building the set

As we are really pushed for time building the set, all the crew are helping out and a couple of our friends too.

We began by dismantling the current set and then stripping the wallpaper off the walls to get them in the best state possible to apply the paint. Before we painted the walls, the boys helped assemble the set in accordance with Joeley's plan. We then applied new layers of wallpaper , but these had to dry so we had to stop after this.

The next day, we began applying the first layers of paint. Painting was our biggest concern because we wanted to use a number of different shades and have a few layers but we needed to factor in time for the paint to dry. While this was happening, myself and Emma Tackney (who came in to help out for the day) began painting the door , while the Bens working on building the skirting boards.

Joeley spent most of her time off set, getting the last of the props or items for set design.

One of the things she got was a big piece of black fabric which we tacked to the floor, to make the ground on the set. She also got two larger pieces of red fabric, but these were smaller than we had thought they would be.  They were originally going to be hanging in the corners of the set but this didnt look great, mainly because they were pretty small. Grace suggested that we hang them either side of the door, everyone agreed this looked better so we did that.

The next task was to fit the door handle. The original handle looked naff and stood out against the lux feel of the set we had put together. Ben Brown spent along time trying to fit a new handle in - it proved more difficult than expected.