Annika's Attic~ A Swedish Antiques Shop in NH

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 I thought I'd get your attention with these Swedish clocks~

I visited a Swedish antiques shop

while vacationing in New Hampshire, and I was excited

 to see if there were any Mora clocks.

 Look at that pretty face~under the beautiful metal hand

 you can just see the name Mora~

 Handpainted on a metal clock face are the numbers and the words~

the paint is all crackled up and chipping off a bit, 

a testament to the passage of time.

 But lets start at the beginning~this is Annika's Attic~!

 Just opened this spring in Northwood, New Hampshire.

 The shop is in the barn and the owners live in the rest

 of the house which is attached to the barn on the left.

 The first thing I saw was a lineup on the back wall~do you see them?

 Like pretty soldiers, they are all lined up awaiting my inspection.

 I normally think of Swedish clocks and antiques being all washed 

out and pale colored. Here I found out

that the Swedes do use a lot of bolder colors like

the Scandanavian Reds and pinks and blues.

 The clocks have doors on their tummys that you can open to see the pendulums.

  The owner of the shop, Laurie and her husband are repairing the

 clocks so they will all be in working order, so the guts of the

 clocks are not seen when the door is opened.

 Interesting to see the dark blue inside with a painted date of 1836.

 All of the clock faces appear to have this very cool handwritten font~

 I think Laurie said the faces of the clocks are made by one

 family while the cases may be made by another family.  

Wealthy families buy the clocks and then hire a carpenter to build the case!

 Handpainted decoration in red and green~

 Mora

 Mora~I asked Laurie to hold the hand aside from my favorite clock~the one below.

 Its pale blue paint was discovered and unearthed by Laurie and she is still restoring it.

 Pretty blue baby!! 

Darling country clock from Sweden

This shop has many antiques shipped over from Sweden

 like this dining room table and chairs

and the Gustavian cabinet in the background.

Pretty pretty pretty!~original upholstery too~

 And a darn good price!

 Really old furniture like this painted chair was so neat to see.

 Its a child with an angel and the little troll~I can't remember what 

Laurie called him, but he is part of the Swedish folklore. 

 And there I am in all my vacationing glory~! 

With the big hat and the camera~I loved this dresser,

even though Laurie said it wasn't Swedish.  I just loved it~

 Such a charming folksy paintjob in my favorite pastels.

Pretty isn't it? And priced to sell at $175~

 A knockout piece was this slant top desk!

 She had a few handpainted antique trunks too~

 And benches with Swedish pillows~

 The corner cabinet in Gustavian Grey~

Yes, this is a shop that rang my bells~be sure to

 look for it on Route 4 in Northwood NH.

And tell Laurie that Amy sent you!

Laurie will be getting a website very soon~

I will link this post to it when its up and running!