Living a life with entirely different furniture along with entirely new curtains. Rumsinteriör (Room interiors) in Swedish homes. Not much information with these like whose bedroom it was but in the Swedish archives and up on the Internet Archive where lots of interesting pictures live.

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Dressing room? leading into the bedroom past the fabric draped doorway with various potted plants and a framed photograph of two women dressed in white standing on top of the desk. One of those fun child motif statuettes, too. 1895-1900. Location not given but presumably in Sweden because it is in Arkivkopia, the Archive of Swedish cultural commons/Stockholm Digital Museum. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/arkivkopia.se-digstad-SSMC003289S-0
Dining room, the chairs having caned backs. Also a clock and marble or ceramic busts on wooden stands on either side of the fireplace with ots mantle covered with various ornaments including? an animal horn with silver mounts. 1895-1900. Location not given but presumably in Sweden because it is in Arkivkopia, the Archive of Swedish cultural commons/Stockholm Digital Museum. via the Internet Archive https://dn710704.ca.archive.org/0/items/arkivkopia.se-digmus-olm-OLM-2008-1-326/032wYWVnnWcU.jpg
Parlor/living room, the sofa, table and chairs with their striped upholstery being antiques along with the paintings. The rug looks later, maybe. So published in 1950 but with the furnishings being much older. Location not given but presumably in Sweden as the photograph is in the collections of the Örebro County Museum and because it is in Arkivkopia, the Archive of Swedish cultural commons. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/arkivkopia.se-digmus-olm-OLM-91-102-3964
Sitting room with the table set for a party with a large potted hyacinth? over on the right. 1909 image. Location not given but presumably in Sweden as the photograph is in the collections of the Örebro County Museum and because it is in Arkivkopia, the Archive of Swedish cultural commons. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/arkivkopia.se-digmus-olm-OLM-92.149.764-1
Parlor with potted palms, at least one ceramic or marble statuette and a few lamps with ruffled silk lampshades.
Also a three piece upholstered parlor set, a settee and two armchairs. 1890-1920 image. Location not given but presumably in Sweden as the photograph is in it is in Arkivkopia, the Archive of Swedish cultural commons. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/arkivkopia.se-digstad-SSMC003274S-0
Rumsinteriör. Fru Åqvist. Lady’s dressing room, the vanity with an organdy? skirt and three lamps with ruffled silk shades. 1957 image. Swedish, exact location not given. Arkivkopia, the Archive of Swedish cultural commons. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/arkivkopia.se-digmus-olm-OLM-91-102-12550
Svartå Herrgård, rumsinteriör. Bedroom. Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden. Image published in 1968 with the bed, portraits and the furniture being older. Collections of the Örebro County Museum via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/arkivkopia.se-digmus-olm-OLM-91-102-16876

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