Cover Me Up – From Drab to Fab

I remembered seeing a while ago slipcovers for Ikea furniture.  So began my journey to find affordable ways to either give new life to your existing Ikea furniture or add your designer touch to that favorite sofa or chair.  I think I found the site I had read about a few years ago called Bemz.  This is such a fabulous idea, I wish there was a Canadian or American company.  But still, I think this is a great option.  I have an Ikea couch myself (it’s actually own the same couch but in brown in the bottom left corner of the picture below) and really wishing it was black.  I think it’s definitely on the list to do this year is to either change my couch (which is a bit costly as I want a more expensive couch), or go the slipcover option, which is more cost effective… which I’m leaning towards.

Here are some images I found on flickr to show options of others that have used Bemz .  Bemz is a Swedish company that sells removable, washable slipcovers for sofas, armchairs and cushions.  I really like that they have a large selection of fabrics to choose from.  You can order samples to see what the fabric actually looks like.  They show the preview of chair/sofa so you can see a picture of what the finished product would look like (I like this feature).   As this company is in Sweden and is an internet only based company, thankfully they offer international shipping.

Image Credits: 1. Bemz-pirations, 2. Bemz-pirations, 3. Bemz, 4. Bemz-pirations

Another option is eBay.  eBay is a great option to shop for slipcovers, especially those hard to find and discontinued items.

How to use: easily hover your cursor over the images, click on an image to see more information, time left, current bid etc. Use the search bar to narrow down your search (or search for anything).

If you know of any other options, please leave your comments below and always feel free to use the contact page.