Examples of Elk mount with 8ft ceiling limitations

[AaronMColeman]

I have a 3700 sq ft rambler home. I think it would be preeeeetty spendy to make vaulted ceilings in the basement.

I was in construction for a lot of years. Rent a crane to hold up the upper levels and attach it to the roof, get a circular saw and cut all the way around the bottom perimeter of the house and lift the house 8' or so, frame it up, drywall, insulation, exterior siding, extending electrical, ventilation, chimneys, and plumbing that you had to cut through with the circular saw. I'd say right around $1500 should cover that

 

[Elkoholic87]

What’s the length of your mounts from the back to the tip of the nose?


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[NDGuy]

What’s the length of your mounts from the back to the tip of the nose?


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Let me ask my wife

 

[NDGuy]

What’s the length of your mounts from the back to the tip of the nose?


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In all seriousness nota clue. I just told my taxidermist to figure it out haha

 

[darcytribe]

My son in law made a pedestal stand for my euro mount using some old farm implement gearing as a base. We’re thinking of having a few whitaile euros on the same pole under the elk.

 

[Elkoholic87]

9 foot ceiling.

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[crobb1013]

I have a solution to your 8' ceiling problem:

Take MORE space from your house to create an illusion AND build more storage for your family.

Build a custom, large "light box" type of display:

• With 8' ceilings, no matter where you mount that huge rack, it's gonna look like it is clumsy or taking up a huge amount of room and "protruding" into your living space. Therefore, create an illusion. Take up more space to create visual space and also create storage for the family (everyone needs more closets/book shelves)
• Do a Euro mount
• Figure that your elk euro mount is about 4ft tall and when mounted to the well that it will project out about 18" or so from the wall. Let's also say the antlers are 36" wide for argument sake.
• Visualize mounting the Euro in the middle of a relatively long wall in house (living room, basement/wherever)
• Mount the Euro so the bottom of the nose is about 36-40" off the floor (which is about counter height and the antlers are a couple inches from the ceiling.
• Frame out an 18" deep counter under the mount that is 48" wide so that it is 6" wider on each side of the Euro,
  • Put a black granite top on the counter to provide contrast to the skull
  • Put weathered barn wood behind the Euro from the top of the counter all the way to the ceiling (vertical layout)
  • Put cabinet doors or shelves below the granite counter- to store your bourbon collection or family "stuff"
• Wire up a ceiling light with dimmer above the Euro to illuminate it and also be a soft night light.
• Frame out 18" deep floor to ceiling cabinets on both sides of the Euro, with doors that are about 2' wide. Use hidden push/touch closures so the doors appear as a solid wall on both sides of the Euro.
  • All of the above now puts the Euro a cool light box and gives the family more storage.
• Now- you still have to deal with the remainder of the wall that exists on both sides of the new, protruding closets.
  • Either add more floor to ceiling closets on the full length of the walls on both sides until you reach inside and outside wall corners, or add some book shelves and closets. Must use hidden touch latches for closets so the visual of the wall stays smooth and looks like wall.
  • To add book shelves to either side, frame out/bump out the old walls 6" in front of the existing wall, and install 10" deep library shelves on both sides for all your books, etc. This makes the shelves flush with the new cabinets on either side of the Euro.
  • Tie the corners of the new walls/ or closets to the existing wall inside/outside corners with sheetrock
• When you are finished it will look like the Euro has been recessed into a beautiful custom light box with full wall storage on each side

Hope this helps
JL

Man i know this is an old reply but you just solved a problem for me ! I can't find many people doing euro elk on pedastals and I've been tinkering with an ideas on how to use my live edge walnut. Going to go with something like this. Don't mind ai making it wonky

 

[NDGuy]

Man i know this is an old reply but you just solved a problem for me ! I can't find many people doing euro elk on pedastals and I've been tinkering with an ideas on how to use my live edge walnut. Going to go with something like this. Don't mind ai making it wonky

For now he’s in my unfinished store room. I’m going to build the pedestal into the wall down the road.