Having bought quality furniture, the owners think about the safety of expensive upholstery for a long time. It is soiled by children, frolicking on the sofa, spoiled by pets, trying to clean their claws on the sides of a soft headset. Prudent owners think over the protection of furniture by putting a European sofa cover on it.
Using cases
Eurocover for sofas and armchairs transforms the appearance of upholstered furniture in accordance with the new interior of the room after renovation. Capes are used if the old headset has acquired an unattractive appearance after many years of operation. And the purchase of new furniture is postponed for an unforeseen time.
Decorative appointment of covers
Beautiful elegant decoration of the sofa and armchairs will look organically in the room at guest receptions, gala dinners. A casual eurocover for a sofa is changed for clothes made of expensive fabric. The color and texture of the material correspond to the chosen style of room design, complement it.
Upholstered furniture covers for decorative events are made in different versions, which change depending on the importance of the event. Solemn and official visits are held surrounded by strict solid colors of furniture. Romantic and friendly parties will require appropriate covers in bright, cheerful colors. Sometimes, in the hour of mourning, dark-colored capes are put on sofas and chairs, emphasizing the mourning moment.
Eurocover for everyday sofa
Practical fabrics are used for everyday covers. They are easy to clean, do not wrinkle, and remain attractive after washing without using an iron.
The texture and color imitate the main fabric of the sofa, in combination with the present shades of the interior of the room. Usually this is a dense protection of furniture from dirt and damage. Most often, such a replaceable cape is made in different variations. But the most popular type is the eurocover on the sofa with an elastic band.
Cases as an interior element
Spending up on the transformation of the interior of the room in accordance with the new design solution, you can save money on buying new furniture. Old armchairs and sofas will miraculously fit into the style of the room if they are updated with covers selected by material and color.
Design covers depending on the style of the interior
Cumbersome and symmetrical furniture made of precious woods in the Empire style is covered with covers of silk and brocade fabric with smallpatterned or striped. The color scheme contains bright greens, purples, blues, softened with plenty of white, spiced with bronze and gilded motifs.
The wavy backs and curly upholstered seats of elegant baroque sofas with carved legs and armrests give those around you a sense of luxury and we alth. The effect is usually manifested through the use of expensive heavy fabric imitating natural materials: tortoiseshell, marble, malachite, onyx. Draped assembly elements, gold-plated tassels and pendants serve as decoration.
Upholstered furniture in country style is represented by simple sofas and armchairs, which are covered with covers made of natural fabrics of different colors with faded tones. Often used chintz, linen, satin, wool. The colors of the capes are taken close to nature, for example, discreet greens, beiges, light terracotta, the colors of autumn trees and delicate shades of the dawn sky. Small pattern or subtle checkered stuffing is acceptable.
For furniture covers of simple geometry in high-tech style, the colors of the prevailing cold palette are used - white, gray. If the walls of the room mainly contain such shades, then for the covers they take material with bright glossy paints with a metallic sheen - red, green, black and orange. The material of the covers is fabric, natural or artificial leather.
Shabby chic style is characterized by an abundance of furniture covers worn on sofas, armchairs, chairs and cushions. ATsilk with a dull color and a pattern of roses, garden flowers is used as a material. A thin strip and a small cage are allowed. When sewing capes, frills, ruffles, drapery, and bows are widely used. Choose material in pale blue, light lilac, lavender, cream, sea foam, or ivory.
Fabrics used for furniture covers
The following materials are most often used for sewing products:
- Shinil with plush surface. It is used for durable fine products that can stretch, thanks to penetrating elastic fibers in the forward and transverse direction of a lightweight fabric.
- Jacquard. Made from natural cotton with the addition of elastic threads and polyester. The material is durable, often used for everyday protection.
- Pleated. It has a springy texture that gradually teaches kittens to the idea that it is impossible to sharpen their claws on this material.
- Microfiber. Due to its extreme stretchability, it is used to sew a universal sofa cover with an elastic band, using it for furniture of different sizes.
- Leatherette or leatherette. It is cleaned with a wet method, without removing the cover from the piece of furniture.
- Faux or natural fur. It gives a feeling of warmth. Used in rooms with intermittent heating, such as winter gardens, attached verandas, terraces, attics.
- Knitted eurocover for sofa. Usually it is made of thick threads in three additions. Currently it is a stylish furniture protection. Home craftswomen weaveDIY case.
Features of modern eurocovers
Recently, ready-made capes for upholstered furniture of non-standard shape were not sold in stores. They sewed a eurocover on the sofa with their own hands or ordered it in a specialized workshop. The modern industry offers ingenious novelties of bizarre design - an elastic dimensionless product. It easily takes the form of the furniture on which it is put on.
Stretch eurocovers for sofas and armchairs with an elastic band are easily put on soft sofas of any shape and model, with different back heights, two or more armrests or without them at all. Manufacturers guarantee that the cover easily fits the product to a larger size. The fabric gets this property due to the double layer of elastic fabric used in the manufacture, which allows the material to stretch almost dimensionlessly in all directions and return to its original position if necessary. Modern eurocovers come in several sizes: for triple sofas, double and corner models. Separately, they produce dimensionless "clothing" for armchairs and upholstered furniture of original styles.
Product cost
The price of eurocovers is formed on the basis of several factors. The cost is influenced by the size of the sofa, the figuration of the cut, the type of material. Based on these indicators, they choose a eurocover for a sofa. The simplest jacquard model for a double sofa is inexpensive. Accordingly, an expensive product is considered a European cover for a corner sofa.and oddly shaped furniture clothes.
Handmade case
Home craftswomen and needlewomen know how to sew well. They use their skills to make everyday and designer furniture clothes on their own. First, they take measurements of all the planes of the sofa and build a pattern on paper. A test sample is made from old unnecessary fabric so that it would not be a pity to spoil it. Then the details are sewn together and tried on upholstered furniture. After that, a cape is sewn from the selected material. In conclusion, it should be said that the use of covers for upholstered furniture greatly facilitates their cleaning and cleaning. It is enough to remove the product and wash it. Equally important is the extension of the life of furniture, especially if it has a high cost.
