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Vintage Toy Beauty Set at Acorn & Will

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Christmas is now officially on its way and stocking fillers are urgently being sought at homes up and down the land. This Vintage Toy Beauty Set from online company Acorn & Will is part of a great range of stocking fillers that won't break the bank but will delight little ones on Christmas morning.

The set is on its original card with a little mirror adorned with a love heart and flowers, plus two little combs – perfect for preening and grooming however old you are.

The set is priced at £4.95 and is available from Acorn & Will.
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For sale: 1960s-designed house in Jacksons Lane, London N6

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If any house can scream the 1960s, it's this three-bedroom design in Jacksons Lane, London N6.

This particular property is an end terrace on the Southwood House Estate, a triangle of residences built on the site of the former Southwood House, the work of architects Andrews, Emerson, Sherlock & Keable in the early part of that decade, 'Andrews' himself actually living in it – no doubt sold on the large communal space offered between the rows of houses, all of which is for sole use of the residents.

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For sale: The Harriet and Randall Fawcett Residence by Frank Lloyd Wright near Los Banos, California

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A stunning, possibly iconic property is on the market for the more affluent amongst you – The Harriet and Randall Fawcett Residence by Frank Lloyd Wright near Los Banos, California.

Designed in 1954, but not actually completed until 1961, The Harriet and Randall Fawcett Residence straddles somewhere between modernist and midcentury, but is also unmistakably a Frank Lloyd Wright building, complete with numerous original features from the famed architect. If that's not enough, the house is also sold with original plans for some features that were never completed. Yes, you can build a few new ones yourself.

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Retro retreat: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, USA

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It's an icon of American architecture and one of the most famous residential houses in the world – and you can now stay in Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater.

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright  for Edgar J. Kaufmann senior back in 1934, the house in rural south west Pennsylvania is a stunning architectural feat – built partly over a waterfall, it uses locally quarried stones and houses an active stream, with cantilevered terraces intended to make you feel at one with the nature all around.

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Trellick Tower Bookend

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Following on from yesterday's BT Tower cross stitch kits, here's another architecturally inspired product in the shape of the Trellick Tower Bookend, designed by Susan Bradley. Erno Goldfinger's Brutalist Trellick Tower divides popular opinion but has become a distinctive London landmark and has been immortalised many times, including in the popular range of products from People Will Always Need Plates.

These bookends reduce the building to its instantly recognisable outline and is made from powder coated steel in the two colours shown here. Bookends are also available in the shape of Norman Foster's 'Gherkin' and the ubiquitous Battersea Power Station. These cost £18.  

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BT Tower Cross Stitch kit by Make Industries

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Cross stitch and mid-sixties architecture seem a slightly unlikely combination but that's what you get with this BT Tower Cross stitch kit from Make Industries. The BT Tower (formerly the Post Office Tower) was built in 1964 and, to craft your very own version, the kit includes a pattern, thread and full instructions.

The woman behind Make Industries, Tina Fox, is a former architect and they also have kits available of a couple more iconic London buildings in the shape of Battersea Power Station and the Lloyds Building. Each kit costs £22.50. 

Buy it from the Hidden Art Shop