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(6,186 posts)Easterncedar
(6,274 posts)Shellback Squid
(10,083 posts)True Dough
(26,677 posts)you have a thing for aquatic life.
debm55
(60,645 posts)True Dough
(26,677 posts)Your home would be well-armed!
hlthe2b
(113,978 posts)Not for me, but for thee?
Alpeduez21
(2,054 posts)I think I could grow to love that
True Dough
(26,677 posts)it would be a conversation piece.
Ocelot II
(130,542 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,815 posts)But not against that wall and ceiling, or with those colors. This needs to be in a room with dark wood furniture / wall trim/ moulding. Deep saturated color on the walls and ceiling. Think maybe the captains quarters on an old, wooden, 5-masted schooner or an old mansion's library.
You could even do it on a porch as long as you could protect it from wind/bad weather.
You'd have to be careful about the candle's, but definitely use them.
Edited to add links for examples:
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/painting/21019025/best-paint-colors-for-historic-houses

True Dough
(26,677 posts)
soldierant
(9,354 posts)I was going to say "I might, if I had the house to go with it." I admire Art Nouveau and particularly staind glass, but I'm way too committed to surrounding myself with things that function for me to beable to put together even a single room where that would look good, -much les a house.
Solly Mack
(96,944 posts)True Dough
(26,677 posts)tamper with perfection, Solly!
Solly Mack
(96,944 posts)True Dough
(26,677 posts)You want a matching pair!
Solly Mack
(96,944 posts)Nictuku
(4,658 posts)yorkster
(3,839 posts)Looks like French or German 1910s era.
Art Nouveau or Jugenstil.
Or maybe someone at Tiffany's on acid...
True Dough
(26,677 posts)just saw the image on the innerwebz without any explanation.
quaint
(5,084 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,836 posts)Norrrm
(5,061 posts)True Dough
(26,677 posts)an engineering marvel!
Easterncedar
(6,274 posts)Id love to have it, though I bet its hell to dust.
True Dough
(26,677 posts)Use a pressure washer. It's an octopus. It will hold up.
Srkdqltr
(9,764 posts)johnp3907
(4,312 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,952 posts)John Coktosten
(179 posts)Oh yeah! It'd be perfect in my man cave.
😎
wendyb-NC
(4,692 posts)Marie Marie
(11,314 posts)DBoon
(24,989 posts)but not as it is
Phoenix61
(18,829 posts)I think they distract from the stained glass.
Bayard
(29,710 posts)Way cool with a parrot sitting on it. Arrrr.....
eppur_se_muova
(41,950 posts)... in which I patrol the world's sealanes, sinking vessels of war of all flags.

malaise
(296,131 posts)Niagara
(11,857 posts)It's an improvement compared to deer neck mount hanging on a wall.
True Dough
(26,677 posts)
Niagara
(11,857 posts)I'm extremely fortunate that there's none of that creepy nonsense here in this home.
I can't stand being in people's homes that have these type of trophies.
I also understand how important it is for deer hunters to help control the deer population to keep deer diseases in decline.
I'm just not a fan of seeing the deer heads hanging on a wall. It's s "I can't breathe" type of dislike.
I didn't mean to get so long winded this morning.
Emile
(42,300 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,190 posts)Definetly goes into a maritime themed bar or restaurant. Not sure about a home though.
