Hobbit hole front
Maddie Chambers, a 30-year-old mother of young twin boys, started the project in March 2009 when she was taking a college course on child care. It took her the better part of a year.
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Hobbit hole overview
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Hallway
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Living room rug
Pay particular attention to the rug in this photo. Chambers at first looked for a readymade rug, but she couldn't find one close enough to the one in the movie. "In the end I used good old Microsoft Paint and drew the design myself from the rug in the movie!" Chambers writes on her blog. "Then I printed it onto cotton and sewed the rest of the rug."
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Thror's map
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Kitchen
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View to the bathroom
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Hobbit hole frame
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Tiling the floor
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Living room window
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Wooden beams
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Foam exterior
Maddie Chambers
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