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Styling: 10 Ways to Decorate With Antlers
Get hung up on this traditional wall art for every style of home
You don’t have to live in a remote Scottish castle to love everything about stag heads and antlers. In fact, these are such popular decorating features now that you can take your pick from all manner of different designs, whatever your style and wherever you want to put them – discreet or flamboyant, inside or out. From antler chandeliers to light-up resin reindeer heads for your garden, this is one trend you’ll definitely want to hunt down and display with pride.
Make it modern
If you’re after something cool and cutting-edge, a shiny chrome stag head might be more up your street. The deepest charcoal paint allows the modern metal wall sculpture to pop to life, while the chinoiserie cushions soften the potentially masculine look by a few degrees.
If you’re after something cool and cutting-edge, a shiny chrome stag head might be more up your street. The deepest charcoal paint allows the modern metal wall sculpture to pop to life, while the chinoiserie cushions soften the potentially masculine look by a few degrees.
Group in threes
Stag heads and antlers don’t need to be huge and imposing to make an impact. Grouping wall art and decorative features in odd numbers is a tried-and-tested design rule, as this delightful trio of stag heads demonstrates. Mix and match modern, cardboard designs with traditional styles – and everything else in-between – for a look that’s totally yours.
Stag heads and antlers don’t need to be huge and imposing to make an impact. Grouping wall art and decorative features in odd numbers is a tried-and-tested design rule, as this delightful trio of stag heads demonstrates. Mix and match modern, cardboard designs with traditional styles – and everything else in-between – for a look that’s totally yours.
Highlight in white
Against the charcoal backdrop, the stark silhouette of these glacial white antlers makes for the most striking, stand-out wall art. Crisp and edgy, these big, beautiful antlers add the finishing touch to a careful edit of furniture and accessories.
Against the charcoal backdrop, the stark silhouette of these glacial white antlers makes for the most striking, stand-out wall art. Crisp and edgy, these big, beautiful antlers add the finishing touch to a careful edit of furniture and accessories.
Work into any décor
Antlers are one of those useful design features that work effortlessly in any style of home. This pale and sophisticated living room might have been in danger of becoming a touch faceless, but the line-up of antlers injects a visual shot of personality.
Antlers are one of those useful design features that work effortlessly in any style of home. This pale and sophisticated living room might have been in danger of becoming a touch faceless, but the line-up of antlers injects a visual shot of personality.
Light it up
This deer head trophy light adds an unexpected twist to a beautifully eclectic courtyard. The combination of Moroccan-style tiles, pale plastered walls and retro table set is neat and totally on trend. Dare to mix up pieces you love and the result will be individual and chic.
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This deer head trophy light adds an unexpected twist to a beautifully eclectic courtyard. The combination of Moroccan-style tiles, pale plastered walls and retro table set is neat and totally on trend. Dare to mix up pieces you love and the result will be individual and chic.
Check out more inspiring ways to illuminate a patio
Pimp your antlers
If a bare stag skull is a little too macabre for your liking, simply lighten the look with a sprinkling of bling and a dab of rich metallic paint. This simple DIY job has given the classic skull a more modern, fun edge.
If a bare stag skull is a little too macabre for your liking, simply lighten the look with a sprinkling of bling and a dab of rich metallic paint. This simple DIY job has given the classic skull a more modern, fun edge.
Fashion into a chandelier
While you might imagine a grand antler chandelier to be more at home in a rustic hunting lodge or stately home, look how amazing this arrangement looks in this pared-back bedroom. The textural design feature creates a real talking point without the need for bright colour or pattern, and harmonises effortlessly with the surrounding landscape. Don’t forget, deer shed their antlers naturally each year, so there’s no harm done – or choose a replica antler chandelier if you prefer.
While you might imagine a grand antler chandelier to be more at home in a rustic hunting lodge or stately home, look how amazing this arrangement looks in this pared-back bedroom. The textural design feature creates a real talking point without the need for bright colour or pattern, and harmonises effortlessly with the surrounding landscape. Don’t forget, deer shed their antlers naturally each year, so there’s no harm done – or choose a replica antler chandelier if you prefer.
Drape with jewels
Don’t forget, antlers can be used in a practical way as well as decoratively. Drape with pretty necklaces and bracelets for a charming twist on the traditional jewellery tree, or entwine with fairy lights to create a twinkling artwork.
Don’t forget, antlers can be used in a practical way as well as decoratively. Drape with pretty necklaces and bracelets for a charming twist on the traditional jewellery tree, or entwine with fairy lights to create a twinkling artwork.
Strike a pose
Hung in the right position and at the right height, an oversized wall decoration can add bags of style to a plain room. This minimalist bathroom has been elevated into a different design league thanks to the sculptural beauty of the regal stag head.
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Hung in the right position and at the right height, an oversized wall decoration can add bags of style to a plain room. This minimalist bathroom has been elevated into a different design league thanks to the sculptural beauty of the regal stag head.
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Are you a fan of antlers or stag heads? Share your thoughts and photos in the Comments below.
Blink and you’d almost miss this ingenious storage idea. While the white-painted stag plaques meld almost invisibly into the pure white walls, they also make for the most striking hooks for hanging up coats and hats.
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