Some of my decorating work

Sorasha · 09-24-2006, 12:34 PM

Here are some pics of some things I've done, in my house and some friends' houses. No fireplaces in this thread as I just put them in the fireplace thread. Hope you enjoy. The Piano (for a bard friend)

An Artist's Studio

A Dressmaker's Fitting Room

A Tic Tac Toe Board

Some Kitchens

And lastly, some bars

Innu N'Do 70 Templar / 70 Sage And her pet carpenter, Lakese On Mistmoore Server

Didi · 09-24-2006, 12:57 PM

Very impressive, some very original ideas there -- I particularly like the piano! Are the keys the tops of books? Or scrolls?

Sorasha · 09-24-2006, 01:07 PM

The piano keys are the tops of the boring gray books you get from so many quests. And thanks SMILEY

StarryEyedElf · 09-24-2006, 08:28 PM

Oooh I want a piano...

beladi · 09-24-2006, 08:42 PM

I have now fallen out of my chair, I'm so impressed. Yes, I'm typing this sitting on the floor. :smileyhappy:

Very original ideas! I love to see what people can create that goes beyond the ordinary.

Avalyssa - Ayalin

Antonia Bayle

Eveningsong · 09-25-2006, 08:03 PM

Wow great ideas! You have some really original designs there.

Zindicatt · 09-25-2006, 11:57 PM

I agree with everyone that your work is really impressive!

illaria · 09-27-2006, 12:49 AM

Great Ideas, I cant wait to make a piano for my music stage.Thanks for sharing : )

Ndawi · 09-27-2006, 05:47 AM

Sorasha, you are so clever! I LOVE your kitchens!Fever, Dark Elf CarpenterArri, Wood Elf TailorThe Bazaar

Larogi · 09-27-2006, 12:57 PM

I like the piano!

Jackula · 09-27-2006, 03:07 PM

Well done! Very creative use of items. This is the first piano I have ever seen. To be the first to come up with an idea is pretty neat. Alot of people will be happily borrowing your concept. Please be flattered by that and in knowing someone owes their smoking hot jazz club entirely to you. I like your kitchen and bar layouts too. The ironwood counters work great in the corner. It's hard to beat ironwood counters. I love 'em too much. Don't know why I never thought of using 3 mirrors for a dress shop before. See them in real life all the time. It's too bad there aren't reflective. It would be cool to get the infinity reflection effect going on.Thanks for sharing your work. Cheers, and happy decorating!*need to replace my submit post button with spellcheck, heh

Message Edited by countjackula on 09-27-2006 05:11 AM

Sorasha · 09-30-2006, 05:00 AM

Thank you all. I have more or less quit adventuring to become a full time decorator. I'm having waaaaay more fun fussing in people's houses than killing droags and such. I can't wait to see pianos all over Norrath! But be forwarned, the book placement will be the bane of your existance! PS - Starry Eyed Elf, give me the keys to your house! /wink =)

Milamb · 10-25-2006, 12:21 AM

I love the decorations! Very nice!

I was hoping to make a stove as well. (I hate their pre-made ones and yours have such a unique look to it!) It looks like the counter-top is an acrylia desk, but I can't figure out the thing below it. I thought it was a Freeport counter, but the counter sits much higher and is longer.

If you'd rather keep these a trade-secret, I would understand as well. =)

Edit: Oh! I think I figured it out. The countertop is actually the Droag Scribing desk, which I discovered is HUUUUUGE! Thanks again for the pics!

Message Edited by Milambur on 10-25-2006 01:01 PM

dacat · 10-25-2006, 02:09 AM

The art painting room is awesome, nice idea.

Azmodi · 10-25-2006, 02:24 PM

Sorasha what did you use to build the piano exactly? I can see the book s as keys, and the ogguk chairs, but what is the long table top like dark piece you used to set the books in for the keyboard itself please?

Thanks!

Ruut Li · 10-25-2006, 04:14 PM

It's a Decorative pearl table

Message Edited by Ruut Li on 10-25-2006 05:15 AM

Sorasha · 10-26-2006, 06:49 AM

The stoves are indeed droag scribing desks with freeport counters underneath. The burners are made with halfling drums, the blue gizmos sticking out are the low level vases that carpenters make (think they are tier 3, I always have to look them up I can never remember the names) with other vases and such stuck through the top with the random L&L/HQ mountable item used as handles for the pots.I have made a stove out of rosewood tables, with sandalwood crates underneath, but the fit is not as good and I ended up bumping up the crates on a rough linen rug and needing to put some shelves around the outside to cover the gap on the bottom. The only problem I have with the droag scribing tables is that they are so freaking huge, that if you are a small race character, it's sort of like an Alice in Wonderland theme...everything is HUGE! I have a ratonga alt where I am trying to make the house more to scale, and I find it quite the challenge.And just to confirm the piano is an decorative pearl table, with tons of those random blah gray books you get (that are SUCH a pain to place in line) and oggok chairs to fill it in.I have no trade secrets, I love to look at what others have done and shamelessly use those ideas, so feel free to do the same!

