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Those wacky Swedes!
I don't see the relationship to Pippi????
A wee bit too subtle if there are any references stylistically.

A few monkey's hanging around woudl be fun.

Pippi Longstocking had a little red suitcase (you can see one in the child's room) and a Pippi had a dresser filled with treasures.

Could there be a monkey in the toile wallpaper in the closet?

This post really intrigued me... I loved Pippi Longstocking a a kid. (Do readers under 40 know who she is??)

Not sure if I see the influences, though I'm by no means a Pippi expert! More detailed photos would be nice, but I suspect the connections are inspired by Pippi's spirit, and not so literal. Would love to hear the homeowners talk more on this.

Meanwhile, food for thought on Pippi:

---She lived on her own! Her father was a sea captain and off on adventures. She could have joined him, but she CHOSE to live on her own. And was quite happy and capable. She lived in a big old house, though I don't remember was the house looked like in the movies...

---She was physically super strong. She was always having her own adventures.

---She had a monkey and a horse (God, I sooo wanted a monkey as a kid...). The monkey lived in the house with her.

---She was always dressed in a kind of crazy, bohemian way (cuz she didn't have to listen to parents telling her what to wear!). She typically wore a floral dress and big clunky shoes or boots, sort of like Doc Martens.

"Do readers under 40 know who she is??"

Yes, Arroyo, we do (I'm 33) -- at least we do if we have Swedish mothers! Believe me, we force the Pippi on the wee ones in our family, too. :) My sister named her youngest daughter Annika, and if I ever have a child (boy or girl), I plan to call it Mister Nilsson.

I adore Pippi (and everything she represents) to this day. She is my hero! I certainly see her influence on the decor of this house, though it's definitely more a spiritual association than a literal interpretation.

I would like to know if there's a horse on the porch, however!

I'm 25 and I read Pippi Longstocking in school! I hated when my teacher would make me read out loud because at that time I had recently immigrated and had a strong Chinese accent and always read "Pee pee Longstocking" instead of Pippi. Everyone would snicker.

What fun! I love the way old-fashioned wallpaper is used in a modern way.

Jems, that's a good story.

I wanted to BE Pippi when I was a girl (I'm pushing 50). Braids and all. I wanted to tell the world what was what.

I don't get the Pippi referrences in this house either. It's cozy, happy and a little crazy, though. And someone has interesting taste in shoes.

TOMMMMMYYYYY!!! AHNAKA!!!!!!!!

Pippi made it okay to not have braces. And more importantly, she made it okay to let your freak flag fly(although that has never been a problem for me).

More Surrealism would of captured the spirit of Pippi's home. I think the movie is a piece of art, visually it has some undertones of Surrealism not seen in film since the orginal "Beauty and the Beast" directed by the master of Surrealism Jean Cocteau.

Pippi is my hero too. We can all learn from her.

My 5 year old daughter is a Pippi fanatic, and even my 2 year old son loves her! My daughter dressed as Pippi this Halloween, and regularly wears her orange braids around the house (as does the 2 year old!).

We are such fans, that we visited the Astrid Lindgren theme park in Vimersby Sweden this past summer -- there are many other characters that have not been translated into English.

Going by the orginal Swedish tv series though, I see no channeling of Pippi in this house -- the walls were (partially) painted in pink on the inside, and bright yellow on the outside. If there house isn't yellow (which is a truly odd colour for a Swedish house), then I am afraid that I miss the Pippi references entirely...

p.s. in French, Mr. Nilsson is named Monsieur Dupont. It is a name curiously popular in this sort of fiction -- witness Dupont & Dupont in Tintin...

Monsieur Dupont... Haha, that's awesome.

I guess the color scheme is a bit like Pippi's house (the exterior though), with the pastels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Villa_villekulla.jpg

Is that a slide attached to the white side unit beside the bed in the kids room? What a great idea! Does anyone know where it's from?