Saturday 28 March 2009

Helmer's study
















ENG:
This is the study in Nora and Helmers house, mostly occupied by Helmer. But I haven't yet found out what he really does there, except listening to his records or playing his guitar.

NOR: Her er kontoret i Nora og Helmers hus, oftest brukt av Helmer. Men jeg har ennå ikke helt funnet ut av hva han gjør der, bortsett fra å lytte på platene sine eller spille på gitaren.


Som meg, har Helmer dilla på pingviner.

ENG
: Like me, Helmer has a thing for penguins.
This one he found in a tourist shop in Paris.



















NOR: Rommet med og uten overlys. Under er Helmer på plass ved pc-en.
ENG: Daylight through the ceiling window. Underneath we see Helmer at his computer.




















Credits:
The desk, book shelves, cd player, radio, telephone, lamps and rug from Lundby. The pendant lamps and the kitsch woman on the wall by Cocco. The Arne Jacobsen Egg chair and foot stool from Brio (I have had them since my childhood) Computer and newspaperholder from Re-ment. The books are mostly from Lundby, TreeFeathers and self made.

Monday 23 March 2009

Tomy & Annika

NOR: Noen av de første som dro fordel av den nye butikken var Tomy og Annika, ungene til Nora og Helmer. Nora ble så inspirert etter åpningen av Spook House at hun både kjøpte nye møbler til barnas rom og malte det om i en ny limegrønn farge.

Her er rommet før oppussingen, med Tomy og Annikas søskenbarn på besøk. (De er barna i min datters dukkehus) De hadde fra før av "IKEA Mammut" stoler og bord, akkurat som mine barn.
Pussig nok ser de også ut til å ha de samme lekene og heltene som mine barn....

ENG: Some of the first to benefit from the new shop was Tomy and Annika, Nora and Helmers children. Nora got so inspired after the Spook House opening that not only did she buy new chairs and some other furniture for the childrens room, but she painted the walls in a new colour, too.

The childrens room before the make over, with Tomy and Annikas cousins visiting. (The cousins are the children in my daughters doll house) They already had the "IKEA Mammut" chairs and table and so has my children. Oddly enough, Tomy and Annika also seem to have almost the exact toys and heroes as my children....


ENG
: And after. NOR: Og etter.



ENG: Tomy and Annika says hello.
NOR: Tomy og Annika hilser.

Credits: Spook House chairs, blue chair, round shelf and yellow condiment rack from Re-ment. "Mammut" furniture, bed and desk from Lundby. Chest of drawers and wardrobe from Barton.
Accessories: Collected over the years, but mainly Lego, Kinder egg toys, re-ment and selfmade. Miniature Playmo house and figures.

Saturday 21 March 2009

The small hall




ENG: Here is the hall of Nora and Helmer's house. Welcome inside!

NOR: Her er Nora og Helmers entré. Velkommen inn!
















Seashells and a Re-ment frog.
The boots are Polly Pocket and
the Family tree is from TreeFeathers.
















Art by Mucha.
Lamp and telephone from Lundby.
I think the chest of drawers is from Barton.
Polly Pocket sunglasses.

Tuesday 17 March 2009

Spook House

ENG: Earlier this winter there was a grand opening of Karl Edo Spook's new shop for modern design - Spook House - where champagne and fruit were served for special guests.
Karl Edo's friend, Arne Vaa, has designed the shop front.

NOR: Tidligere i vinter var det offisiell åpning av Karl Edo Spooks nye butikk for moderne design - Spook House - hvor det ble servert champagne og frukt for spesielt inviterte gjester.
Fasaden er designet av Karl Edos venn, Arne Vaa.



ENG: Karl Edo Spook and Arne Vaa are often in Paris too, where they have become friends with Cocco Flanell, who came for the opening, and Action Man who didn't. Cocco is also the designer of the Spook House logo. Polly Line (Arne Vaa's former wife) is conversing Helmer's aunt, Dolly Barton, who came mostly for the free champagne. Nora, who was thrilled to get this modern design shop in her neighbourhood, is of course also present. Helmer was invited too, but thought it (like Action Man?) too femi to attend.

