Design/Fabric Question (Advise Pls)
Jan. 11th, 2008 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
octothorpeYeah, so I am going to make a fresh start and move, probably to Brooklyn (or some borough of NYC), *possibly* into the Oro, or something equally f@bulous by the end of the year.
For the last 6 years or so, I've not actually been sleeping in my bed, but rather Bill's brick-like object he calls a bed. I am looking forward to re-uniting with my mattress, although the actual bed won't go with the style of what I want the interior design to be. It's this rather lovely un-MoCo 4-post bed, with ball-and-claw feet, and *very* high (good for many reasons).
So this means I need a new bed. I've got an idea for a headboard, but I don't know if it will be possible. I want it to be a "statement". I want to play a bit with scale (make the headboard very high indeed!), but here's the catch. I want it to have a tight, minimal appearance, and I want it wrapped in leather. There is a problem with this, seams. Cows simply aren't that large, and I would like to avoid stitching everywhere but the edges. This brings me to ask:
What's the state of faux leather? Is it good enough to fool people, even when viewed close-up? I imagine it can come in some pretty wide rolls allowing for a good height before requiring a seam. Will the smell (from either real or faux) be just too much, and wind up poisoning me in my sleep?
For the last 6 years or so, I've not actually been sleeping in my bed, but rather Bill's brick-like object he calls a bed. I am looking forward to re-uniting with my mattress, although the actual bed won't go with the style of what I want the interior design to be. It's this rather lovely un-MoCo 4-post bed, with ball-and-claw feet, and *very* high (good for many reasons).
So this means I need a new bed. I've got an idea for a headboard, but I don't know if it will be possible. I want it to be a "statement". I want to play a bit with scale (make the headboard very high indeed!), but here's the catch. I want it to have a tight, minimal appearance, and I want it wrapped in leather. There is a problem with this, seams. Cows simply aren't that large, and I would like to avoid stitching everywhere but the edges. This brings me to ask:
What's the state of faux leather? Is it good enough to fool people, even when viewed close-up? I imagine it can come in some pretty wide rolls allowing for a good height before requiring a seam. Will the smell (from either real or faux) be just too much, and wind up poisoning me in my sleep?
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Date: 2008-01-11 09:20 pm (UTC)I recently also saw leather floor tiles somewhere, you could use those on a wooden backboard. They definitely should be cleanable, in case...
Or take leather strips and weave the headboard.
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Date: 2008-01-11 09:39 pm (UTC)