a mod wooden menagerie

by mari

Kay Bojesen Original Mid Century Modern Wood Animals - Elephant, monkey, dog, bear, rabbit, hippo

I’m slowly working towards pulling the Annual Small for Big Gift Guides together. Very. Slowly. The fun part, of course, is letting myself dive deep down the rabbit hole and finding or rediscovering lots of amazing treasures. Like the original wooden animals designed by Kay Bojesen, which unfortunately are a bit too rich to be on the actual Gift Guides!

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But that doesn’t mean we can’t ogle them with love and adoration right here and now. So that’s what we’re going to do. You’ve probably seen the monkey and maybe the bear before, they have several knock-offs in production too. But I didn’t realize there was a wiener dog – and he’s the cutest wiener dog ever! And the elephant, which is my favorite animal by the way, I heart her so so much.

It’s fascinating to read more about them at Kay Bojesen’s website – the dog was originally designed in 1934, but the monkey didn’t arrive until 1951! Man I want them all. Maybe I’ll just throw that out there into the universe: for Christmas you can get me these amazing Bojesen wooden animals. Just tell me you got them for a steal, ‘kay?

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