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(5,370 posts)Easterncedar
(5,339 posts)Shellback Squid
(9,839 posts)True Dough
(25,394 posts)you have a thing for aquatic life.
debm55
(53,634 posts)True Dough
(25,394 posts)Your home would be well-armed!
hlthe2b
(112,345 posts)Not for me, but for thee?
Alpeduez21
(1,995 posts)I think I could grow to love that
True Dough
(25,394 posts)it would be a conversation piece.
Ocelot II
(128,533 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,424 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
(25,394 posts)
soldierant
(9,189 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
(96,171 posts)True Dough
(25,394 posts)tamper with perfection, Solly!
Solly Mack
(96,171 posts)True Dough
(25,394 posts)You want a matching pair!
Nictuku
(4,497 posts)yorkster
(3,603 posts)Looks like French or German 1910s era.
Art Nouveau or Jugenstil.
Or maybe someone at Tiffany's on acid...
True Dough
(25,394 posts)just saw the image on the innerwebz without any explanation.
quaint
(4,480 posts)sinkingfeeling
(56,905 posts)Norrrm
(3,624 posts)True Dough
(25,394 posts)an engineering marvel!
Easterncedar
(5,339 posts)Id love to have it, though I bet its hell to dust.
True Dough
(25,394 posts)Use a pressure washer. It's an octopus. It will hold up.
Srkdqltr
(9,184 posts)johnp3907
(4,185 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,828 posts)John Coktosten
(162 posts)Oh yeah! It'd be perfect in my man cave.
😎
wendyb-NC
(4,548 posts)Marie Marie
(10,789 posts)DBoon
(24,567 posts)but not as it is
Phoenix61
(18,657 posts)I think they distract from the stained glass.
Bayard
(28,075 posts)Way cool with a parrot sitting on it. Arrrr.....
eppur_se_muova
(40,630 posts)... in which I patrol the world's sealanes, sinking vessels of war of all flags.

malaise
(291,605 posts)Niagara
(11,240 posts)It's an improvement compared to deer neck mount hanging on a wall.
True Dough
(25,394 posts)
Niagara
(11,240 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
(39,619 posts)mwmisses4289
(2,911 posts)Definetly goes into a maritime themed bar or restaurant. Not sure about a home though.
