Had been meaning to try to make a Dollfie Dream sized armchair from scratch, recently finally got around to it ^o^
The idea is inspired by Matin sensei of Atelier Matin. But this time instead of a really nicely made sofa kit kindly provided by Matin sensei, I built the base with pieces of foam glued together.
Behind Mirin is the the original sofa which I built last year from Matin sensei’s kit ^^/
Mirin approves :P She likes that she can put her tea down on the arm rest ^^
Vivi (Mamachapp) Is 1:6 scale so it was not possible to have Dollfie Dream girls share the armchair with her ^^;
Below is an older photo taken last year.
The design of the armchair is made with some reference to the shape of our actual Ikea couch at home :3
As I am not very experienced or skilled with cutting the foam, the armchair’s base is not perfectly cut (oops). Luckily the fabric and cotton sheets somewhat hides it ^^; I also think I could have done a better job with tucking the fabric tho!
After the foam pieces is formed, then parts of it are padded with cotton sheets, then a layer of fabric cut to shapes required are tucked into specific corners with a tool. I think I need some legs for the chair lol!
Thank you Matin sensei again!
Wooow! this armchair looks great Chun! and very comfortable!!! good job!
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chun Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 12:58 am
Thanks! XD
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I must do this. Actually, what I want is something that can flatten out to provide padding for my dolls in their rolling duffel, and then reassemble into armchair or couch form factor. I had a bed that was like this…it folded up into a low couch when not in use, then unfolded into a bed. Dollfie furniture is hella expen$$$ive. To have something inexpensive that would work would be awesome. I suspect this is also fairly lightweight, seeing that it’s predominantly foam rubber.
Actually all you would need to “jack up” that chair would be a wooden “pedestal” the chair could sit on. You would simply make the pedestal tall enough for the chair to be the right elevation for a Dollfie’s feet to be on the surface the chair is sitting on. Of course, a MDD would have dangly feet but that would be just fine, considering that the MDD is a little girl and household furnishings are not really scaled for little girls.
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chun Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 12:59 am
this chair is only about 200grams lol foam is very light ^^ I don’t intend to put a pedestal tho, just some longer legs for the bottom. I kinda like it low, so the legs won’t be too tall ^^
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Omg! Very nice!
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chun Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 12:59 am
thank you!
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Oh that chair looks awesome! Is it tricky to acquire the materials and to build?
Would sure to build one like that for my Yoko. Didn’t spot a full guide/plan at Matin’s blog though, maybe I missed it.
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chun Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 1:01 am
unfortunately I don’t think Matin sensei is selling the kit to overseas, I’m not sure if he would be interested to sell the guide tho. I know he does give workshops time to time in japan ^^
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Mirin looks so cumfy in the chair with her green tea!!! This looks like it would be a fun project once my Dollfie comes in. :D Great work Chun!
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chun Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Thanks! I think there should be other ways to build a couch like this, so I look forward to see your version! ^o^
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That couch looks pretty good, at first glance I thought it was one of those smaller couches for kids. I am amazed you built it yourself and that it’s made of foam.
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chun Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
I hope to come up with other ways to make it then make a tutorial or something perhaps :) I think this is a nice little item for our dollfie kids to have :D
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nice custom armchair :) i hope i could made a similar armchair for my dollfie.
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chun Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Thank you! Please show us when you do! :)
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Wow, that looks great. Nice job on it! Probably much cheaper to build your own (if you can do it). All the Dollfie-sized furniture I’ve seen for sale is really expensive >_<
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chun Reply:
June 7th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
thanks! ^^ as for cheaper or not it also depends on if the materials are expensive or not or difficult to access ^^;/ and the expensive ones may be made with more sturdy materials than foam :)
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You must share these chairs at DDA. bloooooog it.
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chun Reply:
June 7th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I took a bunch of other photos, will try to post in next few days ;)
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coffeebugg Reply:
June 8th, 2010 at 1:12 am
You might want to also say a few words on the DDA Blog. I gave contributors blogging rights. :D
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chun Reply:
June 8th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
heh thankq :) Not sure what to say tho ^^;/
Ooooo~ -is getting ideas for funrnature- I never thought of using foam~ I was just going to have my grandfather, he’s good with wood, to help me make a base so that I could upholster it :3 but foam sounds more fun :)
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chun Reply:
June 8th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
wooo I look forward to see what U come up with!
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What are those little anime dollfie things called? They’re cute ^^
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chun Reply:
May 4th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
They are Mamachapp.
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shelby Reply:
May 5th, 2011 at 4:16 am
Thank you!! >.<
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