Hall's Lifetime Toys Dollhouse - 1970s Colonial Mansion

I recently found a Hall's Colonial dollhouse circa 1970. I love the front of the house with the impressive pillars, the deep windows and the wide veranda.

As I don't have any of the Hall's furniture I had fun furnishing it from my collection of German furniture from the 60s and 70s.

Hall's Lifetime Toys offered this wonderful Colonial dollhouse in the late 60s or early 70s.

Hall's was in business, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from 1942 to the late 1970's.

They made many kinds of dollhouses and doll furniture for 8-12" dolls, 3/4" scale miniature furniture and 1/12 scale furniture. The furniture was made of wood and sold in upper scale department stores.

Hall's even offered a dollhouse version of Mount Vernon, which I am sure would be much smaller than the Mount Vernon dollhouse shown in my last post.

The appliances from "Little Mother's Kitchen" are not German. They are pink tin and were made in Japan in the late 1950s or early 1960s. They originally came in a boxed set which also included a table, 2 chairs and a washing machine.

The dining room set is plastic and was made in Germany.

The living room furniture, excluding the sofa and TV is German made by Crailsheim circa 1963. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are going out. Mrs. Hall's brother is going to babysit Ursula and Gudrun and the sleeping baby upstairs. The girls are oblivious to everything except the TV. Mrs. Hall's brother is starting to look oblivious too.

The blue bathroom fixtures were made by Vero, a German firm, circa 1970. The cabinet is plastic and goes with the living room chairs. It is by Crailsheim. There wasn't room for it in the living room, so now it holds towels and toiletries.

The bedroom set is also German, possibly Bodo Hennig, and from the 50s or 60s. It is made of wood.

The wicker baby bed has a  Caco baby in it and is from that company.

The house has 4 rooms and an attic. The attic is very low ceilinged, but good for storage.

The TV set is a novelty salt and pepper shaker holder. When one turns the knob the salt and pepper shakers are pushed up so one can grasp them. Mr. and Mrs. Hall appear to be re-thinking the wisdom of leaving her brother With their children and the liqueur bottles on the credenza - not to mention the tray of cocktails on the coffee table. Maybe they don't need to go out after all.