Okay, now I just HAVE to show you what I just made.

Just this afternoon I was whining in the Six Inch Dolls group that I couldn't find fitting furniture for my dolls' dollhouse, that either everything was too big (Barbie) or too small (1:12 dollhouse scale) unless I could find Pippa and Dawn stuff online. I really didn't want to spend too much money on the stuff and besides, I didn't think the Pippa and Dawn stuff looked too good.

So, I decided to try and make a sofa myself. I gotta say, I've tried before, but it never worked out well. I've tried covering small cardboard boxes in fabric, but those attempts never turned out very well. So when I went out to get my groceries at the supermarket, I was looking around like a magpie, searching for any usable material to build my own sofa, haha.

So, here you go. Made out of sponges, glue and a few pins because the glue didn't hold very well: my own, totally hip, comfortably soft and extremely cheap, sponge sofa.

I couldn't be happier right now!! I'm buying another pack of sponges tomorrow to complete the set!

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Comment by Evelien on February 24, 2011 at 14:54
I might try washing them :)
Comment by Evelien on February 24, 2011 at 14:54
No it's really just the sponges, when I don't glue them together they dry out and arch as well :(

Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on February 22, 2011 at 12:44
or it could be the glue that shrunk while drying?

Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on February 22, 2011 at 12:43

may be you should try to wash the sponges before gluing them?

also the "fluid"in the sponge can (maybe) discolor or damage your dolls??

Comment by Evelien on February 22, 2011 at 12:37

Haha!

Unfortunately the sponges have dried out a bit, apparently there was some kind of fluid/cleaning stuff inside. The drying has caused the sponges to arch, so the sofa isn't very pretty anymore :(. I've tried working around this when making a new sofa, but no luck so far...


Groups Admin Comment by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on February 22, 2011 at 9:50

hey Evelien you did a great job I, as well, love the complementary wall paper. new sponges for the armchairs?

Comment by Evelien on February 6, 2011 at 16:09
Thanks :D

Community Manager Comment by Simon Farnworth on February 6, 2011 at 16:02
Wow, impressive! Well done Evelien, looks great against the wallpaper too :)
Comment by Evelien on February 5, 2011 at 23:10

New photo of friends catching up on my sponge sofa. Doesn't the sponge sofa match my paper tablecloth wallpaper perfectly? :P

Budget decorating at its best. Hey, I'm a poor student.

 

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