Beautify your IKEA sofa with custom long skirt slipcovers

Most of us would have had an IKEA furniture or two at some point in our lives. And at another point, you start to question your taste and ask, “does this look cheap?”

We completely empathize – the older we get, the better our standards and that’s always a good thing. So just because you bought the sofa from IKEA doesn’t mean that it always has to look cheap. Some of us paid good money for IKEA sofas after all! (Think Stockholm Models)

With IKEA furnitures around our office (we should totally get sponsored), we sincerely believe that even your 8 year old Klippan – would have the potential to look amazing without burning a hole in your pocket especially when they’re still structurally sound.

In this blogpost, we’ll be talking about how you can improve the look of your sofa with custom long skirt slipcovers.

Why get long skirt slipcovers?

1. Hide those legs!

One of the things that we didn’t like about the IKEA sofas would be their rectangular birch wooden legs (Karlstad owners, you know what we’re talking about) – not the most appealing set of legs if you ask us.

So we thought the simplest solution to hide the legs would be with the long skirt slipcover, which inadvertently also makes it seem more classy than an upholstered snug fit at times.

2. Practical Solution to Leather and Upholstered Sofas

If you have a leather or a upholstered IKEA sofa, you’ll notice that after a few good years, it will start to show clear signs of wear and tear and you’d be thinking to get them reupholstered or buy a new couch entirely.

The annoying thing is:

1. Upholstering an IKEA sofa is probably going to be more expensive than the sofa itself
2. It feels wasteful to dispose the old couch (especially if it’s still sturdy)

Why not get long skirt slipcovers instead?

There’s a good reason why they’re called “slip” covers. They’re super easy to put on as you don’t need to remove your current covers. They slip right over the existing sofa and now you can remove them anytime to get them cleaned up! Instantly it’ll look like a brand new sofa and no one needs to know what’s underneath that slipcover.

Manstad Sofa Bed in Long Skirt Linen

Different Styles of Long Skirt Slipcovers

1. ‘Shabby-chic’ linen long skirts

In case you guys haven’t noticed, we’re huge fans of the ‘shabby-chic’ style and how it makes the furniture look so effortlessly beautiful and laid back. And usually when we get linen slipcovers, they tend to be very soft and comfortable, so that’s another added bonus!

Shabby Chic Sofa by Rachel Ashwell

Aesthetically, the added wrinkles do give a more textured look and an insurmountable depth to your living space – this is of course, quite an acquired taste and not for everyone.

That’s not all – the same concept could look pretty good in a man cave as well. Go for darker linens and lose the pleats for a more masculine slipcover (think Christian Grey’s home). It’s also quite hard not to like them when they’re so easy to maintain and you don’t even need to iron the covers – who would have thought that wrinkles look so good on a sofa!

Loose Grey Linen Slipcovered Sofa

2. Contrast banding

One fine day, we had a little extra time to play around with this crazy idea which we call contrast banding. Basically it’s sewing 2 fabrics and using the entire piece to create an entirely unique piece. Check out this long skirt Klippan that we did! Do you like it or hate it? All comments welcome!

Klippan Long Skirt With Contrast Banding

3. Cheeky Mid Skirt covers

Fortunately, not all IKEA sofa legs are rectangular and birch wood. If you have sexy legs to show off but still love the idea of a skirt, then go for the mid skirt. You get to show off a bit of leg but still get that elegant look as well.

This style would work very well with dining chairs or with sofas with tall sofa legs.

If you plan on getting custom slipcovers from us, you get to choose the length of your slipcover’s skirt! Along with other customisations such as pleats and piping, but we’ll talk more about next time 🙂

Till then, happy designing!


Photo credits:

MCM Shabby Chic Linen Sofa – http://mcmhouse.com/
Dining chairs with cheeky Mid Skirt – http://www.moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com