Miniature Sofa

How to make a miniature sofa from the Ikea Flisat Box

The cardboard that forms part of the packaging for the Ikea Flisat Dollhouse is perfect size to make a quick sofa.

You will need:

- Cardboard Packaging
- Fabric Glue/good quality clear setting craft glue
- Fabric scraps

Using the thick cardboard that comes inside the box, cut out the following shapes which will form the base of your sofa.  It is best to use a box cutter and ruler to cut through the thick cardboard and use a ruler to make sure you cut straight lines.

All the pieces should fit together so that your sofa will look like this.  Do not throw away the left over cardboard just yet, as you can use the leftover for a bed and I also use another piece of card on the bottom to make the sofa a little bigger.

You need to wrap the cardboard in fabric, which is the tricky part!  I find the best way to cover the cardboard is using the following technique.  Cut a square of fabric large enough to fold over the entire piece of cardboard.  Make 2 cuts in the fabric as shown in the diagram on the left.  (Cut the fabric on each side).

You will need to fold the fabric up and 'wrap' it around the sides of the cardboard.  You will see the the remaining fabric is a rectangle shape and will fold over the top of the piece you have just stuck down.  You can trim off any excess fabric once the glue has dried.  I should have used a lighter fabric as the black does not show up the detail very well!

With the base of the couch you only need to cover one side nicely as I use another piece of card underneath to cover the messy side.  Essentially you are making a sandwich with all the messy ends stuck together in the middle.

When I finished making the top I realised it was a little small so I cut another rectangle to go underneath to make it higher. Use the same technique as the instructions set out above - and stick all the ugly messy pieces together in the middle.








One you have covered all the pieces in fabric glue them all together to form the sofa shape.  Once the glue has dried you can trim off any stray threads and tidy up any dried glue.

Decorate with some cushions.