Miniature Three-Piece Sofa Collection

Striped cream upholstery is a restrained choice, and restraint is useful when you are photographing a small room. The cream keeps a scene bright, the stripes keep their definition at miniature size, and the neutral tone means colour can come from the rug, the plants and the doll's own outfit instead of competing with the seating.

Three seating widths are available here, and each is sold on its own. A single-seat sofa is enough for a small room, an entryway or a corner built around a lamp. The two-seat option is the middle of the range and suits most rooms. Choose the three-seat sofa when you want one long horizontal line across the frame; that length is what makes a living room look like a room rather than a corner of one. Buying piece by piece means you can come back for a second seat later, or pair a long sofa with a single chair facing it.

Widths aside, the scale is 1:12, the scale the rest of this range is built to. At that scale the seat height reads correctly, and a doll sitting down looks as though it is really sitting rather than propped up on the edge of a cushion. The proportions hold up beside a coffee table, a low cabinet or a side table with a lamp on it.

Cost rises with length. A single seat starts the range at $9.99, which is the lowest figure here and the reason the price reads From $9.99. A two-seat sofa costs $19.99 and a three-seat sofa $39.99. Against the entry price the comparison price is $12.99. Buying the finished arrangement in a single purchase is quicker than matching separate seating and a table piece by piece.

Four photographs come with the product, captioned by configuration, so the three widths are distinguishable before you commit to one.

Keep the seating as display pieces rather than playthings. Brush the upholstery with a soft dry brush and avoid wet cloths entirely, particularly on cream, which shows water marks. Prolonged direct sunlight is what ages pale fabric fastest, so keep the sofa out of a south-facing window if you can. Lift each piece by its base rather than an arm, and store spares without stacking, since folded or compressed padding leaves marks that are difficult to reverse. The collection is the simplest way to begin a living room that can be added to over time, and it shares a scale with the rest of the Mini Furniture range.