A House Is Not a Home

Every once in awhile I find items at my local thrift shop that please me no end. Here are two little houses, one is surprisingly heavy:

I fear all is not well under that roof, although it is solid enough to offer lots of protection for the little people inside. And the other is light, it is only a box:  It looks like an English cottage, it could have been in a P.D. James mystery on Masterpiece Theatre.