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0623089191thrasher01.jpgWe're not normally all too fond of the revival of reproductions of dead animals in home decor. But we noticed this particular instance where the effect was pulled off to some success thanks to a thoughtful use of lighting inside this Sunset Strip/Hollywood Hills abode which could easily be applied to other wall hung decorative features. We love the dramatic theater style lighting, the drapery backdrop and the shadows thrown onto the ceiling...

 
 

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0623089191thrasher03.jpgTake a closer peek of what the rest of this nearly $13 million dollar home has to offer besides faux deer heads on the wall here.

[via Curbed LA]

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There's something creepy and unsettling about this space. I can't see myself wanting to spend much time in there. Everything is so equally spaced out -- the pillows, the elks, the lights, the lantern collection. It screams -- please don't touch anything! The creep-factor isn't helped by the up-lit elk heads. It's like Phantasm meets Solid Gold.

posted by petro on June 23rd 2008 at 4:33pm
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you've highlighted the one room in this house i don't like.

great for a nightclub or hotel lobby; way overstylized and impersonal for a home. add the dusting of the repetitive (and to my eye insignificant) elements and the cleaning of the drapes. not how i want to live....but i'd sure enjoy a visit.

it looks like they probably only use it as a lounge and for entertaining. beautiful but cold in an otherwise more beautiful home.

posted by healthyhome on June 23rd 2008 at 5:37pm
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Those are the exact impressions I got. As a lounge or party room, very nice.

As for everything else, wow. That view! A little overstated overall, but still beautiful.

Looks like a place a Michael Mann movie would take place in. 8^D

posted by btoddster on June 23rd 2008 at 5:48pm
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@btoddster - Hilarious. But the wrong tones. Everything is blue in MM's movies.

I actually like the busts of the bucks, though my grandmother had a room with alabaster sculpture and the kids were never allowed in there at all, except on special days. We only hung out in the den or the screen porch. This room is for grown up parties - were really expensive booze and coke are served.

posted by jonathon on June 23rd 2008 at 6:22pm
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That room is horrible..I would have nighmares. So badly contrived. Remindes me of that bad interior in the american gigolo.

posted by LoriSF on June 23rd 2008 at 6:23pm
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The drapes are fabulous. Who made them and what color are they?

posted by cityofparis on June 23rd 2008 at 7:15pm
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I'm still trying to figure out what sort of thing is sitting on those bookshelves. It sort of looks like a beer stein but not really.

Anyway, the room fits the rest of the house. Nice to look at in my opinion. But I'd find it really difficult to find the house comfortable -- it's all cold and uninviting to me.

posted by dblitz1 on June 23rd 2008 at 7:44pm
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This room just looks creepy with the lighting and feels more like a hotel lobby than someone's home. The view looks spectacular though.

posted by suzy8track on June 23rd 2008 at 7:45pm
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Something about the deer heads and the modern decor is horribly off-balanced.

posted by designsnob on June 23rd 2008 at 8:37pm
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God I love dead animals on my walls. (No really, I love putting remnants of dead animals in my apartment.) But these white deer sculptures do not exude the same feelings of destruction and triumph-over-beast that a real stuffed animal skin gives. The metaphoric "lifelessness" is metaphorically boring.

For me the couch and the draperies give the room a sense of height, but the coffee table is too large, emphasizing the fact that those couches really are just too damn short. And those size of those heads finally just throw everything out of proportion completely. And the colors and lighting are funereal.

posted by somedudeinvicenza on June 23rd 2008 at 9:51pm
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Wow This is a cool house. I like it. The rest of the pictures are available to see at www.9191thrasher.com very cool

posted by randy s on June 23rd 2008 at 10:29pm
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http://www.9191thrasher.com oops sorry

posted by randy s on June 23rd 2008 at 10:30pm
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that room is sortof creepy, but i have that deer, from zgallery, it looks a lot better in my room :]

posted by jesselovey on June 24th 2008 at 12:20am
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This place seems a touch extreme, but look where it is ! Hollywierd ! Not my taste but done very very well .Thank God there are still some risk takers out there mixing modern colors and materals. Found the deer heads made by a local Artist at Craig Olsen on La Brea .

posted by decodonvoir on June 24th 2008 at 6:32am
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I can only imagine the kind of dilweed who owns this property.

posted by Seaside on June 24th 2008 at 12:06pm
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is dilweed a kind of grassy drink that you get at Jamba Juice?

posted by randy s on June 24th 2008 at 1:56pm
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