[I'M OBSESSED] Harpoons

Everyone meet, Caroline. Caroline, meet everyone. C's gonna be dropping some delicious Design Blahg-y postage on ur faces every once in awhile around here, so make her feel at home by clicking on her blog 17 times in a row and hurling an insult or two her way.

I’ve been obsessed for a while with old-timey whaling (not whales. Whaling.) and I’ve tried to incorporate that into the design of my apartment with some art work and scrimshaw pieces, including an amazing painting of an impaled sperm whale shooting blood that hangs above my bed.  

At the Brimfield Fair last Spring I found a six foot replica whaling harpoon for like fifty bucks, but my sister refused to let it in the car, saying that it wasn’t “safe” to have it sticking through the sun roof. WHAT A BITCH. If my apartment ever gets attacked by a whale and I don’t have a harpoon handy, I’ll totally murder her in retaliation.

Anyway, I recently “stumbled” across a website selling 60-inch harpoons because I was specifically looking for that exact thing, and I think I might need to get one. My question to you guys is: if hang a harpoon on my wall, will my place look like a chic New England seaside cottage/sea captain’s home or will it look like a tacky fish restaurant? Please say the former, not the latter because I really, really want it.