Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Similar Houses: Others Dare to Compare

HO scale model house. Most likely Pleasantville.

Custom house perhaps? Back when dads would tool around in the woodshop  rather than facebook. 




Fisher Price castle

Random internet image. 

1985 Sylvanian Families House by Epoch. MDF material with plastic resin and wood furniture. 


1950's tin litho house in the cape cod style. 

early 1960' train model house. 

Contemporary Ranch by RGT (Real Good Toys). Wood dollhouse kit YOU assemble. Having built a farmhouse before I can tell you these things suck up a surprising amount of glue, paint and TIME not to mention decor, wall and floor coverings, fixtures and accessories! 

I'm in love...

German looking kit or home made house?? Definitely Mondrian inspired.

Paper dollhouse kit?  Meh...

HO scale train house from Europe in the modern style. 

roof shot of Sylvanian family home. 


Cloverleaf Corners house circa 2012











Very cool, love the fire pit, I would own this. =-) 

Similar to Lundby, this German A Frame style house looks like the "Ikea Design House 1974". Enjoying the color scheme, it's nearly entirely orange, yellow and white, sans the club chairs and bathroom. 
The original 1960s Plasticville Cntemporary Home, issued in several different scales, one as a kit, and one prebuilt, I feel as though the inspiration behind our 1978 Mattel home was based on this:
Looks like in Germany and other places, the midmod A Frame style home was also very popular. Here are some cool examples from the 70s thorugh now:
I beleive this is a smaller 4" size doll line from Kenner that was 'Disco' oriented (40 years before hootchie cootchie Bratz dolls came out, but notice the open window placement and overall similar aesthetic to our white walls on Mattel's mamoth structure:

Real Life Examples: Summer 2014 Edition








Some of these are a stretch, but I think the relation to our beloved house is clear. I was especially surprised to find a stereo version of the red 1980 BBQ set.

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Blanche has a green vanity like the green desk in the Dream Furniture line.







Thrift store for $80.