It’s cold outside, baby, and all we wanna do is curl up in front of a fire, preferably inside a log cabin, somewhere deep in the woods. And if we can’t do that, we’ll just buy some wood-inspired objects to keep us feeling the cedar-burn all winter long.
1. Joining ancient Japanese traditions with modern toy culture (and, literally joining wood), Areaware’s durable Cubebot folds neatly into a cube when playtime’s over ($25 at
Magic Pony, 680 Queen St. W).
2. Natural leather and lime-tree wooden soled Swedish Hasbeens (http://www.swedishhasbeens.com/index.php) (at Chasse Gardee, 1084 Queen St. W).
3. Zebrawood sunnies (Shwood Oswald Sunglasses at The Future of Frances Watson, 1390 Queen St. W).
4. Treat both your hair and the environment right with Aveda’s Wooden Paddle Brush made from 100% recycled Forest Stewardship Council-certified fibre. ($30 at Aveda, 153 Cumberland St. and other locations).
5. A candle to make your home smell like… really expensive and sophisticated wood (
Diptyque Feu De BoisCandle, $66 at Holt Renfrew, 50 Bloor St. W).
6. We kinda like it here, too, Toronto. (Birchwood “I Kinda Like It Here” Coasters by
The National Design Collective $45 at Type Books, 883 Queen St. West.)
7. With notes of birch tar, cedar, and tobacco, OLO’s Victory Wolf is a ‘bonfire party that lasts forever’ ($45 at Robber, 863 Queen St. W).
8. Cheese party season! (Walnut Cheese Slicer, 24 at The Drake General Store, 1144 Queen St. W).
Katie Merchant finds objects for the Toronto Standard and blogs for herself at thank you, ok.
