Black Deer

I had been anxiously awaiting this piece of decor in our master bedroom.  While the original intention was to use it as a hanger for all of TBGs ball caps, it is not mounted securely enough for that.  This is something I'll just have to eventually figure out.  The main thing is that I finally have this in place.

 This was actually a large plastic Christmas ornament.  It's large and clunky and I can't imagine how it would actually be hung -- but that's neither here nor there.  The inside is weighted with sand or some other kind of filler, so when I drilled a hole into it in order to have something to hang it with, some of that spilled out.  I remedied that with a hit of epoxy around the hole.  I then put a nail in the wood and mounted the hole on top of it.  It will do for now!

I paid full big-box Christmas price for this -- $12.99, I think.  It was ugly to start, with a sort of seasonal/faux patina on it. Being color-blind, I don't even know what color it was.  All I knew is that I'd been looking for a decorative deer head for a while -- either black, silver or white would have sufficed.  But I'd found nothing.  So, the cheap plastic head was what I'd have to deal with.

Thank goodness for black spray paint!  I hit this with multiple cheap coats of black before finishing with a coat of the Valspar I used on the kitchen island.  I'm beginning to think there is nothing a can of black spray paint can't remedy when it comes to unattractive decor.  And this coming from a color junky... Oh Deer!