This Trend is for the Birds?

Bird blocks - $42 each at Jayson Home & Garden

Birds are the new 40. Birds are the new black. Insert random cliche here. Whatever they are, they’re that in abundance. I must confess to riding this trend, owning 2 of the items in the following list. But it doesn’t mean I like it that you may own them too.

What do you think of birds in design? Which animal would you wager will win the trend horse race in 2008? My bet is on horses. I own one, a small statue in the dining room that I bought from an independent shop well over a year ago. But they’re popping up more and more and if that trend continues, I’m cashing in my chips.

Parrot lamp. On-sale for $450 at Williams Sonoma Home.

Top/Left: Stone-carved bird – $25 – $40 at Urbanest
Bottom/Right: Bird plate – $55 at Jayson Home & Garden.

Bird art – White Attic in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood.

Mechanical birds (they sing) from National Geographic.