Proud Luxembourg dual citizen Lisa Jungers-Hill, of Scottsdale, Arizona, built this dollhouse from a kit and decorated it over the course of a year. It features a few tributes to Luxembourg, including Gëlle Fra (the Golden Lady) and the Luxembourg Lion on the fireplace, a framed Luxembourg stamp in the kitchen and one of Lisa’s favorite pieces, a framed Vianden Castle on the second floor landing. The knight in shining armor is from the Musée Dräi Eechelen (Three Acorns Museum) in Luxembourg City.

A miniature enthusiast, Lisa, who is a jeweler and graduate gemologist, built many of the furniture pieces, glued in every tile and painted and stained all the trim. She found most of the wallpaper and many of the furnishings and accessories on Etsy. She bought the miniature Golden Lady from a souvenir stand in Luxembourg City. The cat, named Toulouse, was handmade in Italy.

In June, Lisa, who is originally from Mequon, Wisconsin, is attending the International Guild of Miniature Artists Guild School in Maine where she will be making a miniature stained glass window and a sofa.

“The stained glass will be especially fun with my background as a bench jeweler. The school is basically summer camp for miniaturists,” said Lisa, who is currently building a lighthouse, which will also feature pieces from her travels, including miniature vases from Murano Italy.

Lisa became a dual citizen through Luxembourg Legacy as did her father Fred Jungers and her brother Mark and his children. She said her sister Ann and her children are next in line.

You can find Lisa on Instagram, where she connects with other artists and posts about her “mini adventures.”

On their visit to Luxembourg, Lisa, her parents, Fred and Joan Jungers, and Luxembourg historian Réne Daubenfeld, met with then U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg Tom Barrett. The photo on the right shows Fred and Joan at the Jungers ancestral home in Hondelange, Belgium. Fred’s grandmother was Mathilda (Krier) Jungers.