SABO Concept at Rarely Young
Wooden kingdoms, forests and tea parties, made by hand in a husband-and-wife workshop in Poltava, Ukraine. For the afternoons when the rug becomes a whole country.
Linden & birch · Water-based paint · No plastic · Ages 3+
The table of contents
Four chapters. One long afternoon.
Chapter one
Build a kingdom
Tall towers with little painted windows. Stairs that climb to nowhere in particular. Columns, arches and flat plates for bridges, plus a few small wonders tucked in the box: a model of Santa Maria Assunta from Positano, a pocket-sized David, and Canova's Dancer in miniature.
Build it once the way the picture shows. Then knock it down and build the city only your kid can see.
Great Kingdom Blocks
65 pieces in linden. Towers with carved windows, cones, arches, stairs.
$180.00
Available
Italy Ancient City
103 pieces, with a Santa Maria Assunta model and a tiny David.
$160.00
Available
Italian Courtyard
59 pieces: houses, columns, arches and Canova's Dancer.
$110.00
Available
Chapter two
Plant a forest
Six firs and four leafy trees, carved from linden or birch and standing two to six inches tall. That is exactly the right height for the edge of a kingdom, a hiding place for a fox, or a very long walk for a very small knight.
When the forest needs to move, it packs into its own square box.
Intermission
The floor is yours
Tap a piece to set it down, then drag it wherever it belongs. Pieces closer to you stand in front. When the town is finished, turn out the lights.
Every piece on this rug has a real wooden twin in the shop. Meet them below. Using a keyboard? Select a piece, move it with the arrow keys, and press Delete to pick it up.
Chapter three
Pour the tea
Lemon slices, sugar cubes and two tiny tea bags on strings. A teapot with a lid that actually lifts. Plates for cakes that only exist this afternoon.
Someone always wants the red cup. The bear is always invited. And the soup on the stove is whatever the chef says it is.
Wooden Tea Set, 19 pieces
Teapot, cups and saucers, sugar bowl with six cubes, lemons, tea bags.
$120.00
Available
Flower Tea Set, 14 pieces
A flower-painted teapot, cups and plates in linden and birch.
$120.00
Available
Play Kitchen Set, 14 pieces
Saucepan and ladle, frying pan and spatula, plates and utensils.
$160.00
Available
Chapter four
Chase the rainbow
Six painted arches that nest, stack and stand on their own. A bridge on Monday. A tunnel on Tuesday. A sunrise over the kingdom by the weekend.
This one wears the Flower Meadow palette: soft greens, pinks and butter yellows.
The workshop
Made by Elena & Dmitriy
SABO Concept is a two-person studio in Poltava, Ukraine. Elena designs. Dmitriy works the wood. They started with one belief: careful lines, forms and colors can shape how a child sees the world.
So every piece is plain enough to become anything, with just enough detail to be picked up, turned over and wondered at.
Linden & birch
Solid wood, start to finish.
Water-based paint
Non-toxic color that lets the grain show through.
No plastic
Nowhere in the toys. Not even a little.
Ages 3 and up
Sized for small hands and big plans.
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The whole little world
Eight pieces from one small workshop. Start anywhere. It all fits together.
Chapter I
65 pieces · Linden
Great Kingdom Blocks
$180.00
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Chapter I
103 pieces · Positano model
Italy Ancient City
$160.00
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Chapter I
59 pieces · Canova's Dancer
Italian Courtyard
$110.00
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Chapter II
10 trees · Linden or birch
Wooden Forest Set
$84.00
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Chapter III
19 pieces · Lemons included
Wooden Tea Set
$120.00
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Chapter III
14 pieces · Flower
Flower Tea Set
$120.00
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Chapter III
14 pieces · Flower print
Play Kitchen Set
$160.00
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Chapter IV
6 arches · 6.8 inch mini
Rainbow Stacking Arches
$30.00
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