A homemade dollhouse

The third doll house which I picked up this summer is a home made house with lots of charm. It is a gift from my friend Lotta in Malmö who got it as a child. I don't know so much about its history more than that Lotta got it in the 70s.

The scale of the house is bigger than the Lundby houses. It is in rather good shape with not so many damages on the wall papers expect the water damage in the biggest room on ground floor. Its tricky to date it but I have found some electric wiring work which I think is from the 70s and not from the beginning, because I think the house itself is older. I also think that the little blue room on top floor is a later construction, maybe also from the 70s. The rest of the wall papers I think is older than the 70s. They could be  from the 60s or even the 50s. I like the house very much anyway and I am going to furnish it with things from mainly the 50s and which are in a larger scale than that of Lundby. 

The left room on upper floor has a cute and a little childish wall paper. In the right corner you can see a electric wire from the 70s.  All floors in the house, expect the little blue room have had wall-to-wall carpet. Probably also from the 70s. But I am going to keep the wooden floors. 

On the right side on the upper floor there are two rooms, where I think the little blue one is a later construction. The little blue room has also its floor painted red. I think it has been used as a bathroom. The rest of the walls has the same cute wall papers as the left room, previously described. 

The left room on ground floor has also cute wall papers and between the two rooms on this floor is is a door. By the way the only door in the house. The door seems to have been cut in the bottom end and that is probably done when the house got the wall-to-wall carpets. Otherwise the door could not open. This room has also a window with window glass (plastic material). 

The fifth and last room in the house is the biggest one and has unfortunately a water damage on the back wall. Otherwise it has a rather cute wall paper with little flowers. The curtain is made of typical fabric from the 70s and need to be fixed. This room has also a window. 

A Lundy lookalike.

Hi again! Here comes some pictures of another house I picked up this summer. It is homemade and the one who made it has obviously the Gothenburg model of the Lundby houses in mind. The similarities are many. For the first the layout of the rooms.

One major difference from genuine Lundby houses is the scale. This house is bigger. It is also in rather good shape even if some of the wallpapers have some damages. It is tricky to date it, but according to the fact that it is a copy of a Gothenburg house from Lundby, it is probably not older than from the 60s. The wallpapers also make me guess of the 60s or perhaps early 70s. I love these Lundby lookalikes. They are adorable.

This left room on second floor is going to be a bedroom. Look at the funny wallpaper with Christmas decorations on it. I think it can be a gift-wrapping paper. I think it is the best/funniest wallpaper in the house because it is not like a ordinary wall paper at all. I just love it.

This room is going to be a living room. The wall paper here is also very cute. It is hard to see, but the left wall paper is also in the ceiling. The bedroom on the earlier picture has also wall paper on the ceiling.  

Now we are on the ground floor and the room to the left which is going to be the kitchen. The house has no doors, just openings, as the windows. 

The middle room/hall on ground floor has the living room wall paper on the back wall and a Lundby lookalike staircase. 

The last room, to the right on ground floor is going to be a bathroom and it has the same wall paper as the kitchen. I will post pictures further on when I have decorated the house. 

A Gemla house

On my road trip in Sweden this summer I picked up 3 doll houses. One of them I am going to present for you today. It is a house containing of two rooms, one above the other. The house could be closed by a door with glass windows. As far as I have managed to find out the house is manufactured by Gemla but I don't know yet have old it is.

The wallpapers look rather old so I guess it is from the first half of the 20th century. When I bought it, it was furnished with lovely furniture from the 50s and 60s. Those furniture I am going to put in other houses from that period of time. This house is going to be decorated with older furniture and in a bigger scale, because this house is bigger than the Lundby houses. 

The top room has a lovely yellow wallpaper and pink curtains. It is going to be a bedroom. 

The room on ground floor has green wallpapers and white lace curtains. The floor is of same kind in both rooms. This room is going to be a living room. When I have decorate it I will post you some pictures.