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With the gift-giving season just around the corner, many will be on the lookout for unique and functional gifts for children. The Emerson House by brinca dāda is as much a gift for kids as it is for parents with discerning tastes. Beautifully made, it blends into most modern home settings. Add a couple of pieces from the Classic Contemporary furniture line and it will be hours of fun for imaginative young minds.

Emerson House

Emerson House draws inspiration from Richard Neutra’s Desert House and A. Quincy Jones’ house for Gary Cooper. With seven rooms including a living room, kitchen, dinning room, library/office, master bedroom, bathroom and child’s bedroom, it features many distinguishing architectural features like glass corners, minimalist cut stone fireplace, scored hardwood floors and recessed LED lights powered by solar panels. Emerson House measures 18”x21”30” (H-W-L) and is built at 1:18 scale.

The house is easy on the environment with only non-toxic and lead-free wood stains and paints. It also recently won GREENretailer’s 2010 Eco-Choice Award for “Most Innovative” New Product.

Classic Contemporary Furniture

The Classic Contemporary furniture line from brinca dāda is the perfect complement to both Emerson House and Bennett House.

The line’s clean and sophisticated aesthetic mixes classic modern design with contemporary “in fashion” highlights. In the words of the designers, “The key was to work on every detail to add an extra dimension of authenticity to this dollhouse. We used American black walnut stain as a common thread, giving a contemporary feel to each room. We then added color as accents, but also as an attraction to children’s sensibilities.”

Classic Contemporary offers furnishings for seven rooms and is fashioned from high-quality woods and non-toxic, lead-free stains and paints.

Visit brinca dāda for more information on Emerson House, Bennett House and the Classic Contemporary Furniture line.

You know I have a slight obsession for miniature food. These are from Petit Plat by Stéphanie Kilgast and they really do look good enough to eat! Delightful spread of colorful birthday treats like cake, cookies and lollipop and very realistic lemon, bread and icing reproduction.

These and mini food earrings (cupcakes dangling on your ears or hot dog pendants, anyone?), necklaces and hair accessories are available at her Etsy shop.

For some of us this is the closest we can get our hands on one of these babies –  some of the most recognizable, iconic designer chairs of the 20th century. The collection boasts realistic tiny reproductions of George Nelson’s Marshmallow sofa, Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chair, the ubiquitously 60s-70s retro Eero Aarnio Ball Chair, the handsome Barcelona by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and many other sofas, chaise lounges and armchairs from the likes of Eames, Le Corbusier and Panton.

Miniature 1:12 scale replica of designer chairs by Reac Japan Design Interior Collection here (in Japanese) or buy designer mini furniture set from Amazon