Customizing: Barbie sofa

[dieastra]

I've started to upgrade my Barbie sofa with fabric tape. Best stuff ever invented! I got the sofa used, and the pink has lost its color. Which is especially a problem if you change it into a bed. I also don't like the cushions that come with it, they look cheap and when someone is sitting, they slide down all the time. I intend to do new cushions with this tape as well. Maybe I'll use a sponge or something.

I plan to do them in beige with white dots, to liven it a little bit up. Would have liked to do the armrests in a darker color but they only had either beige or red and blue. First roll already is empy just for the two sides, so I just bought some more today. If you look closely you can see the lines from the tape but I am sure in pictures from far away they will blur.

Comments

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Looks really nice.

Stacey

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I did a bit more yesterday, this is really so fun but gives great results. Now I only need to do the cushions to finish it.

[gillo]

The bed conversion works really well with that pattern, and I like the new colour for the arms. Mind you, I hate Barbie pink!

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

When I bought it, the parts that could be seen looked more like brown. Only when taking the bedding away I realized that it was actually pink that had faded in the sun. I haven't taken many pictures with it for that reason and thought about re-selling even, until I got the idea with the tape. When I am finished there won't be any pink seen anymore! I also absolutely hate that everything needs to be pink.

I can also turn the pillows and blanket, on the other side it is white with silver sparkly dots. I agree, the colorful pattern works for a bed, but not for a couch in a living room. My figures are more classic than that ;)

[gillo]

No, for a couch you need something more subdued. Though Captain Jack would appreciate sparkly dots!

[heather mccrillis (from livejournal.com)]

How's Cpt. John on sparkly dots?

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I don't know and sadly he doesn't exist in this scale :( So we can't ask him unfortunately.

[sharp2799.livejournal.com]

That's amazing stuff!

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I did some more today - it's starting to look really good!

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

Wowo very clever.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I did some more today - stay tuned!

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Aw man, that's an amazing difference. I wish I had still had me old Barbie stuff. I had quite the collection, Dreamhouse and all :-/

BTW, I've got some old furniture that could use some help, lol.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Thanks again! Still not finished with it all, but getting there.

Yeah, it's nice keeping toys but then again you need a huge house to store it all!

Real size furniture you mean? Sorry, I only work in miniature LOL