Thanks for all the comments!
Originally posted by newarts 
Were 18th c homes so sparsely decorated? I have wondered about 18th c homes here as well.
I know furniture must have been quite expensive but wouldn't wall hangings, rugs etc have helped with warmth and comfort?
It doesn't seem right that personal dress would be so nice and furnishings be so drab.
(This has nothing to do with your excellent photos that are helped by the austerity of the setting.)
Probably not, i think there were alot of stuff in these quite small houses, as you can see from the pictures this is the kitchen AND bedroom. Seen in the first picture, and the pictures below here. The beds are behind the red squared drapes.
This was the only room in the house kept warm during winters. The other two rooms in the house were never used other than for storage and special events. The "lack" of things is mainly because its such a small place and tourists are alowed to go inside. All small things and other more valuable stuff is hence placed in a museum
Regarding the dresses they are quite uniqe and always different from area to area in this part of sweden. Add to that, they had different parts and looks to the dresses depending on event or day. Weeding, funeral, party, married or not (white hat with lace or no lace), ordinary day to day dress. A complete dress with all parts, for different events, that a mature woman owned and could afford would consist (depending on area) of over 20 parts. The dresses were a part of a whole life and were collected, bought and made over an extensive period of time in a womans life.
This dress in these pictures are the "base" dress, with some of the outer parts are special events parts: the scarf, apron and bag.
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