DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

Mousterpiece:  kitchen room box.  Miniature kitchen set with the main character looking wistfully at a photo of his former girlfriend.

This is one of many finely detailed shadow boxes built for this film.  

Mousterpiece: French bedroom set. The centerpiece of the photo is a pink satin quilt with silver details.

Mousterpiece: French bedroom set.  Miniature iron bedframe with a rumpled cover.  

Assembly of miniature rug for French bedroom set.

Miniature rug for French bedroom set, nearing completion.

Mousterpiece: French bedroom. A mouse couple in bed gazes out the windows, while the jilted beau hides underneath the bed.  

Dressing the box:  the rug is in the foreground.  The cords on the rug are used for ties on the curtains.