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A. THE COMPLETED DOLLHOUSE. B. ADORA'S BEDROOM IN THE DOLLHOUSE. C. DETAIL OF THE DOLLHOUSE FRONT PORCH. The size that ultimately worked the best, where one could see the inside clearly but the size of everything wasn't too gigantic, turned out to be 1:75 scale, a size that has very little available commercially as far as furniture and materials. Another lesson in the dollhouse-making world was just how long this could take to build. Professional dollhouse builders told me after a look at the size and level of detail involved that they could do it in "two or three years"! Most dollhouse manufacturers working on this level make all of their items by hand, but this process would need to be streamlined with 3D printers and a lot of hands. But if actual Victorian shake is wanted on the roof one still has to cut all two thousand or five thousand pieces—so it was very labor intensive. I credit Prop Master Hope Parrish and her amazing team, led by Justin Allen, with pulling off this most beautiful prop. Calhoun Day – The Past Is Never Past… The importance of establishing Adora's Victorian mansion on a large estate became necessary not only to establish her family's wealth, but also to create the Calhoun Day event. A festival that both commemorates the town's Southern history and Adora's standing as its queen bee. I looked at Confederate Army reenactors for reference, and A B C