Photo: From Domino magazine.
I heart antlers. Â I started collecting them a few years ago on a trip to Montana. Â I especially like the weathered, gray, unpolished variety laid out on a mantel or a rustic winter table-scape. Â I recently read some antler squeamishness on one of my favorite blogs An Urban Cottage and I wanted to set the record straight. Â Bambi does not have to die for our decor (though he might have died for the antlers in this picture).
Deer shed their Antlers in the Spring. Â And the grizzled guy in the Montana thrift shop swore that mine are “shedders”. Â Personally, I don’t feel like our renovation will be complete until I’ve hung my shedders in the “outhouse chic” powder room.
Now taxidermy is another matter, but I Â haven’t ruled that out either. Â Of course, I would only buy vintage taxidermy. Â The squirrels in our back yard are kind of scrawny anyway. Â Tell me how you really feel. Â Leave a comment!
Photo: From Domino magazine.
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Well, I’m honored that I inspired another blogger’s post. When I made the Bambi reference it was made more in humor than anything; it’s not like I own the DVD, but I thought Bambi was a girl. What kind of doe would name her son Bambi? I had to distance myself from the antlers in my inspiration photo because of my largely vegan following. I don’t know if vegans like Greek Revivals or whether it’s my Cambridge location but they’re following my every move. In all honesty, I kind of dig the antlers. I didn’t know that deer shed their antlers. But how we tell the good ones from the bad ones, I’ll have do more research? Now, squirrels. The squirrels have chewed their way in to my attic and eaten just about all 400 crocus bulbs in planted last fall. So I fully and wholeheartedly support the stuffing of every squirrel possible. Looking forward to seeing your antler installation! steve
Oh, come on Steve, you know you have the dvd. Ha ha. I hear you about the squirrels. They were digging up my bulbs an hour after I planted them this fall. Little rascals. We haven’t gotten a bird feeder because we know it would just be a squirrel feeder.
Where did you get that squirrel? I assume that this is a vintage find under that Victorian glass bell. If you need to add to your collection, there are PLENTY of them where I live-Stuyvesant Town–including some rather unusual black ones. If you know a reputable taxidermist, I will be on the lookout for any carcasses–naturally expired, of course.
Fine mesh chicken wire over planed bulb area will keep squirrels at bay; hang bird feeder with monofilament line. Or add a squirrel feeder to keep them busy elsewhere.
Taxidermy is the bomb! I always wanted to taxidermy up some road kill, but with a Giger-esque biomechanical twist; patches of fur missing, showing gears and cables under the skin, a red laser eye, etc… a la The Terminator.
Wow Henry. I’ll have to bring you in for a decorating consult! I like the squirrels in our backyard, even though they dug up most of the bulbs I planted last fall.