Trolls say I have the ‘tackiest’ home going & my daughter hates it too – I love my leopard print pad & pink shaggy walls
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Simone Bevan, 39, has always been surrounded by animal prints as her mum, Liz, 61, had a leopard print sofa. Simone says her wardrobe is 60 per cent animal print - and the rest is colour and sequins. Every day she steps out wearing at least one animal print piece and has now let her love influence her home interiors.
![[Simone Bevans has grown up around animal-print decor.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SWNS_LEOPARD_PRINT_13jpg-JS958465203.jpg?strip=all&w=702)
Simone went all out on a leopard print staircase, a pink shaggy wall in her make-up room and has a flamingo themed bathroom. Despite trolls calling her "tacky" Simone loves her style and putting a smile on people's faces. Simone, a make-up artist, from Llanelli, Wales, said: "Every single day I wear something leopard print - shoes, bags or a coat.
![[Trolls call Simone's decor 'tacky' - but she doesn't care.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SWNS_LEOPARD_PRINT_12jpg-JS958465220.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
"60 to 70 per cent of my wardrobe is leopard print. "The rest is sequins and glitter - anything eye catching. "I don't like to be normal. "I have always been a bit eccentric. "This is me - this is what I like.". Simone remembers being surrounded by prints as a toddler.
![[Simone works as a make-up artist.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SWNS_LEOPARD_PRINT_11jpg-JS958465136.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
She said: "I've got photos of my as a two-year-old on a tiger print throw at my grandma's. "It's been subliminally injected into me.". Over the years leopard print has turned into her firm favourite and she has filled her wardrobe with different colour coats and items in the print.
![[Simone says she wears something leopard print 'every single day'.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SWNS_LEOPARD_PRINT_03jpg-JS958464722.jpg?strip=all&w=702)
After splitting with her ex-partner in August 2022, Simone decided to "sod it" and go "full hog" decorating her house. Now she has a leopard print staircase, shaggy pink walls, and a leopard print knife set. Her new partner, Aimee, 35, a warehouse operative, wasn't sure about the leopard print stairs to start with but now loves it.
![[A younger Simone next to her mother's animal print sofa.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SWNS_LEOPARD_PRINT_01jpg-JS958464727.jpg?strip=all&w=904)