Message Edited by Sorasha on 10-25-2006 07:50 PM

Faymar · 10-27-2006, 11:29 PM

But be forwarned, the book placement will be the bane of your existance!

Boy, you weren't kidding! As my house is in ruins, I decided it didn't matter if the keys were a bit wonky. It was driving me insane, they kept shifting every time I zoned in and out!

Milamb · 10-28-2006, 02:11 AM

I keep coming back to this thread. SMILEY

So if you don't mind me asking about the stoves, how did you get the counters to sit under the desk? It looks like I need two Freeport counters to cover the entire length and if I try to overlap them one will "pop out" when it gets too close. It's driving me crazy. SMILEY

Sorasha · 10-28-2006, 06:30 AM

Milambur -One counter goes in lengthwise and one goes in sideways. Sort of like this... / //___________/ /___/one this way 2nd oneAnd they go underneath the droag scribing desk.I place the desk, then work to get the "stove top" with things sticking out of it just so (moving the desk to and fro the whole time), then put in the 2 counters at the end.I try to put them on what I call "dead end" walls - there's not a room on the other side, because the counters can stick through adjoining walls.Good luck!

Message Edited by Sorasha on 10-27-2006 07:30 PM

Message Edited by Sorasha on 10-27-2006 07:31 PM

Milamb · 10-30-2006, 09:24 PM

Brilliant!

Thank you again! SMILEY

09-24-2006, 12:34 PM	#1
Sorasha Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 251	Here are some pics of some things I've done, in my house and some friends' houses. No fireplaces in this thread as I just put them in the fireplace thread. Hope you enjoy. The Piano (for a bard friend) An Artist's Studio A Dressmaker's Fitting Room A Tic Tac Toe Board Some Kitchens And lastly, some bars Innu N'Do 70 Templar / 70 Sage And her pet carpenter, Lakese On Mistmoore Server __________________ Innu N'Do, 71 Templar / 80 Sage Scoff D'atu, 80 Inquisitor / 80 Woodworker A myriad of tradeskill alts And their pet carpenters, Lakese (80, Qeynos) and Scoffers (80, Neriak) On Mistmoore Server

09-24-2006, 12:57 PM	#2
Didi Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 828	Very impressive, some very original ideas there -- I particularly like the piano! Are the keys the tops of books? Or scrolls? __________________

09-24-2006, 01:07 PM	#3
Sorasha Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 251	The piano keys are the tops of the boring gray books you get from so many quests. And thanks __________________ Innu N'Do, 71 Templar / 80 Sage Scoff D'atu, 80 Inquisitor / 80 Woodworker A myriad of tradeskill alts And their pet carpenters, Lakese (80, Qeynos) and Scoffers (80, Neriak) On Mistmoore Server

09-24-2006, 08:28 PM	#4
StarryEyedElf Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Right behind you. Posts: 195	Oooh I want a piano... __________________

09-24-2006, 08:42 PM	#5
beladi Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 233	I have now fallen out of my chair, I'm so impressed. Yes, I'm typing this sitting on the floor. :smileyhappy: Very original ideas! I love to see what people can create that goes beyond the ordinary. Avalyssa - Ayalin Antonia Bayle __________________ koi, koi, koi! And Water Squares too!

09-25-2006, 08:03 PM	#6
Eveningsong Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,844	Wow great ideas! You have some really original designs there.

09-25-2006, 11:57 PM	#7
Zindicatt Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 848	I agree with everyone that your work is really impressive! __________________

09-27-2006, 12:49 AM	#8
illaria Loremaster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: nektulos Posts: 592	Great Ideas, I cant wait to make a piano for my music stage.Thanks for sharing : ) __________________

09-27-2006, 05:47 AM	#9
Ndawi Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 147	Sorasha, you are so clever! I LOVE your kitchens!Fever, Dark Elf CarpenterArri, Wood Elf TailorThe Bazaar

09-27-2006, 12:57 PM	#10
Larogi Tester Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 67	I like the piano!

09-27-2006, 03:07 PM	#11
Jackula Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 257	Well done! Very creative use of items. This is the first piano I have ever seen. To be the first to come up with an idea is pretty neat. Alot of people will be happily borrowing your concept. Please be flattered by that and in knowing someone owes their smoking hot jazz club entirely to you. I like your kitchen and bar layouts too. The ironwood counters work great in the corner. It's hard to beat ironwood counters. I love 'em too much. Don't know why I never thought of using 3 mirrors for a dress shop before. See them in real life all the time. It's too bad there aren't reflective. It would be cool to get the infinity reflection effect going on.Thanks for sharing your work. Cheers, and happy decorating!*need to replace my submit post button with spellcheck, heh Message Edited by countjackula on 09-27-2006 05:11 AM

