Miniature Chaise Longue

A European-style chaise longue for a dollhouse bedroom or drawing room, built to the 1:12 dollhouse scale used across the range. The shape is the point: a chaise is long enough to lie back on rather than perch on, so it gives a room a piece of seating that reads differently from a chair or a sofa, somewhere to rest rather than somewhere to sit up. Set against a wall, under a window, or at the foot of a bed, it fills a length of floor that a sofa would overcrowd.

Four styles are listed here, labelled Style one, Style two, Style three and Style four, with no colour or finish named in the labels, so the photographs are what separates them. Every style is $34.99, the entry price shown on the page, with a compare-at figure of $44.99, and a price badge of 2 for $58.99 sits alongside it. Four photographs come with this piece and all four are labelled as option images rather than main product photos, one for each style.

A chaise is usually the piece that sets the mood of a room, because its line is longer and more relaxed than anything else in the space. In a drawing room it works as the centre of a small arrangement, with a side table within reach, and in a bedroom it takes the corner that a second armchair would look cramped in. Keeping the rest of the seating lower and squarer lets the curve of the chaise do the talking.

The chaise belongs to Mini Furniture, the group that covers the seating and tables for every room in a build, from dining rooms to bedrooms. Because it is a scene feature rather than a small prop, it is worth placing before the clutter goes in: furniture of this size is awkward to move once small pieces are arranged around it, and the rest of a room is easier to judge once the largest piece is standing where it will stay.

Lift the chaise by the body of the piece rather than by an arm or a leg, set it down on a flat surface, and dust it with a soft dry brush instead of a damp cloth. Keep it out of long spells of direct sun, and avoid stacking anything on top of it while it is in storage.