The Lundby Gothenburg - Göteburg...

the last time. The home of the Lundbys is completely furnished since a long time and so I wanted to make a last post to show this lovely house and its inhabitants:

I really had a lot fun with this house and also with my Lundby family, but now the time has come to say adieu and make other people happy :) If you are interested check my *bay!

There are a few more nice pictures of this fanatstic Gothenburg at my flickr - Enjoy!

Hugs, yours Nicola

Caco, Lundby and Bodo Hennig

I made a clear out at my doll house closet lately (needed more space for the Blythe clothes and deco ;D) and so there are a few more lovely Caco dollhouse dolls, Lundby furniture and a tiny collection of Hennig dishes at ebay!

Don´t miss it :) Thank you!

It was not easy to let these cute little Caco dolls go, because I really adore this small size (adults are 9,5 and children 6 cm). They are the perfect matching size to Lundy, Hanse and Barton dollhouses, but I had so many and so I just kept the ones living in my two left Lundby houses - I think that´s enough :)

Greets, yours Nicola

Lundby collectors meeting in the Netherlands

Last weekend i visited my collector-friend E. in the Netherlands. We know each other via the internet and i don´t live that far away, so it was easy to go there and to admire all her treasures. I´m still impressed by her lovely collection, mostly Lundby and also some other great houses like Lisa or Hanse. It was sooo great to see (and touch :) ) all these tiny things i only knew from catalogues and from the internet. Here is a small range of her collection:

This house is so cute - It looks like a shrunken Lundby Gothenburg :) If anybody knows something about it - every info is welcome! Supplement: I recently discovered this Okwa house (a dutch company) and i guess E.´s house must be an Okwa house, too! Awww - I want one, too!!! :)

Dear E., thank you so much for your guest-friendship and for all the time we spend together! I had so much fun and i´m in love with your collection :)

*Nicola

A blurry picture and blurry memories ...

When I recently sorted a bunch of pictures i found through my sisters things, i discovered another picture of me with my Lundby doll´s house...

And after i starred a while on it (and smiled a lot because i look so funny and also about Maria lying on the windowsill) i was really surprised about the fact, that my Gothenburg was not the well known one, i thought it was... no, it was a so called: economy or plain Lundby Gothenburg... My memories seem to be kind of unreliable :)

(This house is not mine - sold on eb** in 2010)

And because i didn´t find any pictures or informations in the old Lundby catalogues, i surched in the www and found a lot to show and explain the differences between the Lundby Gothenburg and the economy Lundby Gothenburg - if somebody is interested :). I think it was produced from the beginning of the 60s to the end of the 70s - but I´m not sure about that...

(Also not mine, but furnished with some funiture you sure know from the Lundby´s house!)
To tell the truth: If something is called economy it´s meant to be cheap :) So the plein Gothenburg is missing some details you can find at it´s more expensive sisters. First the roof:

It´s bright red like all the other Gothenburg´s roofs from that period, but without a chimney!

The back is made from just a simple hardboard and without a Lundby sticker or anything else.

The "bricks" at the sidewalls are directly printed on the hardboard.

The wooden edging at the front, is painted beige. It has nor windows neither doors - just white window sills and doorframes.

All floors are blue... And what makes the real difference: You can find no stairs and the bathroom is at the first level in the middle! And because there is no stair and no little space for a transformer underneath, you can´t find any electricity in the house... :(

At all the economies i saw at different sources (like this one from add_knitter here at flickr - Awwww, I love this picture!) they used light and simple wallpapers and you can find always this yellow-white patterned wallpaper in the upper left room, you can see here.

Funny is, i really can´t remember my "Economy" i played with for years! I was sooo sure how it must have looked and i guess "my memories" were influenced by some "little girl´s dreams" i had in my brain, from the past...

If you know something more about the economy Lundby Gothenburg (Das günstige/schlichte Lundby Göteborg) - all informations are welcome!!

*Nicola, who is wishing you the best for 2011!!!

Thanks to the eb** seller fiete106 who gave me the permission to show her/his pictures!

He loves cars and James Bond!

Hans-Hermann had a very busy time at his new job at the hospital, so it took a while until he finished to decorate his apartment.

But now everything is after his fancy and so he invited his best Friend Franz and Christine, to get to know each other and also to celebrate his new home with a good glas of wine.

Meanwhile Hans-Hermann and Franz talk shop about the latest James Bond car in Hans-Hermann´s collection...

Christine trys to get Piff of the bed. She is a bit irritated by the new Hunderwasser picture Hans-Hermann just hung over his bed - she really feels like someone is watching her!

