IKEA introduced the Hovas sofa in 2009 and many thought it was a replacement to the Ekeskog model. They do look suprisingly similiar. These sofas are both discontinued, but we at Comfort Works are still making the slipcovers!
If you are looking for slipcovers for these models, here’s a useful road map to tell the differences:
If you have an Ekeskog couch and just bought a Hovas slip cover, you will find that only the cushions will fit. However, the Hovas sofa frame slipcover will not fit on the body of the Ekeskog couch being a few cm short.
The back of the Hovas also extends out over the arm rest cushions while the Ekeskog’s back ends before the arms begin, as below: (original photo credits to goldenboysandme.com)
Here are more differences:
Comfort Works now makes slipcovers for the Hovas 3-seater sofa, footstool and armchair.
Meanwhile for the Ekeskog sofa range, we make slipcovers for the 3-seater sofa, sofa-bed, footstool and armchair.
I’ve attached a few pictures below. Go ahead test yourself to see if you can spot the differences ;)
Is this the Ikea Ekeskog or Hovas range?
Update: Courtney from Golden Boys and Me reviewed our Ekeskog slipcovers on her blog and shared this lovely image.
Custom Ekeskog slipcovers in Herringbone Ivory fabric – before and after!
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Khalid
Mar 14, 2017Good day
I need to order 2 cover ekeskog 3 seat sofa .do you ship this item to riyadh .kingdom of saudia arabia and how much it will cost me
Chuck
Mar 15, 2017Hey Khalid!
The Ekeskog 3 seater sofa cover starts at US$339 and can be purchased here directly: https://comfort-works.com/products/ekeskog-3-seater-sofa-cover
Shipping to Saudi Arabia would be around $55.
Hope this helps!
nahla
Nov 20, 2014from where i can order this sofa plz
Chuck
Nov 20, 2014Hi Nahla,
Unfortunately both the Hovas and the Ekeskog have been discontinued by IKEA – you might have to get these sofas from Craigslist, eBay, Gumtree or whichever second hand market you can think of :(
Hope this helps!
Cecilia
Jan 13, 2014Hi, I have an Ekeskog sofa and the back cushions are not firm anymore. How can I change the cushion filler? Thanks so much,
Henry
Mar 31, 2014Hey Cecilia,
With the cushions, i normally recommend our clients to look into k-mart or target even for those cushions inserts that you can buy in compressed/vaccuumed bags; from there you can simply grab the refills according to how much each one of the cushion needs; while normally one would think that they need to open the actual inserts itself, i’d rather stuff them inside the slipcover instead of the cushions to save the hassle of cutting them up and resewing them back.