NOR: Karl Edo Spook og Arne Vaa er også ofte i Paris, og har der blitt nære venner av Cocco Flanell, som kom til åpningen, og Actionman, som ikke ble med. Cocco har også designet logoen for Spook House. Polly Line, (tidligere gift med Arne Vaa), konverserer Helmers tante, Dolly Barton, som nok kom mest for champagnen.
Nora har sett fram til åpningen av denne butikken lenge og er selvfølgelig også på plass. Helmer var også invitert, men han syntes (i likhet med Actionman?) det ble for femi.

Arne Vaa og Cocco hadde ikke sett hverandre på lenge og hadde mye å prate om.


ENG: As they hadn't seen each other for ages, Arne and Cocco had much catching up to do.
Underneath: The next morning and the shop's ready to open.

NOR: Her er butikken tom for folk og klar til å åpne.




NOR: Disken med moon lamper til salgs.

ENG: The counter with moon lamps for sale.



ENG: And here Karl Edo is back too, perhaps a bit faint after the opening, but the counter helps him keep his balance.

NOR: Og der var Karl Edo på plass igjen også, kanskje noe segen etter festen, så det er nok bra at han kan støtte seg litt mot disken.

(The fasade, black table and the white shelf to the left are in lego and so is the base of the lamp. Most of the other furniture is Re-ment, but one Lundby lamp. Moon lamps and Spook House bags by my friend "Cocco". I've made the round table and the George Nelson clock. The art is "Red abstract, nr. 5" by Victor Pasmore)

Monday 16 March 2009

Room with a view


NOR: Som alle som følger dukkehusforumet vet, har Helmer og Nora også noen 1:6 skala-venner som bor i Paris; Actionman og Cocco Flanell. Nå er det foreløpig bare Actionman som har fått hus av de to, men Cocco Flanell er visst stadig på besøk. Jeg har også fått en 1:16 utgave for at hun skal kunne besøke vennene sine her i Skien. I fjor høst møttes de for første gang; Cocco og Mini me, som store-Cocco liker å kalle lille-Cocco .

ENG: Helmer and Nora have also two 1:6 scale friends living in Paris, Action Man and Cocco Flanell. So far it's just Actionman who has got himself an apartment, but Cocco Flanell seems to visit him ever so often.
I have also been given an 1:16 version of her, so she can visit her friends here in Skien. Last Autumn they met for the very first time, Cocco and Mini me, as Cocco likes to call her smaller version.


NOR:Blyglassvinduet de sitter foran er designet av meg, og 1:1 varianten er i stua mi. (Jeg bor i et sveitserhus med jugendrosetter i taket)

ENG: The stained glas window behind them is of my design and the 1:1 window is in my living room (Our house is more than a hundred years old and has Art Nouveau rosettes in the ceiling)


NOR: Og her er et nærbilde av 1:6 utgaven med utsikten fra Actionmans leilighet utover Montmartre og resten av Paris.

ENG: Here is a close up of the 1:6 scale version with the view of Montmartre and the rest of Paris from Action Man's apartment.

Saturday 14 March 2009

When in Rome....



NOR: Da jeg var i Roma sist høst kjøpte jeg en vespa til Helmer.
Og en mer typisk romersk suvenir syntes jeg ikke jeg kunne fått, så da var jeg veldig fornøyd. Helmer også, som føk avgårde på den før jeg fikk sukk for meg.

Jeg fikk bare såvidt tatt dette bildet før han forsvant i full fart bortetter veien.




ENG:
Last Autumn I was in Rome and there bought a vespa for Helmer.
I couldn't wish for a more typically Roman souvenir, so I was pleased and so was Helmer, who was off in a blink of an eye.

I just managed to get this picture of him before he disappeared in a puff of dust.


Friday 13 March 2009

Prost e Saúde!


Bem-vinda Rute und herzlich willkommen Oese in meiner Bar!

Thursday 12 March 2009

Those were the days (last Summer)

NOR: Så lenge Nora og han hadde bodd der hadde Helmer vært ganske så fornøyd med huset sitt. Nå hadde det ikke skjedd mye med det på disse årene, og Helmer foretrakk det sånn.
Så en ellers vakker dag kom Nora med noen tegninger venninna Polly Line hadde tegnet for henne, med planer både for et tilbygg med vaskerom med terrasse på toppen og for å fjerne noe av taket for å gi mer lys til takterrassen. Selv om Helmer fryktet det ville bli dyrt og gruet seg til å leve på en byggeplass hele sommeren, visste han bedre enn å si nei til prosjektet.