09-30-2006, 05:00 AM	#12
Sorasha Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 251	Thank you all. I have more or less quit adventuring to become a full time decorator. I'm having waaaaay more fun fussing in people's houses than killing droags and such. I can't wait to see pianos all over Norrath! But be forwarned, the book placement will be the bane of your existance! PS - Starry Eyed Elf, give me the keys to your house! /wink =) __________________ Innu N'Do, 71 Templar / 80 Sage Scoff D'atu, 80 Inquisitor / 80 Woodworker A myriad of tradeskill alts And their pet carpenters, Lakese (80, Qeynos) and Scoffers (80, Neriak) On Mistmoore Server

10-25-2006, 12:21 AM	#13
Milamb General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 32	I love the decorations! Very nice! I was hoping to make a stove as well. (I hate their pre-made ones and yours have such a unique look to it!) It looks like the counter-top is an acrylia desk, but I can't figure out the thing below it. I thought it was a Freeport counter, but the counter sits much higher and is longer. If you'd rather keep these a trade-secret, I would understand as well. =) Edit: Oh! I think I figured it out. The countertop is actually the Droag Scribing desk, which I discovered is HUUUUUGE! Thanks again for the pics! Message Edited by Milambur on 10-25-2006 01:01 PM __________________ EverQuest - The Rathe server (retired) EverQuest II - The Oasis Server Tyambur (Warden) and Milambur (Templar)

10-25-2006, 02:09 AM	#14
dacat Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 159	The art painting room is awesome, nice idea. __________________

10-25-2006, 02:24 PM	#15
Azmodi General Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Denver Colorado Posts: 105	Sorasha what did you use to build the piano exactly? I can see the book s as keys, and the ogguk chairs, but what is the long table top like dark piece you used to set the books in for the keyboard itself please? Thanks! __________________ Lord Alesis D'Thex Supreme Dirge of Legacy, Unrest

10-25-2006, 04:14 PM	#16
Ruut Li Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 561	It's a Decorative pearl table Message Edited by Ruut Li on 10-25-2006 05:15 AM

10-26-2006, 06:49 AM	#17
Sorasha Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 251	The stoves are indeed droag scribing desks with freeport counters underneath. The burners are made with halfling drums, the blue gizmos sticking out are the low level vases that carpenters make (think they are tier 3, I always have to look them up I can never remember the names) with other vases and such stuck through the top with the random L&L/HQ mountable item used as handles for the pots.I have made a stove out of rosewood tables, with sandalwood crates underneath, but the fit is not as good and I ended up bumping up the crates on a rough linen rug and needing to put some shelves around the outside to cover the gap on the bottom. The only problem I have with the droag scribing tables is that they are so freaking huge, that if you are a small race character, it's sort of like an Alice in Wonderland theme...everything is HUGE! I have a ratonga alt where I am trying to make the house more to scale, and I find it quite the challenge.And just to confirm the piano is an decorative pearl table, with tons of those random blah gray books you get (that are SUCH a pain to place in line) and oggok chairs to fill it in.I have no trade secrets, I love to look at what others have done and shamelessly use those ideas, so feel free to do the same! Message Edited by Sorasha on 10-25-2006 07:50 PM __________________ Innu N'Do, 71 Templar / 80 Sage Scoff D'atu, 80 Inquisitor / 80 Woodworker A myriad of tradeskill alts And their pet carpenters, Lakese (80, Qeynos) and Scoffers (80, Neriak) On Mistmoore Server

10-27-2006, 11:29 PM	#18
Faymar Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 209	But be forwarned, the book placement will be the bane of your existance! Boy, you weren't kidding! As my house is in ruins, I decided it didn't matter if the keys were a bit wonky. It was driving me insane, they kept shifting every time I zoned in and out! __________________ http://www.mmorpg-info.org/

10-28-2006, 02:11 AM	#19
Milamb General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 32	I keep coming back to this thread. So if you don't mind me asking about the stoves, how did you get the counters to sit under the desk? It looks like I need two Freeport counters to cover the entire length and if I try to overlap them one will "pop out" when it gets too close. It's driving me crazy. __________________ EverQuest - The Rathe server (retired) EverQuest II - The Oasis Server Tyambur (Warden) and Milambur (Templar)

10-28-2006, 06:30 AM	#20
Sorasha Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 251	Milambur -One counter goes in lengthwise and one goes in sideways. Sort of like this... / //___________/ /___/one this way 2nd oneAnd they go underneath the droag scribing desk.I place the desk, then work to get the "stove top" with things sticking out of it just so (moving the desk to and fro the whole time), then put in the 2 counters at the end.I try to put them on what I call "dead end" walls - there's not a room on the other side, because the counters can stick through adjoining walls.Good luck! Message Edited by Sorasha on 10-27-2006 07:30 PM Message Edited by Sorasha on 10-27-2006 07:31 PM __________________ Innu N'Do, 71 Templar / 80 Sage Scoff D'atu, 80 Inquisitor / 80 Woodworker A myriad of tradeskill alts And their pet carpenters, Lakese (80, Qeynos) and Scoffers (80, Neriak) On Mistmoore Server

10-30-2006, 09:24 PM	#21
Milamb General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 32	Brilliant! Thank you again! __________________ EverQuest - The Rathe server (retired) EverQuest II - The Oasis Server Tyambur (Warden) and Milambur (Templar)