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H E D D A | P E R S P E C T I V E 7 7 a photograph of Oonaugh Guiness's bedroom, who had done that same thing and she loved it so much she asked if we could do that too. The cubist portrait of Hedda that we created is prominently displayed behind Hedda for a key scene in the film. For George's study, the production used what was the family's formal dining room. Insert panels were created to clad over portraits that were inlaid into the existing wood paneling. After Stella lined the walls with matching wooden bookcases, layered antique Persian rugs over the wooden floor, and dressed it for George's studious character, you couldn't tell that it hadn't always been the house's library. The period kitchen was a set that we created entirely inside the family's existing kitchen. Their current kitchen had long ago been thoroughly remodeled with only the fireplace and windows remaining original. To create a period-appropriate kitchen, Andrew Ackland- Snow drew the set beautifully from a sketch I had drawn. We removed the modern kitchen island and clad over every existing wall, all the appliances and existing cabinetry were covereed C. KITCHEN. SKETCH BY CARA BROWER. D. THE KITCHEN. THE "PERIOD KITCHEN" WAS BUILT ENTIRELY OVERTOP OF THE EXISTING MODERN KITCHEN – FLOORING INCLUDED. SET PHOTO. E. BATHROOM. DRAFTING BY ANDREW ACKLAND- SNOW AND SKETCH BY CARA BROWER. F. BATHROOM. BUILT ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE HOUSE IN A GUEST BEDROOM, TO FEATURE ONE OF THE EXISTING DECORATIVE WINDOWS. SET PHOTO. with our own period faux cabinetry. We also laid down a faux stone floor over the wooden floorboards and brought in a period stove to fit inside the fireplace. Stella brought the room to life with her layered set dressing of copper pots and pans and period-appropriate practical lighting. When we were done, only the existing ceiling and windows remained visible. The space turned out incredibly convincing with everyone assuming this was the home's real kitchen. Flintham also didn't have a period bathroom, and even though it was just a quick shot, it was very important to Nia to have that. When we first scouted the house with Nia, she had commented about how much she loved the top floor's round porthole-like windows and how it was a shame that the rooms they were in didn't work for any of the sets. That sparked an idea for me to create our own 3-walled bathroom, built for one shot, around one of the windows. This was one of the sets that I was able to bring in ideas that I had gotten from another house that was scouted. We also reference a design by David Hicks—whose bathroom designs brought the tub out into the middle of carpeted rooms. E D C F