Yesterday we took a trip to the Tring Natural History Museum (affectionately termed ‘the dead zoo’ in our house). The Victorian museum is the cabinet of curiosities on a grand and eccentric scale.
Taxidermy in the home is a very specific taste. I have had to persuade my husband to not buy stuffed animals as wedding presents for nearly all of our friends who have got married over the last ten years. (You’re welcome.)
Here, however, are some items inspired by my trip that are a little easier to accommodate (and clean).
1. Flamingo print
//Photograph by Natural History
2. Wooden shelves with labels
//Photograph by Cox and Cox
3. Living wall
//Photograph by Woolly Pocket
4. Glass storage jar
//Photograph by Rockett St George
5. Glass display cabinet
//Photograph by Ikea
Paint chart joy 
Isn’t it odd how for most of us taxidermy has a time and a place? I could never imagine having any in my home and can vividly remember freaking out when my mother brought home some framed butterflies. But when they are in a museum they just seem to fit and its usually the exhibit we end up spending the most time in. I love your ideas for influence in the home, especially the wooden labeled draws.
Thanks, Grace. I’m so glad you like my take on toned down taxidermy!
We too have recently visited the ‘Dead Zoo’. Twas great! I really want some butterflies in a case but clearly this is not item for an environmentally aware geography teacher to display in her home …..
Isn’t it? Ah yes… there are some great botanical butterfly prints around?!