I updated these houses just a little with carpets and hessian wall coverings to hide some of the scratches and stickers. I got the economy house (the one without doors) thinking that it would be the same width as the other ones, but it's a bit smaller, so it doesn't quite look like a multi-story building. Still, I like them all, and it's nice to be able to spread out my collection of Flagg dolls.
I am a beginner in Künstlerschutz collecting, and I am by no means planning on trying to get a complete collection. I started out with a donkey I got for a Lundby stable, then added a few dogs, especially the smaller ones which I discovered work great as Lundby pets. Then I fell for the anthropomorphic ones which are super cute as inhabitants with slightly smaller and more basic furniture, such as Dol-toi, since they only measure about 3 inches. They live mostly in my Ashland houses from Michael's - you can click on this link to see those houses https://lundbylisalove.blogspot.com/search/label/2021%20Michael%27s%20Ashland%20room%20boxes
My latest idea was making a snow landscape this Christmas and using as many animals as possible. I was excited to win the large polar bear to add to this scene, and I couldn't resist adding a few of my other favorites. Let's face it, if you have polar bears, penguins and Christmas elves in one scene, you might as well have a giraffe as well.
Anyway, here are some pictures of my little Kunstlerschutz collection.
My first little guy:
Varying sizes:
Anthropomorphic:
Mr Hedgehog went a bit overboard collecting teapots!
This donkey came without clothes, but he's getting ready to take a bath.
As Lundby pets:
The small puppies work best for scale.
Unconventional pets:
As dollhouse children's toys:
Farm animals:
Snow landscape:
The penguins are not Künstlerschutz - they are vintage made in Taiwan, but also flocked. I think they work well for my snow scene - the real Künstlerschutz penguins would be much too big.
I recently got some of the Lundbynette furniture, so I'll show the house again, first with only original furniture, and next filled in with mostly the Danish brand Sallingboe which goes well with the chunky Lundbynette furniture.
The Lundbynette was made by Lundby for only a few years in the early 80s
The wooden furniture in the photo above is all Lundbynette. I didn't win all the auctions for it, so it's not a complete set. It's so hard to find, that I'm not sure I will ever get more.
To make it look more like a home, I added more furniture and accessories.
