Set Design and Construction: Interior of a SOD HUT

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Interior of a SOD HUT

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Topic: Interior of a SOD HUT

Posted By: Irishgirl
Subject: Interior of a SOD HUT
Date Posted: 1/24/11 at 11:47pm

How do I make this happen on a high school budget? Looking for something to provide texture rather than just use paint. Astroturf? Thoughts?

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Posted By: Majicwrench
Date Posted: 1/25/11 at 12:31am

Are you looking for something that looks like grass?? HOw about the cheap, green indoor/outdoor stuff you put on the deck of boats?? Looks just like short grass. Can get at any hardware store.

Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 1/25/11 at 3:24am

A sod, slab or even a 'wattle & darb' hut would have a dirt floor & walls.

The only green would be on the roof or outside walls of the hut dependant upon the climate.

At best they used hessian. flax sacking or rush matting to cover the dirt floor.

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Posted By: Irishgirl
Date Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:07pm

JoeMc you are totally right; I am thinking more along lines of interesting texture than color but perhaps paint is the easiest thing.

Posted By: didj1028
Date Posted: 1/26/11 at 7:28pm

texturally you could use glue soaked fabric and then paint it. you can scrunch the fabric up in whatever sort of textural way you want and glue will stiffen it up nicely. use a mix of around 50/50 of glue and water. a few staples where you need them to hold it all together/on the walls.

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Posted By: vickifrank
Date Posted: 1/27/11 at 10:04am

Why not textured paint? Or stucco?

Or sometimes when I wanted extra texture I added sand, sawdust, wood chips to paint: You lay surface to be painted flat...paint a base coat...sprinkle sawdust, wood chips, peat moss, etc on to base coat...allow to dry, then apply more paint. After that dries you've got a very rough surface, now take a darker paint on a rag and brush more pattern on the surface. Since the surface sticks up you get all sorts of dimension.

For what you want peat moss would be great.

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Posted By: Irishgirl
Date Posted: 1/27/11 at 11:07pm

Thanks for the suggestions! I appreciate it very much. Will let you know how it turns out.

Posted By: PaulyWally
Date Posted: 2/03/11 at 11:14pm

You also might want to experiment with applying drywall joint compound (a.k.a. spackle) with a paint roller. Watering down the joint compound will help.

This is an inexpensive and quick way to get raised finishes (like stucco). Different rollers and different amounts of water will yield different results. You can also add textures like you do with paint for even more variations.

Experiment a bit to see what works best.