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

[gizmo]

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]

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]

+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]

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

 

[browningbbr]

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]

Hot pink for me

 

[gizmo]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

This is the look I went with for mine.

 

[Gsxrmike]

This view shows the paint and wainscoting better.

 

[Nyati]

Very classy @Gsxrmike

 

[Ridge Top Ranch]

I'm getting lots of great info from everyone.

 

[johnnyblues]

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]

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]

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]

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

Thanks.

 

[browningbbr]

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.