Modern mode...

Ha! You didn't see that one coming did you?  Well, neither did I to be honest.  Until a few days ago of course when I suddenly decided to make a modern modular lounge sofa for my Blue Salon.  

I was playing around with some furniture to see what would work best in this room, but it all felt a bit fussy and busy, drawing attention away from some pieces I really liked.  That's when I thought I needed something bold, with clean lines and neutral colours.  

I love how the sofa looks against the decorative background of the room.  

The colour of the linen fabric I used for the upholstery is a perfect match with the marbled fireplace!  I bought the fabric about a year ago with no special purpose for it in mind, but it was greatly reduced in price and I liked it.  You know how that is, I'm sure!

The proportions of the sofa turned out really well.  Before I made my (very basic) working drawings, I used blocks of wood to make decisions about the size.  The height is perfect against the panelling.

This is a view you would not normally see when looking at my dolls house.  I had to stick my arm and the camera inside the adjoining yellow room to take this photo.   But I wanted to show it because it shows the feet of both sofas.  I cut the feet from aluminium tubing which, as you can see, is open on one side.  

I placed the feet like this because the view into the room is from the right (like on the three photos above) and they would then correspond with the base of the fireplace.  I know, I can get a bit obsessed with details sometimes.

Not that I spend hours deciding on something like how to place the feet.  No, those things just come up, I look at them and I decide one way or another.  However, it did take me much longer to make these sofas than I thought.  But then again, there are two sofas, right?

I love the proportions of this room.  I know, the curtains are not straight, but they are not attached yet, they're basically just standing up by themselves.  

The little rug is one I made in the beginning of my dolls house ' career'.  I can't remember how I made it exactly, but it is knotted and when that's finished it is sheared with scissors to reveal this very soft and fluffy carpet.  

I always thought it was ugly but never threw it away.  But here it looks great.  The size is perfect for the sofas, how lucky is that? 

So there we are.  Something a bit different for a change.  I really enjoyed making these sofas and I am very pleased with how it looks in the room!

PS:  I could see myself relaxing on those pillows, feet up... maybe I need to install a big motorised remote controlled drop down TV screen in front of those double sliding doors between the two rooms...