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1. A gradient puzzle that'll be like, "yes, I am a challenging team activity but also catch me being a slick table setting."
2. A sun-catching block set, because if loving baby toys as decor is wrong then, goo goo gaga dammit, I don't wanna be right.
3. A wooden fractal puzzle that makes me want to relearn high school geometry after forgetting essentially all of it. (Sorry, Mrs. Nelson!!)
4. A DIY miniature kit, because a house is not a home without a custom-built miniature home on your shelf that you spent hours meticulously crafting — I don't make the rules!
5. A wooden laser-cut building kit that's just asking to be your new steampunk-y centerpiece.
6. A beautiful wooden chess board for hanging on your wall — you never know when the mood will strike. Could be today, could be a few ~knights~ down the road.
7. Or, a skyline set can pay homage to the concrete jungle where dreams, and trash heaps, are made.
8. A quirky brain-teaser puzzle your guests will definitely be eyeing.
9. A wooden labyrinth game to somehow elicit feelings of both rage (while steering these marbles to their destination) and peace (while looking at the beautiful woodwork on your countertop).
10. A cork-crafting kit, because if you're going to leave corks out on your coffee table why not fully lean into some campy, cork-centric decor?
11. A Shengshou mirror cube if you're like, "no way could a Rubik's cube make for decent decor" — well have you met its silver-fox sibling?
12. A puzzle within a puzzle that just watched Inception for the first time.
13. A collection of pen and watercolor drawings from Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat that'll sneakily get you thinking about the elements of cooking while you admire the shading on a summer tomato.
14. A geometric wooden puzzle if you're into the idea of interacting with tabletop sculptures — not just admiring them from afar.
15. A building-block kit to channel your inner architect — you can even get specific with style preference. Merry Christmas, Brutalism heads.
16. A mind-bending bottle holder in case you were thinking, "how can I possibly make opening wine even more difficult for myself?" (Worst case scenario: You give up and admire the beautiful woodwork encasing your vino.)
17. A cooking measurements conversion chart print to save you from a google while your hands are covered in cookie batter. (Bonus: great design!)
18. A mini food puzzle — your choice of anything from broccoli to gummy bears — that'll make you wonder why "snackwave" had such a tragically short run.
19. A set of periodic table element blocks that'll look He*lla Ti**ght on your bookcase. (*Helium, **Titanium)
20. A color theory chart-turned-puzzle used by writer Derek Patmore to explain color's important role in design — you know what I don't need explained? Why this puzzle absolutely belongs in your home.
21. A LEGO building kit of the Guggenheim Museum, because this just seems like the Frank Lloyd Wright decision.
22. A geometric sculpture game (take turns stacking its feather-like shapes with a partner) that elevates tacky summer-camp decor to become a chic adult accent piece.
23. A set of "snake blocks" you can make other creatures with if snakes make your skin crawl.
24. A geode puzzle, because you just successfully navigated the IRS website to file taxes, so surely you're ready for any challenge.
25. A "four-across" game made of stunning maplewood that you'll have no shame in leaving out on a table as a permanent fixture.
26. A two-sided Sol Lewitt puzzle — one side neon, the other monochromatic — so your decor can reflect the duality of your taste.
27. Or a curvy, retro puzzle if your taste is just always: LOUD.
28. A pack of eco-friendly (and antique-y) playing cards to give your coffee table a royal flush.
29. A Niels Bohr Atom mobile that'll trick you into thinking about physics when you swore you'd never look back after high school.
30. A patent print of Mickey Mouse to hang on your wall and pay homage to the labor that goes into animation.
31. And a long-lasting wooden block toy to make an enviable addition to a kid's play den. (Or! On a grown-ass adult's desk at work.)
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