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lovelygirl · Kenneth Cole

Sofa Slipcovers

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I have slipcovers and I HATE them! They never stay on and I feel like I have to adjust them every 5 seconds. OK, maybe not that much, but every time I get off the couch they need to be readjusted to look even halfway decent. I say embrace the ugliness of the green.

Cortney1982 · Chanel

I hate slipcovers too. It's so messed up after you sit in it! I think a slipcover that would work good is the ones that have a separate cover for the cushions.

lilyann · Dooney & Bourke

There is a type of slipcover that stays put- I have it on my couch. I purchased mine thru Macys: Try it!

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halleybird · Hermes

I have tried lots of different kinds on a chair of mine, and none have worked well. In fact, pinning a sheet seems to work as well, or better. But it depends on how standard a shape your sofa is.

jessjoy · Kenneth Cole

ILoveChoo wrote:

I have slipcovers and I HATE them! They never stay on and I feel like I have to adjust them every 5 seconds. OK, maybe not that much, but every time I get off the couch they need to be readjusted to look even halfway decent. I say embrace the ugliness of the green.

i completely agree!! i wouldn't waste the money...

joy0302 · Kate Spade

I have them and I hated them at first. I learned a simple trick though and they are not nearly as annoying now. Tuck them in the way you want them and then roll up a magazine really tightly and wedge it down behind the cushions to where you can not see it. This really helps to keep them from slipping out of place. I ordered mine from Overstock.com they had several different styles.

jj · Kate Spade

If you are willing to spend a little more $$$$, check out this place:

http://www.todoes.com/

I bookmarked it a few years ago, after the Washington Post raved about them in a Home&Garden article. After we move, I am going to investigate using them to make a slipcover for a chair and couch.

ViViDogWear · Kate Spade

jj wrote:

If you are willing to spend a little more $$$$, check out this place: http://www.todoes.com/ I bookmarked it a few years ago, after the Washington Post raved about them in a Home&Garden article. After we move, I am going to investigate using them to make a slipcover for a chair and couch.

JJ - that site is really cool! But i calculated the ~ cost for recovering my sofas and it came out to be over $900 for the loveseat and sofa! Yikes! How much is re-upholstering generally? Feel like I should just start all over with new sofas!

lovelygirl · Kenneth Cole

Hmm...considering the cost of slipcovers and re-upholstering, I better just save up for a new couch! Thanks for the input everyone!

-- Edited by lovelygirl at 20:49, 2006-05-08