Drop Cloth Couch Slipcover

Slipcovers made from painter s drop cloths when i was growing up in the 1970s my sisters and i played in every room of our house especially the living room.

Drop cloth couch slipcover.

An inexpensive way to update an old couch or sofa is with a drop cloth. Just add some colorful throw pillows and your couch will look stunning. Economical and easy to wash a no sew drop cloth slipcover has the look of linen and is the perfect solution for protecting furniture from spills and pets. Stop the cycle when the tub is full.

Put your drop cloth in your washing machine. Painters drop cloths must be purchased from the same batch prewashed in hot water with softener and dried on high heat before they can be cut pin fitted and sewn into slip covers. Diy drop cloth slipcover. Dining chairs with removable seats can be recovered with fabric and a staple gun or a small cushion with a skirt can be made to hide the seat and legs.

With four girls running from room to room then plopping on the sofa at the end of each chase we put a lot of wear on the comfiest piece of furniture in our house. Drop cloth is a really popular material for diy couch slipcovers but it doesn t have to look boring. Add a couple of cups of bleach and make sure the fabric is fully submerged. You can make simple slipcovers that look similar to a regular pillowcase to slip over the back of a dinged up ding chair as well.

Learn to make slipcovers from drop cloths at tater tots and jello. Take the end at the back of the sofa and pull it across the side towards the front of the sofa then take the end at the front of the sofa and pull it across the side towards the back of the sofa and over the first end then pin them together with a 4 inch safety pin you can also get on amazon being careful to just catch the drop cloth in the pin and not the sofa as it can damage the sofa if the pin gets pulled when someone sits on the sofa. Home about town and country living and me.