The Modernist… Emerson Dollhouse by BrincaDada

By Audrey van Petegem, Contributing Editor

One of my favorite toys growing up was my dollhouse. I spent many hours playing make-believe with it. It was a very basic square construction made of wood, with no stain or paint finish. My doll furniture was a mix of mismatched plastic pieces with a few wooden handmade ones my father had lovingly crafted for me. My dolls were a variety of stuffed animals, Barbies and an assortment of different figurines.

On a search to recreate my own childhood memories for my daughters, I came across a sophisticated and oh-so-stylish version of my own basic dollhouse. The Emerson Dollhouse, a vision of modernist architecture, has six rooms including a living room, kitchen, library/office, master bedroom, bathroom and child’s bedroom. It has a large, open floor plan with floor-to-ceiling windows. This DOLL house has features that I want in my own house! Like mitered-glass corners, two fireplaces, sliding glass doors, solar panels on the roof and LED recessed lights…Crazy. Parents will also like to know that the house uses only non-toxic and lead-free wood stains and paints.

Fabricated by BrincaDada, a uniquely new toy company based in New York, the dollhouse is the brainchild of Douglas Rollins and Tim Boyle. The design was inspired by the flat roofs and organic flow of Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann Desert House and the ultra-modern stone, glass, and steel home that A. Quincy Jones designed for Gary Cooper.

Brinca Dada’s motto is “Beautiful Fun“. They create toys that combine high-aesthetics with great play-value, or as they like to say “toys that adults love to look at and children love to play with“.

My daughter’s imaginations will be able run wild in all the beautifully appointed rooms in this piece of art (Dollhouse modern furniture and dolls coming this spring). I may have to borrow it every so often and put it on display in the living room for my own enjoyment. It’s that spectacular.

Although it’s not available just yet, you can pre-order it brincadada.com. Get updates as to exactly when the house and accessories will be available on Facebook and Twitter.