Telephones

These old metal telephones are great.  The two middle ones are Hanse, and the others are a little different.

1960s Lisa Economy

My latest purchase - a Lisa Economy house (no electricity, no doors, no stairs). It is a mix of early and late Lisa furniture, most of it quite hard to find, plus a few Lundby and Lerro pieces in the kitchen. 

 

 

 

 There's no electricity in this economy house, but I've added a few lamps for looks anyway.

The roof is so low that the upper cabinet doesn't fit above any of the kitchen units, so I had to set up this kitchen a bit differently.  This kitchen is mostly Lundby/Lerro, and I may eventually put a Lisa kitchen here, but for now I really like this color cabinets with this house.

Old and very rare Lisa bedroom

One of the extremely rare Lisa dolls - the only one I have.

Green "leather" living room set is thought to be Lisa, Lisa bookcases and a rare Lisa lamp and fireplace.

More recent Lisa bedroom pieces which don't really belong in this older house, but I love their colours in this house. I'm still hoping to find the stool that matches the fabric on the bed one day.

I was really excited to get this dining room set, it doesn't turn up for sale very often.

"Marble" tabletop

1950s Hanse

My latest purchase and a new favorite! I'm guessing that it might be from the late 50s. Lundby had the spiral staircase in the late 50s, so maybe this one is from around the same time.  It's definitely heavier and chunkier like the older dollhouses.

 Unfortunately someone has painted some of the rooms, but it's not a very common house, and when you find a person who is willing to ship abroad you can't be too picky, and at least the brick wall is still original and the spiral staircase is there.

The chimney is not original.  I love the color of the roof.

 This is actually the bathroom, but I don't have any more Hanse bathrooms, and it works great as a little children's room.

 On the back of the house there is a balcony

Living room with the original brick wall! So beautiful!

I love the German Fliegenpilzlampe and the large globe is very similar to a Hanse lamp that's a ceiling lamp.  Probably made by the same company.

Downstairs bedroom. I love this older couple, these ones don't turn yellow which is the case with some of the other Hückel dolls

 Hallway/dining room

Kitchen - in this house the entire kitchen fits. In the newer Hanse house, there is not enough room on the back wall.

1975 Hanse

I love the wallpapers in this house - so cheerful.  I hope that I will find more Hanse furniture to fill this house along the way - I have some specific things in mind, but with Hanse furniture you have to be patient!

The house actually didn't survive the journey from Denmark and arrived in bits.  Luckily I managed to glue it all back together again, as you can see.

I got the sofa that matches the four chairs which I have in another Hanse house.  I like having just four chairs and no sofa around a table, so the sofa will stay here for now.

Hanse Lamp and TV

 The orange and yellow lamp is a German lamp I modified.

 All furniture original Hanse, and the blue and white lamp is Hanse.

 New Lisa curtain in the kitchen.

With light turned on ;)

Lundby bathroom, but Hanse dressing table and wardrobe.

OLDER PICTURES:

 This is the most complete room - a Hanse kitchen and Hanse furniture.  The fabric on the blue set is so cute!

 Hanse bed, dressing table and bedside tables - Lisa ceiling lamp and curtains.

One of my latest acquisitions - this Lisa lamp which I'd never come across before other than in the old catalogs.  I am hoping to get some Hanse furniture for this room, but at the moment it seems like my package is lost :(

Update - the parcel arrived, after nearly two months! With my new Hanse living room furniture!

 Living room is mostly Lisa. Hanse telephone and TV.

 Still trying out new floors - the blue floors were a bit too... blue...  The bathroom is mostly Lundby, but the cabinet and dresser is Hanse. Unfortunately the back wall has a some glue residue.

Hanse dining room and a rare Hanse floor lamp

1980s Hanse - the last Hanse house (mid to late 80s)

 This is what the house looked like when I got it.  The lamps are German, so I pulled those out, and I decided to cover the bedroom walls - I am not too fond of pink.  It's not a permanent makeover, so I can always remove the paper.

This was some of the first furniture I tried out.

 All Hanse furniture

Instead of having a patio, I've decided that this space should be a sunken living room. Hanse furniture, and Lisa lamp.

 Hanse dining room furniture. And a rare Hanse lamp.

This family will have to do without a bathroom as I've decided to make a children's room in this space!  The furniture is all Hanse.  The bed does not have the original bedding, but the bedding is Hanse fabric that I was lucky to find in a lot of furniture I bought.

I've tried all my different Hanse bedroom sets in this space - this is what it looks like at the moment - and I might change it again.

 Hanse kitchen and seating - the room is not wide enough to fit a fridge next to the kitchen units!