Later everything is perfect - they talk about this and that (Cars, cars, James Bond and the latest movie...) and Christine begins to feel a bit more comfy despite of all the cars and Bond Posters surrounding her. The dogs feel the relaxed admoshere and...

look what the naughty boys are doing - rolling on Hans-Hermann new white carpet! (In german we call this kind of carpet "Flokati", but I didn´t find the word in my dict)

Hans-Hermann´s cool James Bond cars are Micro Machines i recently found on our fleamarket. Front row from the left to the right: Bentley Mark IV, From Russia with Love (1963), Aston Martin DB 5 "Most famous", Goldfinger (1964) & Fireball (1965), Lotus Esprit, The Spy who loved me (1977). Back row: I didn´t find any information about the red car but the blue one is a BMW Z3 Bond drove in Golden eye (1995).

The most furniture are Lundby, except the fireplace and TV (Lisa) and the sideboard (unknown). The "Flokati" is a piece of fake fur made by me. The new green Hundertwasser picture was a vintage tag for presents and it shows a detail of "Columbus rainy day in India" #687 A, painted in 1971.

Have a nice weekend, Nicola

The Lundby swimmingpool - Das Lundby Schwimmbecken

When I was small I dreamend of a small Lundby Village with all Lundby things I always saw in the shop window of our local toyshop...

I dreamend that my dolls would have a swimming pool (like my best friend Friederike had in her real garden)...

Do you wanna jump into the cool water?! I would like to, but the pool is even to small for one of my feet ;D

It´s just a little childhood dream come true... (by the way, the pool came with the 1975 Gothenburg and was one of the things I watched so often at eb** and I couldn´t afford normaly)

I´m wishing you a sunny summer - maybe with a pool in your (Lundby) garden :) *Nicola

P. S.: One good advice: Never fill water in your vintage Lundby pool like I did! I don´t know if it never was made for filling water in it or if it became leak through the years?! Anyway after the photo shooting there was water everywhere and I had to dry it in the sun. Now it is dry again, but also has some water markings on it :( ... I thought it was a toy *argh*!!!

Sometimes...

you can´t say no when someone offers you a real good deal, (even if you promised to yourself not to buy another doll´s house in the next time) ;D But I thought this opportunity will not come a second time and so I gave myself a belated birthday present ... and I also pampered myself because I´m a bit nervous about my operation :(

It took me some deliberations where to put it in my small livingroom, but I found a (good?!) solution and now the Lundby´s have new neighbours living in a Lundby Gothenburg/Lundby Göteborg from 1975. The house came with some lovely furniture, tiny things like plants & dishes and... a SWIMMINGPOOL! It will need some more furniture and so today I just show you a small peek of my livingroom slowly transforming into a dollshouse museum...

*Nicola

Furniture & Antiques

This week Christine & Hans-Herman finally went shopping at "Möbel & Antikes"/ "Furniture & Antiques". It was a very nice but also eye opening trip for both...

Hans-Herman came with his fast car and here you can see them discussing about "Piff & Paff"... Christine wanted to take them with her but Hans-Herman said: "Sorry, but not in my car".
She learnt: He loves fast cars & no dogs in the car. He learnt: She loves her dogs more than he thought.

Christine loved the shop and also the very kind & friendly owners Mr. and Mrs. Lundgren, who recently moved to Lundby Village and opened the shop. They had a very good range of used furniture and also some lovely lamps, carpets and accessoires. Hans-Herman was very delighted with the black sofa & armchairs!

He also found a modern art print from the austrian artist "Friedensreich Hundertwasser", he really admires. He decided to take the yellow ceiling lamp you can see in the background and a tv set. And Christine learnt: He likes modern furniture, lamps and weird modern art...

In the area with the kitchen furniture Christine spotted two very adorable dachshund sculptures on a table - a wooden one and one made from murano glass. She wanted to buy one for her livingroom, but she wasn´t able to make a choice and it took a very loooong dialog before she chose the wooden one! He learnt: Yes, she really loves dachshunds and she needs hours to make a dicision...

Hans-Herman also needed a bed and his choice was the colourful modern one. After all Christine did not wonder about that, but she was wondering about the fact he carried the "Hundertwasser" around the whole store. She learnt: He is afraid someone could take his things...

In the bedroom area they had also some pictures of Royals and two brass sculptures of a king and queen. Christine loved the pictures and the sculptures but Hans-Herman tried to reason her out of these things, because he thought they are awful, but he didn´t succeed - she took the queen! And he learnt: She is stubborn and has a very bad taste sometimes...

But anyway they had a very nice afternoon together :) Today Mr. Lundgren delivered all the things and furniture at Christine´s house and Hans-Herman will move in tomorrow. But that´s another story...

I wish you all a very happy easter weekend! I´m going to Berlin to visit friends & family, so the next post will take a bit longer.

*Nicola

Mrs Lundby´s Birthday

A big surprise at Lundby´s Livingroom! Today it was Mrs Lundby´s birthday and look what Mr Lundby bought for her - a new sofa, armchairs & a matching table. That was her heart´s desire since years, because they used all the time the old furniture Mr Lundby had in his bachelor flat, before they married.

All children painted cute pictures for her and here you can see the family sing "Happy Birthday". Even baby tried to sing! Mr Lundby also gave a lovely fish sculpture to her. It´s made from murano glass like the little bird on the shelf.

