

Making the set - Part 2- the yard
The yard Making the yard was one of the most fun parts, a little like making miniature gardening. First we built the stage - a few tables set and leveled together. Then we placed the house and started making the yard around it. We used a lot of organic stuff that we found. The tree is a branch we found in a forest. We stuck it in the table by drilling a hole in it. The laundry rack was placed the same way. The ground was made from different kinds of sand and soil, milled to t


Making the set - Part 1- the house
The process of building the house began as always with research. I looked at lots of images of old houses, and made a combination from some of them. Then I made the plan on Sketch Up in scale 1: 6 and I had the precise measurements of the walls and the roof. To build walls, furniture and square things, I use white cardboard with a coating of wall putty. This method is accessible, inexpensive and allows me to achieve many details. I draw the layouts according to the measuremen