let the Dog out,
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