New & Improved

Welcome to my new doll house room.  I have 8 houses on display and a couple more tucked away.  I also have one house in the guest room and one in the kitchen for Christmas display.  Yes that is the Arizona flag on the wall.  We are blessed to have been able to leave crappy Illinois.  We now live in Prescott Valley, AZ in a small town in the high desert at 5,000 feet elevation. 

Joy to the world!

 Let's see what is happening in the ole Gothenberg. 

It looks like a party.

 Mr. Claussen has already had too much to drink and is passed out.

Martin is steadfast in the kitchen preparing all sorts of food.  Hey, he is just like my husband leaving the fridge open and the cabinets open and spilling milk on the floor.  But he sure is a great chef.

We have hosted a Christmas party for the neighborhood and the oohs and aahs in the doll house room were incredible.  Surprisingly the men looked longer and asked more questions than the women did.  Any children who have seen the room have just wanted to play, play, play.

Hope your Christmas is lovely, the food is great and smiles & hugs are plentiful. 

God Bless you all and may some of the good news be yours. 

Merry Christmas

The Lundby gals are gathered to have their little party and gift exchange. 

They want to wish a MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL!

The little girl says her prayers while her big sister watches. 

She is praying for Santa.  She is asking that he please be safe and bring her some new toys.  She dreams of Christmas morning and all the good food she will eat. 

Meanwhile on the roof top Santa has arrived with many wonderful new toys.  Mom is in the kitchen preparing lots of great food.

May all your Christmas dreams come true.

The Toxic Goat and his Christmas House

The Toxic Goat would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas.

The poor but happy Goat is so old his coat glows in the dark and is from the days when toxic things were used to paint cast goats. The goat does love his little house though.

(House is antique, German and in fair to good condition.)
Mary and Martin would also like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas.
They are reflecting upon glorious memories and are filled with gratitude. They are living in the moment enjoying some peace, serenity and are about to rip open each others Christmas gift.


All the Lundby Peeps want to wish you a Very Merry Christmas.

Photo below is of my curiou cabinet that has four glass shelves with a mirror in the back. The mirror and glass made it very difficult to take photos. The photo below is from the top of the cabinet looking down at all four shelves. Each shelf has a different miniature Xmas scene.

Each scene has little dolls that want to wish you all a

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Brinca Dada Modern House - Mary's Christmas Present

It was meant to be.

A One Year Blogiversary Present for YOU to see.

Although Mary just moved into a new house (October) she thought it wasn't big enough.

(Mary is a very spoiled brat doll who gets almost everything she wants.)

So we had to get her the New Brinca Dada - Emerson House.

Who says dolls can't go from Vintage to Modern?

How this happened. I have always thought this house was pretty cool but did not think it would fit too well in my collection yet I found myself attracted to it. I would not just buy this house over the Internet without seeing it in person. I thought I had to go to New York to see it. Well I was on the Brinca Dada web site a short time ago and checked the link for locations near me. I about fell out of my chair. A store about 10 miles from me had the house on display. I called, I grabbed Mary and some Lundby furniture and was at the store soon after. This was not a miniature store but a store with a very smart owner who was impressed with the house and ordered a few. Well I'll be but the Lundby furniture fit nicely and Mary would not leave the house. She just flat out wanted it. I sure did too. Now it was time to coax hubby. I asked the store owner to put a hold on the house knowing full well that I didn't have room for it and the price was a bit too high. I then asked hubby to just go take a look at it. Well wouldn't ya know but hubby fell in love with the house. He thought it was art work and would fit into our home nicely. He just admired it from all angles and then paid for the house. YIPPEE!!! It was all a fluke that this happened and yet it was meant to be.

Assembly of the House. The store owner had some very smart and talented young customers who were able to assemble her floor model for her. I was fortunate enough that these super nice people were willing to come to my house and assemble mine for me. Thanks so much to Chris and Angela. It was a fun evening with them and a bit of a challenge but you can see the end result.

Regarding the Blogiversary...

It is pure joy to have lasted here one year and made so many contacts and dear friends.

Stats:

• 73 different countries have stopped by.
• 4,366 different visitors have stopped by.
• I have done 105 posts in one year.

Impressive I would say. Thank-You all!

Please see the Two Posts below with another 31 photos of the Emerson House by Brinca Dada.

Link to Brinca Dada's Web Site: http://www.brincadada.com/

More Photos of Mary's New House #1

The photos in this post are with the house open at 90 degrees.

There is no rhyme or reason to the photo order.

It's my present to you for my One Year Blog Anniversary.

Thanks for your love, support and inspiration.

I cut up some small sticks to use for the fireplace. That was hubby's idea.

The music room.


The Laundry Room. AAAaaahhh... One of my favorites.

One of the roof top decks. The red brick patio pavers were added

by me and did not come with the house.

The Serenity Garden.

Camping out on the roof.

I found the Ring Toss game at the Dollar Store.

It's perfect Lundby size. Martin just loves playing it.

Mary is waiting for Martin to come and cook breakfast.

Martin is still in bed watching TV.

The Easel in the corner was a Good Will find and I rehabbed it.

The art work I found at an antique store long ago and finally know why

I've had it all these years.

There is plenty of storage under the stairs. I made a panty for the little Peeps.

MORE PHOTOS BELOW...

More Photos of Mary's New House #2

These are photos with the house closed.

You can see right through the house so in the back ground is my life size chair.

And there is my life size lamp in the back ground.





See the car parked in the garage.

The roof top decks. You can also see the solar panel.

Kinda burry but gives you a visual from the back side of the house.

Again you can see right through the house. In the back ground is my

cabinet with some of the vintage vases that I collect.

Since these photos were taken I have moved this fabulous piece of art called the Emerson House to a window location. It opens up more possiblities with a natural setting in the background.

Puder Zucker & The Hexan Haus

Another new House for the Lundbys.

This one will go on a new street called "Sugar Lane."

Here are the little peeps who were lucky I didn't eat them.

I asked hubby to make the enlcosed mix and we laughed for a long time because he doesn't know how to make Puder Zucker (powdered sugar). Now if I ever go to Germany I can ask for Puder Zucker at every meal.


This product was made in Germany for the greatest grocery store in the US called Trader Joe's. They are not in all areas so many of you many not have heard of them.

Here is the art work from the box and I just loved it.

Oh what fun I had to be a child for hours upon hours.