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Before
Rita's after
Val's after
Here are examples of how we refurbished a plastic DT sofa.
We
completely took the sofa apart.
We discarded the pillows and the
bottom of the sofa.
Valerie used upside down wooden milk cans for
the legs
to give the piece more height.
I used wooden axels that
had to be shortened for my sofa.
You can use scrap wood or beads or
whatever to achieve the right height.
We used a cardboard backing to
give shape to the sofa back.
We covered the seat and back with a
thin layer
of cotton batting and finished with fabric.
The sofa was
then glued to the cardboard back and
the whole thing was reattached
to the leg portion.
Valerie chose to make throw pillows from
appliqués.
She stitched around them and stuffed lightly with cotton
batting.
I chose to add arms. I made a tube gathered the ends and
stuffed with cotton. The ends have to be finished by hand,
because
the rough gathered edges have to be inverted to conceal them.
These first two pictures are the small DT beds.
We tore the fabric off. You can see how attractive it is.
Since the size is so small for a bed,
I turned the first one into a
settee.
I covered a piece of cardboard for the back brace.
I covered a piece of foam rubber for the cushion on the back.
I padded the seat and added a little pink lace
and ribbon for a
feminine touch.
The little throw pillow is a double appliqué
that I just stuffed with a bit of cotton batting for puff.
We
have several of these little beds so we will be adding other ideas
later.
The sofa was made using a pattern I made
from the side of a chair I
saw in miniature shop.
The back and side has a cardboard
center padded with cotton batting. The seat is a block
of wood covered again with batting and fabric.
The buttons are
beads with side openings.
The white
brocade chair and ottoman were made from scratch.
It's uses
the same principal as the one above, but has only one cushion. The
ottoman is a covered block of wood topped with a foam cushion.
The
legs are pony beads. This chair also works well in a bedroom.
The following pictures were taken from our old
dollhouse sight,
hence some of them are not very clear.
BEFORE
These two pieces
were completely taken apart.
The legs also were removed and replaced
with wooden beads,
which were hidden by skirts.
AFTER
Brown
calico was used to reupholster the chairs.
Ecru gathered lace made
the skirt and
a fancy trim was glued around the base.
These are not
very difficult to do.
Just use the old removed pieces as a
pattern.
Here is
another living room make over.
Valerie's
peach boudoir chair made up nicely.
She used a soft blue for the fronts
of the arms.
The rest is done in a shiny peach nylon type fabric.
An
appliqué graces the back.
The sofa was covered with a red cotton
fabric,
ecru ruffle enclosed the bottom,
and rick rack was glued to
add a decorative touch.
The contrasting chair is off-white with red arm
fronts
and the same bottom trim.
The pillow on the couch was a
small crocheted bear head
we found in a craft store that was going
out of business.
She sewed two of them together and stuffed lightly
with cotton.
A nice touch!!!
This piece
reminds me of the old mohair couches of my childhood. This one,
however, is covered with today's brushed flannel,
that is used for
nightgowns.
I used cotton batting, the flat one, to pad the arms
for a fuller look.
I also made a fuller cushion.
Appliqués add a
colorful touch.
Wooden beads make the feet.
The chair was an odd
piece that was covered with the same fabric
to tie the two pieces
together.
The removed legs when added to a
velvet ring box top makes a stool.
If you use beads for the legs you get
a lower piece
which makes a perfect ottoman.
I added an appliqué to the seat and glued gold braid around the
bottom.
We don't have the
"befores" on these pieces.
They were originally covered with a red
and white checked fabric. Here are two different interpretations.
The first two are solid plush upholstery fabric
which was just glued
to the frame.
The doilies are flowers cut from a piece of lace and
glued in place.
Gold braid covers the wood under the seat.
The
last one is also upholstery fabric.
I just removed the fabric that
came on the pieces,
made cardboard cuttings, covered them with a
little cotton batting,
added the upholstery fabric (this gave it a
more plush cushiony effect) glued in place, added gold cord
accents,
an accent pillow and you see the result.
BEFORE
The wood in
these chairs is quite nice looking.
There seems to be more of a
matte finish to them.
Again using
the old pieces of fabric as a pattern.
I cut a poster board insert
for stability,
added a thin piece of cotton batting,
covered with
moiré and glued into place.
These pieces do not work well with bulky
padding.
A gold trim is glued across the back and
a fancy pillow
added the finishing touch.
The same fabric covers the backs of the
chairs.
A moiré seat tied the odd chair to work in the same room.
This version
of the same chair covered
with vinyl has a leather-like look.
It
is the same front and back although our scanning
makes it look like
different colors.
This would go well in a library or den.
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