Once upon a time, city folk brought home real antlers from the country. Now country folk bring home fake ones from the city...
Apparently there's buzz going around that antlers are the red coral of 2007 and has accordingly jumped the shark. We found this motley assortment of resin antlers in a bin at Pottery Barn over the weekend, and folks were eagerly picking them up and taking them to the register. Perhaps they were tourists, but we distinctly heard one shopper trying to discourage their eager family member:
"How on earth are you going to get those home? You know they won't let you take them on the plane..."
"Oh yes they will. I'll pack them in my bags." Ah, the lengths to which we'll go...
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Comments (13)
I think decorating one's home with fake or real antlers is ridiculous... just my opinion.
I wondered about this when I saw antlers in Z Gallerie, West Elm, and Pottery Barn the same day.
I have a real antler that I found in my parents' back yard about 10 years ago. It is real and was naturally shed by one of the many many deer that pass through the yard every dawn and dusk. I think it looks great on the bookshelf of my new condo, and it's just a little bit of nature brought with me from my childhood home!
Buying fake resin ones or ones removed from dead deer is a very different thing...
well, i've been collecting bones for many years - not just antlers, though the antlers i do own i just love. i love my bones. they're lovely bones. mainly because of their sentimental value (where i found them, how long i've schlepped them around, who i killed to get em, har har har).
i only have two sets of antlers, and one still has fur and skull attached to it heh. the other one is my dining table centerpiece, as seen here:
http://flickr.com/photos/kdkaboom/1454165139/in/set-72157594582252178/
other bones include deer skulls, shark jaw, a squirrel spine, etc. i heart them!
i think the fake antler trend is funny. but hey, i did impulsively pick up (and subsequently returned) the metal antlers at west elm a few months ago.
next purchase when i'm rich: the wild boar skull at Evolution! holy cripes!
I love my silvered antler from West Elm.
How/why is it sillier than decorating with anything inspired by nature?
I love antlers! have for years. luckily I have access to real (road killed) ones at work. I cleaned off a nice pair recently and spray painted them white, they are part of my holiday centerpiece.(see below) after I did this I noticed an identical pair in a layout in Sunset magazine.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/2102977366_620735a717.jpg?v=0
that's a purdy table getup, tomahto. hey, i say tomaytoe! what's up? ;)
p2, everything is silly. i like silly! i collect a lot of silly stuff that most people scoff at, including myself.
I have no problem with antlers, real or fake. Bones, on the other hand... no, I would not decorate with real bones. They look cool, yeah, but it's just too Pet Semetary. Or something.
My last dog lived to a very old age and was dedicated to collecting bones and all things putrid from her daily route around the neighborhood (the dumping ground of hunters unfortunately). When we buried her, I put an array of her gathered bones and fur surrounding her and I kept the antlers as gifts from Corrie.
What is that horrific disease that comes from Bones and Antlers?
I think I'll pass thanks....
Stop. Really this is just absurd.
there's nothing like a furry animal scalp to complete a room
Cat's antler, I like. It's something with a story in her life, rather than just another purchase at PB to fill the space and complete the look.