This house in Alberta, Canada, is on the market for $935,000. It has 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a view of downtown Calgary, and, let’s just say, a love for animals. Lots and lots of wild animals.
You don’t see leopard-print toilet covers every day of the week, do you? With everything else going on in this hall, I didn’t even notice the fountain hanging on the wall at first:
I wonder, when you’re watching TV in the family room, do you ever feel like someone is watching you?
I don’t think they ever met an animal–or an animal rug–they didn’t like. Even the stairwell is decorated accordingly:
This boy’s room reminds me of a child’s room I posted last year: Girl’s Room Gone Wild. I’m surprised they didn’t use that same leopard-print carpet here.
This dog looks pretty proud of himself for catching that tiger in the hall. Good boy!
I suddenly have the urge to go on safari. Thanks to Jennifer for sending me the listing. If you ever come across a house with personality, send me the link!
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For $935,000 – I hope there’s a live leopard in there too!
.-= Mary Beth (Cats, Books, Life is Good)´s last blog ..TAKE BACK THE HOUSE! =-.
That is seriously disturbing.
GGGGGGGrrrrrrrrrr!
.-= Jen R´s last blog ..La la Lovely…. =-.
That is a little much, I wonder if the little boy has nightmares of his room attacking him?
.-= Helen´s last blog ..Million Dollar Monday =-.
That’s what it looks like when hobbies and interests turn into obsessions! I guess they skipped the”how to stage your house to sell” meeting with their realtor, huh?!
~ Pam
.-= Pam @ This Humble House´s last blog ..Thrifty Monday =-.
they haven’t heard of “less is more”
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..textile tuesdays =-.
Hmmmm. Shades of Sigfried and Roy…to the tenth power.
Oy.
I thought it was going to be just the one room – not the whole house!
As a vegetarian, I would be afraid to go in that house. It is wrong on so many levels!
O.k. this is themed to the max.
This will take a special buyer…I’m thinking!
My hubby would love the chairs in the TV room!
Becky K.
.-= Becky K.´s last blog ..Teapots from Winterthur =-.
This can’t be true!!!!! Terrible!!!
Greet
.-= Greet´s last blog ..Beautiful Belgian seating =-.
Hahaha, this is great. The pic of the dog is hilarious! I have a hard enough time with a themed room–much less a whole house!
Thanks for the morning laugh, Julia. Roar!
.-= bungalowbliss´s last blog ..The Evolution of a Guest Room =-.
I know you are suppose to ignore the decor and concentrate on the bones of the house when you are buying a home but it sure is difficult to do in this case.
All I can say is… LOL!!!
.-= Dagny @ Beautiful Living´s last blog ..Scandinavian interiors: Is this all you’ve got, Norway?? (Designers Saturday ’09) / Er dette det beste vi har?? =-.
*……..Oh, myyyyyyyy!!!…… *
J~ We were actually seated two tables away from “The CAT LADY” at brunch at The Four Seasons , Santa Barbara, a while back… And it was, um… yeah… welllll…… ANYhow, this LOOOOOKS JUST LIKE what I would expect HER house (“cathouse”?) to be like… again, “Oh, myyyyy…..”.
Maybe it’s just purrrfect for the homeowner (sorry, I just couldn’t RESIST! It’s early & my coffee hasn’t kicked in yet!)… but, what about her GUESTS? (Or does she ever HAVE any??? Cats can be rather happy in their solitude, can’t they? I dunno… I’m a dog person!)…
Julia, THIS was SOMETHIN’ ELSE!!! Thanks for the… what? Chuckles? Shock? More gray hairs?
Hugs!
Linda
Wow
Oh my. Lions and Tigers and Bears OH MY!!!
.-= Rachel´s last blog ..Wright Brothers Memorial =-.
Oh, that poor kid. Growing up in “dead animal house” must have been difficult enough, but to have his parents’ very *ahem* eclectic taste imposed on him in his own room… that’s just not fair. Yikes.
.-= Tracy´s last blog ..China Pattern =-.
I’m so surprised that nobody has assertively told them to tone that down!! Probably most buyers will take one look and run, and the person who finally buys it will get a bit of a bargain.
The dog who’s caught the tiger is too funny!!
.-= Struggler´s last blog ..Real women’s closets =-.
Whew! Talk about theme overboard!
.-= Autumn´s last blog ..Cappucino cloud cake =-.
Whoa! I can understand one room (with a few animal prints) but the whole house? Sheesh! Sure hope it’s all fake animal prints though.
.-= Nancy´s last blog ..America’s Got Talent =-.
I have some friends from TX who would kill for an animal house like that…but trust me, too much of a good thing is still TOO MUCH! ; )
.-= the BLAH BLAH BLAHger´s last blog ..Baked Caramel Apple Goodness =-.
Wow, that sure is a lot of animal print. I guess they took a theme and ran with it.
.-= Caroline´s last blog ..Inexpensive Halloween Decor from Etsy.com =-.
