It’s almost as if it’s been empty for years. Whoever lived there moved out and left a few pieces of furniture behind, leaving us to wonder what happened.
Such an elegant chest of drawers, now sitting there in an empty room.
Is there anything left inside those drawers? If only we could get inside!
And what’s this? This was rather fancy furniture at one time. Did they chat with each other in front of a roaring fire? How many conversations were had here?
A dark and narrow stairway.
A lovely curved sofa. So strange!
Did they have to pull up stakes quickly? Was it too difficult to take all of the furniture? Or maybe it wouldn’t fit in their new abode.
And now it sits there with no chatter, no people coming in and out of the house, no ‘life.’
(This is how I feel when I peek in the windows of real life abandoned homes as well.)
Stay safe.
Happy Monday.
Dear Claudia, this tweaked all my “mini” buttons! Such mystery…. and that sense of abandonment. We can’t be everything all the time… but we want to… there is a story in everything… and little worlds beckon! And then……? And then….? Please keep going! Mini worlds are such therapy for me…a haven, a solace… a time staller……. I hope you will play with your mini worlds again! :):)
I haven’t been motivated for a while – they also cost money. Plus, the big project is upstairs and we have no a/c in that room.
Someday.
Stay safe, Betsy.
Yes, peeking in like that does stir one’s imagination! I wonder if you are thinking of taking up that hobby again.
Oh, and I didn’t get to comment on your last post – Love what Don’s done out there with the benches. I am sure you will enjoy it very much as the weather cools.
Not at the moment. I have to feel more motivated than I currently do!
Stay safe, Ellen.
i love these moody photographs and especially the creative ways you look at the world and make your life. same for don’s outlook and pursuits, too.
thanks for sharing all that you share … very inspiring!
hope you, don and everyone else have comfortable weather and good, easy days. stay safe in every way.
kathy
Thanks so much, Kathy.
Stay safe.
Oh, the unknown… literally, if walls could talk. On a tangent, I used to collect old photographs, mostly from the 1800s…and I could look at a photo and wonder…what do you do for a living, where do you live, what makes you happy, what did you have for breakfast?
Exactly! We do the same thing with old photographs!
Stay safe, Barrie.
Oooh, that hit a number of my freaky buttons, Claudia. My mind automatically goes to abandonment and loss and that equates to darkness for me. However, I appreciate the realistic feel of your photography, especially since you’ve said previously how difficult getting the correct shot inside a dollhouse can be.
I had to remove the sides of the dollhouse and try to angle my camera so I could capture the furniture in the rooms.
Stay safe, Wendy.
dear Claudia/Don — comment on yesterdays post — Don definitely WINS “Husband of the Year” award !!! Hooray for Don !! the pixs of this special spot are so great !! and on the abandoned doll house — “if walls could talk, what a tale you could have” “a paperback novel” for sure !! Stay safe/healthy — here in Ky, had some rain last week but this week temps 90s and above , high humidity, heat indexes — AM SO ready for this summer to be over — words don’t really describe how I am feeling !!! thanks for these great pixs
I bet you’re ready for fall! Enough, right? Hang in there, Linda.
Stay safe.
Creepy indeed. What’s waiting upstairs, or in the cellar….
Ceci
No cellar, but there is an upstairs…
Stay safe, Ceci!
What a fun post! I love your dollhouses. Your attention to detail is amazing.
Thank you, Mindy.
Stay safe.
Perhaps, the owner lived alone for years after her husbands death. They had no children so when she died the house was left abandoned. Her lovely home and things were left to remember happier times in the quiet house.
I wish you happy summer days and cool nights,
Kaye
Love your story, Kaye!
Stay safe.
I love how you see! I think it is just waiting for someone to move in, do a rehab job, make it their own!
It would involve a lot of work!
Stay safe, Jeanie.
Such a fun post … my imagination can go in a million directions when it comes to doll houses!
Oh, I know!
Stay safe, Debbie.
Okay…..I am hooked. More photos…..please. I remember snooping around in a large abandoned house upstate. It was over fifty years ago…..when I was young and foolish. It had belonged to a doctor…..there were many nooks and crannies…..an old piano and boxes and boxes of beautifully handwritten medical notes. I think I have an old photograph of the side of the house……and a spooky window reflection.
Thanks so much Claudia. You are so much fun!
There’s so many stories we don’t know.
Thanks, Maria.
Stay safe.
Claudia, thank you for this fun post. Seeing the Petite Princess furniture again took me down memory lane. 😉
When I had my “minis” I never had a dollhouse. I used to keep them in a special box. Each piece was like a treasure to me. I enjoyed taking them out of the box and setting them up. The most special piece was the grand piano.
Your post today reminded me about a YouTube channel, Bros of Decay, I have watched occasionally. A young man from Belgium travels to various countries to explore abandoned houses and mansions. Everything is left behind from furniture and clothing all the way down to family photographs, (which he doesn’t show out of respect to the families.). It’s such a mystery as to why everything was left. There have been some gorgeous antiques in some of the places.
I’ll have to check out that channel, Denise. It sounds fascinating.
The Petite Princess furniture is the perfect scale for that house.
Stay safe.
Love the brocade furniture. So 60s and 70s. Nice to let your imagination run wild when you decorate a doll house. Hugs, Elaine
Thanks so much, Elaine.
Stay safe.
I enjoyed the vacant house tour. Clever.
Thanks, Kay.
Stay safe.