Chippendale sofa, take three

I did it again! The poor Chippendale sofa from House of Miniatures... The fabric was too dark, and it felt out of place in the now white salon. Gertrude was very pleased when she set her eyes on it. "But it wont be in the salon, what salon are you talking about? It will be in my morning room, even though I will spend most of my days there." So be it. It has a femenine, chintz feel to it now. While I was downstairs doing some vaxing, she made herself comfortable. It's a good sign when the lady of the house likes a piece of furniture just as I do. So, three time a charm? I hope so!

Kits & Miss Nilsson

I have been working on some kits today and yesterday. The sewing table is from Mini Mundus, the rest are House of Miniatures. Kits are wonderful! I used a kind of vax called "georgian mahogony" to get the look I wanted. Never used vax before so I quite liked it.

Little Dagmar liked the furniture too, and she has, according to Gertrude, been playing (jumping) on them while I have been at work. She has been trying to pacify the girl and when she was about to fall of the Hepplewhite Huntboard, she had had enough. "GET ME A GOVERNESS OR SELL THIS CHILD ON EBAY." Ok...

So she was introduced to Miss Nilsson, a very sober but kind young lady with a strange hairdo. Gertrude was quite taken by her, asked her down to sit on the Lyre Back Chairs with her. Florence came as well, and Dagmar offered her some cabbage (that she probably stole somewhere).

Chippendale sofa, take 1

I received a package from USA on Friday, with three bargain House of Miniatures kits. I imminently started building the Chippendale sofa, even though my boyfriend reminded me that we were going to a dinner party in an hour. Maybe that's why I didn't think things over and used the light blue fabric that came with the kit. Yesterday I came to the conclusion that I would not stand the colour for a longer time. It reminded me of an highlighter. So... this happened.



I wanted to give the sofa another chance, the alternative was to bid on another one on ebay and hope for the best. So, I took an old dark blue shirt. The resurrected sofa can be seen below. Eh, the horror of glue stains...



The problem, that my boyfriend pointed out to me is that it feels high. He suggested that I cut the legs a few millimetres.