It was inevitable that as soon as butterfly specimen boxes began popping up in online magazines, an alternative would present itself. On Etsy, you’ll find plenty of specimen cases using real butterflies, raised for the trade. But now there’s also paper-crafted butterfly displays that are beautiful in their own right, like this one by CreativeJuiceDesigns. So which would you choose, real or paper? Me? I have to admit there’s something about the real thing that takes me back to being a kid at the museum in Chicago. I’d stand on tiptoes and look at the cases and dream of one day going to someplace where the butterflies were bigger than my hand. That’s a feeling that paper just can’t quite capture. — Sarah L.

One of my fondest memories of my grandparents’ house is of an old German cuckoo clock that my grandfather especially loved. It was old-fashioned, hand-carved, and every single morning, he would remember to wind that clock before he left for work. I remember sitting underneath it constantly, waiting and waiting for a new hour to strike so I could watch the dancers go around in a circle, and see that little cuckoo pop out of the top.

Sadly, it’s probably not terribly stylish now to have one of those big, clunky clocks on your wall. But I still love the idea of that little cuckoo – so when I spied this thoroughly modern interpretation of the classic over at CB2, I couldn’t help but covet it. Those clean lines and minimal colors couldn’t be further from the original, but it still makes me smile.

What do you think? Would you hang a cuckoo on your wall? –Becki S.