A Taxing Conundrum

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A Taxing Conundrum

22 January 2010

Knowing that I might incur the wrath of animal lovers abound, I have to say my latest obsession is the look of antlers. Now we’re not talking the mammoth kind that could double as an oversized and taxidermied animal head. I recently stumbled across a photo of interior decorator Rita Konig’s living room which featured a slender pair of antlers hanging above her mantle that dare I say it looked refined. Though I definitely won’t be perusing for a pair myself because of the slight cringe factor, I have to say the antlers added some dimension to the surrounding wall art instead of looking like a monstrosity. For now, I’m considering a piece of PETA-friendly cardboard taxidermy that has that “dead-thing’s-head-on-the-living-room-wall thing going on” but without “the whole going out and killing something for the sake of decoration” feel to it as Urban Outfitters puts it.