A Reading by HanaKids' Floor Sofas & Play Couches
Charcoal and blush corduroy play arches set out as a tunnel run, and how to order them right
Two arches and a half-dome, pulled apart into a tunnel run. The pieces are simple. Ordering them well takes one careful message.
The quick answer
Order a kids' floor play set by writing one fabric code per piece in your message, checking the swatches in your room's daylight, and confirming the overall size against the space before you pay. Here charcoal, blush and sage corduroy pieces step down from large to small. A color change after production costs the production price, so check twice.
SavePinned by Hana: five stops along the run
Five pins along the run, from the charcoal arch at the back to the sage half-dome in front.
- Charcoal arch
The darkest color on the biggest piece keeps it from looking bulky.
- Tunnel opening
The inside curve is fully covered, so crawling through is comfortable.
- Blush arch
The mid arch becomes a second, smaller tunnel.
- Sage half-dome
The dome ends the run as a step or seat.
- Wooden toy kitchen
Real toys behind the set place it in an everyday playroom.
- Charcoal archThe darkest color on the biggest piece keeps it from looking bulky.
- Tunnel openingThe inside curve is fully covered, so crawling through is comfortable.
- Blush archThe mid arch becomes a second, smaller tunnel.
- Sage half-domeThe dome ends the run as a step or seat.
- Wooden toy kitchenReal toys behind the set place it in an everyday playroom.
Large, then smaller, then small: sizing the corduroy arches
Three pieces in one line. Largest at the back, smallest nearest you.
The charcoal arch is the biggest and the darkest. Dark on the largest shape keeps it from looking bulky in a small room. The blush arch comes next and makes a second, smaller tunnel. The sage half-dome ends the run as a step, or a seat for a child who is done crawling.
The inside of each curve is covered in the same corduroy as the outside. Knees and elbows go there, so it matters. Box edges, no piping. Nothing ridged under a hand.
The wooden toy kitchen and the rope basket of blocks say this room gets used. The star-dotted rug softens the floor between pieces, and the book ledge keeps stories at a child's height. The big window and linen curtains give even daylight, the right light for judging colors before you choose them.
The pieces sit about a child's stride apart. Close enough to crawl from one tunnel to the next, far enough to read as a course. Children measure comfort with their whole body. Which piece would yours reach for first?
More sets live in kids' floor sofas and kids' room cushions; the cloth is corduroy. For sizes that suit each age, see kids' floor sofa size by age.
Big, then smaller, then small. Dark, then pink, then green. A child reads it like a sentence.
One message that gets the order right the first time
- One fabric code per piece, written out: which code goes on the large arch, the small arch and the half-dome.
- Swatches first. Look at them on your own floor, in daylight, before you commit; swatches before ordering explains the routine.
- Overall sizes checked against the room: height, width and the length the set takes up when pulled apart.
- How the pieces should stay put. Ties on the back can be added and a non-slip base is possible; snaps underneath are not made.
- A last read of the colors before you confirm. After production, a change means paying the production cost for a remake.
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Leave your details and the workshop will call you to confirm measurements, fabric, foam and piping. No prices, dates or payment on this page: it is a request, not an order.
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