How Fuller House Set came to life, thanks to production designer Jerry Dunn
At first, production designer Jerry Dunn thought working on Fuller House would be a breeze.
“Jeff told me, ‘This is the easiest job you’re ever gonna have.’ ” Dunn says of show creator and EP Jeff Franklin. “He basically just wanted me to recreate the house. He told me that they had drawings in the Warner Bros. archives and I thought, oh, that’s a slam dunk.”
Slight problem: The drawings had been lost. So recreating the set meant going frame by frame for over 100 hours of Full House. “I can’t tell you how many episodes,” says Dunn. “I mean, just a ton.” But the hard work paid off. Showrunners wanted the set to look like the San Francisco home viewers remember, with some slightly modern touches. The audience was delighted by the end result and the stars looked right at home.
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