The Toronto Toy House


There are those that can take a hobby a little too far, but this house in Toronto Ontario, Canada is a perfect example. What probably started as few garden gnomes for the garden turned into what can only be described as every child's dream home - or nightmare.

The house in question is a two-story house on Bertmount Avenue, that's lawn is home to hundreds of dolls and figurines of every kind and is renowned all over the city for its collection.

The owner Shirley Sumaisar, told the Toronto Star the decorations were her passion. Besides being a landmark, it helps keep property values in the neighborhood down, creating a type of affordable housing.

And it seems the time of year is no bar to what goes up around the house - Easter, Christmas, Halloween and any other holiday you can think of is represented in the heaving mass of stuffed toys, weathered dolls, novelty signs, plaques and figurines.

All neighboring houses pale in comparison and one resident of the street revealed that a past occupant actually moved out because of it.




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