Chair slipcover | recliner slipcover – out with the old look and in with the new

Chair slip covers can save the life of your favorite chair. It will give it a new look and possible a new color, but best of all it will enhance the look and feel of your room. Your recliner and sofa slipcovers are readily available at cheap discount prices - especially if you consider the cost of re-upholstery, or even purchasing new home furniture. Whether it’s a dining chair, a love seat, or your favorite oversized chair, you can find slip covers made with very durable fabrics so they will stand up to a lot of traffic which in turn will protect the original fabric that is on your furniture. Most slipcovers are washable by machine which can make it very easy to keep them clean and fresh.

Choosing a recliner chair slipcover

There are some things that your should consider when buying your ready made slipcover. Start with the style and theme that would best suit your room. You may use a bottom pleat to cover up the legs or choose an elegant silk braid, fabric bows, rosettes and baubles which dress makers use as designs since the eighteenth century. These styles are also part of the slipcover and upholstery vocabulary. Buttons and bows are borrowed from dressmakers. A row of buttons down the chair’s back or maybe pump bows at the corner of the sofa’s slipcover skirt are a charming touch. The most frequently used slipcover detail would be the skirt just tightly gathered. The skirt’s billows are sewn outward just like a taffeta dance dress, then sewn in saucy pleats cut with scalloped edges. It doesn’t matter on the style of the length of the skirt; it should be in proportion of the chair that you are trying to freshen up.

Mixing slipcover prints for a decour style

By using prints, stripes, and checkers in a mélange will create a carefree pleasing look. The pattern mixture will tend to give a nonchalant attitude and people seem to gravitate to this style of room. Blending of unexpected combinations of prints and geometrics can be done as long as the tone values and hues are similar. By arranging the decor of the room, the color balance will be even amongst your curtains, slipcovers and any other fabric will have harmony. To add some life to an otherwise low key room, add in the odd stripe or print on your pillow slipcovers, these will give exclamation points and finish off your room.

Finding the cover that’s right for you

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