Further adventures of the window seat

I wasn't completely happy with my Duncan Phyfe seat; it didn't feel quite right. Maybe because the room needs variation. I thought that all chairs and sofas should be matching, but it has now become boring. Fortunately someone has recently given me two lovely Chinese coasters.

 

I hope the giver will forgive me that I won't use them as intended. It's superb fabric, and my first thought was that I would use it for the firescreen. Then I realised that I could use it both for the screen and the seat.

 

Here is a close-up of the screen:

 

The fabric has a thin lining so it was easy to cut and just dab a bit of glue on the edges.

I haven't yet decided what to do with the red coaster, but I have many chair kits where it will come handy.

Queen Anne firescreen

This wasn't a hugely challenging project, especially after the Chippendale firescreen. More precision leg-gluing, but I am really getting better at it.

 

It was my serious intention to cover this screen with a pretty cross-stitch piece from Ely cathedral, but as I tried it felt much too crude. I may find something else, but actually I think it is so pretty as it is that I may leave it like that. It looks great in the room.

I find it remarkable how, when you have added a nice detail to a room you cannot even image how it could have been without. If you look at my previous post showing the same room you may notice the old firescreen that had been there for a long time and done a good job. But you see the difference, don't you?

Chippendale firescreen

A quick and relatively easy project resulting in a stunning piece. The only difficult part was the legs, but I am getting better at them.

 

According to instructions, the screen could be covered by a price of fabric, for instance, the lady's needlepoint. I think it is so pretty as it is that I will leave it like this. I have tried some fancy paper, but haven't yet found anything I like.

I have said this about candlestands: a pity that these objects are less visible in the background. But everything cannot be in the foreground. Anyone looking closely will see how amazing this screen is and how nicely it fits into the room.

Another firescreen

While I was at it, I made another firescreen, from the 1:24 kit. It was supposed to be a modesty screen but it made an excellent fire screen in 1:12 scale.

I painted and varnished it, and the "silk" is Japanese handmade paper. Here it is in its environment, the Georgian house. I am not quite sure it fits so it may move to the Victorian house that can be eclectic.

Firescreen

This was a very small improvement, but I thought it was worth while. The firescreen from my flea market binge was nice as it was

 and yet I felt that it would be better in a darker frame, so I painted and varnished it. I think it looks more natural this way.

Here it is in its environment. I had to remove some objects in the front to have a better view.