Dessverre glemte jeg å ta bilde av huset før vaskerommet ble bygget, men her er et bilde som ble tatt rett etter det ble ferdig.

ENG: For as long as Nora and Helmer had lived in the house, Helmer had been quite content with it, not much had changed over the years and for Helmer this was a good thing.
Then one day Nora came with some drawings her friend Polly Line had made for her, with plans for both an extension where she could have a utility room and a terrasse on top, and some alteration of the roof, providing more light for the top balcony. Even though he thought it would be too expencive and didn't look forward to be living in a building site the whole summer, Helmer knew better than to turn the project down.

Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of he house before the extension was built, but here it is just after it was finished.

NOR: Og her er to bilder som viser takterrassen etter ombyggingen.

ENG: And here are two pictures which shows the top balcony after the roof alteration.


Wednesday 11 March 2009

Welcome and cheers!

Helmer and I will also welcome Grace to this blog! (How did you know where to find us?)
I love both her blog and her wonderful miniature books!
Almost all the books in this selfmade shelf are hers and I have also another shelf with the even smaller books she makes!
She is also nice, I'm still very grateful for the Pippi Langstrømpe book (with the frontpage in Norwegian!) she sent me as an extra.

Tuesday 10 March 2009

You know where to find us - or Who's who?





NOR: Så var vi her igjen... Nora sitter ved bordet med sin beste venn Polly Line og sin tante Fiolett paa Traadén. Bakerst ved disken ser vi Arne Vaa, Polly Lines eksmann, med vennen Karl Edo Spook. Som du kanskje kan gjette pga de svarte klærne er både Polly Line og Arne arkitekter.

I forgrunnen står Helmer og prater med tanta si, Dolly Barton, som også er tanta til pubeieren, Bart Ender Barton (sønn av Dollys bror Bartholomew Barton og Mae West Ender). Dolly står for en vesentlig del av omsetningen...

ENG: And here we are again... Nora and Helmer back in the pub.

Nora is sitting at the table with her dearest friend Polly Line and her (Nora's) aunt Fiolett Paa Traadén (VioLet's It Slip). In the back by the counter we can see Arne Vaa, Polly Line's ex-husband, and his friend Karl Edo Spook. As you may have gathered from their black clothes both Polly Line and Arne are architects.

In the foreground Helmer is chatting with his aunt Dolly Barton, who is also the aunt of the publican, Bart Ender Barton (a son of Dolly's brother Bartholomew Barton and Mae West Ender). Dolly is responsible for a fair share of her nephew's turnover...

Monday 9 March 2009

Nora & Helmer


ENG: Here are Nora and Helmer saying hello and welcoming you to their house.
Nora likes to mix old and new furniture and accessories. In fact some of the furniture was left by the old owners of the house, as the piano, lamp and sofaes. Nora just changed the colour of the fabric.

NOR: Nora og Helmer ønsker velkommen til huset sitt.
Nora liker å blande nye og gamle møbler og tilbehør. Faktisk fulgte både flygelet, taklampa og sofaene med huset da de overtok det etter de gamle eierne. Nora bare farget om sofatrekket.

Saturday 7 March 2009

Welcome to my blog and to my pub



NOR: Velkommen til bloggen! Som nevnt i min profil har jeg hatt et Lundby dukkehus siden jeg var barn. Det er etter mye oppussing gjennom barneåra blitt utslitt og etter at jeg fant et brukt 1980-talls Stockholmhus fra Lundby, ble det overdratt til dattera, bortsett fra en nyere underetasje som jeg har beholdt. Senere er det blitt utvidet med ennå en etasje og jeg har startet på et nytt hus med butikker og den puben jeg lenge hadde villet lage. Puben er ofte besøkt av forskjellige folk, bl.a. paret som bor i hovedhuset, Nora og Helmer, og deres familie og venner.

ENG: As mentioned in my profile, I have had a Lundby dollshouse for years, since I was a child. Through the years it was worn out, so I kept the extension, gave the old house to my daughter and replaced it with a used 1980's Stockholm Lundby. Later I have expanded with an extra floor in the house and started a new house with shops and the pub I had wanted to make for years. The pub is often visited by many different characters, among them the couple who live in the main house, Nora and Helmer, and their family and friends.



NOR: Jeg har laget barkrakkene, disken og ølkranene selv og det meste av det som er på veggene.


ENG: I have made the bar stools, counter and beer taps myself and most of what is on the walls.