Monica Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Hi everyone! Well, the time has come to show you what my fossil display area looks like! The two cabinets were gifts from my mother-in-law, the two side tables with shelves and the bench (which has a storage area inside) and the ammonite artwork were gifts from my husband, the linocut prints are by the extremely talented @Bobby Rico, and the Burgess Shale toys and under-cabinet lights and labels were bought by me. I put as much information as I had for each fossil on the labels, as well as an explanation of how I acquired each fossil so many of you may notice your TFF names on the labels The four empty shelves will be for displaying Viola's fossils - that'll be a project for the summer, so when that part is complete I'll update this thread with additional photos. But for now, please enjoy the little tour of my basement fossil area: The whole area: The shelf that has Precambrian and Cambrian specimens: The cabinet that has fossils from the Ordovician to Carboniferous Animals: The cabinet that has Carboniferous Plants to Oligocene fossils: The shelf that has Miocene to Pleistocene fossils: Thanks for having a look! I'll tag a few people who might be interested in seeing these photos: @caldigger @Nimravis @Tidgy's Dad @FranzBernhard @Wrangellian 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 OMG that's stunning and totally organized. Someday....I can only wish my looked like that:-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Just now, Ruger9a said: OMG that's stunning and totally organized. Thanks! It took me a long time to do this - I'm pretty happy with how it turned out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, Monica said: It took me a long time to do this That´s clear! Yes, it turned out extraordinary beautiful! Congrats! And thanks for sharing! Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 That is a beautiful area, Monica, a work of art in itself. Truly worthy of your wonderful collection. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokietech96 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Looks amazing!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, FranzBernhard said: That´s clear! Yes, it turned out extraordinary beautiful! Congrats! And thanks for sharing! Franz Bernhard 6 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: That is a beautiful area, Monica, a work of art in itself. Truly worthy of your wonderful collection. 4 minutes ago, hokietech96 said: Looks amazing!!! Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 What a wonderfully organized display! Someone's been making use of the cold short days of winter to produce a display that would make museums envious. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Those display cases are awesome. Where did you get them? The whole room looks swell. My area has a ways to go before it looks that nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 oh! That's fabulous!! It's look your own private museum!! Well done! 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Beautiful display and well organized 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Excellent use of space! Great displays, Monica! 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Looks wonderful Monica you must be very pleased. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, digit said: What a wonderfully organized display! Someone's been making use of the cold short days of winter to produce a display that would make museums envious. Cheers. -Ken 37 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said: Those display cases are awesome. Where did you get them? The whole room looks swell. My area has a ways to go before it looks that nice. 30 minutes ago, JamieLynn said: oh! That's fabulous!! It's look your own private museum!! Well done! 28 minutes ago, Masp said: Beautiful display and well organized 28 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Excellent use of space! Great displays, Monica! 22 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Looks wonderful Monica you must be very pleased. Thanks, everyone! I am indeed pleased with how it turned out. Jeff - I don't remember the brand of the cabinets because I received them 2 years ago for my 40th birthday, but I do remember that we ordered them through Walmart although they weren't a Walmart product. I just checked out Walmart Canada's website and I can't see the exact same cabinet there anymore, but there are other similar ones - you may have a different/better selection in the U.S... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 19 minutes ago, Monica said: Thanks, everyone! I am indeed pleased with how it turned out. Jeff - I don't remember the brand of the cabinets because I received them 2 years ago for my 40th birthday, but I do remember that we ordered them through Walmart although they weren't a Walmart product. I just checked out Walmart Canada's website and I can't see the exact same cabinet there anymore, but there are other similar ones - you may have a different/better selection in the U.S... Thanks. I'll check that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 @Monica the room looks absolutely stunning! You should be very proud to have that. Thank-you for sharing! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReptileTooth Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 It looks great! The artworks and prints really complement the whole collection 1 "The baneful Dragons, O Seas, are gone: Fiends, 0 Earth, have filled thee with the bones of Defeat and Death." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 58 minutes ago, Darktooth said: @Monica the room looks absolutely stunning! You should be very proud to have that. Thank-you for sharing! 40 minutes ago, ReptileTooth said: It looks great! The artworks and prints really complement the whole collection Thanks, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I like it... complete with labels and toys and art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Great collection! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 32 minutes ago, jpc said: I like it... complete with labels and toys and art. 5 minutes ago, Praefectus said: Great collection! Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Very stylish and accurate! Aristocratic I'd say 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Very tasteful, Monica. And well organized as well. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, RuMert said: Very stylish and accurate! Aristocratic I'd say 27 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Very tasteful, Monica. And well organized as well. My husband gave me some ideas (he's the stylish one ) and I did everything else (I'm pretty good at organizing stuff). It took a long time, but it feels great to be done (for now, until I find/acquire more fossils...). Thanks for chiming in! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Monica you did a great job on your fossil displays- congrats and can’t wait to see it grow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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