Not sure what it is about the easily collectible and even more displayable brass animal that makes me so happy but goodness, they are stinkin’ cute.
I found most of mine on eBay. For cheap as well. In fact, I’ve never paid more than a tenner (most somewhere around £5-7 including shipping) except for this rather lovely chap which was double that but considering it’s size was well worth every penny.
I can’t remember where I saw them first. It might have been in Jen Ramos’ old Las Vegas apartment on Apartment Therapy.
Or maybe it was long before that in 2011 when I first saw Bailey Quinn’s Chicago home in Rue magazine.
And then seeing them pop up all over blogland like a crazy golden rash of loveliness. I read with envy on Sea of Shoes when Jane Aldred and her mum found the motherload of all brass animals last year.
Yes – loud and proud, small and lovely, I take my brass animals however they come. Just not like this.
| Yes there are bad brass animals on eBay. Be warned. This ad says they’ve sold 105 of them. Save me from this world. |
But like this? Oh yes. Notice the books acting as a sort of chastity belt to any possible inter-species hanky-panky.
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Whenever it was when this obsession started, it has not yet abated. And so I’ve added and added to my own collection. I like mine sat on top of books…
Notice I have a pair and yet they are NOT humping. I keep them in different rooms just to be sure though.
But just ya know, hanging out on tables and stuff is cool too. My little kangaroo hides on my console table in plain sight.
And my new crane looks all majestic and shit hanging out in my living room.
I need a few more I reckon. Like this fierce little cheetah just being cool as f**k on a table. Check out the attitude. You’d almost be afraid to eat your dinner in front of him lest he makes you part of his.
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Or maybe a big fat happy hippo to sit on a side table like this guy. She’s all like, ‘Oooh yeah, this cool marble is nice on my butt.’ Look at that little smile! My fat ginger cat never looks this happy.
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I like them adding a little whimsy to a dining table too.
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Here’s my version from my Christmas table. Still seperated.
So as you can see, this is a most versatile accessory. They work anywhere – in bookshelves, coffee tables, consoles, side tables and dining tables. Even better, there’s no cleaning up after their messes or having to deal with molting. You really can’t go wrong here. And the more, the merrier.
Have you started your collection?*
*If not and you want to start, here’s an eBay listing to get you started.
I (nearly) always like these animals when I see them in somebody else's home, but they're just not moi and simply wouldn't work in my home. They look great in your place and it's fantastic that you found some bargains on Ebay – I do agree though that there's an awful lot of rubbish on that site as well… xo
Oh dear…I feel a new addiction coming on!<br /><br />Maybe I could buy just one to cheer up my desk….
the kangaroo rocks….although it looks more like a joey (baby kangaroo)!<br />we have the real thing daily on our back paddock.<br />Bec x
Yep, I am deep into this addiction as well. But that fat, happy hippo just made me keel over. I NEED HIM. Does he have any identical twin brothers? I like how the love-making brass animals are holding hands/trunks while doing the deed. Makes it so much more romantic.
I like the hippos best. Like Mademoiselle Poirot though they wouldn't work in my home.
hippos!<br /><br />crazycute knickknacks, red!<br /><br />michele
Love your collection!
I covet your brass menagerie! I have a little brass cat myself. When I see brass giraffes, especially a mother and baby, they remind me of the set my grandmother always had in her hall bathroom. I wish I knew what ever came of those after she died.<br /><br />You know, I've never noticed the giant brass elephant in that photo of Bailey Quinn's room before. I never saw past the blue velvet
Delurking after catching up on lots of posts, I have major house envy! We own the bottom half of a house in a similar aged building, it's a long hard slog to get it sorted. Anyway, I was actually going to say I have a brass animal too, mine was made by my Grandad and is a nutcracker in the shape of a dog who sits on the hearth where it was in my Grandparents' house
Your collection is awesome, your judgement on the frolicking elephants – hilarious!
I'm totally with you on this one, slightly obsessed with them myself… I only have an elephant and water buffalo right now, need to up the numbers somewhat, quite fancy getting some kind of Noah's Ark shizzle going on. Haha, and agreed with the No Humping rule, nothing quite like that to put you off your dinner…
I knew I wasn't alone :)