How to Make Your Sofa Covers Look Amazing

Step 2: Matching Your Sofa Covers to Its Purpose

Sofa covers have been widely used for centuries due to its high functionality.

Back in the medieval ages, sofa covers were used to protect furniture from dust, insects, rats and weather changes. During the Elizabethan era, sofa covers became seasonal fashion statements for the upper classes because they can easily be exchanged for different designs.

Whether it’d be to avoid damage on your sofa or changing the sofa’s appearance, find sofa covers that match with your ideal purpose.

For example: if you are looking for a sofa cover that protects your furniture from pet scratches and accidental spills, find sofa covers that’s easy to put on and remove, and can be washed frequently.

FibreGuard’s stainless fabrics are also a good choice for sofa covers. When spills occur, whether it’d be tomato sauce or ink stains, they can be removed easily with a few dabs of clean water.

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To find the right sofa cover that fulfils your purpose, you have to look at its materials and fastenings.

Fabric Material

There are many kinds of fabrics that sofa covers can be made from, all of which are functionally different from one another.

Luxury Textiles

Linens: Light and airy fabrics that give off a neutral yet fresh look. Although they wrinkle more than other fabrics, they give off a magical impression when paired with lace, curtain edges or bows. These sofa covers are good for fancy restaurants and wedding dinners.

Leathers or Faux Leather: These fabrics will need to be customised to; however, it will be a perfect fit for your sofa while adding a layer of class and eloquence to your room.

Velvet: These fabrics are known to make homeowners feel like royalty within a home, especially when they are paired with deep jewel or earth tones. Surprisingly, velvets are also very fun to sit on and cuddle against, especially for little kids.

Family Friendly Fabrics

Polyesters: These cloths are easy to wash, do not wrinkle easily and are comfortable to sit on. Although they’re not as comfortable as cotton, they are ideal sofas covers for families with the right fastenings.

Cotton: These are the most comfortable cloths out of all the fabrics listed. They’re also the most versatile in design as they come in all shapes and patterns. They can be machine washed too. But they can also shrink, hence the sofa cover may not retain its shape after a few years.

Comforting Cloths

Microfibres: These fabrics have fuzzy exterior and a thick, soft texture that is comfortable to sit on. They are also easy to wipe stains off from. They are good for family homes and places where you will receive a lot of guests.

Suedes: These unique rustic fabrics will surely make your sofa stand out as a piece of feature furniture. It also looks very inviting to sit on with its soft shiny surface. However, they can be left with stain marks and require a high cleaning commitment

Fastenings

Fastenings also play a big role in determining the functioning of your sofa. They also need to be paired with the right fabrics to fulfil its purpose

Elastic: These stretchable bands are easy to use and, if tailored correctly, are the ideal fastenings for perfect-fit sofa covers.

If the fastening isn’t of the right length, the sofa cover could tear around the seams or have an unsightly baggy appearance. Get high-quality elastic bands and test them out before purchasing a sofa cover with elastic bands.

Strapless: These stretchable sofa covers have sown in tight edges can perfect fit the sofa’s shape and form. It does not have any visible fastening materials so it gives the sofa a clean, undisturbed look.

Ties: Strings and ribbons do not perfectly wrap around the sofa, but they can be adjustable to different kinds of upholstery. You do need to adjust the knots occasionally, but the bows and string add a nice, subtle accent to your sofa.

Zips: You will need to use multiple pieces of sofa covers with zips to completely cover your whole sofa. However, sofa covers with zips fit your sofa perfectly and will not slip off.

Depending on the design of the sofa cover, you can have small zippers that are hidden in strategic places or large zips that are exposed as part of the design.

Hooks and Fastens: These straps are more commonly found on sofa covers for stools and ottomans, as well as throw slipcovers. Not only do they hold the covers well in place without slipping, but they are also easy to put on and remove.

Step 3: Choosing Your Style

Most designs for sofa covers are for appearance sake but they can play into the functionality of a sofa cover as well.

If you want your sofa cover to naturally fit on the sofa like a second skin, look out for form-fitting sofa cover. They help look your sofa look tidy and they hardly wrinkle due to being made a stretchy fabric.

Because the fabric is stretchy, they will be hard to put on at first. But with practice, the sofa’s firm yet curved edged appearance will be worth it.

For a better fit, it’s better to choose sofa covers that wrap around individual parts of the sofa such as two-piece covers. Two-piece covers will usually have one sofa cover for the frame, and another for the seat.

One-piece sofa covers can be used as well if you want a modern look that puts the couch together.  

On the other hand, you can choose a skirted sofa cover to get a light and breezy impression of your sofa with a romantic overtone. To complete this romantic look, choose neutral or white coloured fabrics.

These sofa covers usually cover up the whole sofa right down the floor. Hence; these curtain edges can give your sofa an elegant touch and make the bottom of your sofa ideal hiding spots for your belongings.

Furniture throws are another kind of sofa covers only the general seating area, leaving the sofa’s back and the sides exposed

Though they may not necessarily protect the sofa from dust or changing weather conditions, they do prevent accidental spills. They also easily removable and give your sofa a unique look that catches the attention of your visitors.