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Product reviews for home decor products, furniture, building and renovation products and fashion and beauty products - including sponsored posts as well as products I've reviewed without sponsorship.

Oh deer, I think I love you. {Faux Taxidermy – Near & Deer}

Oh deer, I think I love you. {Faux Taxidermy – Near & Deer}

When you’ve been a blogger for awhile, you get lots of pitches for product reviews. While this might sound great, only a handful are ones I’d consider writing about.

Awhile back, though, I found an e-mail in my Inbox from a company called Near and Deer, inquiring whether I’d like to try one of their faux deer heads.  Now, I think you’ll agree, that’s not something you hear every day. And, since I hadn’t yet indulged in the ‘faux taxidermy’ decorating trend,  I was intrigued.

Faux taxidermy has been all the rage in decorating in recent years.  (See: Faux Taxidermy Is A Surprisingly Chic Decor Element.) I love the personality statement that a set of (fake) antlers makes in a room.  They’re such a great mix of modern  chic and rustic cozy. I’ve swooned over many room photos with them; I just wasn’t sure how a set of antlers would mix with my own decor scheme.

And then this guy arrived in the mail…READ MORE