Building a Temple

By Amie Jane Leavitt

Join us each month to see how the Payson Utah Temple was built!

Interior designers find fabric swatches, select furniture styles, and pick the artwork for a temple. It can take months for craftsmen to build the furniture and artists to paint their masterpieces. Once everything is finished, the furniture and art are put in place. Carpet is usually one of the last things put in a temple. Some of the carpet is hand-carved with flowers, leaves, and other patterns.

The large mirrors in temple sealing rooms are usually so heavy that a special mechanical lift has to raise them onto the wall!