5/5/2011

Here are a few images ftom thursdays effort.We ,managed to get the rest of the walls up which we were all very pleased about! It is now time to mainly focus on our individual pieces.I cut down my table to a proper coffee table size and im going to sand it down and maybe distress it a bit more, depends what all you guys think? i have also managed to get a few more props.I have a vase that is more towards the right era than the previous image of a vase that i posted.I managed to find a sugar bowl and 4 glasses that will look great on the dining table! i also found 4 plates with a design on it. here is a picture of it but i dont know if they are the right style? let me know or ill just bring one in tomorrow for you all to decide.i will bring all the pieces in tomorrow for you all too look at :)

Hey, do we have cups n saucers n things yet? If not there's a few Czechsolvakia things on eBay

Foam

Hey does anyone know where I can get some cheep foam from for the bed? because iv been looking on the internet n on a sight adam gave me but the quotes r coming to over £100 :s surly this cant be right? its just foam. maybe im typing something in wrong i dont know but I put all the right measurements in n thats what it keeps saying :S

Hey Guys!

As most of you know I've finished the cushions for the sofa in Gregor's room, no one has yet to see them. So here are a couple of pictures to show you what they look like, let me know what you think of them and the fabric used.

Thanks,

I'am also going to give some distress marks prior to when the upholstery stage of the sofa is in full swing.

Curtains :)

I've been looking at what i can do for the curtains, and despite there being quite a lack of stuff on the internet about czechoslovakian curtains (shockingly) there are a couple of books in the library on european interiors etc. so I've scanned a couple of images in, and will get cracking on going and finding some fabrics at the weekend....

This first image is from a french chateau, but i like the simple style of the curtains here, they use the same fabric for the actual drapes and for the covering over the railing.  the fabric is identical to the wallpaper, and i feel this looks a bit TOO renaissance-y and a little too high class for the set we are creating, so i might tone my designs down a bit and make them slightly blander and plainer than our wallpaper.

 this picture is from a new york apartment belonging to the Rothschild family. the designer found a segment of the wallpaper in a nobles nursery and so recreated the decor on a large scale. they even have wallpaper on the ceiling. this is not how i imagine Gregors room to be, it is obviously too feminine and frilly, and of too old a time period. however, they have pleated railing covers with tassels on, an interesting direction to look in.

I chose to scan in this picture because I like how many layers of curtain there are, and also you can see how the rings are attached which will be helpful when I actually come to make the curtains. pieces of ribbon have been sewn on along the top, and tied in bows connecting the metal rings to the fabric. this is a simple and cheap way of construction, one which i would imagine a family like Gregor's could have used.

I chose this image as their way of keeping the curtains back is to loop it over back on itself,  which forms unusual little half curtain that look purely decorative. although this wouldn't really work for either of the two rooms, that fabric would look good in Gregor's room as it matches the wallpaper.
i also need to think about tie backs for each room.

 this is a good design for the living room, it is simple and open and has a fresh feel to it, this is how id imagine the living room would look like; quite feminine and neutral. it would open up the room to as it is a light colour. this in turn shows the huge contrast with Gregors room.

this picture really jumped out at me because of the railing, it follows the art nouveau swirly kind of style and that might be worth looking into, as opposed to normal straight railings. obviously it wouldn't have the eagles head on it, but if there was a fancy-ish looking railing, e could get away with having more basic curtains and drapes as it would balance it out.

todays efforts

We were able to finish the walls for Gregor's room today as well as put up the double door frame. the window header in gregors room is up but still a little odd so we're gonna sort it in the morning. hoping we get the 3x8 tomorrow and we'll be able to finish the final wall of the set :)
Would b nice if a few more people could come in though to help out?

Here's some pics from the last few days (sorry if some of them are the wrong way round, having trouble rotating them on here for some reason):

Hey Guys

Hey guy's hope everyone is well! I started the sofa today and asked everyone who was present about the way it should be made and decided to choose a decorative back. I'll show you some picture's once I upload them tomorrow! :) the set's looking awesome, and today was a great productive day. Bring on tomorrow!

Right, I've got the wallpaper for both rooms now. The ones I orginally went for in reality were to shiny and came off to modern, but I'm pleased with the ones I got. Hope you are to! X

Props

I bought a glass bowl that i will put on top of the coffee table with fruit or something in it.I also have a glass vase that i think would look really nice in the living room. I have purcahsed the 2 picture frames.One is black that i will spray paint gold for the gilded frame in gregors room and i have plain picture frame with an image of my grandad in the army to represent gregor to put in the living room. I have also found 2 images of a image of a lady in fur hat with a fur boa and fur muff to put in the frame. Hope these are okay with everyone.

Important

Hi Guys

Hope everyone had a good day and finished their essays, This note is kind of saying the same things Sarah has already said but I need you to know a few more things. As we only have 2 weeks left to build make and decorate its really important that your in and I know that some people have jobs but apart from that you all need to come in, the more people we have in the faster we get this finished, don't mean to be a pain but it would be really sad if it didn't get done by the 20th because we hadn't had enough of us in.

Also tomorrow I will be assigning everyone a job to do like wall paper or building something. I need to know what props are being bought and which are being made so people don't do a job that doesn't need doing. if you aren't coming in tomorrow please let me know.

please read this and let me know if your building or buying.

The room measurements are

A = 2@ 4' b : 6' high

B = 1'6", 2'6", 2@4" all different heights

C = 2' , header 2'6" , 3'6" , 2@4' 8' high

D = 2' , 2@3', Header and footers 2@ 2' ;8' high

E = 2@2' , 2@4' , 2@1' and 4' fire place :8' high

F = 2@4' , 2' , 2' header and footer ; Different heights.

G = 4@ 3'6" , 2@5' header ; 8' high