Furniture Slipcovers?

[Miss Molly]

You know those big slipcover things you can buy to put over couches and chairs when the upholstery is no good or you don't like it?

Anybody have any experience with them?  I imagine that every time you sit down and get up, you have to re-tuck it in along the back and between cushions and arms. 

Am I mistaken?

[Bennyhana]

Some good slipcovers come with plastic rods and other pieces that wedge in places to keep things tucked where they need to go.  That said, I've seen very few that didn't look crappy anyway.

[eo000]

Some good slipcovers come with plastic rods and other pieces that wedge in places to keep things tucked where they need to go.  That said, I've seen very few that didn't look crappy anyway.

what he said. they look good as soon as you put them on, any time after that they look crappy.

[dazie]

If you get one that doesn't have one of those rods, you can get pvc pipe and stuff it down in the couch.

[Infobahn]

We bought one for a loveseat through a website, and it worked well for a couple of years.  The wife wasn't thrilled about it at first, but after the first spill - she threw it in the wash and loved it after that.

[Jessie]

I hated the one I had, but it was still better than the ugly couch.

[sugar_grrl]

Use a sheet.  They look the same, they're cheaper, and you get those cool little patterns like clouds or balloons or frogs or bacon or whatever else floats yer boat.  Or you could just go to a fabric store and buy a big roll of fabric and go to town.....that's basically the same as a sheet.....

[Alice]

Use a sheet.  They look the same, they're cheaper, and you get those cool little patterns like clouds or balloons or frogs or bacon or whatever else floats yer boat.  Or you could just go to a fabric store and buy a big roll of fabric and go to town.....that's basically the same as a sheet.....

They don't look the same at all - unless you're buying a $20 slip cover.  You can get very nicely fitted slip covers that look great, however, they cost about as much as a new couch.

[Miss Molly]

What if I get a roll of thick upholstery type material (not quite true upholstery fabric cause I'm pretty sure that shit's expensive) and  a staple gun......


Anybody ever makeshift re-upholster anything?

[swolt]

What if I get a roll of thick upholstery type material (not quite true upholstery fabric cause I'm pretty sure that shit's expensive) and  a staple gun......


Anybody ever makeshift re-upholster anything?

my sister julie. She took the couch apart for like a month and when she was done I wasn't allowed to sit on it. But it sure looked pretty.

[Bennyhana]

What if I get a roll of thick upholstery type material (not quite true upholstery fabric cause I'm pretty sure that shit's expensive) and  a staple gun......


Anybody ever makeshift re-upholster anything?

Couches are hard, because they are both large and very complex.  Can you sew?  I'm told (though I don't know yet because I haven't tried it, I'll let you know in May after I've done it) that custom fit slipcovers can be made by putting pieces of fabric on the couch in panels and pinning them together, then taking the pieces to the sewing machine and sewing them.

[Mr. Ubiquity]

If you get one that doesn't have one of those rods, you can get pvc pipe and stuff it down in the couch.

so your where the morturary service got the idea of bone replacement with pvc...

[Dry then Catch]

Hilariously this is like the 3rd thread about slipcovers.  Infobahn's suggested website is excellent, I have been just too lazy to you know.  click.

"I saw a commercial that said, 'Forget everything you know about slipcovers!' ... So I did. And it was a load off my mind. Then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, but I didn't know what the hell they were."

[ReBurn]

I saw a guy yesterday that was selling sofas out of the back of a rental truck for $300.  But I doubt if that helps very much.

[swolt]

I saw a guy yesterday that was selling sofas out of the back of a rental truck for $300.  But I doubt if that helps very much.

that's funny, I saw the same thing a few days ago riding around with Daniel.

[ReBurn]

I saw a guy yesterday that was selling sofas out of the back of a rental truck for $300.  But I doubt if that helps very much.

that's funny, I saw the same thing a few days ago riding around with Daniel.

OMG!  I wonder if it was the same guy?  Or maybe his brother or something?  I could be a national chain!

[Alice]

I could be a national chain!

But then everyone would have a Reburn & we wouldn't be special anymore. 

[ReBurn]

I could be a national chain!

But then everyone would have a Reburn & we wouldn't be special anymore. 

I've put my nationwide aspirations on hold for now.  The local market just isn't holding up that well.