My White Resin Ram: A TJ Maxx Find

Hi, I’m Sherry Petersik, and I have a thing for white ceramic — and resin — animal heads. The latest addition to my collection is a small white ram, and I can’t wait to tell you how he wound up at our house.

Before I show more pictures, let me set the scene. A reader named Nina sent an email with a quick photo from the Broad Street TJ Maxx: she’d seen a white resin ram’s head and thought of us. She bought one and mentioned another remained on the shelf. Her note included a snapshot and a price: $30. That was all the encouragement I needed.

Shopping spies are dangerous if you know me. White animal heads are basically my kryptonite, and when John and I got that email, I insisted we drive to TJ Maxx that evening. We made it just before they closed, and luckily the remaining ram was waiting on the shelf. I brought him home that night with a grin on my face — Clara was asleep, so I snuck him into the car while John stayed with her.

Cost-wise, $30 felt like a steal. I’d seen a nearly identical ram at a high-end retailer for $245, so picking this one up felt like a victory small and stylish. At home, Ram — as I’ve started calling him — looks right at home on our extra wide plank floors and against the neutral tones of our bedroom. At different angles he reads like a mounted piece in a cozy cabin, which I love.

I tried a few angles to see how he’d fit in. Some photos make him look wall-mounted, others show him as a freestanding sculptural piece. Either way, his matte white finish and sculpted horns are exactly the kind of small, graphic accent I love for layering with other objects.

Yes, that’s Burger stretching in the background. He woke, gave a big stretch, and wandered over to sniff the newcomer. After a few curious sniffs, Burger moved on to check for kitchen chair crumbs — his warm, indifferent welcome was exactly what I expected from our chihuahua.

I’m already imagining where Ramsy might live permanently. I like the idea of him over our bed, but he’s a touch small to stand alone there. I’m thinking a little cluster of smaller white animal heads would be perfect — a curated group that reads intentional and collected, similar to groupings I admire from other home decor sources.

Yes, I know it’s a bit odd to love the idea of sleeping beneath a ceramic or resin animal head. But design tastes are personal, and I find this kind of whimsical, slightly offbeat detail exactly the kind of thing that makes a room feel like ours. Small sculptural pieces like this ram add texture, personality, and a storytelling element to an otherwise simple, neutral bedroom.

Update: For a laugh, I rotated one photo of Burger stretching so he looks like he’s scaling the wall — a little zero-gravity yoga to brighten the day.

P.S. We announced this week’s giveaway winners — check the giveaway post on the site if you entered to see if you’re one of them.