Ten dwelling rooms adorned with textural cowhide rugs

From a ranch in Colorado to a treehouse in Australia, the dwelling areas on this lookbook are united by the grounding presence of cowhide rugs.

Animal skins have been utilized in dwellings for heat and ornament for hundreds of years. Extra lately, cowhide rugs – which have been popularised in America – have develop into a typical sight in interiors around the globe, because of their recognisable sample, define and sturdiness.

Every cover has distinctive colourations and patterning, with variations in texture relying on the breed of the animal. One facet options the hair, whereas the reverse is apparent leather-based – the results of the tanning course of.

Cowhides imbue a comfortable cabin-like really feel, and may each mix into rustic properties and add timeless distinction in additional minimalist inside schemes.

That is the newest in our lookbooks sequence, which gives visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes underground bedrooms, kitchens that mix stone with wooden and interiors with vibrant yellow accents.


Picture by Brad Feinknopf

Bully Hill Home, USA, by Studio MM

A tan and white cowskin rug provides heat to this lofty dwelling house in a rural home in upstate New York.

The skewbald ground overlaying lends a country edge to the dwelling house, and is bolstered by the saloon-style bar stools and a hearth encompass clad in Corten metal with a distinct segment for storing chopped firewood.

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Seating area with cow hide rug and book shelves
Picture by Fernando Marroquín, Jaime Navarro and Beto Lanz

Mexican home, Mexico, by Amezcua

A dappled cowskin rug adorns the volcanic stone ground of the lounge on this modular vacation home in Mexico.

The brown and white rug zones the seating space, which contains two chairs and a facet desk comprised of wooden and leather-based and is flanked by a easy bookshelf in matching hues.

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Open-plan living and dining room in a timber farmhouse with open walls
Picture by Christopher Stark

Sonoma farm home, USA, by Tyreus Design Studio

Nature is ever-present on this home in California, because of its expansive sliding doorways in addition to the earthy parts of the inside scheme, together with a pale cowskin rug.

The calmly dappled coat seems to glow within the daylight and echoes the striated white marble kitchen counter on the opposite facet of the inside.

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Seating area in front of large window overlooking trees
Picture by Matthew Millman

Paintbrush Residence, USA, by CLB Architects

An enormous image window and a cylindrical log burner flank the cowhide ground overlaying on this contemplative seating space in a home in Wyoming.

The curving define of the gray and white cover gives a textural distinction to the common linear shapes within the timber wall and ceiling cladding that encloses the world.

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Photograph showing loft room with skylight and chair
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Czech home, Czech Republic, by Atelier SAD and Iveta Zachariášová

This gabled dwelling house within the ceiling of a home within the Czech Republic is dominated by a big brindle cowhide.

The rug’s naturally irregular patterning is offset by the geometric ground lamp and a ribbed seat lined in black-and-white zigzag upholstery.

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Interior of Pepper Tree Passive House by Alexander Symes
Picture by Barton Taylor

Pepper Tree Passive Home, Australia, by Alexander Symes

A cream cowhide with a pronounced brown stripe operating down its centre straddles two sorts of flooring on this distinctive home in New South Wales, Australia.

Constructed round a 60-year-old pepper tree, the inside has a essentially impartial color palette punctuated by crops.

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Living room and kitchen with brown cow hide rug
Picture by Cristóbal Palma

LBS home, Chile, by Umberto Bonomo and Felipe Alarcón

Overlooking a V-shaped wall comprised of cinder blocks, the industrial-style dwelling house on this Chilean home is softened by the presence of a shiny brown cowhide.

Using concrete and steel all through the inside is offset by the rug’s natural really feel.

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Reforma Alas by OMCM Arquitectos
Picture by Leo Mendez

Reforma Alas, Paraguay, by OMCM Arquitectos

A traditional black-and-white noticed cowhide traces the ground within the ethereal open-plan lounge of this home in Paraguay.

The rug gives a focus within the in any other case minimally adorned house, which is outlined by means of gray and white hues on the partitions and flooring.

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Rockham House is a house in Devon that was designed by Studio Fuse
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Rockham Home, UK, by Studio Fuse

The laid-back lounge on this home in Devon centres round a pale cowskin that sprawls throughout the concrete ground.

The room’s broad image home windows body views of the countryside, with the cover retaining the house’s cosiness with assist from a suspended fire.

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Goatbarn Lane by Renee Del Gaudio
Picture by David Lauer

Goatbarn Lane, USA, by  Renée del Gaudio Structure

An orange leather-based couch, a facet desk comprised of gnarled wooden and a light-coloured brindle cowskin rug huddle round a hearth within the nook of the lounge on this home within the Rocky Mountains.

Regardless of the rugged setting, heat and luxury are instilled within the inside by means of the usage of delicate furnishings and warm-toned picket flooring.

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That is the newest in our lookbooks sequence, which gives visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes underground bedrooms, kitchens that mix stone with wooden and interiors with vibrant yellow accents.