Friday, February 24, 2012

DIY Dollhouse Ottoman


Bees sure are getting lazy these days!



This month at the MEKA (miniature meeting) we got a goodie bag. All the little bits you need to make a miniature 1 inch scale ottoman.

Step 1 (What you need):
The goodie bag contained some foam and some small pieces of wood. (I already stained and glued some of the pieces below).
Bits to make a miniature ottoman
All that was needed to assemble this ottoman was some glue and a tiny piece of fabric. Ok.. got the glue, now for the fabric. I did not have a single scrap! I tried cutting up a table cloth. It looked terrible. Then I tried cutting up a sock. It was not really that clean when I held it up to the light and kind of thin. Then I looked at the cat toys... the catnip pouches are bright and have tiny patterns on them. PERFECT!

Very potent catnip pouches
Even after I dumped the catnip out, they still smell like the herb.

Step 2: Glue the wooden base to the foam square.
Gluing a wooden base to the foam.
Step 3: tape the fabric to the foam block.  Make sure it is tight and do the corners like you would wrap a present. If you suck at wrapping presents, you will probably suck at this too.

Tape the fabric to the foam. I used tape because I was afraid of glue. ...

tape the fabric to the cushion
Step 4: glue the legs to the base. You should use wood glue. I did not. I was impatient and could not find the wood glue.

Gluing on the legs.
Step 5: Put it all together. I sanded the base to the exact size of the little frame. They fit right in together without the use of glue.

DIY dollhouse ottoman


All done!. DIY Dollhouse Ottoman made from a catnip pouch and bits and pieces.
DIY dollhouse ottoman
Bees sure are getting lazy these days!

6 comments:

  1. It's even cuter since you used Mary Engelbreit material!

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  2. Hi ,
    My name is Maria Àngels and I publish a free e-magazine with no profit aim; you can see former numbers in my blog http://nrevista.blogspot.com/ I'd like to include this tutorials if you do not have any inconvenience.

    First of all I'd like to thank you for sharing it with all of us.

    You'll see sources are allways mentioned, as well a hole page dedicated to a free blog advertisement.

    Please let me know if you accepted it. If you prefer to decline the offer, please do not hesitate to let me know, I understand it perfectly and no reasons have to be given.

    A couple of days before its publication I'd send you the e-link as a "premiere" for those who help me in this adventure and to change anything you do not like it.

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    Thanks in advance for your time.
    Hugs
    Maria Àngels

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  3. What did you use a nail heads for under the hasset ? Seed bead or head pins ?

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