Extreme Taxidermy

OH   MY   GAWD !!!  PETA would be in state of schock. Gently tell them they need to pack their "collection" as morbit and cruel as it is. Most buyers are animal lovers and would RUN OUT of that exhibition cage .

if they do not want to remove the animals , perhaps fake blood running down the wall from each animal would make more of an impact!

I didn't know Cabella's was up for sale!

Absolutely, they need to pack those away. There may be those who get offended, children running away screaming....That is extreme! Personally, I think dead animals, even well preserved ones, still stink, plus, that fur traps odors and they can't bathe. 

I don't think anyone will be looking at that house, even if they do decide to go on in.

Good luck to that seller!

-Susie 

This room is shocking to see. I disagree with Bill above on the beautiful part, peaceful to me would be to be watching them run around alive. This is my personal opinion. (no attack intended Bill)

My professional opinion is that these items need to be placed into storage.There is no way a buyer will ever be able to see though these animals to appreciate the home. It is way too distracting.

I feel like going through your picture with an eraser so you could show your seller what the room should look like. Good luck!

That picture makes me want to run and hide! 

I read that sellers should pack away all items that make the house 'personal' so a seller can imagine their things hanging on the wall (not get nightmares). 

The bottom line is, if you want to sell, you should consider removing anything that may offend a significant number of potential buyers.  It is not a statement on whether hunting or gun ownership is right or wrong, but rather common sense.

If you want to make a statement about Second Amendment rights, that is great, but why do it at the expense of losing prospective buyers?

I'm still trying to find the guns some mentioned - all I can see are heads and carcasses. 

Linda - I'd love to hear how you handled this with your client and how they took it. 

Jackie

all I could say when I looked at the photo was 'Holy Moly'.... this is disturbing emotionally to me.  I'm not a hunter, I don't have anything against hunters who hunt for food..... but this looks like sport.  I would be one of those buyers who would NEVER live in this house if I knew what it looked like prior to me.  I wouldn't be able to imagine living in a home where this had ever been.

As a stager, I'm not even sure I could keep my tongue or take the job.  Wow.... not enough words to stay professional......

Linda,

Wow did you stir up a hornets nest here! Hunters, anti-hunters, animal activists, vegetarians, home stagers, interior decorators, gun activists, and last but not least, realtors. I think some may have lost focus and got caught up in the hunter/non-hunter disputation. Ouch!

The matter of having too much distraction in the home should be the issue of this topic. It doesn't matter if it's a wall full of taxidermy or a wall full of family pictures, sports memorabilia, or anything that might take the attention away from the home and place it elsewhere.

We're a team! The realtor does his/her job and the seller has to do theirs. Otherwise the sale never happens.

Okay, I'm back now! :-)