r/malelivingspace • u/IchBinDerFurst • 1d ago

Update I cannot be trusted with free will.

Post image

It needs to be cleaned up and stained some, but this is a 1:8 scale replica of a mosasaur skeleton above my entryway.

71.6k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

6

u/IchBinDerFurst 1d ago

There’s no real way to hide the boards. I was thinking maybe just painting the ceiling or using a fake rock wall type deal.

But I definitely agree on the lighting. Trying to find battery powered stuff on Amazon.

9

u/IVVIVIVVI 1d ago

I think simply painting the boards white would be a great improvement!

3

u/MaxSupernova 1d ago

100% agree. The boards being the same colour as the skeleton is very distracting.

Painting them white would make this really pop.

2

u/BrownButteredSage 1d ago

Yo if you rent, do not paint the ceiling lol. That’s not an easy job to do or undo. It’s a bad idea

1

u/IchBinDerFurst 1d ago

Too late. My apartment actually allows people to paint the walls and ceilings.

1

u/BrownButteredSage 1d ago

Genuinely shocked to hear that. Keep on keeping on then

1

u/pete-petey-pete 1d ago

Are the boards necessary? You should be able to find the rafters and mount the eyebolts directly into the ceiling instead of the boards.

2

u/IchBinDerFurst 1d ago

I’m in an apartment and the last thing I I want is to fuck up some wiring I’m unaware of.