You can have beautiful and expensive furniture but if you have owned it for many years, it may be looking a bit tired. And then, there is that spot from the Coke your child spilled a few years ago and all that dog hair from your cocker spaniel The fact is, you can make every thing old new today - at a fairly low cost - just by adding slipcovers.
Don't turn up your nose
Some homeowners might turn up their noses at the idea of buying slipcovers. However, in addition to being less expensive than new furniture, slipcovers can add a dash of color to freshen up the look of just about any room. Slipcovers can be used to coordinate a roomful of mismatched furniture. They also allow you to experiment with a new style, new colors or a new pattern and if you're not pleased with the result, so what? Just take off the slipcover and start over - all without having to spend an arm and a leg. You certainly can't say that about reupholstering the furniture.
Make or buy?
If you're good with a tape measure and a sewing machine, you can make your own slipcovers and save even more money. You say you are not that good of a seamstress? Then you can buy your slipcovers from a variety of stores, including Wal-mart, Target, the Pottery Barn and J.C. Penney. In the event you're not close to one of these stores, you can also buy slipcovers online.
More good ways to use slipcovers
Need extra seating at your dining room table? You can add color and flair to ordinary folding chairs by using slipcovers that match your dining room chairs. You can use slipcovers to hide dated furniture you inherited from your parents or to freshen up an ugly recliner or an old ottoman. Slipcovers are also great for protecting expensive upholstery. Suppose, for example, you have a beautiful, new sofa covered in a delicate fabric. What better way is there to protect that sofa then with a slipcover you can just whip off when company comes?
If you want to redecorate
Maybe your whole room looks tired and dated. You want to repaint and add new curtains but what about the furniture you purchased to go with the old decor? Slipcovers can save the day by allowing you to match that old furniture to your new look.
Many different materials
One last thing about slipcovers is that they are available in a wide variety of fabrics. So, if chenille isn't to your liking, you can get slipcovers that are striped or flowered, made from silk, shantung, or suede or even in a tiger pattern.
As you have seen from reading this article, slipcovers are inexpensive, versatile, available in a wide variety of fabrics and patterns - ready to go to work brightening up a room, coordinating mismatched furniture or hiding those old stains. And this is why so many homeowners are turning to an old favorite - slipcovers - to make things new again.
