Instructions

A few people have asked for copies of the instructions, so here they are. You can right click and save these to your computer. You can also click on them here to enlarge the images. Enjoy. 

Carport Calamity

I initially bought this metal Ertl 1/18th scale 1961 Cadillac to compliment the house and was excited to park it in the carport. You can see in the photo its the correct length (actually a little longer than needed) but it still is dwarfed by the house height wise. Curious about this anomaly, I put the Mystery machine in and it works much better scale wise. Unfortunately I think it dresses down the house, but there you go. It might have to be Mystery incorporated's headquarters after all. ;-)

Brinca Dada House on TV

Fans of the show, Divine Design, will recognize Candice Olson featured in this Brinca Dada house post. As a long time watcher of the show (super inspiration about decorating modernly)I was thrilled to see her segment at the start of the show featuring the one and only modern small house we are all so fond of. Good design gets around and this adult toy (bad choice of words) is no exception. We love you Candice!

Lights, Batteries, Action!

When I built my Emerson house and plugged all the wires together, with baited breath waited for there to be light and....nothing. After checking coneections, emailing Brinca Dada (and NEVER hearing back by the way), I finally decided to dig around inside the secret panel in the chimney. I swapped out the batteries and Voila! it worked. A solar paneled small house is pretty cool. I have since disconnected the two halves of the house because its just too damn heavy to move around when its together.

Real Life Examples: Part One

I was semi shocked when I saw the photo of the house online on some modernist website. It is very similar to the Brinca Dada Emerson house. The chair I had never seen before so I thought it was a strange design when it was included with the furniture line, until one day I found this green beauty online and now know the designers had a reason for it. The blue picture of stairs with Sarah Jessica Parker is from the movie, 'First Wives Club' and the stairs are strikingly similar so I thought it deserved an honroable mention in the post.

Damaged Goods

In this installment, you can see the roof warping for a terrible fit. One sliding door of the bedroom slides great, and the pocket sliding door is barely movable. It was almost like one of those red Japanese toris (sp) with the ends flipped up. I wish I could match the grey paint since the driveway was scratched in shipping and my tapping block chipped the grey foundation where the glass walls 'fit in'. From what I am being told I have the earlier lightwood incarnation of the Emerson house. You can see there is a burn or stain mark on the upstairs in front of the fireplace. Not happy...not happy.

Bloggers Own Emerson House...

You can see my stacked stone wallpapered wall through the house. 

The accent wall on the stair landing is a nice compliment to the house. 

Up on a pedestal.

My factory layout. 

I will be adding custom upgrades when time permits. 

I bought a partial furniture set on feebly that included a red chair and sofa so my house has two of each. I do use the green roof as a pied a terre. 

Here is the initial set up of my very own Brinca Dada mocern home. Undoubtedly when time permits I will be adding more stuff to it. Most noticable is that I left the factory green protective covering on some of the windows and doors. I think it adds a nice, retro dimension to it absent in other Emerson houses.