How To Put Elastic Sofa Cover Easily? A Step-by-Step Guide
Fixing or installing a elastic sofa cover is quite simple. In fact, lots of persons around the world dress their sofas in appropriate covers almost daily, especially in places such as party halls, restaurants and other such venues.
Putting a sofa cover isn’t the proverbial rocket science by any means: all you need to know are the exact steps.
This is what my article deals with today: a step-by-step guide on how to fix, put, install a elastic sofa cover to give your sofa that chic looks for any special occasion or for daily, routine use too. Before I inform you on how to dress your sofa in a good cover, it’s extremely important to buy a superb elastic sofa cover. And this sofa cover should match the size of your sofa, so that it looks neat and trim.
Therefore, I will first brief you about basic steps on how to ensure that you buy a sofa cover of the right size. This is important since nowadays, sofas come in various unconventional sizes, especially if you buy one online.
How To Measure a Sofa For a Cover?
To start measuring a sofa, you’ll require a good, flexible measuring tape and the help of someone in your household or office. Also, keep a pen or pencil and paper handy to note down the measurements you take.
Here we go:
- Measure the Width: Measure the width, meaning the broadest part of your sofa, from one armrest or side to another. This gives you the overall width of the sofa. The next step is to measure the width of the sitting area. To do that, you can measure the distance from the armrest to the other.
- Measure the Height: The height of the sofa is very important, if you wish to buy or cover your sofa fully. To do so, measure the height of the sofa, from the top of the backrest to the floor. That way, you can buy a sofa cover that would dress the entire sofa. The next is to measure the height from the top of the sitting area to the floor.
- Measure the Depth: Here you’ve to take two separate measurements. I will explain these in detail for you. One is the seat depth and other, the overall depth. To find the seat depth, measure the width of the armrest from the inner edge to the outer edge. To find the overall depth, measure from the bottom of the armrest to the top.
- Measure Width of Backrest: This is very simple and doesn’t require much effort. Measure the width of the backrest itself, excluding the arms. This is very important too, if you wish to buy a stretchable sofa cover or put one for your sofa.
- Measure Cushion Sizes: Many sofas come with their own cushions. Here, you’ve an option to buy cushion covers that’re similar to the sofa cover in color and design or, go for other ones with different colors and patterns.
Here’s how to measure cushion sizes:
- Cushion Length: Measure the length of each cushion from side to side.
- Cushion Width: Measure the depth of each cushion from front to back.
- Cushion Height: Measure the thickness of each cushion.
If you prefer a simpler method to choose the right sofa cover, you can simply select based on the seating capacity—whether it’s a one-seater, two-seater, or three-seater—as indicated in product listings like those on our website. This method ensures a good fit for standard sofa sizes without the need for detailed measurements.
These simple tips should help you measure your sofa and buy the best cover with colors and patterns of your choice. Having a proper sized sofa cover also means that you can dress the sofa fully to give it that facelift and a superb appearance, while concealing any tears, stains and other flaws, where needed.
How To Put Elastic Sofa Cover?
Now comes the best part of the exercise. And that’s dressing up your sofa in the sofa cover of your choice. You don’t need anything here except the cover and preferably, a companion to help in this endeavor of beautifying your sofa.
Follow these simple steps:
Prepare Your Sofa
The first step is obviously, preparing your sofa before you begin dressing it in a cover. Firstly, remove any objects placed on the sofa and dust it clean. Remove any debris that may be on the seats. Where possible, run a vacuum cleaner over the sofa. Nowadays, most modern vacuum cleaners come with a special attachment for brushing and cleaning sofas. Use them if available.
Identify the Sofa Cover Parts
Majority of stretchable sofa covers come with tags or labels that indicate the front from behind which will help you to align it properly. Find out the corners of the sofa cover, they should correspond to your sofa’s corners. That would help you cover the sofa easily. It’s similar to understanding how to cover yourself.
Put the Sofa Cover
Put on the sofa cover beginning from its back side with your eyes on a label saying “back” which should be in line with your sofa's back. After securing the back part, bring forward and down firmly the covering material over what represents the front. Make sure that it fits snugly by tucking it into these corners for example by fastening elastic bands if provided.
Adjusting the Fit
Gently pull and stretch to eliminate creases which appear on fabric while it hangs over arms up to base of this piece of furniture; keep adjusting until cloth is smooth & tight fitting. If there’s any extra material left insert it between seat cushions and arm or back of sofa by means of foam rods or rolled-up towels if available.
Fit the Cushions
If you have slipovers for individual cushions include them in yours so that each surface is evenly stretched over a pillow. If there’re labels on the pillows, you can easily find how to place covers. However, you can fit your cushions with other covers too, for matching the sofa’s overall décor.
Once you’ve installed the cover, take a close look from all sides. This helps detect any creases or uneven spreading of the sofa cover. These minor snags in dressing your sofa in a sofa cover can be easily resolved in a few seconds.
Wrap Up
The above step-by-step guide can be used by almost anyone when putting a stretchable sofa cover on your sofa. There’re some other small steps you could take to prepare your sofa before fixing the cover.
One of these is to stuff any holes or gaps in the seats and backrest with cotton or cloth to ensure the sofa looks even and seating is comfortable. Follow these steps to fix a sofa cover easily.