Later on Mrs Lundby´s in-laws came to celebrate. They had a wonderful afternoon with coffee, cake and sparkling wine... Baby was happy too because grandma & grandpa came with Kerstin, the little cousin, and she played the whole afternoon with baby!

I tried to make some pictures with the new installed lights, but i´m not so happy with the result... Maybe i should better take the picture with the lights of :(

*Nicola

PS: Christine and Hans-Herman were busy the whole week, so they had no time for the little shopping tour at "Furniture & Antiques". But Mr Lundby brought the black lether furniture there to buy the new furniture and i guess Hans-Herman will like a livingroom with a black lether sofa & armchairs...

There´s a light....

During the last days I "played a bit Hans-Herman" and fixed all my Lundby lamps to light my houses.

Some of these came with the Lundby Gothenburg /Lundby Götheborg, I bought for Family Lundby last summer.

Some others came with furniture & things i bought on eb** or tra**ra. I was realy happy there was this little pack of plugs through the Lundby things from my childhood, because a lot of the lamps from the gothenburg were without plugs. The yellow lamp above is interesting, too. I bought it in the original package and all looks like Lundby, but as you can see, there is "Lillbo" written on it. Is "Lillbo" the same like "Lundby"? If anybody can tell me more about "Lillbo" I would be very happy.

I don´t know if all lamps are original Lundby, but i think the most are. Now, i have to decide which lamp should be in which house in the end... I have to do a little research in pepe´s old catalogues, because i´m a real nitpicker and i want the houses with the lamps from the right period :)

And could anybody please tell me why Lundby made these very practical little retaining pins on the ceilings of the Gothenburgs and stopped it when they produced the Stockholm??!!! I bought my Stockholm without any marks from stuck on lamps on the ceiling, because the former owner had no light in the house. And now I should start to stick lamps on the ceiling :O... I don´t know if I can do this... How do you stick your lamps on the ceilings?

*Nicola

Hans-Herman´s visit

Friday it was Hans-Herman´s day...

Hans-Herman: Hello, I´m Hans-Herman Anderson, but you can say Hans-Herman if you like.

Christine: Hi, Hans-Herman, i´m Christine. Do you want to take a look at the apartment first?

H-H: Wow, what a wonderful room - so much space and i like the light wooden floor and the chocolate brown wallpaper very much, because brown is my favorite colour. hum, the furniture is a bit like in the smoking lounge of an english club *laughs*...

C: I´m so happy you like the wallpaper! The furniture is not my taste either, but i bought it with the house. You can rent the flat unfurnished and bring your own furniture if you like.

H-H: I sold everything after my wifes death. The house and the furniture...

C: I´m so sorry about your loss...

H-H: Thank you. But i´m feeling much better now. I had to leave it all behind. I´m living at a friends house at the moment. But i would like to move to Lundby Village because of my job at the hospital and to start another stage of live...

C: Yes, i understand you very well... Would you like a refreshment?

H-H: Yes, great idea. I would like to take it here to get a better feeling for the atmosphere here in the apartment, if it´s okay for you?

Later on they talked about this and that...

C: *laughs* By the way, where was this picture of you taken?

H-H: Haha, it was taken at my friends house - all these crazy posters, yes!! Hahaha... but it was the only picture i had at hand when i wrote the letter. I´m happy you didn´t jump to wrong conclusions...

C: *coughs slightly* hum, yes i always try to get to know someone before i draw conclusions. So, how do you like the apartment?!

H-H: I really like it! hum, but i would need a kitchen, wouldn´t i?

C: *hesitates a bit* Yes, of course... There are fittings for a kitchen in one corner... or if you like you can use the kitchen upstairs together with me...

H-H: Oh, yes really?! What a nice suggestion!

C: The handymen just finished my kitchen and i know how much work it is to install a kitchen... we can take a look upstairs if you like?!

H-H: Lovely light room and you furnished it so tasteful!

C: Oh, thank you... yes nearly everything is perfect, i just need an electrishian for the ceiling lamp. I have two left feet and something is wrong with it.

H-H: Oh, no problem i can maybe fix it for you. *jumps on the table*

C: I can get a ladder...

H-H: Don´t worry it´s quickly done...

Hans-Herman fixed the lamp and Christine couldn´t believe how fast the afternoon was over and how good she felt in Hans-Herman´s company!

C: So, would you like to rent the apartemant? I would like to welcome you as my new lodger.

H-H: Yes, great! I could move in the 1. April... But i would like to get some furniture before.

C: My neighbours told me about a new shop in town, "Furniture & Antiques". You can take a look there. They have new and secondhand things. I´ll bring the english club furniture there...

H-H: Well, maybe we can go together - I can help you with the furniture and you can help me to find new ones...

C: Good idea - i´ll call you next week. Bye, it was nice to meet you!

H-H: I´m very happy all turned out so well, Christine - bye!

What do you think - will Hans-Herman be the right one to move in?!

*Nicola