RRRRRAAAR!!! That’s hilarious:-)
.-= Amy @ Living Locurto´s last blog ..Crib Bedding =-.
LOL! Love the picture of the dog that “nabbed” the tiger. In my list of things to blog about, there is a post about the person who takes a trend and completely overdoes it. Any style, can become tacky, once it has been taken to an extreme.
But speaking of wildlife, how funny that today I posted about The Giraffe Manor. That is the way to appreciate wildlife – alive and well!
.-= Laurie @ My Domicile Style´s last blog ..The Giraffe Manor =-.
I would have nightmares is I lived in that house! I just don’t get it! But it sure is wild! haha!
.-= christy´s last blog ..Just another cake-eating, vampire-loving, traveling fool =-.
Just because it’s on sale at HomeGoods doesn’t mean it’s a good buy….
.-= Robin´s last blog ..A mouse for my house =-.
…and the comments are just as humorous as the house!
.-= bungalowbliss´s last blog ..The Evolution of a Guest Room =-.
Eeeek!!! This house is wrong on SO MANY levels!!!! The animal skin rugs are really disturbing — especially the tiger rug that has a HEAD.
Obviously, these homeowners have no concept of RESTRAINT!!!
I like animal print myself, but this is insane.
{Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but I saw something here that I have in my house — the zebra artwork hanging next to the fountain.}
Kelly
P.S. Not all Canadians are this crazy!!!
.-= DesignTies´s last blog ..The anti-me room =-.
I love animal print but….yikes!
MMEEOOWW!
Where is the cat rescue org when you need one????
.-= Alyshia´s last blog ..Easy Stencil Tutorial =-.
Oh, um, wow? That is a lot of animal print. Hope the PETA reps don’t see this.
.-= Amanda @ Serenity Now´s last blog ..Just Call Me "Ma Ingalls" =-.
Wow. That’s pretty over the top.
.-= The Peach Tart´s last blog ..Steve’s Package Doesn’t Impress the Judges on The X Factor =-.
Who was the designer, Tarzan? Ummmm, not for me thank you very much. I like my animals alive and not necessarily in my house.
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..I Heart Spring =-.
Rawwwr!
I odn’t know what the fuss is all about. Aside from the fountain the hallway, this home looks normal to me:)
.-= Puna´s last blog ..50 Hugs, Kisses, & Best Wishes =-.
WHOA! That’s a little over the top.
.-= LeAnn´s last blog ..Living in the fast lane…..and thinking about a new color. =-.
Meow! Too much fur “fur” my tastes.
.-= anna see´s last blog ..Don’t Kiss Me Kate (Winslet) =-.
Not very fond of this house. I hope they didn’t pay someone to design the rooms… And of course it has to be in Canada. lol. What an embarrassment that person is. Calgary is the 2nd most expensive city to live in Canada though, following Vancouver, so I could see someone paying this much.
Only in CALGARY
.-= Tamara´s last blog ..Gramma Got a New Camera =-.
That’s just awful! I just now got a chance to view this post and I’m thoroughly disgusted. I can’t believe someone can live like that … wow.
Scary stuff! A couple of years ago there was a woman that posted her room on RMS and it was jungle themed too, but much worse because of the sexy pictures of her laying on the bed in a leopard nightie… yikes! LOL
rue
Looks like Marlin Perkins manpad!
Wow! That’s something. For a minute there, I thought there was a giant spider “art” on their coffee table in the living room!
.-= Julie@Organizement´s last blog ..$imple $olutions =-.
I bet the doorbell chimes “In the Jungle, the mighty jungle,the lions sleeps tonight!
.-= Bill´s last blog ..I Guess It’s Just Called Life in the Garden =-.
Train wreck. Look away.
.-= The Blushing Hostess´s last blog ..Hunt Breakfast on a Kentucky Plantation =-.
The bedroom look likes a pimp’s wet dream and PETA’s nightmare. Just damn!
I liked that first bedroom – but then it started getting a little out of control! I love animal prints!
.-= Robyns Online World´s last blog ..San Francisco Trip Final Thoughts =-.
Oh my goodness, this is why I love this blog. Hilarious. Giggling to myself at 2:00 am!
eew!
I can’t believe you people. I’m embarrassed by your comments. They are obviously Canadians of African descent. I know plenty of African Americans (Philadelphia) that decorate their homes with African theme decor. I even have a friend whose wife is from Africa, and runs an African import business here for this exact demand. A leopard somewhere (ceramic, drawing or rug) is a MUST. Look at the statues on the steps. They are celebrating their cultural heritge! And their music. There are as many drums as animals.
Also there are no bears. It’s all African wildlife. Giraffes, elephants, zebras. They have probably told their son to be proud of his heritage and become a strong ‘warrior’ in whatever field he chooses. He is reminded of his ancestors success as hunters. I don’t see anything the least bit funny about it. And I’m sure the owners would be TOTALLY insulted to be told by the realtor to take it down!
Gaaah! OCD much?
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