Slip Covers

Make Your Upholstered Furniture Look New Again With Slip Covers

In these bad economic times we all need ways to save money on everything we do. Home decorating can get pretty costly. Upholstered furniture pieces can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars new. Most of the time, our upholstered furniture is in good shape except for the fabric or leather coverings. Things get spilled and threads get snagged. Leather can get discolored, faded and stained. Now, if our furniture is structurally sound, we can buy new covers for a fraction of the cost of reupholstering or buying new pieces. Slip covers are the answer to this dilemma.

Slip covers come ready made or custom and you can purchase them at your local discount store or from some really good on line stores. You can get inexpensive ones that rely on careful tucking and pinning, or you can get high quality slip covers that fit like a glove. It all depends on what you want to spend and where you shop. A good company will have slip covers for all your upholstered pieces from the sofa to the matching chairs and ottomans. Many companies have slip covers for futons and also custom bedding and accent pillows. Some companies have you pick fabric from them, and others have you get your fabric from a list of fabric outlets they recommend.

A local company that does slip covers will send out a person to measure your furniture, but if you order on line you need to follow their web site instructions to measure your own furniture. Many ask for photos of your furniture, to better fit the cover to the style. Some of the on line companies that are worth considering are : Slip Cover Shop.com, Before N After Slip Covers, www.custom cottage slip covers.com, Jennifer's Slip Covers & Custom Sewing For The Home and Surefit Slipcovers. If you just key in "slip covers" on line, you will get a whole list of sites to explore.

Slip covers come in different styles, fabrics and qualities. You can get ready made, made to order or custom made. They come elasticized, zippered or with a tab system of closures . Companies each have their own fitting systems. Slip covers come very fitted, semi loose or loose and casual. You choose the look you want from lots of pictures on the web sites. You can get furniture slip covers for sectionals, dining room chairs, futons or chaise lounges as well as sofas and chairs. It is easy to economically recover your whole room. There are even discount slip cover outlets.