What are best colors to paint walls in a trophy room?

gizmo · Mar 30, 2017

Oh and don't use a high gloss paint or it will reflect light. Minimize windows as the UV is a killer on Taxidermy. Also try and keep about 60-70% humidity in the room. Believe it or not Taxidermy needs some humidity but obviously not too much. If you have to use a humidifier make sure it's not blowing directly on a mount.

johnnyblues · Mar 30, 2017

These work great on average weight trophies. When you don't have a stud in that particular spot . I have zebra, Nyala, hartabeest, and lechwe hung on these.

PARA45 · Mar 30, 2017

+1 on what Johnnyblues uses to hang his trophies. I have a kudu & wildebeest hung using the 70lbs ones, and so far so good.

This is the color we have in our living room, and we like the contrast with the trophies on the wall.

VonJager · Mar 30, 2017

This is not mine, but I like it. Earth tones, khakis, and maybe greens can work too.

browningbbr · Mar 31, 2017

Sorry that I'm late to this conversation, but if you are doing a man cave / trophy room from scratch, I suggest flush-mounted, 0.75 inch plywood backer boards as shown in the attached photo. Also attached, you can see how a light green wall with pine wainscot contrasts with plains game.

selous71 · Mar 31, 2017

Hot pink for me

gizmo · Mar 31, 2017

browningbbr said:
Sorry that I'm late to this conversation, but if you are doing a man cave / trophy room from scratch, I suggest flush-mounted, 0.75 inch plywood backer boards as shown in the attached photo. Also attached, you can see how a light green wall with pine wainscot contrasts with plains game.View attachment 178107 View attachment 178108

Looks great. If I may critique, you may want to add some bottom lighting angled up toward the trophies to eliminate shadowing

browningbbr · Apr 1, 2017

gizmo said:
Looks great. If I may critique, you may want to add some bottom lighting angled up toward the trophies to eliminate shadowing

Thanks, but the only time I use the overhead lighting is when I clean the room (and take the occasional picture). At night, I use vintage floor and table lamps. There are 8 west-facing windows (with exterior shading to prevent direct sunlight from hitting the trophies), so daytime lighting is not needed.

johnnyblues · Apr 1, 2017

browningbbr said:
Sorry that I'm late to this conversation, but if you are doing a man cave / trophy room from scratch, I suggest flush-mounted, 0.75 inch plywood backer boards as shown in the attached photo. Also attached, you can see how a light green wall with pine wainscot contrasts with plains game.View attachment 178107 View attachment 178108

Crates are very interesting as pedestals.

browningbbr · Apr 1, 2017

Thanks. I was trying to keep a "vintage" look, so I stayed away from the typical 4-sided, veneered design. I built the pedestals from plywood and pine. The handles are un-plated steel with a rust blued finish so they look old.
My taxidermist has had a number of requests from clients asking for similar designs.

curtism1234 · Apr 3, 2017

johnnyblues said:
Crates are very interesting as pedestals.

Right. For those like myself who do not prefer pedestal mounts and don't have a lot of vaulted ceilings in their current home, I think a good non-committed idea would be to place the crate against the wall and attach the shoulder mount to the wall leaving a just tiny gap to not mat the hide.

Gsxrmike · Apr 5, 2017

This is the look I went with for mine.

Gsxrmike · Apr 5, 2017

This view shows the paint and wainscoting better.

Nyati · Apr 5, 2017

Very classy @Gsxrmike

Ridge Top Ranch · Apr 5, 2017

I'm getting lots of great info from everyone.

johnnyblues · Apr 6, 2017

jduckhunter said:
I was going to go with sheet rock too but I decided on tongue and groove western red cedar over 5/8" plywood instead. Now I can hang anything any where without worrying about where the studs are in the wall. And the cedar goes pretty well with most critters. It did require some patience putting it up though.View attachment 177519

Why so on the patience? I m curious.

johnnyblues · Apr 6, 2017

browningbbr said:
Sorry that I'm late to this conversation, but if you are doing a man cave / trophy room from scratch, I suggest flush-mounted, 0.75 inch plywood backer boards as shown in the attached photo. Also attached, you can see how a light green wall with pine wainscot contrasts with plains game.View attachment 178107 View attachment 178108

Probable my favorite color for a trophy room. Nice job.

jduckhunter · Apr 6, 2017

johnnyblues said:
Why so on the patience? I m curious.

I built and finished my trophy room by myself, sanding, finishing, cutting and installing each piece of cedar tongue and groove took a long time. The room is two stories tall with a cathedral ceiling. I can't tell you how many times I climbed up and down that darn scaffolding with a piece of wood or the nail gun in one hand and hanging on with the other for dear life. It seemed like it was taking forever compared to nailing up drywall and finishing it. I'm just glad that I built it when I did though cause my arthritis has advanced to the point that today I would never be able to do it, at least not without a lot of help.

browningbbr · Apr 6, 2017

johnnyblues said:
Probable my favorite color for a trophy room. Nice job.

Thanks.

browningbbr · Apr 6, 2017

johnnyblues said:
Probable my favorite color for a trophy room. Nice job.

Here's what the rest of the project looked like, including the adjoining bar area. Once again, although dim-able, I normally only use the overhead LED lighting for cleaning the room.

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