Sketches diagram the nine room scenes; models and samples were taped together on the dining table, with loads of experimenting

I found a raw studio space, large enough to hold our little rooms, so the constructing could begin.

Everything has to be worked out, especially the scale for the furnishings. Here the size of the tented room is tested, with Melanie giving us some scale! This is the actual size we built.

Melanie experimenting with craft paper and corrugated cardboard for one of the sets.

Testing, testing, and more testing ideas with corrugated cardboard.

With a room constructed, three very able and strong builders position the huge cupboard into its new home.

Adding paint to the process, Tabby starting the lovely garlanding for the wall coverings of a room.

And for another scene, a joint effort by Tabby and Melanie to make our little fireplace out of painted brown paper and chalk.

All hands on deck—time was very short to build all these little gems in two days! Especially after our lead man broke his toe on day one. 

We needed lots of ladders to construct every inch.

On to the next set, John working out the size of the little painted window which Tabby made.

Melanie tirelessly drawing out and cutting scallops for the roof. We used four massive rolls of corrugated cardboard and fifty yards of brown paper.

Melanie and John “tiling” the rafters. 

From concept to reality, another set is complete and ready to shoot—phew!