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My fossil display area!


Monica

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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:

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The shelf that has Precambrian and Cambrian specimens:

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The cabinet that has fossils from the Ordovician to Carboniferous Animals:

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The cabinet that has Carboniferous Plants to Oligocene fossils:

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The shelf that has Miocene to Pleistocene fossils:

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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

 

 

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OMG that's stunning and totally organized.  Someday....I can only wish my looked like that:-)

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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 :)

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2 minutes ago, Monica said:

It took me a long time to do this

That´s clear!

Yes, it turned out extraordinary beautiful! Congrats! :default_faint:

And thanks for sharing!

Franz Bernhard

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That is a beautiful area, Monica, a work of art in itself. 

Truly worthy of your wonderful collection. :):wub:

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11 minutes ago, FranzBernhard said:

That´s clear!

Yes, it turned out extraordinary beautiful! Congrats! :default_faint:

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. :):wub:

 

4 minutes ago, hokietech96 said:

Looks amazing!!!

 

Thanks guys!

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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

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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. 

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Excellent use of space!

Great displays, Monica! :) 

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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 :dinothumb:

 

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. :dinothumb:

 

Thanks, everyone!  I am indeed pleased with how it turned out. :D

 

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...

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19 minutes ago, Monica said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks, everyone!  I am indeed pleased with how it turned out. :D

 

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. 

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@Monica the room looks absolutely stunning! You should be very proud to have that. Thank-you for sharing!:wub:

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It looks great! The artworks and prints really complement the whole collection:dinothumb:

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58 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

@Monica the room looks absolutely stunning! You should be very proud to have that. Thank-you for sharing!:wub:

 

40 minutes ago, ReptileTooth said:

It looks great! The artworks and prints really complement the whole collection:dinothumb:

 

Thanks, guys! :)

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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! :)

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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 :P) 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...:D).  Thanks for chiming in!

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Monica you did a great job on your fossil displays- congrats and can’t wait to see it grow.

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